Fish Id: A Guide To East Coast Fishes
Thanks again to the folks patient enough
to let us photograph their fish--and to those who may be kind enough to
bring in the ones we haven't photographed yet!
Updated: 3/3/10
Future updates will note:
**= Newer fish
##= Edited info/pic
For a Visual Search, look in these Sections:
Freshwater NJ
Commonly
Caught Fish in Great Bay Area
Sharks
Ocean Front and Offshore
Rays and Skates
Misc.Species
Unrecognizable or rare Species in Great Bay area
(Misc. and Uncommon are the place to look if you are asking "What's this strange fish?")
Or Search Alphabetical List below:
(A)
Albacore
Amberjack, Greater
Anchovy
Anemone
Atlantic Croaker
Atlantic
Cutlass
Atlantic
Moonfish
|
(B)
Ballyhoo
Banded Rudderfish
Bass,
Large mouth
Bass,
Small mouth
Bass,
Striped
Bigeye, Tuna
**
Black
Crappie
Black Drum
Blackfish
Blenny, Striped
Blowfish
Bluefish
Bonito/a
Bunker
Burrfish
Butterfish
Brook
Trout
|
(C)
Catfish
Cigar (Lizardfish)
Cobia
Codfish
Cownose Ray**
Crab, Spider
Crevalle Jack
Croaker,Atlantic
Cutlass, Atlantic
|
(D)
Dolphin (Mahi-Mahi)
Drum, Black
Drum, Red
|
(E)
Eelpout
Eel,
American
Eel,
Cusk
|
(F)
Filefish, Orange
Flounder,
Winter
Flounder, Summer (Fluke)
Florida Pompano
|
(G)
Grunt, Pigfish
|
(H)
Herring,
Atlantic
Herring,
Atlantic Thread
Hogchoker
|
| (I) |
(J)
Jack, Greater Amber
Jack, Crevalle
|
(K)
Killifish,
Striped/Minnows
Kingfish
|
(L)
Lizardfish (Cigar)
Lobster
Longfin Tuna
(Albacore)
|
(M)
Mackerel
Mahi-Mahi (Dolphin)
Mantis Shrimp
Menhaden (Bunker)
Minnows
Monkfish
Musky (Muskellunge)
Mummichugs
|
(N)
Northern Puffer
|
(O)
Oyster
Cracker
|
(P)
Perch,
Yellow
Perch, White
Pickerel,
Chain
Pickerel,
Red
Pigfish, Grunt
Poorman's Lobster (Monkfish)
Pompano, Florida
**
Porgy (Scup)
Puffer, Burrfish
Puffer, Northern
|
| (Q) |
(R)
Ray, Cownose
Rudderfish, Banded
|
(S)
(Scup), Porgy
Sea Anemone
Sea Bass, Black
Searobin
Shark,
Brown
Shark,
Spiny Dog
Shark,
Thresher
Shark,
Mako
Sharksucker
Shrimp, Mantis
Skipjack Tuna**
Spearing
Spider Crab
Spiney Boxfish (Burrfish)
Spot
Starfish
Stargazer
Striped Bass (Striper)
Striped Blenny
|
(T)
Tautog
Triggerfish
Trout, Brook
Tuna Type, Bonito, Bonita##
Tuna,
Bigeye**
Tuna,
Bluefin##
Tuna,
Longfin (Albacore)##
Tuna, Skipjack**
Tuna,
Yellowfin##
Tunny,
Little##
|
| (U) |
(V) |
(W)
Wahoo
Weakfish
White Perch##
**Wreckfish
|
(X) |
(Y)
Yellowfin Tuna
Yellow Perch
|
(Z) |
Check out Fish GuideExtras
to learn more about the parts of fish
Got something and it's not a fish, or looks fishy?
Check out Critters
What can you keep?
NJ
Regulations
and NJ State Record Fish
Additional Fish-id sites:
http://www.fishbase.org/
www.outdoorcharts.com (buy Fish ID charts online)
References
