Atlantic and Gulf Coast Local Fish Names

Source: NOAA Office of Science and Technology, National Marine Fisheries Service


LOCAL NAME                     COMMON NAME                   SCIENTIFIC NAME

AJ (AL)                        Greater Amberjack             SERIOLA DUMERILI
Albert                         Little Tunny                  EUTHYNNUS ALLETTERATUS
Albino Jack (AL)               Banded Rudderfish             SERIOLA ZONATA
Alewife (GOM/mis)              Gulf Menhaden                 BREVOORTIA PATRONUS
All-Mouth                      Goosefish                     LOPHIUS AMERICANUS
Amberines (AL)                 Banded Rudderfish             SERIOLA ZONATA
Amberjack                      Greater Amberjack             SERIOLA DUMMERILI
American Red Snapper           Red Snapper                   LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS
American Snapper               Red Snapper                   LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS
Angelfish (mis)                Atlantic Spadefish            CHAETODIPTERUS FABER
Anglerfish                     Goosefish                     LOPHIUS AMERICANUS
Arctic Bonito                  Skipjack Tuna                 KATSUWONUS PELAMIS
Banana Fish                    Ladyfish                      ELOPS SAURUS
Bar Drum                       Black Drum                    POGONIAS CROMIS
Barracuda                      Great Barracuda               SPHYRAENA BARRACUDA
Beach Whiting                  Gulf Kingfish                 MENTICIRRHUS LITTORALIS
Beeline Snapper                Vermilion Snapper             RHOMBOPLITES AURORUBENS
Bergall                        Cunner                        TAUTOGOLABRUS ADSPERSUS
Big Jack                       Jack Crevalle                 CARANX HIPPOS
Big Red                        Red Drum (Large)              SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Black Bass                     Black Seabass                 CENTROPRISTIS STRIATUS
Black Dogfish (mis)            Gulf Toadfish                 OPSANUS BETA
Black Flounder                 Winter Flounder               PLEURONECTES AMERICANUS
Black Grouper (mis)            Gag Grouper                   MYCTEROPERCA MICROLEPIS
Black Grouper (mis)            Warsaw Grouper                EPINEPHELUS NIGRITUS
Black Jewfish                  Warsaw Grouper                EPINEPHELUS NIGRITUS
Black Mullet                   Striped Mullet                MUGIL CEPHALUS
Black Perch                    White Perch                   MORONE AMERICANA
Black Salmon                   Cobia                         RACHYCENTRON CANADUM
Blackback                      Winter Flounder               PLUERONECTES AMERICANUS
Blackfin Grouper               Black Grouper                 MYCTEROPERCA BONACI
Blackfish                      Black Seabass                 CENTROPRISTIS STRIATUS
Blackfish                      Tripletail                    LOBOTES SURINAMENSIS
Blackfish                      Rock Seabass                  CENTROPRISTIS PHILADELPHICUS
Blackfish (Mid-Atl & CT)       Tautog                        TAUTOGA ONITIS
Blackjack (AL)                 Almaco Jack                   SERIOLA RIVOLIANA
Blackwill                      Black Seabass                 CENTROPRISTIS STRIATUS
B-Liner                        Vermilion Snapper             RHOMBOPLITES AURORUBENS
Blood Mouth                    Tomtate                       HAEMULON AUROLINEATUM
Blow Toad                      Northern Puffer               SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS
Blowfish                       Northern Puffer               SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS
Blue                           Bluefish                      POMATOMUS SALTATRIX
Blue-Nosed Perch               White Perch                   MORONE AMERICANA
Blueperch                      Cunner                        TAUTOGOLABRUS ADSPERSUS
Bobo (AL)                      Little Tunny                  EUTHYNNUS ALLETTERATUS
Bonito                         Atlantic Bonito               SARDA SARDA
Bonito (mis)                   Little Tunny                  EUTHYNNUS ALLETTERATUS
Bonito (AL/mis)                Yellowfin Tuna (Small)        THUNNUS ALBACARES
Boston Bluefish                Pollock                       POLLACHIUS VIRENS
Boston Mackerel                Atlantic Mackerel             SCOMBER SCOMBRUS
Bream                          Pinfish                       LAGODON RHOMBOIDES
Brill                          Windowpane                    SCOPHTHALMUS AQUOSUS
Brown Shark                    Sandbar Shark                 CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS
Bull Croaker                   Atlantic Croaker              MICROPOGONIAS UNDULATUS
Bull Red  (AL)                 Red Drum (Large)              SCIANOPS OCELLATUS
Bulls                          Dolphin (Largemale)           CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS
Bunker                         Atlantic Menhaden             BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS
Buoy Tender                    Tripletail                    LOBOTES SURINAMENSIS
Buoyfish                       Tripletail                    LOBOTES SURINAMENSIS
Burglar Fish                   Cunner                        TAUTOGOLABRUS ADSPERSUS
Butterfish (GOM/mis)           Pinfish                       LAGODON RHOMBOIDES
Butterfish (VA/mis)            Scup                          STENOTOMUS CRYSOPS
California Red Snapper         Vermilion Snapper             RHOMBOPLITES AURORUBENS
Candy Snapper                  Lane Snapper                  LUTJANUS SYNAGRIS
Candy Striper                  Lane Snapper                  LUTJANUS SYNAGRIS
Cat                            Gafftopsail Catfish           BAGRE MARINUS
Cat                            Sea Catfish                   ARIUS FELIS
Catfish (mis)                  Atlantic Wolffish             ANARHICHAS LUPUS
Cavalla                        King Mackerel                 SCOMBEROMORUS CAVALLA
Channel Bass                   Black Drum                    POGONIAS CROMIS
Channel Bass                   Red Drum                      SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Channel Catfish                Sea Catfish                   ARIUS FELIS
Chaugi                         Cunner                        TAUTOGOLABRUS ADSPERSUS
Chaugie                        Cunner                        TAUTOGOLABRUS ADSPERSUS
Chicken Dolphin                Pompano Dolphin               CORYPHAENA EQUISETIS
Chicken Dolphin (AL)           Dolphinfish (Small)           CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS
Chicken Snapper                Red Snapper                   LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS
Chicken Snapper                Silk Snapper                  LUTJANUS VIVANUS
Chobie                         Tripletail                    LOBOTES SURINAMENSIS
Chocolate Grouper              Snowy Grouper-Adult           EPINEPHELUS NIVEATUS
Chogset                        Cunner                        TAUTOGOLABRUS ADSPERSUS
Chopper                        Bluefish                      POMATOMUS SALTATRIX
Chub                           Tautog                        TAUTOGA ONITIS
Chub (N. Atl)                  Mummichog                     FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS
Cigar Minnow                   Round Scad                    DECAPTERUS PUNCTATUS
Cod                            Atlantic Cod                  GADUS MORHUA
Codfish                        Atlantic Cod                  GADUS MORHUA
Codfish (VA)                   Spotted Hake                  UROPHYCIS REGIA
Codlet (VA)                    Spotted Hake                  UROPHYCIS REGIA
Colorful Tilefish              Tilefish                      LOPHOLATILUS CHAMAELEONTICEPS
Common Grunt                   White Grunt                   HAEMULON PLUMIERI
Common Skate                   Little Skate                  RAJA ERINACEA
Cows                           Dolphin (Large Female)        CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS
Crab Cruncher (AL)             Cobia                         RACHYCENTRON CANADUM
Crab-Eater                     Cobia                         RACHYCENTRON CANADUM
Crazyfish (AL)                 Atlantic Bumper               CHLOROSCOMBRUS CHRYSURUS
Crevalla                       Jack Crevalle                 CARANX HIPPOS
Croaker                        Atlantic Croaker              MICROPOGON UNDULATUS
Croaker (Chesapeake)           Black Drum                    POGONIAS CROMIS
Cuban Hogfish                  Spotfin Hogfish               BODIANUS PULCHELLUS
Cuban Snapper                  Cubera Snapper                LUTJANUS CYANOPTERUS
Cuda                           Great Barracuda               SPHYRAENA BARRACUDA
Daytona Red Snapper            Red Snapper                   LUTJANUS CAMPHECHANUS
Dog Bass                       Red Drum (Large)              SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Donkeys (AL)                   Sheepshead                    ARCHOSARGUS PROBATOCEPHALUS
Doormat                        Summer Flounder               PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS
Dorado                         Dolphin                       CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS
Drum                           Black Drum                    POGONIAS CROMIS
Eel                            American Eel                  ANGUILLA ROSTRATA
Eel Sucker (AL)                Cobia                         RACHYCENTRON CANADUM
Fair Maid                      Scup                          STENOTOMUS CHRYSOPS
False Albacore                 Little Tunny                  EUTHYNNUS ALLETTERATUS
Fatback                        Atlantic Menhaden             BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS
Feather Dolphin                Dolphin (Small)               CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS
Flannelmouth Grunt             Tomtate                       HAEMULON AUROLINEATUM
Flatfish                       Flounder (Any)
Florida Cod                    Southern Hake                 UROPHYCIS FLORIDANA
Fluke                          Summer Flounder               PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS
Football                       Atlantic Bonito               SARDA SARDA
Football Tuna                  Blackfin Tuna                 THUNNUS ATLANTICUS
Footballfish (mis)             Blackfin Tuna                 THUNNUS ATLANTICUS
Freshwater Eel                 American Eel                  ANGUILLA ROSTRATA
Frostfish                      Silver Hake                   MERLUCCIUS BILINEARIS
Frostfish                      Atlantic Tomcod               MICROGADUS TOMCOD
Gafftopsail Pompano            Palometa                      TRACHINOTUS GOODEI
Galvanized Snapper (AL)        Whitebone Porgy               CALAMUS LEUCOSTEUS
Gaspergou (LA)                 Freshwater Drum               APLODINOTUS GRUNNIENS
Giant Seabass                  Jewfish                       EPINEPHELUS ITAJARA
Giant Seabass                  Warsaw Grouper                EPINEPHELUS NIGRITUS
Globefish                      Northern Puffer               SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS
Goggle-Eyes                    Bigeye Scad                   SELAR CRUMENOPHTHALMUS
Golden Shiner                  Atlantic Tarpon-Young         ATLANTICUS MEGALOPS
Golden Spot                    Spot (Large)                  LEIOSTOMUS XANTHURUS
Golden-Eyed Snapper            Silk Snapper                  LUTJANUS VIVANUS
Grasshoppers                   Dolphin (Small)               CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS
Gray Grouper                   Gag Grouper                   MYCTEROPERCA MICROLEPIS
Gray Mullet                    Striped Mullet                MUGIL CEPHALUS
Gray Seatrout                  Weakfish                      CYNOSCION REGALIS
Gray Trout                     Weakfish                      CYNOSCION REGALIS
Gray Weakfish                  Weakfish                      CYNOSCION REGALIS
Great Pompano                  Permit                        TRACHINOTUS FALCATUS
Green Seabass                  Black Seabass                 CENTROPRISTIS STRIATUS
Green Trout                    Largemouth Bass               MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES
Ground Mullet                  Kingfish (Any)                MENTICIRRHUS SPP.
Grunt                          White Grunt                   HAEMULON PLUMIERI
Grunt                          Pigfish                       ORTHOPRISTIS CHRYSOPTERA
Hacklehead                     Searobin (Any)                TRIGLIDAE SPP.
Hake (AL/mis)                  Bearded Brotula               BROTULA BARBATA
Hardhead                       Gafftopsail Catfish           BAGRE MARINUS
Hardhead                       Sea Catfish                   ARIUS FELIS
Hardhead (Chesapeake)          Atlantic Croaker              MICROPOGON UNDULATUS
Hardtail                       Blue Runner                   CARANX CRYSOS
Hog Snapper                    Hogfish                       LACHNOLAIMUS MAXIMUS
Hogfish (mis)                  Pigfish                       ORTHOPRISTIS CHRYSOPTERA
Jack                           Blue Runner                   CARANX CRYSOS
Jack                           Jack Crevalle                 CARANX HIPPOS
Jack Hammer                    Greater Amberjack             SERIOLA DUMMERILI
Jack Perch                     Yellow Perch                  PERCA FLAVESCENS
Jackfish                       Jack Crevalle                 CARANX HIPPOS
Jewfish (mis)                  Warsaw Grouper                EPINEPHELUS NIGRITUS
Jewfish (AL/mis)               Goliath Grouper               EPINEPHELUS ITAJARA
Jumping Mullet                 Striped Mullet                MUGIL CEPHALUS
Key West Grunt                 White Grunt                   HAEMULON PLUMIERI
King                           King Mackerel                 SCOMBEROMORUS CAVALLA
King Whiting                   Kingfish (Any)                MENTICIRRHUS SPP.
Kingfish (mis)                 King Mackerel                 SCOMBEROMORUS CAVALLA
Kitty Mitchell                 Speckled Hind                 EPINEPHELUS DRUMMONDHAYI
Lafayette                      Spot                          LEIOSTOMUS XANTHURUS
Leatherjacket (mis)            Gray Triggerfish              BALISTES CAPRISCUS
Leatherneck                    Gray Triggerfish              BALISTES CAPRISCUS
Lemon Sole                     Winter Flounder               PLEURONECTES AMERICANUS
Lemonfish (East GOM)           Cobia                         RACHYCENTRON CANADUM
Leopard Shark                  Tiger Shark                   GALEOCERDO CUVIERI
Linesides                      Striped Bass                  MORONE SAXATILIS
Ling (GOM)                     Cobia                         RACHYCENTRON CANADUM
Ling (Mid-Atl)                 White Hake                    UROPHYCIS TENUIS
Ling (Mid-Atl)                 Red Hake                      UROPHYCIS CHUSS
Ling Cod                       Red Hake                      UROPHYCIS CHUSS
Longfin Pompano                Palometa                      TRACHINOTUS GOODEI
Longspine Porgy (mis)          Scup                          STENOTOMUS CHRYSOPS
Machete                        Ladyfish                      ELOPS SAURUS
Mango Snapper                  Gray Snapper                  LUTJANUS GRISEUS
Mangrove Snapper               Gray Snapper                  LUTJANUS GRISEUS
Mashwadan (LA)                 Sea Catfish                   ARIUS FELIS
Mingo Snapper                  Vermillion Snapper            RHOMBOPLITES AURORUBENS
Minkfish (GOM)                 Northern Kingfish             MENTICIRRHUS SAXATILIS
Monkfish                       Goosefish                     LOPHIUS AMERICANUS
Moon Fish                      Atlantic Spadefish            CHAETODIPTERUS FABER
Mossbunker                     Atlantic Menhaden             BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS
Mother-In-Law Fish (N. Atl)    Red Raven                     HEMITRIPTERUS AMERICANUS
Mud Shad (AL)                  Gizzard Shad                  DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM
Muddab                         Winter Flounder               PLEURONECTES AMERICANUS
Mules                          Red Snapper                   LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS
Mullet (mis)                   Kingfish (Any)                MENTICIRRHUS SPP.
Mutton Snapper (mis)           Vermilion Snapper             RHOMBOPLITES AURORUBENS
Muttonfish                     Mutton Snapper                LUTJANUS ANALIS
Nelly Hunt                     Scup                          STENOTOMUS CHRYSOPS
Night Sergeant                 Sergeant Taurus               ABUDEFDUF TAURUS
Norfolk Spot                   Spot                          LEIOSTOMUS XANTHURUS
Northern Fluke                 Summer Flounder               PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS
Northern Mackerel (GOM)        Atlantic Bonito               SARDA SARDA
Ocean Perch                    Golden Redfish                SEBASTES MARINUS
Oceanic Bonita                 Skipjack Tuna                 KAYSUWONUS PELAMIS
Ocean-View Spot                Spot                          LEIOSTOMUS XANTHURUS
Oyster Cracker                 Oyster Toadfish               OPSANUS TAU
Pearlbelly (AL)                Red Snapper (X-Large)         LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS
Perch (mis)                    Cunner                        TAUTOGOLABUS ADSPERSUS
Phantom                        Bonefish                      ALBULA VULPES
Pigfish (mis)                  Hogfish                       LACHNOLAIMUS MAXIMUS
Pilot Whales                   Tautog                        TAUTOGA ONITIS
Pinbass                        Black Seabass                 CENTROPRISTIS STRIATUS
Pinhead                        Atlantic Croaker              MICROPOGON UNDULATUS
Pink Porgy                     Red Porgy                     PAGRUS PAGRUS
Pinky                          Red Porgy                     PAGRUS PAGRUS
Plaice                         Summer Flounder               PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS
Pogy                           Menhaden (Any)                BREVOORTIA SPP.
Pompano                        Florida Pompano               TRACHINOTUS CAROLINUS
Pompano                        Pompano Dolphin               CORYPHAENA EQUISETIS
Pompey Drum                    Black Drum (Young)            POGONIAS CROMIS
Popeye                         Striped Mullet                MUGIL CEPHALUS
Porgy (North Of Del Bay)       Scup                          STENOTOMUS CHRYSOPS
Puffer                         Northern Puffer               SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS
Puppy Drum                     Black Drum (Young)            POGONIAS CROMIS
Puppy Drum                     Red Drum (Small)              SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Rabbitfish                     Smooth Puffer                 LAGOCEPHALUS LAEVIGATUS
Racing Snapper (AL)            Lane Snapper                  LUTJANUS SYNAGRIS
Rat Reds (AL)                  Red Drum                      SCIANOPS OCELLATUS
Rats                           Red Snapper                   LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS
Red Bass                       Red Drum                      SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Red Horse                      Red Drum                      SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Red Mouth                      Tomtate                       HAEMULON AUROLINEATUM
Red Mouth Grunt                White Grunt                   HAEMULON PLUMIERI
Red Porgy (mis)                Scup                          STENOTOMUS CHRYSOPS
Redfish                        Golden Redfish                SEBASTES MARINUS
Redfish (FL & GOM)             Red Drum                      SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Redtail Snapper                Lane Snapper                  LUTJANUS SYNAGRIS
Reef Bass                      Red Drum                      SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Ringed Perch                   Yellow Perch                  PERCA FLAVESCENS
Rock (Chesapeake & North)      Striped Bass                  MORONE SAXATILIS
Rock Bass                      Black Seabass                 CENTROPRISTIS STRIATUS
Rock Bass                      Rock Seabass                  CENTROPRISTIS PHILADELPHICUS
Rock Salmon                    Almaco Jack                   SERIOLA RIVOLIANA
Rock Salmon                    Bluefish                      POMATOMUS SALTATRIX
Rock Salmon (AL)               Banded Rudderfish             SERIOLA ZONATA
Rock Squirrel                  Bank Seabass                  CENTROPRISTIS OCYURUS
Rockfish (mis)                 Bank Seabass                  CENTROPRISTIS OCYURUS
Rockfish (mis)                 Striped Bass                  MORONE SAXATILIS
Rose Porgy                     Red Porgy                     PAGRUS PAGRUS
Rosefish                       Golden Redfish                SEBASTES MARINUS
Round Pompano                  Permit (Small)                TRACHINOTUS FALCATUS
Roundhead                      Kingfish (Any)                MENTICIRRHUS SPP.
Ruby Lips (AL)                 Tomtate                       HAEMULON AUROLINEATUM
Ruby Red Lips (E. GOM)         White Grunt                   HAEMULON PLUMIERI
Ruby Red Lips (N. GOM)         Tomtate                       HAEMULON AUROLINEATUM
Rum Jugs                       Little Tunny                  EUTHYNNUS ALLETTERATUS
Runner                         Blue Runner                   CARANX CRYSOS
Sail Cat                       Gafftopsail Catfish           BAGRE MARINUS
Sailfish                       Atlantic Sailfish             ISTIOPHORUS PLATYPTERUS
Sailors Choice (mis)           Pigfish                       ORTHOPRISTIS CHRYSOPTERA
Salmon Trout                   Spotted Seatrout              CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS
Saltwater Bream                Pinfish                       LAGODON RHOMBOIDES
Saltwater Pike                 Snook                         CENTROPOMUS UNDECIMALIS
Sand Dab                       Windowpane                    SCOPHTHALMUS AQUOSUS
Sand Eel                       American Sand Lance           AMMODYTES HEXAPTERUS
Sand Flounder                  Windowpane                    SCOPHTHALMUS AQUOSUS
Sand Mullet                    Kingfish (Any)                MENTICIRRHUS SPP.
Sand Perch (mis)               Silver Perch                  BAIRDIELLA CHRYSURA
Sand Shark (GOM, juv)          Dusky Shark                   CARCHARHINUS OBSCURUS
Sand Shark (NY & North)        Spiny Dogfish                 SQUALIS ACANTHIAS
Sand Trout                     Silver Seatrout               CYNOSCION NOTHUS
School Bass                    Red Drum (Small)              SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Sea Bass                       Black Seabass                 CENTROPRISTIS STRIATUS
Sea Bass                       Red Drum                      SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Sea Bass                       Rock Seabass                  CENTROPRISTIS PHILADELPHICUS
Sea Cat                        Sea Catfish                   ARIUS FELIS
Sea Eel                        Conger Eel                    CONGER OCEANICUS
Sea Flounder                   Winter Flounder               PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS
Sea Mullet (NC)                Kingfish (Any)                MENTICIRRHUS SPP.
Sea Squab                      Northern Puffer               SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS
Sea Trout                      Weakfish                      CYNOSCION REGALIS
Sergeant Fish                  Cobia                         RACHYCENTRON CANADUM
Sheephead                      Sheepshead                    ARCHOSARGUS PROBATOCEPHALUS
Shiner (N. Atl)                Tidewater Silverside          MENIDIA BERYLLINA
Shiner (S. Atl/GOM)            Silver Perch                  BAIRDIELLA CHRYSURA
Sierra                         Spanish Mackerel              SCOMBEROMORUS MACULATUS
Silky Snapper                  Silk Snapper                  LUTJANUS VIVANUS
Silver Ghost                   Bonefish                      ALBULA VULPES
Silver King                    Atlantic Tarpon               TARPON ATLANTICA
Silver Mullet (AL)             White Mullet                  MUGIL CUREMA
Silver Perch (mis)             White Perch                   MORONE AMERICANA
Silver Snapper (mis)           Red Porgy                     PAGRUS PAGRUS
Silver Snapper (mis)           Whitebone Porgy               CALAMUS LEUCOSTEUS
Silver Squeteague              Silver Seatrout               CYNOSCION NOTHUS
Silver Whiting                 Gulf Kingfish                 MENTICIRRHUS LITTORALIS
Silverfish                     Silver Hake                   MERLUCCIUS BILINEARIS
Skilletfish (mis)              Goosefish                     LOPHIUS AMERICANUS
Skipjack                       Bluefish                      POMATOMUS SALTATRIX
Skipjack                       Ladyfish                      ELOPS SAURUS
Skipjack                       Skipjack Tuna                 KATSUWONUS PELAMIS
Slammer                        Bluefish                      POMATOMUS SALTATRIX
Slime Eel                      Atlantic Hagfish              MYINIE GLUTINOSA
Slimer                         Atlantic Croaker              MICROPOGON UNDULATUS
Slippery Bass                  Tautog                        TAUTOGA ONITIS
Smokers                        King Mackerel (Large)         SCOMBEROMORUS CAVALLA
Snakes                         King Mackerel (Small)         SCOMBEROMORUS CAVALLA
Snapper (mis)                  Bluefish (Small)              POMATOMUS SALTATRIX
Snowshoes                      Winter Flounder               PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS
Sow Snappers                   Red Snapper                   LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS
Speck                          Spotted Seatrout              CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS
Speckled Trout                 Spotted Seatrout              CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS
Speedo (AL)                    Blue Runner (Small)           CARANX CRYSOS
Sperling/Spurling (NE)         Atlantic Silverside           MENIDIA MENIDIA
Spinner Shark (mis)            Blacktip Shark                CARCHARHINUS LIMBATUS
Spot Bass                      Red Drum                      SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Spot Snapper                   Lane Snapper                  LUTJANUS SYNAGRIS
Spot Snappers                  Red Snapper (Small)           LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS
Spottail Bass (SC & GA)        Red Drum                      SCIAENOPS OCELLATA
Spotted Flounder               Windowpane                    SCOPHTHALMUS AQUOSUS
Spotted Grouper                Jewfish                       EPINEPHELUS ITAJARA
Spotted Jewfish                Jewfish                       EPINEPHELUS ITAJARA
Spotted Weakfish               Spotted Seatrout              CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS
Sprat                          Atlantic Tarpon               MEGALOPS ATLANTICA
Squeteague (N. Atl)            Weakfish                      CYNOSCION REGALIS
Squirrel Hake                  Red Hake                      UROPHYCIS CHUSS
Squirrelfish (Fl/mis)          Silver Perch                  BAIRDIELLA CHRYSURA
Squirrelfish (mis)             Bank Seabass                  CENTROPRISTIS OCYURUS
Squirrelfish (mis)             Pinfish                       LAGODON RHOMBOIDES
Squirrelfish (N. GOM)          Sand Perch                    DIPLECTRUM FORMOSUM
Stiff-Back Perch               White Perch                   MORONE AMERICANA
Strawberry Grouper             Speckled Hind                 EPINEPHELUS DRUMMONDHAYI
Strawberry Porgy               Red Porgy                     PAGRUS PAGRUS
Striped Bonito (mis)           Skipjack Tuna                 KATSUWONUS PELAMIS
Striped Perch                  Yellow Perch                  PERCA FLAVESCENS
Striper                        Striped Bass                  MORONE SAXATILIS
Sugar Toad                     Northern Puffer               SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS
Sugar Trout (GOM)              Silver Seatrout               CYNOSCION NOTHUS
Sugar Trout (S. Atl)           Silver Perch                  BAIRDIELLA CHRYSURA
Summer Skate                   Little Skate                  RAJA ERINACEA
Summer Trout                   Weakfish                      CYNOSCION REGALIS
Sundial                        Windowpane                    SCOPHTHALMUS AQUOSUS
Sunshine Bass                  Hybrid Striped Bass           MORONE SAXATILIS x M.CHRYSOPS
Sweetfish (AL)                 Silver Perch                  BAIRDIELLA CHRYSOURA
Swell Toad                     Northern Puffer               SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS
Swellfish                      Northern Puffer               SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS
Taly                           Grey Triggerfish              BALISTES CAPRISCUS
Taylor                         Bluefish                      POMATOMUS SALTATRIX
Tenpounder                     Ladyfish                      ELOPS SAURUS
Tinker Mackerel                Atlantic Mackerel(Small)      SCOMBER SCOMBRUS
Tommy Cod                      Atlantic Tomcod               MICROGADUS TOMCOD
Top Cat                        Gafftopsail Catfish           BAGRE MARINUS
Toro                           Jack Crevalle                 CARANX HIPPOS
Trout                          Seatrout (Any)                CYNOSCION SPP.
Warsaw                         Warsaw Grouper                EPINEPHELUS NIGRITUS
Watermelon Tuna                Skipjack Tuna                 KATSUWONUS PELAMIS
Weakfish (LA/mis)              Spotted Seatrout              CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS
Weakie                         Weakfish                      CYNOSCION REGALIS
Weakmouth Trout                Weakfish                      CYNOSCION REGALIS
White Bait                     Scaled Sardine                HARENGULA PENSACOLAE
White Chin                     Tautog                        TAUTOGA ONITIS
White Perch (mis)              Silver Perch                  BAIRDIELLA CHRYSURA
White Rock                     Striped Bass                  MORONE SAXATILIS
White Sand Perch               Silver Perch                  BAIRDIELLA CHRYSURA
White Shad                     American Shad                 ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA
White Snapper                  Gray Snapper                  LUTJANUS GRISEUS
White Snapper                  Whitebone Porgy               CALAMUS LEUCOSTEUS
White Snapper (AL)             Red Porgy                     PAGRUS PAGRUS
White Trout                    Sand Seatrout                 CYNOSCION ARENARIUS
White Trout                    Silver Seatrout               CYNOSCION NOTHUS
Whiting (AL)                   Gulf Kingfish                 MENICIRRHUS LITTORALIS
Whiting (N. Of Del Bay)        Silver Hake                   MERLUCCIUS BILINEARIS
Whiting (S. Of Del Bay)        Kingfish (Any)                MENTICIRRHUS SPP.
Winter Trout (S. Atl)          Spotted Seatrout              CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS
Yellow Mouth Trout             Weakfish                      CYNOSCION REGALIS
Yellow-Eyed Snapper            Silk Snapper                  LUTJANUS VIVANUS
Yellowfin                      Spot                          LEIOSTOMUS XANTHURUS
Yellowfin Trout                Weakfish                      CYNOSCION REGALIS
Yellowtail                     Silver Perch                  BAIRDIELLA CHRYSURA
Yellowtail                     Yellow Jack                   CARANX BARTHOLOMAEI
Yellowtail                     Yellowtail Snapper            OCYURUS CHRYSURUS
Yellowtail Jack                Jack Crevalle                 CARANX HIPPOS
Yodeling Trout                 Atlantic Croaker              MICROPOGON UNDULATUS