Species Directory

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Species Illustration Species Name Species Category Protected Status Region
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Drawing of a killer whale in profile
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Orcinus orca
Also Known As
Orca
  • Species Category
    Dolphins & Porpoises
  • Species Category
    Whales
  • ESA Endangered
  • MMPA Protected
  • MMPA Depleted
  • CITES Appendix II
  • SPAW Annex II
  • Region
    Alaska
  • Region
    New England/Mid-Atlantic
  • Region
    Pacific Islands
  • Region
    Southeast
  • Region
    West Coast
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Side-profile illustration of a narrow, silvery king mackerel fish with darker, gray coloring on its back. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jack Hornady
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Scomberomorus cavalla
Also Known As
Cavalla, Sierra
  • Species Category
    Fish
    • Wild-Caught Seafood
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  • Region
    Southeast
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Pristis pristis
Also Known As
Common sawfish
  • Species Category
    Fish
    • Protected Fish
  • ESA Endangered - Foreign
  • CITES Appendix I
  • SPAW Annex II
  • Region
    Foreign
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Left-facing illustration of a leatherback turtle with a tear-drop shaped black body covered with white spots.
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Dermochelys coriacea
  • Species Category
    Sea Turtles
  • ESA Endangered
  • CITES Appendix I
  • SPAW Annex II
  • Region
    Alaska
  • Region
    New England/Mid-Atlantic
  • Region
    Pacific Islands
  • Region
    Southeast
  • Region
    West Coast
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Side-profile illustration of a long lingcod fish with a big head and mouth and copper-colored mottling/spotting on its body. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jack Hornady
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Ophiodon elongatus
Also Known As
Cultus cod, Blue cod, Bluefish, Green cod, Buffalo cod, Greenling, White cod
  • Species Category
    Fish
    • Wild-Caught Seafood
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  • Region
    West Coast
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Illustration of tan and dark brown lobed star coral
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Orbicella annularis
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Corals
  • ESA Threatened
  • CITES Appendix II
  • SPAW Annex III
  • Region
    Southeast
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Caretta caretta
  • Species Category
    Sea Turtles
  • ESA Endangered
  • ESA Endangered - Foreign
  • ESA Endangered - Foreign
  • ESA Endangered - Foreign
  • ESA Endangered - Foreign
  • ESA Threatened
  • ESA Threatened - Foreign
  • ESA Threatened - Foreign
  • ESA Threatened - Foreign
  • CITES Appendix I
  • SPAW Annex II
  • Region
    New England/Mid-Atlantic
  • Region
    Pacific Islands
  • Region
    Southeast
  • Region
    West Coast
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Delphinus capensis
  • Species Category
    Dolphins & Porpoises
  • MMPA Protected
  • CITES Appendix II
  • Region
    West Coast
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Illustration of a longfin squid with reddish pink mantle and blueish purple fins and tentacles. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jack Hornady
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Doryteuthis (Amerigo) pealeii
Also Known As
Longfin inshore squid, Loligo, Winter squid, Boston squid
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Squid
    • Wild-Caught Seafood
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  • Region
    New England/Mid-Atlantic
  • Region
    Southeast
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Globicephala melas
  • Species Category
    Whales
  • Species Category
    Dolphins & Porpoises
  • MMPA Protected
  • CITES Appendix II
  • Region
    New England/Mid-Atlantic
  • Region
    Southeast
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Indopacetus pacificus
  • Species Category
    Whales
  • MMPA Protected
  • CITES Appendix II
  • Region
    Pacific Islands
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Side-profile illustration of a longtail red snapper (onaga) fish with brilliant red coloring, especially on its back, and distinctive caudal (tail) fins that end in long, slender points.
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Etelis coruscans
Also Known As
Flame snapper, Longtail snapper, Red snapper, Ruby snapper, Palu-atu, Palu-loa, Palu-malau, Ulaʻula koaʻe
  • Species Category
    Fish
    • Wild-Caught Seafood
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  • Region
    Pacific Islands
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Onaga (Long-Tail Red Snapper), Opakapaka (Pink Snapper), and Gindai (Oblique-Banded Snapper) fish on a white background
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Multiple species
  • Species Category
    Fish
    • Groundfish
    • Wild-Caught Seafood
  • Region
    Pacific Islands
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Monachus monachus
  • Species Category
    Seals & Sea Lions
  • ESA Endangered - Foreign
  • MMPA Protected
  • MMPA Depleted
  • CITES Appendix I
  • Region
    Foreign
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Side profile illustration of a melon headed whale
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Peponocephala electra
  • Species Category
    Whales
  • Species Category
    Dolphins & Porpoises
  • MMPA Protected
  • CITES Appendix II
  • SPAW Annex II
  • Region
    New England/Mid-Atlantic
  • Region
    Pacific Islands
  • Region
    Southeast
  • Region
    West Coast
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Balaenoptera acutorostrata
  • Species Category
    Whales
  • MMPA Protected
  • CITES Appendix I
  • CITES Appendix II
  • SPAW Annex II
  • Region
    Alaska
  • Region
    New England/Mid-Atlantic
  • Region
    Pacific Islands
  • Region
    Southeast
  • Region
    West Coast
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Side-profile illustration of brown monkfish with mouth open and small jagged teeth showing. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jack Hornady
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Lophius americanus
Also Known As
Goosefish, Monktails, Angler, Fishing frog, Allmouth, Molligut, Abbot, Sea-devil, Lotte
  • Species Category
    Fish
    • Wild-Caught Seafood
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  • Region
    New England/Mid-Atlantic
  • Region
    Southeast
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Montipora australiensis
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Corals
  • ESA Threatened - Foreign
  • Region
    Foreign
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Illustration of a pale brown mountainous star coral that looks like a big mound with a skirt. Surface is smooth and undulating with small lumps, bulges, and lobes.
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Orbicella faveolata
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Corals
  • ESA Threatened
  • CITES Appendix II
  • SPAW Annex II
  • Region
    Southeast
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Anoxypristis cuspidata
Also Known As
Knifetooth sawfish, Pointed sawfish
  • Species Category
    Fish
    • Protected Fish
  • ESA Endangered - Foreign
  • CITES Appendix I
  • Region
    Foreign
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Mustelus schmitti
  • Species Category
    Fish
    • Protected Fish
    • Sharks
  • ESA Threatened - Foreign
  • Region
    Foreign
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Monodon monoceros
  • Species Category
    Whales
  • MMPA Protected
  • CITES Appendix II
  • Region
    Alaska
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Epinephelus striatus
  • Species Category
    Fish
    • Protected Fish
    • Reef Fish
  • ESA Threatened
  • SPAW Annex III
  • Region
    Southeast
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Tridacna noae
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Clams, Mussels, Oysters
  • ESA Proposed - Threatened
  • CITES Appendix II
  • Region
    Pacific Islands
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Side-profile illustration of an albacore tuna with big eyes and torpedo-shaped body. Bottom half of body is silvery white, dark blue on top/back, and lighter blue laterally. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jack Hornady
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Thunnus alalunga
Also Known As
Northern albacore, Longfin tuna, Germon
  • Species Category
    Fish
    • Highly Migratory Fish
    • Wild-Caught Seafood
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  • Region
    New England/Mid-Atlantic
  • Region
    Southeast