Fish Species Guide

Tap any fish to identify it, see when it is in season by region, how to catch it, and the rules.

Aku (Skipjack Tuna)Katsuwonus pelamisAlbacoreThunnus alalungaAmberjackSeriola dumeriliAtlantic CodGadus morhuaBarracudaSphyraena argenteaBarred SurfperchAmphistichus argenteusBat Ray / ThornbackMyliobatis californicaBigeye TunaThunnus obesusBlack DrumPogonias cromisBlack RockfishSebastes melanopsBlack Sea BassCentropristis striataBlackfin TunaThunnus atlanticusBluefin Trevally (Omilu)Caranx melampygusBluefin TunaThunnus thynnusBluefishPomatomus saltatrixBonefishAlbula vulpesBonitoSarda lineolataBonito / AtlanticSarda sardaBrown TroutSalmo truttaCabezonScorpaenichthys marmoratusCalico BassParalabrax clathratusCalifornia HalibutParalichthys californicusCanary / Vermilion RockSebastes pinnigerChum SalmonOncorhynchus ketaCobiaRachycentron canadumCoho SalmonOncorhynchus kisutchCorbinaMenticirrhus undulatusDungeness Crab*Metacarcinus magisterFalse AlbacoreEuthynnus alletteratusFlounderParalichthys lethostigmaHaddockMelanogrammus aeglefinusJacksmelt / PerchAtherinopsis californiensisKawakawaEuthynnus affinisKing MackerelScomberomorus cavallaKing SalmonOncorhynchus tshawytschaLake TroutSalvelinus namaycushLeopard SharkTriakis semifasciataLingcodOphiodon elongatusMahi-MahiCoryphaena hippurusMangrove SnapperLutjanus griseusMarlinMakaira nigricansMuskieEsox masquinongyMutton SnapperLutjanus analisNorthern PikeEsox luciusPacific CodGadus macrocephalusPacific HalibutHippoglossus stenolepisPacific WhitingMerluccius productusPermitTrachinotus falcatusPink SalmonOncorhynchus gorbuschaPollockPollachius virensPompanoTrachinotus carolinusRed GrouperEpinephelus morioRed Snapper*Lutjanus campechanusRedfishSciaenops ocellatusRedtail SurfperchAmphistichus rhodoterusRockfish / SculpinSebastesSablefish (Black Cod)Anoplopoma fimbriaSailfishIstiophorus albicansSand BassParalabrax nebuliferScup / PorgyStenotomus chrysopsShadAlosa sapidissimaShark (mako/thresher)Isurus oxyrinchusSharksCarcharhinus limbatusSheepheadSemicossyphus pulcherSheepsheadArchosargus probatocephalusShelf RockfishSebastes goodeiSmallmouth BassMicropterus dolomieuSnookCentropomus undecimalisSockeye SalmonOncorhynchus nerkaSpanish MackerelScomberomorus maculatusSpeckled TroutCynoscion nebulosusSteelheadOncorhynchus mykissStriped BassMorone saxatilisSturgeonAcipenser transmontanusSummer FlounderParalichthys dentatusSwordfishXiphias gladiusTarponMegalops atlanticusTautogTautoga onitisTripletailLobotes surinamensisUlua (Giant Trevally)Caranx ignobilisVermilion / B-seaRhomboplites aurorubensWahooAcanthocybium solandriWalleyeSander vitreusWeakfishCynoscion regalisWhite MarlinKajikia albidaWhite SeabassAtractoscion nobilisWhitefishCoregonus clupeaformisWidow / Shortbelly RockSebastes entomelasWinter FlounderPseudopleuronectes americanusYellow PerchPerca flavescensYelloweye RockfishSebastes ruberrimusYellowfin TunaThunnus albacaresYellowtailSeriola dorsalisYellowtail SnapperOcyurus chrysurus