Species Directory

All Species

Species Illustration	Species Name	Species Category	Protected Status	Region
Image	Ribbon Seal Histriophoca fasciata	Species Category Seals & Sea Lions	MMPA Protected	Region Alaska
Image	Ringed Seal Phoca (pusa) hispida	Species Category Seals & Sea Lions	ESA Endangered - Foreign ESA Endangered - Foreign ESA Threatened ESA Threatened - Foreign ESA Threatened - Foreign MMPA Protected MMPA Depleted MMPA Depleted MMPA Depleted MMPA Depleted MMPA Depleted	Region Alaska
Image	Risso’s Dolphin Grampus griseus	Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region Alaska Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Rock Sole Lepidopsetta billineta (southern rock sole) and Lepidopsetta polyxystra (northern rock sole) Also Known As Sole, Flounder, Rock flounder, Two-lined flounder, White-bellied flounder	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region Alaska Region West Coast
Image	Sablefish Anoplopoma fimbria Also Known As Black cod, Butterfish, Skil, Beshow, Coalfish	Species Category Fish Farmed Seafood Wild-Caught Seafood		Region Alaska Region West Coast
Image	Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis	Species Category Whales	ESA Endangered MMPA Protected MMPA Depleted CITES Appendix I SPAW Annex II	Region Alaska Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image ,	Short-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala macrorhynchus	Species Category Whales Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region Alaska Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Shortspine Thornyhead Sebastolobus alascanus Also Known As Thornyhead, Idiot fish, Idiot cod, Rockfish	Species Category Fish Groundfish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region Alaska Region West Coast
Image	Sockeye Salmon Oncorhynchus nerka Also Known As Red salmon, Blueback salmon, Redfish, Summer Sockeye	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region Alaska Region West Coast
Image	Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus	Species Category Whales	ESA Endangered MMPA Protected MMPA Depleted CITES Appendix I SPAW Annex II	Region Alaska Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Spotted Seal Phoca largha	Species Category Seals & Sea Lions	ESA Threatened - Foreign MMPA Protected MMPA Depleted	Region Alaska
Image	Steelhead Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	ESA Endangered ESA Threatened ESA Threatened ESA Threatened ESA Threatened ESA Threatened ESA Threatened ESA Threatened ESA Threatened ESA Threatened ESA Threatened ESA Experimental Population ESA Candidate	Region Alaska Region West Coast
Image	Stejneger's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon stejnegeri	Species Category Whales	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II	Region Alaska Region West Coast
Image	Steller Sea Lion Eumetopias jubatus	Species Category Seals & Sea Lions	ESA Endangered MMPA Protected MMPA Depleted MMPA Strategic	Region Alaska Region West Coast
Image	Sunflower Sea Star Pycnopodia helianthoides	Species Category Invertebrates	ESA Proposed - Threatened	Region Alaska Region West Coast
Image	White Shark Carcharodon carcharias Also Known As Great white, Great white shark, White pointer	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Sharks	---	Region Alaska Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Yelloweye Rockfish Sebastes ruberrimus	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	ESA Threatened	Region Alaska Region West Coast
Image	Yellowfin Sole Limanda aspera Also Known As Sole, Flounder	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region Alaska
Image	Yellowtail Rockfish Sebastes flavidus Also Known As Yellowtail rockfish, Greenie, Yellow sea perch, Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper	Species Category Fish Groundfish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region Alaska Region West Coast