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Marine Species Identification Guide for the St. Lawrence
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Alphabetical Order: English  -  Latin

Alphabetical order: English
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*anadromous

English name Latin name
Alligatorfish Aspidophoroides monopterygius
American eel Anguilla rostrata
American plaice Hippoglossoides platessoides
Arctic cod Boreogadus saida
Arctic eelpout Lycodes lavalaei
Arctic hookear sculpin Artediellus uncinatus
Arctic shanny Stichaeus punctatus
Arctic staghorn sculpin Gymnocanthus tricuspis
Atlantic argentine Argentina silus
Atlantic cod Gadus morhua
Atlantic hagfish Myxine glutinosa
Atlantic halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Atlantic herring Clupea harengus
Atlantic hookear sculpin Artediellus atlanticus
Atlantic mackerel Scomber scombrus
Atlantic poacher Leptagonus decagonus
Atlantic salmon Salmo salar
Atlantic saury Scomberesox saurus
Atlantic soft pout Melanostigma atlanticum
Atlantic spiny lumpsucker Eumicrotremus spinosus
Atlantic tomcod Microgadus tomcod
Atlantic wolffish Anarhichas lupus
Black dogfish Centroscyllium fabricii
Broadhead, Northern wolffish Anarhichas denticulatus
Butterfish Peprilus triacanthus
Capelin Mallotus villosus
Daubed shanny Leptoclinus maculatus
Deepwater redfish Sebastes mentella
Fourbeard rockling Enchelyopus cimbrius
Fourline snakeblenny Eumesogrammus praecisus
Gelatinous seasnail Liparis fabricii
Greater eelpout Lycodes esmarkii
Greater silver hatchetfish Argyropelecus gigas
Greenland cod Gadus ogac
Greenland halibut, Turbot Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Greenland manefish Caristius groenlandicus
Grubby Myoxocephalus aenaeus
Longfin hake Phycis chesteri
Longhorn sculpin Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus
Lowfin snailfish Paraliparis calidus
Lumpfish Cyclopterus lumpus
Marlin-spike Nezumia bairdii
Mirror lampfish Lampadena speculigera
Monkfish Lophius americanus
Moustache sculpin Triglops murrayi
Northern cutthroat eel Synaphobranchus kaupii
Ocean pout Zoarces americanus
Polar sculpin Cottunculus microps
Pollock Pollachius virens
Rainbow smelt* Osmerus mordax*
Rakery lanternfish Lampanyctus macdonaldi
Rock gunnel Pholis gunnellus
Sand lance Ammodytes sp.
Sea lamprey* Petromyzon marinus*
Sea raven Hemitripterus americanus
Sea tadpole Careproctus reinhardti
Shorthorn sculpin Myoxocephalus scorpius
Shortspine tenplate Polyipnus asteroides
Silver hake Merluccius bilinearis
Silver rockling Gaidropsarus argentatus
Slender snipe eel Nemichthys scolopaceus
Smooth flounder Pleuronectes putnami
Smooth skate Malacoraja senta
Snake blenny Lumpenus lampretaeformis
Snubnosed spiny eel Notacanthus chemnitzii
Spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias
Spotted wolffish Anarhichas minor
Thorny skate Amblyraja radiata
Threespine stickleback* Gasterosteus aculeatus*
Triplewart seadevil Cryptopsaras couesii
Twoclub angler Ceratias holboelli
Vahl's eelpout Lycodes vahlii
Variegated snailfish Liparis gibbus
Veiled anglemouth Cyclothone microdon
White barracudina Arctozenus risso
White hake Urophycis tenuis
Winter flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Winter skate Leucoraja ocellata
Witch flounder Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Wrymouth Cryptacanthodes maculatus


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Alphabetical order: Latin
A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P-Q-R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z
*anadromous

Latin name English name
Amblyraja radiata Thorny skate
Ammodytes sp. Sand lance
Anarhichas denticulatus Broadhead, Northern wolffish
Anarhichas lupus Atlantic wolffish
Anarhichas minor Spotted wolffish
Anguilla rostrata American eel
Arctozenus risso White barracudina
Argentina silus Atlantic argentine
Argyropelecus gigas Greater silver hatchetfish
Artediellus atlanticus Atlantic hookear sculpin
Artediellus uncinatus Arctic hookear sculpin
Aspidophoroides monopterygius Alligatorfish
Boreogadus saida Arctic cod
Careproctus reinhardti Sea tadpole
Caristius groenlandicus Greenland manefish
Centroscyllium fabricii Black dogfish
Ceratias holboelli Twoclub angler
Clupea harengus Atlantic herring
Cottunculus microps Polar sculpin
Cryptacanthodes maculatus Wrymouth
Cryptopsaras couesii Triplewart seadevil
Cyclopterus lumpus Lumpfish
Cyclothone microdon Veiled anglemouth
Enchelyopus cimbrius Fourbeard rockling
Eumesogrammus praecisus Fourline snakeblenny
Eumicrotremus spinosus Atlantic spiny lumpsucker
Gadus morhua Atlantic cod
Gadus ogac Greenland cod
Gaidropsarus argentatus Silver rockling
Gasterosteus aculeatus* Threespine stickleback*
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus Witch flounder
Gymnocanthus tricuspis Arctic staghorn sculpin
Hemitripterus americanus Sea raven
Hippoglossoides platessoides American plaice
Hippoglossus hippoglossus Atlantic halibut
Lampadena speculigera Mirror lampfish
Lampanyctus macdonaldi Rakery lanternfish
Leptagonus decagonus Atlantic poacher
Leptoclinus maculatus Daubed shanny
Leucoraja ocellata Winter skate
Liparis fabricii Gelatinous seasnail
Liparis gibbus Variegated snailfish
Lophius americanus Monkfish
Lumpenus lampretaeformis Snake blenny
Lycodes esmarkii Greater eelpout
Lycodes lavalaei Arctic eelpout
Lycodes vahlii Vahl's eelpout
Malacoraja senta Smooth skate
Mallotus villosus Capelin
Melanostigma atlanticum Atlantic soft pout
Merluccius bilinearis Silver hake
Microgadus tomcod Atlantic tomcod
Myoxocephalus aenaeus Grubby
Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus Longhorn sculpin
Myoxocephalus scorpius Shorthorn sculpin
Myxine glutinosa Atlantic hagfish
Nemichthys scolopaceus Slender snipe eel
Nezumia bairdii Marlin-spike
Notacanthus chemnitzii Snubnosed spiny eel
Osmerus mordax* Rainbow smelt*
Paraliparis calidus Lowfin snailfish
Peprilus triacanthus Butterfish
Petromyzon marinus* Sea lamprey*
Pholis gunnellus Rock gunnel
Phycis chesteri Longfin hake
Pleuronectes putnami Smooth flounder
Pollachius virens Pollock
Polyipnus asteroides Shortspine tenplate
Pseudopleuronectes americanus Winter flounder
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Greenland halibut, Turbot
Salmo salar Atlantic salmon
Scomber scombrus Atlantic mackerel
Scomberesox saurus Atlantic saury
Sebastes mentella Deepwater redfish
Squalus acanthias Spiny dogfish
Stichaeus punctatus Arctic shanny
Synaphobranchus kaupii Northern cutthroat eel
Triglops murrayi Moustache sculpin
Urophycis tenuis White hake
Zoarces americanus Ocean pout

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