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Appendix B


List of common and scientific names for species of fish included in this document.*


Common nameScientific name

Rockfish
Rougheye rockfishSebastes aleutianus
Pacific ocean perchSebastes alutus
Brown rockfishSebastes auriculatus
Aurora rockfishSebastes aurora
Redbanded rockfishSebastes babcocki
Shortraker rockfishSebastes borealis
Silvergrey rockfishSebastes brevispinus
Copper rockfishSebastes caurinus
Greenspotted rockfishSebastes chlorostictus
Darkblotched rockfishSebastes crameri
Splitnose rockfishSebastes diploproa
Greenstriped rockfishSebastes elongatus
Widow rockfishSebastes entomelas
Yellowtail rockfishSebastes flavidus
ChilipepperSebastes goodei
Rosethorn rockfishSebastes helvomaculatus
Shortbelly rockfishSebastes jordani
CowcodSebastes levis
Quillback rockfishSebastes maliger
Black rockfishSebastes melanops
Vermilion rockfishSebastes miniatus
Blackgill rockfishSebastes melanostomus
Blue rockfishSebastes mystinus
China rockfishSebastes nebulosus
Tiger rockfishSebastes nigrocinctus
Speckled rockfishSebastes ovalis
BocaccioSebastes paucispinus
Canary rockfishSebastes pinniger
Redstripe rockfishSebastes proriger
Yellowmouth rockfishSebastes reedi
Rosy rockfishSebastes rosaceus
Yelloweye rockfishSebastes ruberrimus
Bank rockfishSebastes rufus
Stripetail rockfishSebastes saxicola
Pygmy rockfishSebastes wilsoni
Sharpchin rockfishSebastes zacentrus
Shortspine thornyheadSebastolobus alascanus
Longspine thornyheadSebastolobus altivelis
Flatfish
English solePleuronectes vetulus
Dover soleMicrostomus pacificus
Petrale soleEopsetta jordani
Rex soleErrex zachirus
Flathead soleHippoglossoides elassodon
Rock solePleuronectes bilineatus
Sand solePsettichthys melanostictus
Butter solePleuronectes isolepis
Pacific sanddabCitharichthys sordidus
Speckled sanddabCitharichthys stigmaeus
Starry flounderPlatichthys stellatus
Arrowtooth flounderAtheresthes stomias
Pacific halibutHippoglossus stenolepis
Roundfish
Jack mackerelTrachurus symmetricus
Pacific codGadus macrocephalus
Walleye pollockTheragra chalcogramma
Pacific hakeMerluccius productus
LingcodOphiodon elongatus
SablefishAnoplopoma fimbria
Sharks and Skates
Skates, miscellaneousRajidae
Longnose skateRaja rhina
Spiny dogfishSqualus acanthias
Pacific dogfishSqualus suckleyi
Blue sharkPrionace glauca
Soupfin sharkGaleorhinus zyopterus
Mud sharkHexanchus griseus
Thresher sharkAlopias vulpinus
Miscellaneous
CabezonScorpaenichthys marmoratus
Red Irish lordHemilepidotus hemilepidotus
Pacific grenadierCoryphaenoides acrolepis
Kelp greenlingHexagrammos decagrammus
Rock greenlingHexagrammos lagocephalus
Whitespotted greenlingHexagrammos stelleri
Green sturgeonAcipenser medirostris
Pacific salmon, miscellaneousSalmonidae
Surfperches, miscellaneousEmbiotocidae
Redtail surfperchAmphistichus rhodoterus
Striped seaperchEmbiotoca lateralis
Pile perchRhacochilus vacca
Sculpins, miscellaneousCottidae
Wolf-eelAnarrhichthys ocellatus
Pacific hagfishEptatretus stouti

*List follows:
Robins, C. R., and six coauthors. 1991. List of common and scientific names of fishes. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 20.


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