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MatBio: FISHES - Matanzas Biodiversity

Welcome to our series of field guides - part of the MatBio Initiative at the Whitney Laboratory of Marine Bioscience! Our guides document the plant and animal species living in the Matanzas Basin, a coastal ecosystem stretching from St. Augustine to Palm Coast in NE Florida. They are works in ...more ↓

Striped Searobin 1
Prionotus evolans
Blackwing Searobin 2
Prionotus rubio
Leopard Searobin 3
Prionotus scitulus
Bighead Searobin 2
Prionotus tribulus
American Eel 4
Anguilla rostrata
Shrimp Eel 5
Ophichthus gomesii
Speckled Worm Eel 6
Myrophis punctatus
Spotted Whiff 7
Citharichthys macrops
Bay Whiff 5
Citharichthys spilopterus
Gulf Flounder 8
Paralichthys albigutta
Summer Flounder 9
Paralichthys dentatus
Southern Flounder
Paralichthys lethostigma
Broad Flounder 7
Paralichthys squamilentus
Ocellated Flounder 2
Ancylopsetta ommata
Fringed Flounder 5
Etropus crossotus
Hogchoker 10
Trinectes maculatus
Sole 11
Achirus lineatus
Blackcheek Tonguefish
Symphurus plagiusa
Yellow Bullhead 12
Ameiurus natalis
Brown Bullhead 13
Ameiurus nebulosus
Hardhead Catfish 14
Ariopsis felis
Gafftopsail Sea Catfish
Bagre marinus
Golden Shiner 15
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Lake Chubsucker 16
Erimyzon sucetta
Hickory Shad 17
Alosa mediocris
Atlantic Menhaden 18
Brevoortia tyrannus
American Gizzard Shad 19
Dorosoma cepedianum
Threadfin Shad 5
Dorosoma petenense
Scaled Sardine 20
Harengula jaguana
Atlantic Thread Herring 7
Opisthonema oglinum
Striped Anchovy 21
Anchoa hepsetus
Bay Anchovy 22
Anchoa mitchilli
Sheepshead Minnow 23
Cyprinodon variegatus variegatus
Flagfish 24
Jordanella floridae
Golden Topminnow 25
Fundulus chrysotus
Marsh Killifish 26
Fundulus confluentus
Gulf Killifish 27
Fundulus grandis
Striped Killifish 28
Fundulus majalis
Mummichog 23
Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus
Mosquitofish 24
Gambusia affinis
Least Killifish 18
Heterandria formosa
Sailfin Molly 27
Poecilia latipinna
Mexican Molly 27
Poecilia sphenops
Inshore Lizardfish 14
Synodus foetens
Oyster Toadfish 29
Opsanus tau
Tarpon 30
Megalops atlanticus
Ladyfish 31
Elops saurus
Atlantic Needlefish 2
Strongylura marina
Redfin Needlefish 5
Strongylura notata notata
American Halfbeak 2
Hyporhamphus meeki
Atlantic Silverstripe Halfbeak 7
Hyporhamphus unifasciatus
Flying Halfbeak 5
Euleptorhamphus velox
Long-nose Gar
Lepisosteus osseus
Bowfin 18
Amia calva
Spotted Batfish 32
Ogcocephalus cubifrons
Southern Hake 5
Urophycis floridana
Skilletfish 33
Gobiesox strumosus
Rough Silverside 26
Membras martinica
Inland Silverside 34
Menidia beryllina
Atlantic Silverside
Menidia menidia

Edited by matbio, Jose Nunez, and Emily Rose Sharkey

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