Fish Id: A Guide To East Coast Fishes


Thanks again to the folks patient enough to let us photograph their fish--and to those who may be kind enough to bring in the ones we haven't photographed yet!
Updated: 12/23/16 new site layout
Updated:9/8/12 (pages added/edited)
Future updates will note:
**= Newer fish
##= Edited info/pic



For a Visual Search, look in these Sections: 


Or Search Alphabetical List below:


(A)
Albacore
Amberjack, Greater
Anchovy
Anemone
Atlantic Croaker
Atlantic Cutlass
Atlantic Moonfish

(B)
Ballyhoo
Banded Rudderfish
Bass, Large mouth
Bass, Small mouth
Bass, Striped
Bigeye, Tuna
Black Crappie
Black Drum
Blackfish
Blenny, Striped
Blowfish (Puffer)##
Bluefish
Bonito/a
Bunker
Burrfish (Puffer)##
Butterfish
Brook Trout

(C)
Catfish
Cigar (Lizardfish)
Cobia
Codfish
Cownose Ray
Crab, Spider
Crevalle Jack
Croaker,Atlantic
Cutlass, Atlantic

(D)
Dolphin (Mahi-Mahi)
Drum, Black
Drum, Red

(E)
Eelpout
Eel, American
Eel, Cusk

(F)
Filefish, Orange
Flounder, Winter
Flounder, Summer (Fluke)
Florida Pompano

(G)
Grunt, Pigfish

(H)
Hake, Spotted
Herring, Alewife (River)
Herring, Atlantic (Ocean)
Herring, Blue Back (River)
Herring, Atlantic Thread (Ocean)
Hogchoker

(I)

(J)
Jack, Greater Amber
Jack, Crevalle

(K)
Killifish, Striped/Minnows
Kingfish

(L)
Lizardfish (Cigar)
Lobster
Longfin Tuna (Albacore)

(M)
Mackerel
Mahi-Mahi (Dolphin)
Mantis Shrimp
Menhaden (Bunker)
Minnows
Monkfish
Musky (Muskellunge)
Mummichugs

(N)
Northern Puffer

(O)
Oyster Cracker

(P)
Perch, Yellow
Perch, White
Pickerel, Chain
Pickerel, Red
Pigfish, Grunt
Poorman's Lobster (Monkfish)
Pompano, Florida
Porgy (Scup)
Puffer, Burrfish## >
Puffer, Northern##
Puffer, Smoothback**

(Q)

(R)
Ray, Cownose
Rudderfish, Banded

(S)
(Scup), Porgy
Sea Anemone
Sea Bass, Black
Searobin
Shark, Brown
Shark, Spiny Dog
Shark, Thresher
Shark, Mako
Sharksucker
Shrimp, Mantis
Skipjack Tuna
Smoothback Puffer**
Spearing
Spider Crab
Spiney Boxfish (Burrfish)##
Spot
Spotted Hake
Starfish
Stargazer
Striped Bass (Striper)
Striped Blenny

(T)
Tautog
Triggerfish
Trout, Brook
Tuna Type, Bonito, Bonita
Tuna, Bigeye
Tuna, Bluefin
Tuna, Longfin (Albacore)
Tuna, Skipjack
Tuna, Yellowfin
Tunny, Little

(U)

(V)

(W)
Wahoo
Weakfish
White Perch
Wreckfish

(X)

(Y)
Yellowfin Tuna
Yellow Perch

(Z)


Check out Fish Guide Extras
to learn more about the parts of fish


Got something and it's not a fish, or looks fishy?
Check out Critters


What can you keep?
NJ Regulations

and NJ State Record Saltwater Sport Fish
and NJ State Record Freshwater Sport Fish

Additional Fish-id sites:
http://www.fishbase.org/
www.outdoorcharts.com (buy Fish ID charts online)



References