Alphabetical List of the Families of Puget Sound Fishes

Scientific NameCommon Name
AcipenseridaeSturgeons
Agonidae Poachers
AlepisauridaeLancetfishes
AlopiidaeThresher Sharks
AmmodytidaeSand Lances
Anarhichadidae Wolffishes
AnoplopomatidaeSablefishes
AulorhynchidaeTubesnouts
BathymasteridaeRonquils
BatrachoididaeToadfishes
BothidaeLefteye Flounders
BramidaePomfrets
BythitidaeLivebearing Brotulas
CarangidaeJacks
CarcharhinidaeRequiem Sharks
CetorhinidaeBasking Shark
ChimaeridaeShortnose Chimaeras
ClupeidaeHerrings
CottidaeSculpins
CryptacanthodidaeWrymouths
CyclopteridaeLumpfishes
CynoglossidaeTonguefishes
CyprinidaeCarps and Minnows
CyprinodontidaeKillifishes
DalatiidaeSleeper Sharks
EmbiotocidaeSurfperches
EngraulidaeAnchovies
GadidaeCods
GasterosteidaeSticklebacks
GobiesocidaeClingfishes
GobiidaeGobies
HexagrammidaeGreenlings
HexanchidaeCow Sharks
IcosteidaeRagfish
LamnidaeMackerel Sharks
LamprididaeOpahs
LiparidaeSnailfishes
MerlucciidaeMerluccid Hakes
MolidaeMolas
MoronidaeTemperate Basses
MyctophidaeLanternfishes
NemichthyidaeSnipe Eels
OsmeridaeSmelts
ParalepididaeBarracudinas
PetromyzontidaeLampreys
PholidaeGunnels
PleuronectidaeRighteye Flounders
PsychrolutidaeFathead Sculpins
PtilichthyidaeQuillfish
RajidaeSkates
RhamphocottidaeGrunt Sculpin
SalmonidaeSalmons and Trouts
SciaenidaeDrums
ScomberesocidaeSauries
ScombridaeMackerels and Tunas
ScorpaenidaeScorpionfishes/Rockfishes
ScyliorhinidaeCat Sharks
ScytalinidaeGraveldiver
SphyraenidaeBarracudas
SqualidaeDogfish Sharks
SquatinidaeAngel Sharks
StichaeidaePricklebacks
StromateidaeButterfishes
SyngnathidaePipefishes
SynodontidaeLizardfishes
TorpedinidaeElectric Rays
TrachipteridaeRibbonfishes
TrichiuridaeCutlassfishes
TrichodontidaeSandfishes
ZaniolepididaeCombfishes
ZoarcidaeEelpouts