There are at least 253 identified species of fish known to inhabit the marine and brackish regions of the Salish Sea . Species are listed by common name, scientific name, typical occurrence within the Salish Seas regions.[1]
The Salish Sea, showing the Strait of Georgia near centre, the Strait of Juan de Fuca below, Puget Sound at the lower right, Johnstone Strait at the extreme upper left, and the Pacific Ocean at lower left. Sediment from the Fraser River is visible as a greenish plume in the Strait of Georgia. Salish Sea regions: JF =Strait of Juan de Fuca ; SJ =San Juan Islands ; BB =Bellingham Bay ; SG =southern Strait of Georgia ; NG =northern Strait of Georgia; NS =northern Puget Sound ; SS =southern Puget Sound; HC =Hood Canal .
Leopard shark
Pacific angelshark
White Sturgeon
Coastal cutthroat trout Salmonidae (Trouts and salmons)Cutthroat trout [6] [8] Oncorhynchus clarkii , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCPink salmon [8] Oncorhynchus gorbuscha , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCChum salmon [8] Oncorhynchus keta , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCCoho salmon [8] Oncorhynchus kisutch , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCSteelhead [6] [8] Oncorhynchus mykiss , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCSockeye salmon [8] Oncorhynchus nerka , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCChinook salmon [8] Oncorhynchus tshawytscha , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCAtlantic salmon [2] [7] [8] Salmo salar , JF BB SG NG NS SS HCBull trout [2] [3] Salvelinus confluentus , JF BB SG NG NS SS HCDolly Varden [8] [3] Salvelinus malma , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HC
Tubesnout Aulorhynchus flavidus , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HC
Tiger rockfish
Rougheye rockfish Sebastes aleutianus , JF NSPacific ocean perch Sebastes alutus , JF SGBrown rockfish Sebastes auriculatus , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCRedbanded rockfish Sebastes babcocki , JF SJ HCSilvergray rockfish Sebastes brevispinis , SJ SSCopper rockfish Sebastes caurinus , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCDarkblotched rockfish Sebastes crameri , JF SG NSSplitnose rockfish Sebastes diploproa , JF SJ SG NSGreenstriped rockfish Sebastes elongatus , JF SG NS SS HCPuget Sound rockfish Sebastes emphaeus , JF SJ NS SS HCWidow rockfish Sebastes entomelas , JF SJ NSYellowtail rockfish Sebastes flavidus , JF SJ SG NS SSRosethorn rockfish Sebastes helvomaculatus , SJ NSQuillback rockfish Sebastes maliger , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCBlack rockfish Sebastes melanops , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCVermilion rockfish Sebastes miniatus , JF SJ NG NS HCBlue rockfish Sebastes mystinus , JF SGChina rockfish Sebastes nebulosus , JF SJTiger rockfish Sebastes nigrocinctus , JF SJ SG NSBocaccio rockfish Sebastes paucispinis , JF BB SG NS SS HCRedstripe rockfish Sebastes proriger , JF SJ BB SG NS SS HCCanary rockfish Sebastes pinniger , JF SJ BB SG NS SS HCRosy rockfish Sebastes rosaceus , JF NSYelloweye rockfish Sebastes ruberrimus , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCStripetail rockfish Sebastes saxicola , JF SG NS SS HCHalfbanded rockfish [2] Sebastes semicinctus , JFSharpchin rockfish Sebastes zacentrus , JF SG NS SSShortspine thornyhead Sebastolobus alascanus , JF SJ NS SS
Sablefish Sablefish Anoplopoma fimbria , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HC
Grunt sculpin Rhamphocottus richardsonii , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HC
Longfin sculpin Fluffy sculpin Padded sculpin Artedius fenestralis , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCScalyhead sculpin Artedius harringtoni , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCSmoothhead sculpin Artedius lateralis , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCBonyhead sculpin Artedius notospilotus , NSRosylip sculpin Ascelichthys rhodorus , JF SJ SG NG NS SSSpinynose sculpin Asemichthys taylori , JF SJ SGRoughback sculpin Chitonotus pugetensis , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCSharpnose sculpin Clinocottus acuticeps , JF SJ SG NG NS SS HCCalico sculpin Clinocottus embryum , JF SJ SG NSMosshead sculpin Clinocottus globiceps , JF SJ NSCoastrange sculpin [2] [3] Cottus aleuticus , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCPrickly sculpin [2] [3] Cottus asper , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCBuffalo sculpin Enophrys bison , JF SJ BB SG NS SS HCRed Irish lord Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCBrown Irish lord Hemilepidotus spinosus , JF NSNorthern sculpin Icelinus borealis , JF SJ SG NG NS SS HCDusky sculpin Icelinus burchami , SG HCThreadfin sculpin Icelinus filamentosus , SJ SG NG NS HCFringed sculpin [2] Icelinus fimbriatus , SG NGSpotfin sculpin Icelinus tenuis , SG NG NS SSLongfin sculpin Jordania zonope , JF SJ SG NG NSPacific staghorn sculpin Leptocottus armatus , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCGreat sculpin Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCTidepool sculpin Oligocottus maculosus , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCSaddleback sculpin Oligocottus rimensis , JF SJ SG NSFluffy sculpin Oligocottus snyderi , JF SJThornback sculpin [2] Paricelinus hopliticus , SG NGSlim sculpin Radulinus asprellus , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCDarter sculpin Radulinus boleoides , SJ NSPuget Sound sculpin [6] Ruscarius meanyi , JF SJ SG NSCabezon Scorpaenichthys marmoratus , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCManacled sculpin Synchirus gilli , JF SJ SG NS SS HCRoughspine sculpin Triglops macellus , JF SJ BB SG NS SS HCRibbed sculpin Triglops pingelii , JF SJ BB SG NS
Sailfin sculpin
Fourhorn poacher Northern spearnose poacher [6] Agonopsis vulsa , JF SJ SG NS SS HCSmooth alligatorfish Anoplagonus inermis , JF SJ SG NG NSGray starsnout [6] Bathyagonus alascanus , JF SJ BB SG NS SSSpinycheek starsnout [6] Bathyagonus infraspinatus , JF SJ SG NG NS HCBlackfin poacher Bathyagonus nigripinnis , SJ SG NS SS HCBigeye poacher [6] Bathyagonus pentacanthus , JF SJ SG NS SSRockhead Bothragonus swanii , JF SJ NSWarty poacher [6] Chesnonia verrucosa , JF NSFourhorn poacher Hypsagonus quadricornis , JF SJ NSPygmy poacher Odontopyxis trispinosa , JF SJ SG NS SS HCTubenose poacher Pallasina barbata , JF SJ BB SG NSSturgeon poacher [6] Podothecus accipenserinus , JF SJ BB SG NS SS HCPricklebreast poacher [2] Stellerina xyosterna , JFBlacktip poacher Xeneretmus latifrons , JF SJ SG NGSmootheye poacher [2] Xeneretmus leiops , JFBluespotted poacher Xeneretmus triacanthus , SJ BB NS SS HC
Blacktail snailfish Careproctus melanurus , JF BB NSSpotted snailfish Liparis callyodon , JF SJ SG NG NSRibbon snailfish Liparis cyclopus , JF SJ SG NS SSMarbled snailfish Liparis dennyi , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SSTidepool snailfish Liparis florae , JF SJ SG NG NSSlipskin snailfish Liparis fucensis , JF SJ SG NS SSLobefin snailfish [6] Liparis greeni , JF SJ BB SGSlimy snailfish [2] Liparis mucosus , JF SJShowy snailfish Liparis pulchellus , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCRingtail snailfish [2] Liparis rutteri , JF SJ SGPygmy snailfish [2] Lipariscus nanus , SGTadpole snailfish Nectoliparis pelagicus , SG NG NS SS HC
Northern ronquil
Slender cockscomb Anoplarchus insignis , JF SJ SG NS SSHigh cockscomb Anoplarchus purpurescens , JF SJ SG NG NS SS HCDecorated warbonnet [6] Chirolophis decoratus , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SSMosshead warbonnet Chirolophis nugator , JF SJ SG NS SSDaubed shanny [6] Leptoclinus maculatus , JF SJ BB SG NSLongsnout prickleback [2] Lumpenella longirostris , SGY-prickleback [2] Lumpenopsis hypochroma , SG NGSnake prickleback Lumpenus sagitta , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCRibbon prickleback Phytichthys chirus , JF SJ SG NSBluebarred prickleback Plectobranchus evides , SG NS SS HCWhitebarred prickleback Poroclinus rothrocki , SJ BB SG NS SS HCBlack prickleback Xiphister atropurpureus , JF SJ SG NSRock prickleback Xiphister mucosus , JF SJ SG NS
Wolf eel Anarrhichthys ocellatus , JF SJ BB SG NS SS HC Ragfish Icosteus aenigmaticus , JF SJ SG NS SS
Rock sole Arrowtooth flounder Atheresthes stomias , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCPetrale sole Eopsetta jordani , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCRex sole Glyptocephalus zachirus , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCFlathead sole Hippoglossoides elassodon , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCPacific halibut Hippoglossus stenolepis , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCButter sole Isopsetta isolepis , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCRock sole Lepidopsetta bilineata , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCNorthern rock sole [2] Lepidopsetta polyxystra , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCYellowfin sole [2] Limanda aspera , SJSlender sole Lyopsetta exilis , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCDover sole Microstomus pacificus , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCEnglish sole Parophrys vetulus , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCForkline sole [2] Parophrys vetulus × Platichthysstellatus , SG NS SSStarry flounder Platichthys stellatus , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCC-O sole Pleuronichthys coenosus , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HCCurlfin sole [2] Pleuronichthys decurrens , JF NS SSSand sole Psettichthys melanostictus , JF SJ BB SG NG NS SS HC
Species (and hybrid) new to the marine ichthyofauna of the Salish Sea, added since the most recently published checklist (Miller and Borton, 1980 ) Primarily freshwater species
Name changes introduced since the most recently published checklist (Miller and Borton, 1980)
