Photos - Marine/Coastal Fish
These pictures show the diversity of coastal fish from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Occasionally we will find a fish listed as coastal that can also be found need a coral reef, like the roundspot porgy. There are species on this page of a total of about 50 species that are ready to be posted. So check back over time and see the changes to the photos. In the near future, we will include more educational materials on these fish.
![]() Striped bass Morone saxatilis Family Moronidae (Temperate basses) |
![]() Black sea bass Centropristis striata Family Serranidae (Sea basses) |
![]() Sheepshead Archosargus probactocephalus Family Sparidae (Porgy) |
![]() Black grouper Mycteroperca bonaci Family Serranidae (Sea basses) |
![]() Black drum Pogonias cromis Family Sciaenidae (Drum) |
![]() Nassau grouper Epinephelus striatus Family Serranidae (Sea basses) |
Graysby Epinephelus cruentatus Family Serranidae (Sea basses) |
Goliath grouper Epinephelus itajara Family Serranidae (Sea basses) |
Spot Leiostomus xanthurus Family Sciaenidae (Drum) |
Atlantic bumper Chloroscombrus chrysurus Family Carangidae (Jack) |
Atlantic spadefish Chaetodipterus faber Family Ephippidae (Spadefishes) |
Palometa Trachinotus goodei Family Carangidae (Jack) |
C-O sole Pleuronichthys coenosus Family Pleuronectidae (Right-eye flounders) |
Vermilion rockfish Sebastes miniatus Family Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes) |
![]() Tiger rockfish Sebastes nigrocinctus Family Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes) |
Sargo Anisotremus davidsonii Family Haemulidae (Grunts) |
Roundspot porgy Diplodus caudimacula Family Sparidae (Porgy) |
![]() Quillback rockfish Sebastes maliger Family Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes) |
Many of these photos were taken at the National
Aquarium in Baltimore, Tennessee
Aquarium in Chattanooga, the Shedd
Aquarium in Chicago, the South
Carolina Aquarium in Charleston, the Key
West Aquarium in Florida and the John
Pennekamp State Park aquarium in Florida. Feel free to use these photographs
on any of your government, citizen or not-for-profit Web sites. I only
ask that you credit this Web site page and acknowledge the name of the
photographer in the alt tag. Please email us
if you need higher resolution photos or permissions for other purposes.
Learn more about fish as environmental indicators.
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