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 dumeriliArctic CharSalvelinus alpinusArctic GraylingThymallus arcticusAtlantic 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 sardaBroad WhitefishCoregonus nasusBrown TroutSalmo truttaCabezonScorpaenichthys marmoratusCalico BassParalabrax clathratusCalifornia HalibutParalichthys californicusCanary / Vermilion RockSebastes pinnigerCero MackerelScomberomorus regalisChum SalmonOncorhynchus ketaCobiaRachycentron canadumCoho SalmonOncorhynchus kisutchCorbinaMenticirrhus undulatusDolly VardenSalvelinus malmaDungeness Crab*Metacarcinus magisterFalse AlbacoreEuthynnus alletteratusFlounderParalichthys lethostigmaGreat BarracudaSphyraena barracudaHaddockMelanogrammus aeglefinusJacksmelt / PerchAtherinopsis californiensisKawakawaEuthynnus affinisKelp GreenlingHexagrammos decagrammusKing 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 HindEpinephelus guttatusRed Snapper*Lutjanus campechanusRedfishSciaenops ocellatusRedtail SurfperchAmphistichus rhodoterusRockfish / SculpinSebastesSablefishAnoplopoma fimbriaSailfishIstiophorus albicansSand BassParalabrax nebuliferScup / PorgyStenotomus chrysopsShadAlosa sapidissimaShark (mako/thresher)Isurus oxyrinchusSharksCarcharhinus limbatusSheefishStenodus leucichthysSheepheadSemicossyphus 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 clupeaformisWhiting (Kingfish)Menticirrhus americanusWidow / Shortbelly RockSebastes entomelasWinter FlounderPseudopleuronectes americanusYellow PerchPerca flavescensYelloweye RockfishSebastes ruberrimusYellowfin TunaThunnus albacaresYellowtailSeriola dorsalisYellowtail SnapperOcyurus chrysurus