Fish

Goatfishes

or surmullets (Family Mullidae). Including: Goatfishes (Mullus species, Pseudupeneus species); Wekes or goatfishes (Mulloidichthys species, Upeneus species); Kumu (Parupeneus species); Red mullet (Mullus surmuletus). The goatfishes, or mullets, are ray-finned fish of the family Mullidae, the only family in the suborder Mulloidei of the order Syngnathiformes. The family is also sometimes referred to as the

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Gizzard shad

See: Herrings The American gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum), also known as the mud shad, is a member of the herring family of fish and is native to large swaths of fresh and brackish waters in the United States of America, as well as portions of Canada, and Mexico. The adult has a deep body, with

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Giant kelpfish

The giant kelpfish (Heterostichus rostratus) is a 10–24 inches (25–61 cm) species of marine fish, and the largest member of the family Clinidae. It is currently the only known member of its genus. Description The giant kelpfish has an eel-like, elongated, and compressed body with a pointed head and small, terminal mouth. Its dorsal fin

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Garibaldi

The Garibaldi, known historically as the Catalina goldfish and marine goldfish and now commonly as the Garibaldi damselfish, is a species of bright orange fish in the damselfish family. It occurs in the subtropical northeastern part of the Pacific Ocean.

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Gag

The gag grouper, also known as velvet rockfish, the gag, or charcoal belly, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. It comes from warmer parts of the West Atlantic, including the Caribbean.

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Frostfish

The silver scabbardfish, also known as the frostfish or beltfish is a benthopelagic cutlassfish of the family Trichiuridae found throughout the temperate seas of the world. It grows to over 2 metres in length.

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Flyingfishes and halfbeaks

Family Exocoetidae; Flyingfishes (Cypselurus species, and others); Ballyhoo or balao (Hemiramphus species). The balao halfbeak (Hemiramphus balao), occasionally called the balao for short, is an ocean-going species of fish in the family Hemiramphidae. It was first described by French naturalist Charles Alexandre Lesueur in 1821. They are used as cut bait and for trolling purposes

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Fluke

The summer flounder or fluke is a marine flatfish that is found in the Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast of the United States and Canada. It is especially abundant in waters from North Carolina to Massachusetts.

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Flounders

Families Bothidae and Pleuronectidae. Including:Flounders (Paralichthys species),Liopsetta species,Platichthys species,etc.);Starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus);Summer flounder or fluke (Paralichthys denatus);Yellowtail flounder (limanda ferrugina);Winter flounder, lemon sole or blackback (Pseudopleuronectes americanus);Halibuts (Hippoglossus species);California halibut (Paralichthys Californicus);Bigmouth sole (Hippoglossina stomata);Butter of scalyfin sole (Isopsetta isolepis);”Dover” sole (Microstomus pacificus);”English” sole (Parophrys vetulus);Fantail sole (Xystreurys liolepis);Petrale sole (Eopsetta jordan);Rex sole (Glyptocephalus zichirus);Rock

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Eulachon

The eulachon, or the candlefish, is a small anadromous species of smelt that spawns in some of the major river systems along the Pacific coast of North America from northern California to Alaska.

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