The Bony Fishes
Learn more about the bony fishes found in the Gulf of Maine!
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Class Actinopterygii - Ray-finned Fishes
Ray-finned fishes are the largest and most successful group of fishes and make up half of all living vertebrates.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle/High School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: Yes
Fish Base
Search this amazing site for information on over 28, 900 species of fish! You can search by name, ecosystem, family, country or island, or topic.
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Fish FAQ
Why do some fish smell, well fishy? How large do sunfish grow? What exactly is scrod? Find the answers to these and lots of other fishy questions at this site!
Source: NOAA Fisheries - Northeast Fisheries Science Center Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Middle School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
Fish
Learn more about lots of different fish species and printout information sheets!
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Balloonfish  
The balloonfish is also known as the spiny porcupinefish and the spiny puffer.
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Black Perch
Black perch are also called black surfperch and butterlips.
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Bluefin Trevally
The Hawaiian name for this species is omilu.
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Bluespotted Jawfish
The tail end of a male jawfish’s body darkens during breeding.
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California Barracuda
The California barracuda is found from the Kodiak Islands, Alaska to Baja California, Mexico
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Clownfish
The size of the black bands that separate the orange and white portions of the clownfish’s body are influenced by the species of sea anemone selected for its host.
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Convict Surgeonfish
The convict surgeonfish is named for the black strips on its white body that look lik ethe stripes on convict's uniforms.
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Garibaldi
Although most other damselfishes are found in tropical waters, the garibaldi are found in subtropical waters.
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Grunt Sculpin
Grunt sculpins, the only species in the family Rhamphocottidae.
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King Angelfish
King angelfish are omnivores and feed on a large variety of small plants and animals.
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Leafy Seadragon
Seadragons are named after the dragons of Chinese legends.
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Mudskipper
There are 34 species of mudskippers.
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Panamic Soldierfish
Panamic soldierfishes are small, bright red, big-eyed fish.
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Rockmover Wrasse
Rockmover wrasses do not move rocks, they move rubble and coral fragments.
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Sarcastic Fringehead
Sarcastic fringeheads are fearless and extremely aggressive.
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Shiner Surfperch
Shiner surfperch are found from southeast Alaska to central Baja California.
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Silver Surfperch
Silver surfperch are found from southern British Columbia, Canada, to northern Baja, Mexico.
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Stinging Eel Catfish
The stinging eel catfish is found in the Indo-Pacific between east Africa and Samoa, especially southern Japan to southern Australia.
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Wedge-tail Triggerfish
This is the official state fish of Hawaii.
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Weedy Scorpionfish
The weedy scorpiofish looks like seaweed!
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Weedy Seadragon
Weedy seadragons are found only in Australian coastal waters.
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White Seabass
White seabass are neither bass nor white. They are silvery-gray croakers.
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Banded Archerfish
Banded archer fish are found in coastal areas of India, across Myanmar to Thailand, Indochina and Southern China, the Philippines, and southeast Asia to Australia.
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