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Appendix table (cont.) 
Complete list of species or taxonomic groups collected in Port Madison, Puget Sound, Washington during the period of 
1991-2001, with total number of specimens collected, length range, and number of years that each was collected. * indicates 
that the maximum length could not be determined because of ambiguous identification of morphologically similar species. 
All lengths are fork length, except for Spotted Ratfish (precaudal length was measured for this species). 
Species 
Total number 
Min. length 
(mm) 
Max. length 
(mm) 
Number 
of years 
Brown Rockfish ( Sebastes auriculatus) 
33 
65 
325 
12 
C-0 Sole (Pleuronichthys coenosus ) 
29 
110 
305 
10 
Slim Sculpin (Radulinus asprellus ) 
22 
80 
160 
9 
Starry Flounder (Platichthys stellatus ) 
19 
110 
410 
12 
Northern Anchovy ( Engraulis mordax ) 
19 
73 
190 
8 
North Pacific Spiny Dogfish (Squalus suckleyi) 
12 
290 
460 
3 
Bay Goby (Lepidogobius lepidus) 
9 
59 
100 
7 
Sturgeon Poacher ( Podothecus accipenserinus ) 
8 
75 
166 
5 
Longnose Skate ( Raja rhino) 
8 
365 
640 
7 
Copper Rockfish (Sebastes caurinus ) 
8 
56 
300 
2 
Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) 
6 
320 
400 
1 
Northern Spearnose Poacher (Agonopsis vulsa) 
6 
87 
174 
4 
Eulachon ( Thaleichthys pacificus ) 
6 
89 
150 
4 
Big Skate (Raja binoculata ) 
6 
125 
1050 
3 
Soft Sculpin (Psychrolutes sigalutes) 
5 
25 
45 
3 
Snailfishes (family Liparidae) 
6 
24 
35 
5 
Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) 
5 
78 
96 
2 
Blacktip Poacher (Xeneretmus latifrons) 
5 
140 
184 
1 
Pacific Sand Lance (Ammodytes hexapterus) 
4 
59 
145 
2 
Butter Sole (Isopsetta isolepis ) 
4 
75 
258 
3 
Sailfin Sculpin ( Nautichthys oculofasciatus) 
3 
120 
121 
3 
Quillback Rockfish ( Sebastes maliger) 
3 
82 
230 
3 
Curlfin Sole (Pleuronichthys decurrens) 
3 
161 
260 
2 
Red Brotula ( Brosmophycis marginata) 
3 
220 
305 
1 
Bigfin Eelpout ( Lycodes cortezianus) 
3 
260 
280 
1 
Surf Smelt ( Hypomesus pretiosus) 
2 
86 
125 
2 
Pacific Pompano (Peprilus simillimus) 
2 
110 
149 
2 
Pacific Cod (Gadus macrocephalus) 
2 
420 
610 
2 
Great Sculpin ( Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus) 
2 
220 
395 
2 
Tadpole Sculpin ( Psychrolutes paradoxus) 
1 
30 
30 
1 
Pygmy Poacher ( Odontopyxis trispinosa) 
1 
161 
161 
1 
Pink Salmon ( Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) 
1 
66 
66 
1 
Padded Sculpin (Artedius fenestralis) 
1 
125 
125 
1 
Northern Ronquil (Ronquilus jordani) 
1 
165 
165 
1 
Longspine Combfish (Zaniolepis latipinnis) 
1 
230 
230 
1 
Cabezon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus ) 
1 
410 
410 
1 
Brown Irish Lord (Hemilepidotus spinosus) 
1 
90 
90 
1 
American Shad (Alosa sapidissima) 
1 
274 
274 
1 
