SaltWater Fish Species

A combination of understanding the fish and the techniques used to catch them will help you to hook more fish to the end of your line. Better knowing and understanding of the fish that you are trying to catch will make you a more successful angler, whether you are fishing for trout on a river or surfing on the beach or trolling on the open water.

The Codfish family species (Family Gadidae)
Gadus morhua	Gadus macrocephalus	Gadus ogac	Gadus morhua callarias
Arctogadus glacialis	Boreogadus saida	Arctogadus borisovi	Eleginus gracilis
Eleginus navaga	Pollachius virens	Theragra chalcogramma	Melanogrammus aeglefinus

The Flounders Soles family species. Flatfishes, Order Pleuronectiformes
Left eye familys: Psettoididae, Citharidae, Bothidae, Achiropsettidae, Scophthalmidae, Paralichthyidae, Cynoglossidae
Bothus Ocellatus	Bothus Robinsi	Cyclopsetta Chittendeni	Cyclopsetta Fimbriata
Etropus Rimosus	Gastropsetta Frontalis	Paralichthys Squamilentus	Paralichthys californicus
Paralichthys Adspersus	Paralichthys Oblongus	Paralichthys Albigutta	Paralichthys Lethostigma
Paralichthys Dentatus	Paralichthys Tropicus	Pseudorhombus Arsius	Pseudorhombus Argus
Right eye familys: Pleuronectidae, Samaridae, Achiridae, Soleidae
Atheresthes Evermanni	Atheresthes Stomias	Eopsetta Grigorjewi	Eopsetta Jordani
Hippoglossus Hippoglossus	Hippoglossus Stenolepis	Verasper Moseri	Verasper Variegatus
Hippoglossoides Dubius	Hippoglossoides Elassodon	Hippoglossoides Platessoides	Hippoglossoides Robustus
Isopsetta Isolepis	Embassichthys Bathybius	Glyptocephalus Cynoglossus	Glyptocephalus Stelleri
Microstomus Kitt	Microstomus Pacificus	Lvnanda Ferruginea	Pseudopleuronectes Americanus

The Mackerels and Tunas family species (Family Scombridae)
Scomber scombrus Atlantic Mackerel	Scomber colias Atlantic Chub Mackerel	Scomber australasicus Blue Mackerel	Scomber japonicus Chub Mackerel
Scomberomorus maculatus Atlantic Spanish Mackerel	Scomberomorus munroi Australian Spotted Mackerel	Scomberomorus semifasciatus Broadbarred-King Mackerel	Scomberomorus guttatus Indo-Pacific-King Mackerel
Scomberomorus niphonius Japanese Spanish Mackerel	Scomberomorus commerson Narrow-barred-Spanish Mackerel	Scomberomorus cavalla King Mackerel	Scomberomorus brasiliensis Serra Spanish Mackerel

The Porgy family species (Family Sparidae)
Calamus penna Sheepshead Porgy	Calamus bajonado Jolthead Porgy	Calamus calamus Saucereye Porgy	Calamus leucosteus Whitebone Porgy
Calamus nodosus Knobbed Porgy	Calamus proridens Littlehead Porgy	Pagrus pagrus Red Porgy	Calamus arctifrons Grass Porgy
Diplodus caudimacula Silver Porgy	Stenotomus chrysops Scup Porgy	Lagodon rhomboides Pinfish	Diplodus holbrookii Spottail Pinfish

The Sea Basses AND Grouper family species (Family Serranidae)
Black Grouper	Gag Grouper	Goliath Grouper	Marbled Grouper
Misty Grouper	Nassau Grouper	Red Grouper	Snowy Grouper
Tiger Grouper	Warsaw Grouper	Yellowedge Grouper	Yellowfin Grouper
Yellowmouth Grouper	Scamp Grouper	Black Sea Bass	European Sea Bass
Bank Sea Bass	Rock Sea Bass	Giant Sea Bass	Blackfin Sea Bass

The Snapper family species (Family Lutjanidae)
Blackfin Snapper	Cubera Snapper	Dog Snapper	Gray Snapper/Mangrove Snapper
Lane Snapper	Mahogany Snapper	Mullet Snapper	Mutton Snapper
Queen Snapper	Red Snapper	Schoolmaster Snapper	Yellowtail Snapper

Other Saltwater species
Albacore	Atlantic Bonito	Greater Amberjack	Bluefish
Bonefish	Cobia	Black Drum	Red Drum / Redfish Fishing
Dolphinfish	Tautog / Blackfish	Chilean Sea Bass	Striped Bass