Species Directory

All Species

Species Illustration	Species Name	Species Category	Protected Status	Region
Image	Shortnose Sturgeon Acipenser brevirostrum	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	ESA Endangered CITES Appendix I	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
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	Shortfin Squid Illex illecebrosus Also Known As Illex squid, Summer squid	Species Category Invertebrates Squid Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
Image	Shortfin Mako Shark Isurus oxyrinchus	Species Category Fish Sharks	CITES Appendix II	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Short-Beaked Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis	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
	Seriatopora aculeata Coral Seriatopora aculeata	Species Category Invertebrates Corals	ESA Threatened - Foreign	Region Foreign
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	Scup Stenotomus chrysops Also Known As Porgy, Maiden, Fair maid, Ironsides, Northern porgy	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Scalloped Hammerhead Shark Sphyrna lewini	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Protected Fish Sharks	ESA Endangered ESA Endangered - Foreign ESA Threatened ESA Threatened CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex III	Region Pacific Islands Region Southeast Region West Coast
Image	Sawback Angelshark Squatina aculeata	Species Category Fish Protected Fish Sharks	ESA Endangered - Foreign	Region Foreign
Image	Sandbar Shark Carcharhinus plumbeus Also Known As Thickskin shark, Brown shark	Species Category Fish Highly Migratory Fish Sharks	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast
Image	Sakhalin Sturgeon Acipenser mikadoi	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	ESA Endangered - Foreign CITES Appendix II	Region Foreign
Image	Sablefish Anoplopoma fimbria Also Known As Black cod, Butterfish, Skil, Beshow, Coalfish Butterfish Skil Beshow Coalfish	Species Category Fish Farmed Seafood Wild-Caught Seafood		Region Alaska 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
Image	Rough Cactus Coral Mycetophyllia ferox	Species Category Invertebrates Corals	ESA Threatened CITES Appendix II SPAW Annex III	Region Southeast
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	River Herring Alosa pseudoharengus, Alosa aestivalis	Species Category Fish		Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
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	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	Rice's Whale Balaenoptera ricei	Species Category Whales	ESA Endangered MMPA Protected MMPA Depleted CITES Appendix I	Region Southeast
Image	Ribbon Seal Histriophoca fasciata	Species Category Seals & Sea Lions	MMPA Protected	Region Alaska
Image	Rex Sole Glyptocephalus zachirus Also Known As Witch sole, Threadfin sole	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region Alaska Region West Coast
Image	Red Snapper Lutjanus campechanus Also Known As Snapper, Genuine red snapper, American reds, Spot snapper	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region Southeast
Image	Red King Crab Paralithodes camtschaticus Also Known As Alaska king crab, King crab	Species Category Invertebrates Crab Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region Alaska
Image	Red Hake Urophycis chuss Also Known As Ling, Squirrel hake	Species Category Fish Wild-Caught Seafood	---	Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Region Southeast