Species

Most Abundant Species All Time

COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME
FISHES
Scup	Stenotomus chrysops
Winter Flounder	Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Butterfish	Peprilus triacanthus
Silver Hake	Merluccius bilinearis
Little Skate	Leucoraja erinacea
Windowpane Flounder	Scophthalmus aquosus
Red Hake	Urophycis chuss
Ocean Pout	Zoarces americanus
Atlantic Herring	Clupea harengus
Northern Searobin	Prionotus carolinus
Fourspot Flounder	Hippoglossina oblonga
Longhorn Sculpin	Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus
Summer Flounder	Paralichthys dentatus
Alewife	Alosa pseudoharengus
Moonfish	Selene setapinnis
Cunner	Tautogolabrus adspersus
Striped Searobin	Prionotus evolans
Bluefish	Pomatomus saltatrix
Tautog	Tautoga onitis
Weakfish	Cynoscion regalis
Blueback Herring	Alosa aestivalis
Spiny Dogfish	Squalus acanthias
Spotted Hake	Urophycis regia
Menhaden	Brevootia tyrannus
Gulf Stream Flounder	Citharichthys arctifrons
Smooth Dogfish	Mustelus canis
Goosefish	Lophius americanus
Mackerel	Scomber scombrus

INVERTEBRATES
Atlantic Rock Crab	Cancer irroratus
Longfin Squid	Loligo peali
Lobster	Homarus americanus
Spider Crabs	Libinia emarginata
Starfish	Asterias spp.
Hermit Crabs	Pagurus pollicaris
Lady Crab	Ovalipes ocellatus
Horseshoe Crab	Limulus polyphemus
Conch	Busycon canaliculatum & B. carica
Mantis Shrimp	Squilla empusa
Blue Crab	Callinectes sapidus
Jonah Crab	Cancer borealis