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Fish of the Yakutat Ranger District, Tongass National Forest

A guide of all known fish species found in and around the Yakutat Bay area of Yakutat, AK.
*Note that Northern Pike occur naturally in a few lakes in the Yakutat area.

Big Skate 1
Beringraja binoculata
Bay Pipefish 2
Syngnathus leptorhynchus
Pacific Tomcod 3
Microgadus proximus
Pacific Cod 4
Gadus macrocephalus
Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker 5
Eumicrotremus orbis
Alaska Pollock 6
Gadus chalcogrammus
Sablefish 5
Anoplopoma fimbria
Pacific Sandfish 7
Trichodon trichodon
Penpoint Gunnel 8
Apodichthys flavidus
Crescent gunnel 9
Pholis laeta
Whitespotted Greenling 10
Hexagrammos stelleri
Rock greenling 11
Hexagrammos lagocephalus
Masked Greenling 9
Hexagrammos octogrammus
Painted greenling 12
Oxylebius pictus
Lingcod 13
Ophiodon elongatus
Kelp Greenling 14
Hexagrammos decagrammus
Sturgeon Poacher 15
Podothecus accipenserinus
Tubesnout poacher 16
Pallasina barbata
Pricklebreast Poacher
Stellerina xyosterna
tubesnout 17
Aulorhynchus flavidus
Pacific sanddab
Citharichthys sordidus
speckled sanddab 18
Citharichthys stigmaeus
Arrowtooth Flounder 19
Atheresthes stomias
butter sole
Isopsetta isolepis
English sole 20
Parophrys vetulus
Pacific Halibut 21
Hippoglossus stenolepis
Northern Rock Sole 19
Lepidopsetta polyxystra
Sand Sole
Psettichthys melanostictus
Rock sole 9
Lepidopsetta bilineata
Slender Sole
Lyopsetta exilis
Starry Flounder 22
Platichthys stellatus
Yellowfin Sole 23
Limanda aspera
Black rockfish 24
Sebastes melanops
copper rockfish 25
Sebastes caurinus
China Rockfish 26
Sebastes nebulosus
Puget Sound Rockfish 9
Sebastes emphaeus
Dusky rockfish 9
Sebastes ciliatus
Quillback Rockfish 9
Sebastes maliger
Yelloweye rockfish 27
Sebastes ruberrimus
Chum Salmon 28
Oncorhynchus keta
Coho Salmon 29
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Chinook Salmon 30
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Pink Salmon 31
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Dolly Varden Trout 32
Salvelinus malma
Sockeye Salmon 33
Oncorhynchus nerka
Rainbow Trout 34
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Cutthroat Trout 35
Oncorhynchus clarkii
Buffalo Sculpin 36
Enophrys bison
Cabezon 37
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus
Leister Sculpin 38
Enophrys lucasi
Manacled Sculpin 39
Synchirus gilli
Pacific Staghorn Sculpin 40
Leptocottus armatus
Padded Sculpin 9
Artedius fenestralis
Red Irish Lord 41
Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus
Scalyhead Sculpin 42
Artedius harringtoni
Sharpnose Sculpin 43
Clinocottus acuticeps
Shorthorn Sculpin 44
Myoxocephalus scorpius
Silverspotted Sculpin 16
Blepsias cirrhosus
Smoothhead Sculpin 45
Artedius lateralis
Spinyhead Sculpin
Dasycottus setiger
Daubed Shanny 46
Leptoclinus maculatus
Arctic Shanny 47
Stichaeus punctatus
Snake Prickleback 18
Lumpenus sagitta
Shiner Surfperch 48
Cymatogaster aggregata
Eulachon 49
Thaleichthys pacificus
Longfin Smelt 50
Spirinchus thaleichthys
Capelin 51
Mallotus villosus
Pacific herring 52
Clupea pallasii
Pacific Sand Lance 53
Ammodytes personatus
Pacific Rainbow Smelt 54
Osmerus dentex
Surf Smelt
Hypomesus pretiosus
Ringtail Snailfish 49
Liparis rutteri
Showy Snailfish 55
Liparis pulchellus
Threespine Stickleback 56
Gasterosteus aculeatus
Great White Shark 57
Carcharodon carcharias
Salmon Shark 58
Lamna ditropis
White-spotted Dogfish 59
Squalus acanthias
Pacific Sleeper Shark 19
Somniosus pacificus
Pacific Lamprey 60
Entosphenus tridentatus
Northern Pike 61
Esox lucius
Wolf Eel 62
Anarrhichthys ocellatus
Green Sturgeon 63
Acipenser medirostris

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