SPECIES OF FISH from Ocean County, New Jersey, USA
Caught by Rob L. Dey from 1/74 to 5/98

Common Name (Alternate Names) {Family} [Scientific Name = Genus species]

CAUGHT: Saltwater -
Alewife (Branch Herring) [Alosa pseudoharengus]
American Eel [Anguilla rostrata]
Atlantic Bonito (Common Bonito) [Sarda sarda]
Atlantic Cod (Codfish, Scrod(immature), Black Cod, Rock Cod) [Gadus morhua/
 Gadus callarias] **
Atlantic Herring (Sardine(immature), Sea Herring) [Clupea harengus]
Atlantic Mackerel [Scomber scombrus] **
Atlantic Menhaden (Bunker, Fatback, Mossbunker, Pogy) {Herring} [Brevoortia
 tyrannus]
Atlantic Needlefish (Billfish) [Strongylura marina]
Banded Rudderfish (Shark Pilot, Slender Amberjack) {Jack} [Seriola zonata]
Black Sea Bass [Centropristes striata/Centropristes striatus]
Blueback Herring [Alosa aestivalis]
Bluefish (Blue, Snapper(immature), Tailor) [Pomatomus saltatrix]
Crevalle Jack (Common Jack) [Caranx hippos]
Cunner (Bergall) {Wrasse} [Tautogolabrus adspersus]
Dolphin fish (Dorado) [Coryphaena hippurus] **
Inshore Lizardfish [Synodus poeyi/Synodus foetens]
Jolthead Porgy [Calamus bajonado] *
Little Skate (Common Skate) [Raja erinacea]
Little Tunny (False Albacore, Little Tuna) [Euthynnus alletteratus]
Northern Kingfish (King Whiting, Northern Whiting, Whiting, Minkfish) {Croaker/
 Drum} [Menticirrhus saxatilis]
Northern Scup (Northern Porgy, Porgy) [Stenotomus chrysops]
Northern Searobin (Carolina Sea Robin, Seadog) [Prionotus carolinus]
Northern Stargazer [Astroscopus guttatus]
Northern Pipefish [Syngnathus fuscus]
Northern Puffer (Blowfish) [Sphoeroides maculatus]
Oceanic Bonito (False Albacore, Skipjack Tuna) [Katsuwonus pelamus]
Oyster Toadfish (Oyster Cracker, Sour Growler) [Opsanus tau/Opsanus beta]
Pilotfish {Jack} [Naucrates ductor]
Pollock (Boston Bluefish, Pollack) {Cod} [Pollachius virens] **
Red Hake (Ling, Squirrel Hake) {Cod} [Urophycis chuss]
Silver Hake (Whiting) {Cod} [Urophycis tenuis/Merluccius bilinearis] *
Skipjack Tuna (False Albacore, Oceanic Bonito, Oceanic Skipjack) [Euthynnus
 pelamus]
Spanish Mackerel [Scomberomorus maculatus]
Spiny Dogfish (Sand Shark) [Squalus acanthias]
Spot (Lafayette) {Croaker/Drum} [Leiostomus xanthurus]
Striped Bass (Rockfish, Striper) {Temperate Bass} [Morone saxatilis/
 Roccus saxatilis]
Summer Flounder (Summer Fluke, Fluke) {Lefteye} [Paralichthys dentatus]
Tautog (Blackfish, Blacky) {Wrasse} [Tautoga onitis]
Weakfish (Gray Trout, Gray Weakfish, Sea Trout, Squeteagues, Tide Runner,
 Weakie) {Croaker/Drum} [Cynoscion regalis]
White Perch {Temperate Bass} [Morone americanus/Roccus americana]
Windowpane (Sand Dab, Sundial) {Lefteye Flounder} [Scophthalmus aquosus]
Winter Flounder (Blackback Flounder, Lemon Sole, Sole) {Righteye}
 [Pseudopleuronectes americanus]
Winter Skate [Raja ocellata]

CAUGHT: Freshwater -
Black Bullhead (Catfish) [Ictalurus melas]
Black Crappie [Pomoxis nigromaculatus]
Bluegill (Sunfish) [Lepomis macrochirus]
Brook Trout (Speck, Squaretail) [Salvelinus fontinalis]
Brown Trout [Salmo trutta]
Common Carp {Minnow} [Cyprinus carpio] **
Eastern Pickerel (Chain Pickerel, Redfin Pickerel?) [Esox niger]
Grass Pickerel (Barred Pickerel, Mud Pickerel) [Esox americanus]
Green Sunfish [Lepomis cyanellus]
Largemouth Bass (Bigmouth Bass) [Micropterus salmoides]
Longnose Gar [Lepisosteus osseus]
Northern Pike [Esox lucius]
Pumpkinseed (Sunfish) [Lepomis gibbosus]
Rainbow Trout (Steelhead(sea-run)) [Salmo gairdneri]
Smallmouth Bass [Micropterus dolomieui]
White Sucker [Catostomus commersonni]
Yellow Perch [Perca flavescens]

SEEN: Saltwater -
Ocean Sunfish (Headfish) [Mola mola]
Also, whales and porposes (unidentified)

	* = A fairly common species, not caught yet.
 	** = Caught by an associate.

BAITFISH:
Atlantic Silverside (Shiner) [Menidia menidia]
Banded Killifish (Killie) [Fundulus diaphanus]
Bay Anchovy [Anchoa mitchilli]
Butterfish [Peprilus triacanthus]
Golden Shiner [Notemigonus chrysoleucas]
Mummichog (Chub, Killie, Mummy, Saltwater Minnow) {Killifish} [Fundulus
 heteroclitus]
Sheepshead Minnow (Broad Killifish, Killie, Pupfish) {Killifish} [Cyprinodon
 variegatus]
Striped Mullet [Mugil cephalus]
White Mullet [Mugil curema]