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Common Name
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Common Name
Latin Name
    
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Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus

Hickory shad Alosa mediocris

American Shad Alosa sapidissima

SHAD

 Hogchoker Trinectes maculatus

Atlantic Croaker Micropogonias undulatus

Mummichogs Fundulus heteroclitus

Atlantic Menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus

MENHADEN

 Oysters Crassostrea virginica

Atlantic silverside Menidia menidia

SILVERSIDE

 Red Drum Sciaenops ocellatus

Atlantic spadefish Chaetodipterus faber

SPADEFISH

 Sandbar sharks Carcharhinus plumbeus

Sandbar shark: copyright: Eric Brasseur, VIMS, 2002
Bay anchovy Anchoa mitchilli

Sheepshead Archosargus  probatocephalus

Sheepshead: Copyright: Eric Brasseur, VIMS 2002
Black Drum Pogonias cromis

Black Drum: Copyright: VIMS, 2002

 Silver Perch Bairdiella chrysoura

Black Sea Bass Centropristis striata

Spanish Mackerel Scomberomorus maculatus

Blue crab Callinectes sapidus

Spot Leiostomus xanthurus

Blueback herring Alosa aestivalis

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 Spotted Seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus

Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix

Striped Bass Morone saxatilis

Cobia Rachycentron canadum

Striped killifish Fundulus majalis

Cownose rays Rhinoptera bonasus

SummerFlounder (fluke) Paralichthys dentalus

Spiny Dogfish Shark Squalas acanthias

Tautog Tautoga onitis

Gizzard shad Dorosoma cepedianum

Weakfish
(Gray Trout)		 Cynoscion regalis

To find landing data for these species please visit: http://www.st.nmfs.gov/st1/commercial/landings/annual_landings.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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For problems or questions regarding this web contact Eric Brasseur   Last updated: October 19, 2004.