Species of interest
Information and species images courtesy of FAO Species Identification Guide Western Central Atlantic unless otherwise noted.
![](species_pics/alewife.jpg)
Alewife
![](species_pics/lobster.jpg)
American lobster
![](species_pics/american_shad.jpg)
American Shad
![](species_pics/atlantic_angel_shark.jpg)
Atlantic Angel shark
![Atlantic Cod](species_pics/atlantic_cod.jpg)
Atlantic Cod
![](species_pics/atlantic_croaker.jpg)
Atlantic croaker
![](species_pics/atlantic-cutlassfish.jpg)
Atlantic cutlassfish
![](species_pics/atlantic_mackerel.jpg)
Atlantic mackerel
![](species_pics/atlantic_menhaden.jpg)
Atlantic Menhaden
![](species_pics/moonfish.jpg)
Atlantic Moonfish
![](species_pics/rock_crab.jpg)
Atlantic Rock Crab
![](species_pics/atlantic_sharpnose_shark.jpg)
Atlantic sharpnose
![](species_pics/spadefish.jpg)
Atlantic Spadefish
![Atlantic stingray](species_pics/atlantic_stingray.jpg)
Atlantic stingray
![](species_pics/atlantic_sturgeon.jpg)
Atlantic sturgeon
![](species_pics/atlantic_thread_herring.jpg)
Atlantic thread herring
![](species_pics/banded_drum.jpg)
Banded Drum
![](species_pics/bay_anchovy.jpg)
Bay Anchovy
![](species_pics/black_drum.jpg)
Black drum
![](species_pics/black_seabass.jpg)
Black Seabass
![](species_pics/blueback.jpg)
Blueback Herring
![](species_pics/blue_crab.jpg)
Blue Crab
![](species_pics/bluefish.jpg)
Bluefish
![](species_pics/blue_runner.jpg)
Blue Runner
![](species_pics/bluntnose_stingray.jpg)
Bluntnose stingray
![](species_pics/brown_shrimp.jpg)
Brown Shrimp
![](species_pics/bullnose_ray.jpg)
Bullnose Stingray
![](species_pics/butterfish.jpg)
Butterfish
![](species_pics/channel_catfish.jpg)
Channel Catfish
![](species_pics/clearnose_skate.jpg)
Clearnose Skate
![](species_pics/cobia.jpg)
Cobia
![](species_pics/cownose_ray.jpg)
Cownose Stingray
![](species_pics/florida_pompano.jpg)
Florida pompano
![](species_pics/fourspot_flounder.jpg)
Fourspot Flounder
![](species_pics/gizzard_shad.jpg)
Gizzard Shad
![](species_pics/gray_triggerfish.jpg)
Gray Triggerfish
![](species_pics/gulf_stream_flounder.jpg)
Gulf Stream Flounder
![](species_pics/harvestfish.jpg)
Harvestfish
![](species_pics/hickory_shad.jpg)
Hickory Shad
![](species_pics/hogchoker.jpg)
Hogchoker
![](species_pics/horseshoe_crab.jpg)
Horseshoe Crab
![](species_pics/inshore_lizardship.jpg)
Inshore Lizardfish
![](species_pics/kingfish.jpg)
Kingfish
![](species_pics/little_skate.jpg)
Little Skate
![](species_pics/longfin_inshore_squid.jpg)
Longfin Inshore Squid
![](species_pics/longhorn_sculpin.jpg)
Longhorn sculpin
![](species_pics/goosefish.jpg)
Monkfish
![](species_pics/northern_puffer.jpg)
Northern Puffer
![](species_pics/northern_searobin.jpg)
Northern Searobin
![](species_pics/northern_sennet.jpg)
Northern Sennet
![](species_pics/oyster_toadfish.jpg)
Oyster toadfish
![](species_pics/pigfish.jpg)
Pigfish
![](species_pics/pinfish.jpg)
Pinfish
![](species_pics/red_drum.jpg)
Red Drum
![](species_pics/red_hake.jpg)
Red Hake
![](species_pics/roughtail_stingray.jpg)
Roughtail Stingray
![](species_pics/scup.jpg)
Scup
![](species_pics/sheepshead.jpg)
Sheepshead
![](species_pics/silver_hake.jpg)
Silver Hake
![](species_pics/silver_perch.jpg)
Silver Perch
![](species_pics/smallmouth_flounder.jpg)
Smallmouth Flounder
![](species_pics/smooth_butterfly_ray.jpg)
Smooth butterfly Ray
![](species_pics/smooth_dogfish.jpg)
Smooth Dogfish
![](species_pics/southern_stingray.jpg)
Southern Stingray
![](species_pics/spanish_mackerel.jpg)
Spanish Mackerel
![Spanish Sardine](species_pics/spanish_sardine.jpg)
Spanish sardine
![](species_pics/spiny_butterfly_ray.jpg)
Spiny butterfly Ray
![](species_pics/spiny_dogfish.jpg)
Spiny dogfish
![](species_pics/spot.jpg)
Spot
![](species_pics/spotted_hake.jpg)
Spotted Hake
![](species_pics/spotted_seatrout.jpg)
Spotted seatrout
![](species_pics/striped_anchovy.jpg)
Striped anchovy
![](species_pics/striped_bass.jpg)
striped bass
![](species_pics/striped_burrfish.jpg)
Striped burrfish
![](species_pics/searobin.jpg)
Striped Searobin
![](species_pics/summer_flounder.jpg)
Summer flounder
![](species_pics/tautog.jpg)
Tautog
![](species_pics/weakfish.jpg)
Weakfish
![](species_pics/white_perch.jpg)
White perch
![](species_pics/white_shrimp.jpg)
White Shrimp
![](species_pics/windowpane.jpg)
Windowpane
![](species_pics/winter_flounder.jpg)
Winter Flounder
![](species_pics/winter_skate.jpg)
Winter Skate
![](species_pics/yellowtail_flounder.jpg)