{"id":144497,"date":"2019-06-14T14:54:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T18:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/?page_id=144497"},"modified":"2025-03-12T14:03:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T18:03:21","slug":"species","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/fish-trawl\/species\/","title":{"rendered":"Species"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"Fish Trawl Survey\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-fish-trawl\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-144521\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-144521\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/fish-trawl\/\">Fish Trawl Survey<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-144512\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-144512\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/fish-trawl\/methods\/\">Methods<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-144515\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-144515\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/fish-trawl\/data\/\">Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-145015\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-145015\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/fish-trawl\/history\/\">History<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-144503\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-144503\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/fish-trawl\/species\/\">Species<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-144506\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-144506\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/fish-trawl\/references\/\">Publications<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-144518\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-144518\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/fish-trawl\/contact\/\">Contact<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Most Abundant Species, All Time<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Common name<\/th><th><strong>SCIENTIFIC NAME<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><strong>FISHES<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Scup<\/td><td><em>Stenotomus chrysops<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Winter Flounder<\/td><td><em>Pseudopleuronectes americanus<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Butterfish<\/td><td><em>Peprilus triacanthus<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Silver Hake<\/td><td><em>Merluccius bilinearis<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Little Skate<\/td><td><em>Leucoraja erinacea<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Windowpane Flounder<\/td><td><em>Scophthalmus aquosus<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Red Hake<\/td><td><em>Urophycis chuss<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ocean Pout<\/td><td><em>Zoarces americanus<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Atlantic Herring<\/td><td><em>Clupea harengus<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Northern Searobin<\/td><td><em>Prionotus carolinus<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fourspot Flounder<\/td><td><em>Hippoglossina oblonga<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Longhorn Sculpin<\/td><td><em>Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Summer Flounder<\/td><td><em>Paralichthys dentatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alewife<\/td><td><em>Alosa pseudoharengus<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Moonfish<\/td><td><em>Selene setapinnis<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cunner<\/td><td><em>Tautogolabrus adspersus<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Striped Searobin<\/td><td><em>Prionotus evolans<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bluefish<\/td><td><em>Pomatomus saltatrix<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tautog<\/td><td><em>Tautoga onitis<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Weakfish<\/td><td><em>Cynoscion regalis<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Blueback Herring<\/td><td><em>Alosa aestivalis<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Spiny Dogfish<\/td><td><em>Squalus acanthias<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Spotted Hake<\/td><td><em>Urophycis regia<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Menhaden<\/td><td><em>Brevootia tyrannus<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gulf Stream Flounder<\/td><td><em>Citharichthys arctifrons<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Smooth Dogfish<\/td><td><em>Mustelus canis<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Goosefish<\/td><td><em>Lophius americanus<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mackerel<\/td><td><em>Scomber scombrus<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><strong>INVERTEBRATES<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Atlantic Rock Crab<\/td><td><em>Cancer irroratus<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Longfin Squid<\/td><td><em>Loligo peali<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lobster<\/td><td><em>Homarus americanus<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Spider Crabs<\/td><td><em>Libinia emarginata<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Starfish<\/td><td><em>Asterias spp.<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hermit Crabs<\/td><td><em>Pagurus pollicaris<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lady Crab<\/td><td><em>Ovalipes ocellatus<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Horseshoe Crab<\/td><td><em>Limulus polyphemus<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Conch<\/td><td><em>Busycon canaliculatum &amp; B. carica<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mantis Shrimp<\/td><td><em>Squilla empusa<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Blue Crab<\/td><td><em>Callinectes sapidus<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jonah Crab<\/td><td><em>Cancer&nbsp;borealis<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some Warm-Water Species Caught in Recent Years<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"144955\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Redfish1-1024x765.jpg\" alt=\"Bigeye. Photo by E. Henderson.\" class=\"wp-image-144955\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bigeye<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"748\" data-id=\"144958\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Triggerfish-1024x748.jpg\" alt=\"Gray Triggerfish. Photo by E. Henderson.\" class=\"wp-image-144958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Triggerfish-1024x748.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Triggerfish-100x72.jpg 100w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Triggerfish-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Triggerfish-768x561.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Triggerfish-364x266.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Triggerfish-500x365.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Triggerfish-1000x731.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Triggerfish-1280x936.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Triggerfish-2000x1462.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Triggerfish.jpg 2070w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gray Triggerfish. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"702\" data-id=\"144964\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Goatfish1-1024x702.jpg\" alt=\"Spotted Goatfish. Photo by E. Henderson.\" class=\"wp-image-144964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Goatfish1-1024x702.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Goatfish1-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Goatfish1-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Goatfish1-364x249.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Goatfish1-500x343.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Goatfish1-1000x685.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Goatfish1-1280x877.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Goatfish1.jpg 1662w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Spotted Goatfish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Photo by E. 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