Species Directory

All Species

Species Illustration	Species Name	Species Category	Protected Status	Region
Image	Acadian Redfish Sebastes fasciatus Also Known As Redfish, Ocean perch, Labrador redfish	Species Category Fish Groundfish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
Image	American Lobster Homarus americanus Also Known As Lobster	Species Category Invertebrates Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
Image	American Plaice Hippoglossoides platessoides Also Known As American dab, Canadian plaice, Dab	Species Category Fish Groundfish Wild-Caught Seafood		Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
Image	Atlantic Bigeye Tuna Thunnus obesus Also Known As Tuna, Big eye, Ahi-b	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Atlantic Blacktip Shark Carcharhinus limbatus Also Known As Black fin shark, Blacktip whaler, Common blacktip shark, Gray shark, Requiem shark, Small blacktip shark, Spot-fin ground shark	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Sharks Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Atlantic Chub Mackerel Scomber colias Also Known As Mackerel, Chub mackerel, Tinker mackerel	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
Image	Atlantic Cod Gadus morhua Also Known As Cod, Codling, Scrod cod, Markets, Steakers	Species Category Fish Groundfish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Atlantic Common Thresher Shark Alopias vulpinus Also Known As Thresher shark, Fox shark, Sea fox, Swingletail, Whiptail shark, Thintail shark	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Sharks Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab Chaceon quinquedens Also Known As Atlantic red crab, Red crab, Red deepsea crab	Species Category Invertebrates Crab Wild-Caught Seafood		Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
Image	Atlantic Halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus Also Known As Atlantic halibut, Halibut	Species Category Fish Groundfish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
Image	Atlantic Herring Clupea harengus Also Known As Herring, Sea herring, Sild, Common herring, Labrador herring, Sardine, Sperling	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Atlantic Mackerel Scomber scombrus Also Known As Mackerel, Common mackerel, Boston mackerel, Caballa	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Atlantic Mahi Mahi Coryphaena hippurus Also Known As Mahimahi, Dolphinfish, Dolphin, Dorado	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Atlantic Menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus Also Known As Fatback, Bunker, Pogie, Mossback	Species Category Fish	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Atlantic Northern Shrimp Pandalus borealis Also Known As Pink shrimp, Salad shrimp, Coldwater shrimp, Deep water prawn	Species Category Invertebrates Shrimp Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
Image	Atlantic Pollock Pollachius virens Also Known As Saithe, Coalfish, Coley, Green cod, Boston bluefish	Species Category Fish Groundfish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
Image	Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar Also Known As Salmon, Sea run salmon, Kelts, Black salmon	Species Category Fish Farmed Seafood Protected Fish Salmon & Steelhead	ESA Endangered	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
Image	Atlantic Sea Scallop Placopecten magellanicus Also Known As Scallop, Sea scallop, Giant scallop	Species Category Invertebrates Scallops Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
Image	Atlantic Sharpnose Shark Rhizoprionodon terraenovae Also Known As Newfoundland shark, Sharp-nosed shark, White shark	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Sharks Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Atlantic Shortfin Mako Shark Isurus oxyrinchus Also Known As Mako shark, Blue pointer, Bonito shark, Atlantic mako shark	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Sharks Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Atlantic Skipjack Tuna Katsuwonus pelamis Also Known As Tuna, Ocean bonito, Lesser tuna, Aku	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Atlantic Spiny Dogfish Squalus acanthias Also Known As Dogfish shark, Cape dogfish, Cape shark, Spring dogfish, Spiked dogfish, Grayfish, Spur dog, Piked dogfish	Species Category Fish Sharks Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Atlantic Spotted Dolphin Stenella frontalis	Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Atlantic Striped Bass Morone saxatilis Also Known As Bass, Rockfish, Striper, Linesider	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Atlantic Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	ESA Endangered ESA Endangered ESA Endangered ESA Endangered ESA Threatened CITES Appendix II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast