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Species Illustration	Species Name	Species Category	Protected Status	Region
Image	Yellowtail Snapper Ocyurus chrysurus Also Known As Flag, Flag yellowtail, Rabirubia, Colirrubia	Species Category Fish Reef Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region Southeast
Image	Yellowtail Rockfish Sebastes flavidus Also Known As Greenie, Yellow sea perch, Rock cod, Pacific snapper	Species Category Fish Groundfish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region Alaska Region West Coast
Image	Yellowtail Flounder Limanda ferruginea Also Known As Flounder, Rusty dab	Species Category Fish Groundfish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
Image	Yellowfin Sole Limanda aspera Also Known As Sole, Flounder	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region Alaska
Image	Yelloweye Rockfish Sebastes ruberrimus	Species Category Fish Groundfish Protected Fish	ESA Threatened	Region Alaska Region West Coast
Image	Wreckfish Polyprion americanus Also Known As Sea bass, Stone bass	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Witch Flounder Glyptocephalus cynoglossus Also Known As Grey sole	Species Category Fish Groundfish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
Image	Winter Skate Leucoraja ocellata Also Known As Skate, Big skate, Spotted skate, Eyed skate	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Winter Flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus Also Known As Flounder, Sole, Lemon sole, Georges Bank flounder, Blackback flounder	Species Category Fish Groundfish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Windowpane Flounder Scophthalmus aquosus Also Known As Sand dab	Species Category Fish Groundfish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
Image	Widow Rockfish Sebastes entomelas Also Known As Brown bomber, Soft brown, Brownie, Belinda bass	Species Category Fish Groundfish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region West Coast
Image	White-Beaked Dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris	Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
Image	White Shrimp Litopenaeus setiferus Also Known As Northern white shrimp, Gray shrimp, Lake shrimp, Green shrimp, Common shrimp, Daytona shrimp, Southern shrimp	Species Category Invertebrates Shrimp Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
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	White Hake Urophycis tenuis Also Known As Mud hake, Boston hake	Species Category Fish Groundfish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
Image	White Abalone Haliotis sorenseni	Species Category Invertebrates Abalone	ESA Endangered	Region West Coast
Image	Western Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Thunnus thynnus Also Known As Tuna, Bluefin tuna, Toro, Maguro, Giant bluefin, Northern bluefin tuna	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	West Coast Groundfish Multiple species	Species Category Fish Groundfish Sharks		Region West Coast
Image	West Coast Coastal Pelagic Species Multiple species	Species Category Fish Coastal Pelagic Fish		Region West Coast
Image	Vermilion Snapper Rhomboplites aurorubens Also Known As Snapper, Beeliner, Clubhead snapper, Night snapper, Besugo, Rubia	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region Southeast
Image	Vaquita Phocoena sinus Also Known As Gulf of California harbor porpoise, Cochito	Species Category Dolphins & Porpoises	ESA Endangered - Foreign MMPA Protected MMPA Depleted CITES Appendix I	Region Foreign
	Tubastraea floreana Coral Tubastraea floreana	Species Category Invertebrates Corals	ESA Endangered - Foreign CITES Appendix II	Region Foreign
Image	True's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon mirus	Species Category Whales	MMPA Protected CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
	True Giant Clam Tridacna gigas	Species Category Invertebrates Clams, Mussels, Oysters	ESA Proposed - Endangered CITES Appendix II	Region Pacific Islands
Image	Totoaba Totoaba macdonaldi	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	ESA Endangered - Foreign CITES Appendix I	Region Foreign