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FISH

COMMON NAME GENUS SPECIES INTRODUCTION VERIFIED
Bat Ray Myliobatis californica NATIVE
Black Perch Embiotoca jacksoni NATIVE
Black Surfperch Embiotoca jacksoni NATIVE
Broadnose Sevengill Shark Notorynchus cepidianus NATIVE
Brown Rockfish Sebastes auriculatus NATIVE
Brown Smoothhound Mustelus henlei NATIVE
Brown Trout Salmo trutta NATIVE
California Corbina Menticirrhus undulatus NATIVE
California Halibut Paralichthys californicus NATIVE
California Halibut Paralichthys californicus NATIVE
California Lizardfish Synodus lucioceps NATIVE
California Needlefish Strongylura exilis NATIVE
California Sheephead Semicossyphus pulcher NATIVE
California Tonguefish Symphurus atricauda NATIVE
Chinook (King) Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha NATIVE
Common Thresher Alopias vulpinus MIGRATORY
Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas NATIVE
Flag Rockfish Sebastes rubrivinctus NATIVE
Giant Kelpfish Herterostichus rostratus NATIVE
Giant Sea Bass Stereolepis gigas NATIVE
Grass Rockcod Sebastes rastrelliger NATIVE
Grass Rockfish Sebastes rastrelliger NATIVE
Graveldiver Scytalina cerdale NATIVE
Grey Smoothhound Mustelus californicus NATIVE
Green Sturgeon Acipenser medirostris NATIVE
Grunion Leuresthes tenuis NATIVE
Grunt Sculpin Rhamphocottus richardsonii NATIVE
Halfmoon Medialuna californiensis NATIVE
Jacksmelt Atherinopsis californiensis NATIVE
Kelp Pipefish Syngnathus californiensis NATIVE
Leopard Shark Triakis semifasciata NATIVE
Longjaw Mudsucker Gillichthys mirabilis NATIVE
Monkey-face Prickleback Cebidichthys violaceus NATIVE
Onespot Fringehead Neoclinus uninotatus NATIVE
Opaleye Girell nigricans NATIVE
Pacific Hake Merluccius productus MIGRATORY
Pacific Halibut Hippoglossus stenolepis NATIVE
Pacific Herring Clupea pallasii MIGRATORY
Pacific Sand Lance Ammodytes hexapterus NATIVE
Pacific Sandfish Trichodon trichodon NATIVE
Pacific Staghorn Sculpin Leptocottus armatus NATIVE
Pacific Tomcod Microgadus proximus NATIVE
Painted Greenling Oxylebius pictus NATIVE
Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss

NATIVE
Redtail Surfperch Amphistichus rhodoterus NATIVE
Rock Sole Lepidopsetta bilineata NATIVE
Rockhead Bothragonus swanii NATIVE
Rosylip Sculpin Ascelichthys rhodorus NATIVE
Round Stingray Urolophus halleri
Rubberlip Surfperch Rhacochilus toxotes NATIVE
Saddleback Gunnel Pholis ornata NATIVE
Sand Sole Psettichthys melanostictus NATIVE
Shiner Surfperch Cymatogaster aggregata MIGRATORY
Shovelnose Guitarfish Rhinobatos productus NATIVE
Silver Surfperch Hyperprosopon ellipticum NATIVE
Speckled Sanddab Citharichthys stigmaeus NATIVE
Spotfin Croaker Roncador stearnsii NATIVE
Spotted Sand Bass Paralabrax maculatofasciatus NATIVE
Starry Flounder Platichthys stellatus NATIVE
Starry Rockfish Sebastes constellatus NATIVE
Striped Bass Morone saxatilis NON-NATIVE
Stripedfin Ronquil Rathbunella hypoplecta NATIVE
Surf Smelt Hypomesus pretiosus NATIVE
Treefish Sebastes serriceps NATIVE
Walleye Surfperch Hyperprosopon argenteum NATIVE
White Croaker Genyonemus lineatus NATIVE
White Seabass Cynoscion nobilis NATIVE
White Seabass Alractoscion nobilis NATIVE
White Shark Carcharodon carcharias NATIVE
White Sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus NATIVE
Wolf-eel Annarrhichthys ocellatus NATIVE
Woolly Sculpin Clinocottus analis NATIVE
Yellowfin Croaker Umbrina roncador NATIVE

 

WHAT WE MEAN BY VERIFIED - Flora and fauna that have been "verified" are ones that have been seen or noted by one of the scientists, educators, or naturalists here at the Academy.
WHO DID THE RESEARCH? - This project was researched, compiled and the results made into this web site by Academy High School Interns Erica Bestpitch and Evan Saint-Pierre under the supervision of the librarians in the Biodiversity Resource Center using Academy Library resources. Additional help and information was contributed by Fernando Pico and the Academy High School Interns involved in the CAS SF Bay: 2K project.

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