Species Directory

All Species

Species Illustration	Species Name	Species Category	Protected Status	Region
Image	Loggerhead Turtle 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
Image	Longman's Beaked Whale Indopacetus pacificus	Species Category Whales	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II	Region Pacific Islands
Image	Main Hawaiian Islands Deep 7 Bottomfish Multiple species	Species Category Fish Groundfish Wild-Caught Seafood		Region Pacific Islands
Image ,	Melon-Headed Whale 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
Image	Minke Whale 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
Image	North Pacific Swordfish Xiphias gladius Also Known As Broadbill swordfish, Espada, Emperado, A`u, Mekajiki, Shutome	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region Pacific Islands Region West Coast
Image	Oceanic Whitetip Shark Carcharhinus longimanus	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Protected Fish Sharks	ESA Threatened CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex III	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Olive Ridley Turtle Lepidochelys olivacea	Species Category Sea Turtles	ESA Endangered ESA Threatened CITES Appendix I SPAW Annex II	Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Opah Lampris guttatus, Lampris spp. Also Known As Moonfish	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Pacific Albacore Tuna Thunnus alalunga Also Known As Albacore, Germon, Longfinned tuna, Albecor, Ahipalaha, Tombo	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region Pacific Islands Region West Coast
Image	Pacific Bigeye Tuna Thunnus obesus Also Known As Bigeye, `Ahi, Mabachi	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region Pacific Islands Region West Coast
Image	Pacific Blue Marlin Makaira nigricans Also Known As A‘u, Kajiki, Aguja azul	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region Pacific Islands
Image	Pacific Bluefin Tuna Thunnus orientalis Also Known As Northern bluefin tuna, Tuna, Bluefin tuna	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region Pacific Islands Region West Coast
Image	Pacific 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 Pacific Islands Region West Coast
Image	Pacific Mahimahi Coryphaena hippurus Also Known As Mahi mahi, Dolphinfish, Dorado	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region Pacific Islands Region West Coast
Image	Pacific Shortfin Mako Shark Isurus oxyrinchus Also Known As Mako shark, Blue pointer, Bonito shark, Pacific mako shark	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Sharks Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region Pacific Islands Region West Coast
Image	Pacific Skipjack Tuna Katsuwonus pelamis Also Known As Ocean bonito, Lesser tuna, Aku, Katsuo	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region Pacific Islands Region West Coast
Image	Pacific Wahoo Acanthocybium solanderi Also Known As Kingfish, Peto, Guarapucu, Ono, Thazard batard, Wahoo	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region Pacific Islands Region West Coast
Image	Pacific Yellowfin Tuna Thunnus albacares Also Known As Ahi, Kihada	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region Pacific Islands Region West Coast
Image	Pantropical Spotted Dolphin Stenella attenuata	Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises	MMPA Protected MMPA Depleted CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region Pacific Islands
Image	Pocillopora meandrina Coral Pocillopora meandrina Also Known As Cauliflower coral	Species Category Invertebrates Corals		Region Pacific Islands
Image ,	Pygmy Killer Whale Feresa attenuata	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
Image	Pygmy Sperm Whale Kogia breviceps	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	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	Rough-Toothed Dolphin Steno bredanensis	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