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Fish Identification
Fish and seafood ID info.
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Common Names Scientific Names AKA


From our Historical Fish Plate Archives:

From our Historical Fish Archives:

Diagram from our Historical Fish Plate Archives

Albacore   Albies, Chickens, Chicken of the sea
American Lobster Thunnus alalunga  
Anchovy, Northern   Engraulis Mordax Chovies, Pinheads
Barracuda   Sphyraena argentea  
Barred Sand Bass   Sarda chiliensis Sand Bass, Sandies
Barred Surf Perch   Surf Perch
Bass, Sand Paralabrax Nebulifer Sand Bass, Sandies
Bass, Calico Paralabrax Clathratus Kelp Bass
Bass, Kelp   Paralabrax Clathratus Calico Bass
Bass, Spotted Sand Paralabrax Maculatofasciatus Bay Bass, Spotties, Spotted Sand Bass
Bass, Spotted Bay Paralabrax Maculatofasciatus Bay Bass, Spotties, Spotted Sand Bass
Bocaccio Sebastes paucispinis  
Bonefish    
Bonito, Pacific Sarda Chiliensis Bonies, Boneheads, Bonita
Calico Bass Paralabrax Clathratus Kelp Bass
California Halibut Paralichthys californicus  
California Sheephead Semiccossyphus pulcher Goats, Redfish
Catalina Blue Perch Medialuna californiensis Half moon
Crab, Dungeness    
Diamond Turbot Hypsopsetta guttulata  
Dogfish    
Dolphin Fish Coryphaena hippurus Dorado, Mahi Mahi
Dorado Coryphaena hippurus Mahi Mahi, Dolphinfish
Dungeness Crab      
Flag Rockfish Sebastes rubrivinctus    
Giant Squid      
Gray Snapper Lutjanus griseus    
Half Moon Perch Medialuna californiensis Catalina Blue Perch  
Halibut, California Paralichthys californicus    
Jackmackerel Trachurus symmetricus    
Krill      
Lingcod Ophiodon elongatus    
Lobster, American Homarus americanus     
Lobster, Spiny      
Mackerel      
Mahi Mahi Coryphaena hippurus    
Mangrove Snapper Lutjanus griseus    
Market Squid Loligo opalescens Calamari, Squid  
Ocean Whitefish Caulolatilus princeps    
Opal Eye      
Pompano Trachinotus carolinus    
Rockfish, Flag Sebastes rubrivinctus    
Rockfish, Starry Sebastes constellatus    
Rockfish, Vermillion      
Sand Bass Paralabrax Nebulifer    
Sand Dab Citharichthys sordidus    
Scorpion Fish, California Scorpaena guttata Sculpin, Rattlesnake  
Sculpin Scorpaena guttata Scorpion fish, Rattlesnake  
Sea Bass, White      
Sheephead, California Semiccossyphus pulcher Goat, Redfish  
Shrimp, Southern      
Skipjack      
Smelt      
Spiny Lobster   Spinies, Rock Lobster, Pacific Lobster  
Squid, Giant      
Squid, Market Loligo opalescens Calamari  
Starry Rockfish Sebastes constellatus    
Surf Perch   Barred Surf Perch  
Treefish Sebastes serriceps    
Turbot, Diamond Hypsopsetta guttulata    
Vermillion Rockfish      
Whitefish, Ocean Caulolatilus princeps    
White Sea Bass      
Yellowfin Croaker Umbrina roncador    
Yellowfin Tuna      
Yellowtail Seriola lalandi dorsalis    
       
       

 

 

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