Fishes of Sarasota County, Fl

Guide to all fish species that should be present in Sarasota County. Determined by looking through survey reports for the local watersheds and range maps for various saltwater species.

All 246

Atlantic Blue Tang ¹
Acanthurus coeruleus

Spotted weakfish ²
Cynoscion nebulosus

Gulf Kingcroaker ³
Menticirrhus littoralis

Spot Croaker ⁴
Leiostomus xanthurus

Doctorfish ⁵
Acanthurus chirurgus

Southern Kingfish ⁶
Menticirrhus americanus

Silver Perch ⁷
Bairdiella chrysoura

American Eel ⁸
Anguilla rostrata

Black Drum ⁹
Pogonias cromis

Red Drum ¹⁰
Sciaenops ocellatus

Bowfin ¹¹
Amia calva

Ocellated Moray ¹²
Gymnothorax saxicola

Green Moray ¹³
Gymnothorax funebris

Northern Kingfish ⁴
Menticirrhus saxatilis

Spotted Spoon-nose Eel ¹⁴
Echiophis intertinctus

Hardy Silverside ¹⁵
Labidesthes vanhyningi

Atlantic Midshipman ¹⁶
Porichthys plectrodon

Speckled Worm Eel ¹⁷
Myrophis punctatus

Inshore Lizardfish ¹⁸
Synodus foetens

Redfin Needlefish ¹⁹
Strongylura notata

Gulf Toadfish ²⁰
Opsanus beta

Brook Silverside ²¹
Labidesthes sicculus

Timucu Needlefish ²²
Strongylura timucu

Yellow Jack ²³
Caranx bartholomaei

Atlantic Needlefish ²⁴
Strongylura marina

Seaweed Blenny ²⁵
Parablennius marmoreus

Atlantic Bumper ²⁶
Chloroscombrus chrysurus

Bar Jack ¹⁸
Caranx ruber

Crocodile Needlefish ²⁷
Tylosurus crocodilus

Leather Jack ²⁸
Oligoplites saurus

Atlantic Crevalle Jack ²⁹
Caranx hippos

Greater Amberjack ³⁰
Seriola dumerili

Lookdown ³¹
Selene vomer

Florida Pompano ³²
Trachinotus carolinus

Sharksucker ³³
Echeneis naucrates

Common Dolphinfish ³⁴
Coryphaena hippurus

Permit ³⁵
Trachinotus falcatus

Pompano Dolphinfish ³⁴
Coryphaena equiselis

Cobia ³⁶
Rachycentron canadum

Blacknose Shark ²⁴
Carcharhinus acronotus

Silky Shark ³⁷
Carcharhinus falciformis

Bignose Shark ³⁸
Carcharhinus altimus

Spinner Shark ³⁹
Carcharhinus brevipinna

Common Blacktip Shark ⁴⁰
Carcharhinus limbatus

Oceanic Whitetip Shark ⁴¹
Carcharhinus longimanus

Finetooth Shark ⁴²
Carcharhinus isodon

Bull Shark ⁴³
Carcharhinus leucas

Caribbean Reef Shark ⁴⁴
Carcharhinus perezii

Dusky Shark ⁴⁵
Carcharhinus obscurus

Tiger Shark ¹⁸
Galeocerdo cuvier

Lemon Shark ⁴⁶
Negaprion brevirostris

Chain Catshark ⁴⁷
Scyliorhinus retifer

Blue Shark ⁴⁸
Prionace glauca

Sandbar Shark ⁴⁹
Carcharhinus plumbeus

Atlantic Sharpnose Shark ¹⁸
Rhizoprionodon terraenovae

Scalloped Hammerhead ⁵⁰
Sphyrna lewini

Great Hammerhead ⁵¹
Sphyrna mokarran

Dusky Smooth-hound ⁵²
Mustelus canis

Bonnethead ¹⁸
Sphyrna tiburo

Narrowfin Smooth-hound ⁵³
Mustelus norrisi

Letourneux's Jewel Cichlid ⁵⁴
Hemichromis letourneuxi

Nile Tilapia ⁵⁵
Oreochromis niloticus

Blue Tilapia ¹¹
Oreochromis aureus

Mayan Cichlid ⁵⁶
Mayaheros urophthalmus

American Gizzard Shad ⁵⁷
Dorosoma cepedianum

Blackchin Tilapia ⁵⁸
Sarotherodon melanotheron

Threadfin Shad ⁵⁹
Dorosoma petenense

Scaled Sardine ⁵⁶
Harengula jaguana

Bay Anchovy ⁶⁰
Anchoa mitchilli

Pugnose Minnow ⁶¹
Opsopoeodus emiliae

Atlantic Thread Herring ⁵⁷
Opisthonema oglinum

Golden Shiner ⁵⁷
Notemigonus crysoleucas

Ironcolor Shiner ⁶²
Notropis chalybaeus

American Flagfish ⁶³
Jordanella floridae

Marsh Killifish
Fundulus confluentus

Metallic Shiner
Pteronotropis metallicus

Coastal Shiner ⁵⁶
Notropis petersoni

Taillight Shiner ⁶⁴
Notropis maculatus

Redface Topminnow ⁶²
Fundulus rubrifrons

golden topminnow ⁶⁵
Fundulus chrysotus

Diamond Killifish ²¹
Fundulus xenicus

Mummichog ⁴
Fundulus heteroclitus

Seminole Killifish ⁶⁶
Fundulus seminolis

Gulf Killifish ²¹
Fundulus grandis

Longnose Killifish ⁶⁷
Fundulus similis

rainwater killifish ⁶⁸
Lucania parva

Bluefin Killifish ⁶²
Lucania goodei

Least Killifish ⁶⁹
Heterandria formosa

Eastern Mosquitofish ⁶⁰
Gambusia holbrooki

Atlantic Tarpon ¹⁸
Megalops atlanticus

Sailfin Molly ⁷⁰
Poecilia latipinna

Southern Codling ⁷¹
Urophycis floridana

Mangrove Killifish ⁷²
Kryptolebias marmoratus

Largescaled Spinycheek Sleeper ³²
Eleotris amblyopsis

Ladyfish ⁷³
Elops saurus

Redfin Pickerel ⁷⁴
Esox americanus americanus

Code Goby
Gobiosoma robustum

Clown Goby ⁷⁵
Microgobius gulosus

Crested Goby ⁷⁶
Lophogobius cyprinoides

Lyre Goby ⁷⁷
Evorthodus lyricus

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Fishes of Sarasota County, Fl

Atlantic Blue Tang 1 Acanthurus coeruleus

Spotted weakfish 2 Cynoscion nebulosus

Gulf Kingcroaker 3 Menticirrhus littoralis

Spot Croaker 4 Leiostomus xanthurus

Doctorfish 5 Acanthurus chirurgus

Southern Kingfish 6 Menticirrhus americanus

Silver Perch 7 Bairdiella chrysoura

American Eel 8 Anguilla rostrata

Black Drum 9 Pogonias cromis

Red Drum 10 Sciaenops ocellatus

Bowfin 11 Amia calva

Ocellated Moray 12 Gymnothorax saxicola

Green Moray 13 Gymnothorax funebris

Northern Kingfish 4 Menticirrhus saxatilis

Spotted Spoon-nose Eel 14 Echiophis intertinctus

Hardy Silverside 15 Labidesthes vanhyningi

Atlantic Midshipman 16 Porichthys plectrodon

Speckled Worm Eel 17 Myrophis punctatus

Inshore Lizardfish 18 Synodus foetens

Redfin Needlefish 19 Strongylura notata

Gulf Toadfish 20 Opsanus beta

Brook Silverside 21 Labidesthes sicculus

Timucu Needlefish 22 Strongylura timucu

Yellow Jack 23 Caranx bartholomaei

Atlantic Needlefish 24 Strongylura marina

Seaweed Blenny 25 Parablennius marmoreus

Atlantic Bumper 26 Chloroscombrus chrysurus

Bar Jack 18 Caranx ruber

Crocodile Needlefish 27 Tylosurus crocodilus

Leather Jack 28 Oligoplites saurus

Atlantic Crevalle Jack 29 Caranx hippos

Greater Amberjack 30 Seriola dumerili

Lookdown 31 Selene vomer

Florida Pompano 32 Trachinotus carolinus

Sharksucker 33 Echeneis naucrates

Common Dolphinfish 34 Coryphaena hippurus

Permit 35 Trachinotus falcatus

Pompano Dolphinfish 34 Coryphaena equiselis

Cobia 36 Rachycentron canadum

Blacknose Shark 24 Carcharhinus acronotus

Silky Shark 37 Carcharhinus falciformis

Bignose Shark 38 Carcharhinus altimus

Spinner Shark 39 Carcharhinus brevipinna

Common Blacktip Shark 40 Carcharhinus limbatus

Oceanic Whitetip Shark 41 Carcharhinus longimanus

Finetooth Shark 42 Carcharhinus isodon

Bull Shark 43 Carcharhinus leucas

Caribbean Reef Shark 44 Carcharhinus perezii

Dusky Shark 45 Carcharhinus obscurus

Tiger Shark 18 Galeocerdo cuvier

Lemon Shark 46 Negaprion brevirostris

Chain Catshark 47 Scyliorhinus retifer

Blue Shark 48 Prionace glauca

Sandbar Shark 49 Carcharhinus plumbeus

Atlantic Sharpnose Shark 18 Rhizoprionodon terraenovae

Scalloped Hammerhead 50 Sphyrna lewini

Great Hammerhead 51 Sphyrna mokarran

Dusky Smooth-hound 52 Mustelus canis

Bonnethead 18 Sphyrna tiburo

Narrowfin Smooth-hound 53 Mustelus norrisi

Letourneux's Jewel Cichlid 54 Hemichromis letourneuxi

Nile Tilapia 55 Oreochromis niloticus

Blue Tilapia 11 Oreochromis aureus

Mayan Cichlid 56 Mayaheros urophthalmus

American Gizzard Shad 57 Dorosoma cepedianum

Blackchin Tilapia 58 Sarotherodon melanotheron

Threadfin Shad 59 Dorosoma petenense

Scaled Sardine 56 Harengula jaguana

Bay Anchovy 60 Anchoa mitchilli

Pugnose Minnow 61 Opsopoeodus emiliae

Atlantic Thread Herring 57 Opisthonema oglinum

Golden Shiner 57 Notemigonus crysoleucas

Ironcolor Shiner 62 Notropis chalybaeus

American Flagfish 63 Jordanella floridae

Marsh Killifish Fundulus confluentus

Metallic Shiner Pteronotropis metallicus

Coastal Shiner 56 Notropis petersoni

Taillight Shiner 64 Notropis maculatus

Redface Topminnow 62 Fundulus rubrifrons