Fish at Gateway National Recreation Area

A list Fish found within the boundary of Gateway National Recreation Area

This list is a work in progress. We will continue to update over time.

All 91

American Eel ¹
Anguilla rostrata

Conger eel
Conger oceanicus

inland silverside ²
Menidia beryllina

Atlantic Silverside
Menidia menidia

Sea mat
Synodus foetens

Oyster Toadfish ³
Opsanus tau

Atlantic Needlefish ⁴
Strongylura marina

Ballyhoo
Hyporhamphus unifasciatus

Blueback herring
Alosa aestivalis

Alewife
Alosa pseudoharengus

American shad
Alosa sapidissima

Atlantic menhaden ⁵
Brevoortia tyrannus

Atlantic Herring ⁶
Clupea harengus

Bay Anchovy ⁷
Anchoa mitchilli

Goldfish ⁸
Carassius auratus

Fundulus confluentus

banded killifish ⁹
Fundulus diaphanus

Mummichog ¹⁰
Fundulus heteroclitus

Fundulus luciae

Striped Killifish ¹¹
Fundulus majalis

Western Mosquitofish ¹²
Gambusia affinis

Atlantic Cod ¹³
Gadus morhua

Atlantic Tomcod
Microgadus tomcod

squirrel hake ¹⁴
Urophycis chuss

Spotted Hake
Urophycis regia

White Hake ¹⁵
Urophycis tenuis

Silver Hake
Merluccius bilinearis

Bluespotted cornetfish ¹⁶
Fistularia tabacaria

Thornback ¹⁷
Apeltes quadracus

Three-spined Stickleback ¹⁸
Gasterosteus aculeatus

Northern Seahorse ¹⁹
Hippocampus erectus

Northern Pipefish ¹⁴
Syngnathus fuscus

Flathead Mullet ²⁰
Mugil cephalus

White Mullet ⁵
Mugil curema

American Sand Lance
Ammodytes americanus

Pacific Sand Lance
Ammodytes hexapterus

African Pompano ²¹
Alectis ciliaris

Caranx bartholomaei

Crevalle Jack
Caranx hippos

Golden trevally ²²
Gnathanodon speciosus

Bigeye Scad ⁴
Selar crumenophthalmus

Lookdown ²³
Selene vomer

Permit ²⁴
Trachinotus falcatus

Spotfin Butterflyfish ²⁵
Chaetodon ocellatus

Arrow Gobi
Clevelandia ios

Naked goby ²⁶
Gobiosoma bosc

Gobiosoma ginsburgi

Bluefish
Girella cyanea

Tautog ²⁷
Tautoga onitis

Conner ²⁸
Tautogolabrus adspersus

Red ²⁹
Lutjanus agennes

White Perch
Morone americana

Striped Bass ³⁰
Morone saxatilis

Green-boned butterfish
Odax pullus

Rock gunnel
Pholis gunnellus

Bluefish
Pomatomus saltatrix

Bigeye ²⁵
Priacanthus arenatus

Short Bigeye
Pristigenys alta

Cobia ³¹
Rachycentron canadum

Weakfish
Cynoscion regalis

Banded Drum ³²
Larimus fasciatus

Spot Croaker ⁴
Leiostomus xanthurus

Northern Kingfish
Menticirrhus saxatilis

Atlantic croaker
Micropogonias undulatus

Red Drum ³³
Sciaenops ocellatus

Black Sea Bass ²⁵
Centropristis striata

Sheepshead ²⁵
Archosargus probatocephalus

Red Porgy ³⁴
Pagrus pagrus

Scup ³⁵
Stenotomus chrysops

Northern Barracuda ²⁵
Sphyraena borealis

Butterfish ²⁷
Peprilus triacanthus

Astroscopus guttatus

Hogchoker ³⁶
Trinectes maculatus

Gulf Stream Flounder
Citharichthys arctifrons

Smallmouth Flounder
Etropus microstomus

Summer flounder ³⁷
Paralichthys dentatus

Fourspot Flounder
Paralichthys oblongus

Winter flounder ³⁸
Pseudopleuronectes americanus

Windowpane Flounder
Scophthalmus aquosus

Grubby ¹⁵
Myoxocephalus aenaeus

Longhorn Sculpin ³⁹
Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus

Northern searobin ²⁷
Prionotus carolinus

Striped Searobin ³⁵
Prionotus evolans

Striped Burrfish ⁴⁰
Chilomycterus schoepfii

Lactophrys triqueter ⁴¹
Rhinesomus triqueter

Northern Puffer ⁴⁰
Sphoeroides maculatus

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