NB Marine Fishes
Family
Common Name (Scientific Name)
Acipenseridae
Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)
Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus)
Agonidae
Alligator fish (Aspidophoroides monopterygius)
Inshore sandlance (Ammodytes americanus)
Offshore sandlace (Ammodytes dubius)
Anarhichadidae
Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus)
Spotted wolffish (Anarhichas minor)
Anguillidae
American eel (Anguilla rostrata)
Atherinopsidae
Inland silverside (Menidia beryllina)
Atlantic silverside (Menidia menidia)
Blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis)
Clupeidae
Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)
American shad (Alosa sapidissima)
Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)
Cottidae
Grubby (Myoxocephalus aenaeus)
Longhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus)
Shorthorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius)
Cryptacanthodidae
Wrymouth (Cryptacanthodes maculatus)
Cyclopteridae
Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus)
Atlantic spiny lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus spinosus)
Fundulidae
Mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus)
Striped killifish (Fundulus majalis)
Gadidae
Cusk (Brosme brosme)
Fourbeard rockling (Enchelypous cimbrius)
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
Tomcod (Microgadus tomcod)
Pollock (Pollachius virens)
Red hake (Urophycis chuss)
White hake (Urophycis tenuis)
Gasterosteidae
Fourspine stickleback (Apeltes quadracus)
Threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
Blackspotted stickleback (Gasterosteus wheatlandi)
Ninespine stickleback (Pungitius pungitius)
Hemitripteridae
Labridae
Liparidae
Sea raven (Hemitripterus americanus)
Cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus)
Atlantic sea snail (Liparis atlanticus)
Lophiidae
Merlucciidae
Moronidae
Monkfish/goosefish (Lophius americanus)
Silver hake (Merluccius bilinearis)
Striped bass (Morone saxatilis)
Myxinidae
Osmeridae
Petromyzontidae
Pholidae
Atlantic hagfish (Myxine glutinosa)
Rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax)
Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)
Rock gunnel (Pholis gunnellus)
Pleuronectidae
Witch flounder (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus)
American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides)
Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea)
Smooth flounder (Pleuronectes putnami)
Winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus)
Rajidae
Thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata)
Little skate (Leucoraja erinacea)
Salmonidae
Scombridae
Scophthalmidae
Scorpaenidae
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus)
Windowpane (Scophthalmus aquosus)
Acadian red fish (Sebastes fasciatus)
Squalidae
Stichaeidae
Stromateidae
Syngnathidae
Zoarcidae
Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)
Radiated shanny (Ulvaria subbifurcata)
American butterfish (Peprilus triacanthus)
Northern pipefish (Syngnathus fuscus)
Ocean pout (Zoarces americanus)