Species Directory

All Species

Species Illustration	Species Name	Species Category	Protected Status	Region
Image	Atlantic Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	ESA Endangered ESA Endangered ESA Endangered ESA Endangered ESA Threatened	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Atlantic Surfclam Spisula solidissima Also Known As Surfclam, Hen clam, Bar clam, Sea clam	Species Category Invertebrates Clams, Mussels, Oysters Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Atlantic Wahoo Acanthocybium solandri Also Known As Kingfish, Peto, Guarapucu, Ono, Thazard batard	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin Lagenorhynchus acutus	Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Atlantic Wolffish Anarhichas lupus	Species Category Fish Groundfish Wild-Caught Seafood		Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
Image	Atlantic Yellowfin Tuna Thunnus albacares Also Known As Tuna, Ahi	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Black Grouper Mycteroperca bonaci Also Known As Grouper, Blackfin grouper, Marbled rockfish	Species Category Fish Reef Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Black Sea Bass Centropristis striata Also Known As Sea bass, Blackfish, Rock bass, Black bass, Tallywag	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Blainville's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon densirostris	Species Category Whales	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus Also Known As Hard-shells (not molting), Peelers (about to molt), Busters (started to molt), Soft-shells (just molted, not yet hard), Jimmies (adult males), Sooks (adult females), She-crabs or Sallies (immature females), Sponges/Sponge crabs (females carrying eggs)	Species Category Invertebrates Crab Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Blue Mussel Mytilus edulis Also Known As Edible mussel	Species Category Invertebrates Clams, Mussels, Oysters Farmed Seafood		Region Alaska Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus	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
Image	Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix Also Known As Tailor, Snapper, Baby blues, Choppers, Elfs	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Brown Rock Shrimp Sicyonia brevirostris Also Known As Rock shrimp, Florida rock shrimp	Species Category Invertebrates Shrimp Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Brown Shrimp Farfantepenaeus aztecus Also Known As Brownies, Green lake shrimp, Red shrimp, Redtail shrimp, Golden shrimp, Native shrimp, Summer shrimp	Species Category Invertebrates Shrimp Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Bryde’s Whale Balaenoptera edeni	Species Category Whales	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Butterfish Peprilus triacanthus Also Known As American butterfish, Atlantic butterfish, Dollarfish, Shiner, Skipjack, Sheepshead, Harvestfish	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Clymene Dolphin Stenella clymene	Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Cobia Rachycentron canadum Also Known As Crabeater, Sergeantfish, Ling, Cabio, Cubby yew, Lemonfish	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus	Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises	MMPA Protected MMPA Depleted MMPA Depleted MMPA Depleted MMPA Depleted MMPA Depleted CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris	Species Category Whales	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region Alaska Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Dwarf Sperm Whale Kogia sima	Species Category Whales	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica Also Known As American oyster, Atlantic oyster, American cupped oyster, Virginia oyster	Species Category Invertebrates Clams, Mussels, Oysters Farmed Seafood		Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus	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