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| Order of increasing diversity | |
|---|---|
| Craniata/Hagfishes | Craniates |
| Lampreys/Jawed vertebrates | Vertebrates |
| Ray finned fish / sharks and rays | Gnathostomes |
| Sturgeons / Teleosts | Actinopterygians |
| Eels / herring / salmonids / spiny ray teleosts | Teleosts |
| beardfish / Gadiformes / Perciformes - Bass - Tuna | Acanthomorpha |
| flatfish / perciformes / anglerfish / flying gurnards/ scorpionfish | Percomorpha |
| Zeiformes / Beryciformes / Percomorpha | Acanthopterygii |
| Order | Family | Genus species | Common name | Link | Out | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascidiacea | Pyuridae | Boltenia ovifera | Stalked Tunicate | IMG | ||
| Myxiniformes | Myxinidae | Myxine glutinosa | Atlantic Hagfish | IMG | ||
| Petromyzontiformes | Petromyzonidae | Petramyzon marinus | spotted lamprey | IMG | ||
| Galeomorphii | Scyliorhinidae | Scyliorhinus retifer | Chain Dogfish | IMG | ||
| Galeomorphii | Triakidae | Mustelis canis | Smooth Dogfish | IMG | ||
| Squalea | Rajidae | Raja garmani | Leopard (Rosetted) skate | IMG | ||
| Squalea | Rajidae | Raja laevis | Barn-door skate | IMG | ||
| Squalea | Rajidae | Raja ocellata | Winter skate | IMG | Animal Planet | |
| Squalea | Rajidae | Raja radiata | Thorny skate | IMG | ||
| Squalea | Rajidae | Raja senta | Smooth-tailed skate | IMG | ||
| Squalea | Torpedinidae | Torpedo nobiliana | Torpedo | IMG | ||
| Acipenseriformes | Acipenseridae | Acipenser sturio | Sea Sturgeon | IMG | ||
| Gadiformes | Gadidae | Gadus morhua | Codfish | IMG | ||
| Gadiformes | Gadidae | Melanogrammus aeglefinus | Haddock | IMG | ||
| Gadiformes | Gadidae | Pollachius virens | Pollock | IMG | ||
| Gadiformes | Gaidropsaridae | Enchelyopus cimbrius | Four-Bearded Rockling | IMG | ||
| Gadiformes | Lotidae | Brosme brosme | Cusk | IMG | ||
| Gadiformes | Moridae | Gadella imberbis | Beardless codling | IMG | Gadiformes | Macrouridae | Macrourus bairdii | Marlin Spike | IMG |
| Gadiformes | Phycidae | Merluccius bilinearis | Silver Hake | IMG | ||
| Gadiformes | Phycidae | Urophycis chesteri | Longfin Hake | IMG | ||
| Gadiformes | Phycidae | Urophycis chuss | Red Hake | IMG | ||
| Gadiformes | Phycidae | Urophycis regius | Spotted Hake | IMG | ||
| Gadiformes | Phycidae | Urophycis tenuis | White Hake | IMG | ||
| Lophiiformes | Lophiidae | Lophius americanus | American goose fish | IMG | ||
| Ophidiiformes | Ophidiidae | Lepophidium cervinum | Fawn Cusk Eel | IMG | ||
| Polymixiiformes | Polymixiidae | Polymixia lowei(?) | beard fish | IMG | ||
| Zeiformes | Zeidae | Zenopsis ocellata | American John Dory | IMG | ||
| Clupeiformes | Clupeidae | Alosa pseudoharengus | Alewife | IMG | ||
| Clupeiformes | Clupeidae | Alosa sapidissima | American shad | IMG | ||
| Clupeiformes | Clupeidae | Etrumeus sadina | Round Herring | IMG | ||
| Clupeiformes | Engraulidae | Anchoa hepsetus | Striped Anchovy | IMG | ||
| Anguilliformes | Congridae | Conger oceanica | American Conger Eel | IMG | ||
| Anguilliformes | Congridae | Nemichthys scolopaceus | Snipe Eel | IMG | ||
| Argentiniformes | Argentinidae | Argentina silus | Atlantic Argentine | IMG | ||
| Aulopiformes | Paralepididae | Lestidium atlanticum | Baracudina | IMG | ||
| Aulopiformes | Synodontidae | Synodus sp. | Lizard Fsh | IMG | ||
| Salmoniformes | Osmeridae | Osmerus mordax | Rainbow smelt | IMG | ||
| Myctophiformes | Myctophidae | ??? ??? | lanternfishes | IMG | ||
| Stomiiformes | Sternoptychidae | Argyropelecus aculeatus | lovely hatchetfish | IMG | ||
| Stomiiformes | Sternoptychidae | Maurolicus weitzmani | Weizman's Pearlside | IMG | ||
| Beloniformes | Scomberesocidae | Scomberesox saurus | Needlefish, Saury | IMG | ||
| Dactylopteriformes | Dactylopteridae | Dactylopterus volitans | Flying Gurnard | IMG | ||
| Perciformes | Anarhichadidae | Anarhichas lupus | Wolf Fish | IMG | ||
| Perciformes | Ariommatidae | Ariomma bondi | Silver Rag | IMG | ||
| Perciformes | Callionymidae | Foetorepus agassizii | Spotfin dragonet | IMG | ||
| Perciformes | Caproidae | Antigonia capros | Deepbody boarfish | IMG | ||
| Perciformes | Carangidae | Vomer setapinnis | Moonfish | IMG | ||
| Perciformes | Carangidae | Caranx crysos | Blue Runner | IMG | ||
| Perciformes | Carangidae | Selar crumenophthalmus | Big Eye Scad | IMG | ||
| Perciformes | Carangidae | Trachurus trachurus | Rough Scad | IMG | ||
| Perciformes | Centrolophidae | Palinurichthys perciformis | Barrel Fish | IMG | ||
| Perciformes | Cryptacanthodidae | Cryptacanthodes maculatus | Wrymouth | IMG | ||
| Perciformes | Labridae | Tautogolabrus adspersus | Cunner | IMG | ||
| Perciformes | Malacanthidae | Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps | great northern tilefish | IMG | ||
| Perciformes | Pomatomidae | Pomatomus saltatrix | Bluefish | IMG | ||
| Perciformes | Priacanthidae | Cookeolus japonicus | Longfinned Bullseye | IMG | ||
| Perciformes | Scombridae | Scomber scombrus | Makerel | IMG | ||
| Perciformes | Sparidae | Stenotomus versicolor | Scup | IMG | ||
| Perciformes | Stichaeidae | Leptoclinus maculatus | Daubed Shanny | IMG | ||
| Perciformes | Stichaeidae | Ulvaria subbifurcata | Radiated Shanny | IMG | ||
| Perciformes | Stromateidae | Poronotus triacanthus | American butterfish | IMG | ||
| Perciformes | Zoarcidae | Lycenchelys verrillii | Wolf Eel Pout | IMG | ||
| Perciformes | Zoarcidae | Macrozoarces americanus | Ocean Pout | IMG | ||
| Perciformes | Zoarcidae | Melanostigma atlanticum | Atlantic Soft Pout | IMG | ||
| Syngnathiformes | Centriscidae | Macroramphosus gracilis | Slender Snipefish | IMG | ||
| Pleuronectiformes | Cynglossidae | Symphurus fasciolaris | Banded Tongue-fish | IMG | ||
| Pleuronectiformes | Paralichthyidae | Paralichthys oblongus | Four Spot Flounder | IMG | ||
| Pleuronectiformes | Paralichthyidae | Paralichthys dentatus | Summer Flounder, Fluke | IMG | ||
| Pleuronectiformes | Paralichthyidae | Citharichthys arctifrons | Gulfstream Flounder | IMG | ||
| Pleuronectiformes | Paralichthyidae | Etropus microstomus | Smallmouth Flounder | IMG | ||
| Pleuronectiformes | Pleuronectidae | Hippoglossus hippoglossus | Atlantic Halibut | IMG | ||
| Pleuronectiformes | Pleuronectidae | Reinhardtius hippoglossoides | Greenland halibut | IMG | ||
| Pleuronectiformes | Pleuronectidae | Pseudopleuronectes americanus | Winter flounder | IMG | ||
| Pleuronectiformes | Scophthalmidae | Scophthalmus aquosus (Lophopsetta maculata syn.) |
Windowpane | IMG | ||
| Scorpaeniformes | Agonidae | Aspidophoroides monopterygius | Aligator Fish | IMG | ||
| Scorpaeniformes | Cottidae | Artediellus uncinatus | Hook-eared Sculpin | IMG | ||
| Scorpaeniformes | Cottidae | Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus | Longhorn Skulpin | IMG | ||
| Scorpaeniformes | Cottidae | Myoxocephalus scorpius | Shorthorn Sculpin | IMG | ||
| Scorpaeniformes | Cottidae | Genus species | Mustached Skulpin | IMG | ||
| Scorpaeniformes | Cottidae | Myoxocephalus aenaeus | Grubby Skulpin | IMG | ||
| Scorpaeniformes | Cyclopteridae | Cyclopterus lumpus | Lump Fish | IMG | ||
| Scorpaeniformes | Hemitripteridae | Hemitripterus americanus | Sea Ravin | IMG | ||
| Scorpaeniformes | Liparidae | Neoliparis atlanticus | Sea Snail | IMG | ||
| Scorpaeniformes | Liparidae | Liparis liparis | Striped Sea Snail | IMG | ||
| Scorpaeniformes | Peristediidae | Peristedion miniatum | Armored Sea Robin | IMG | ||
| Scorpaeniformes | Peristediidae | Peristedion gracile | Slender Sea Robin | IMG | ||
| Scorpaeniformes | Sebastidae | Sebastes marinus | Acadian Redfish | IMG | Animal Planet | |
| Scorpaeniformes | Sebastidae | Helicolenus dactylopterus | Blackbelly Rose fish | IMG | ||
| Scorpaeniformes | Triglidae | Prionotus carolinus | Northern Sea Robin | IMG | ||
| Tetraodontiformes | Monacanthidae | ??? ??? | Filefish | IMG |
| Taxon -or- Family | Genus species | Common name | Link | Out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schizasteridae | Moira atropos (Lamarck, 1816) | Heart Urchin | IMG | |
| Cucumaridae | Cucumaria frondosa | Sea Cucumber | IMG | |
| Caudinidae | Paracaudina chilensis | Rat-tailed Sea Cucumber | IMG | |
| Pycnogonid | ?? spp. | Sea Spiders | IMG | |
| Pasiphaeidae | Pasiphaea spp. | Deep sea Shrimp | IMG | |
| Pandalidae | Pandalus borealis | Northern Shrimp | IMG | |
| Pandalidae | Plesionika sp. | Soldier Shrimp | IMG | |
| Hippolytidae | Lebbeus groenlandicus | Spiny Lebbeid Shrimp | IMG | |
| Squillidae | Squilla empusa(?) | mantis shrimp | IMG | |
| Majidae | Libinia emarginata | Portly Spider Crab | IMG | |
| Majidae | Chionoectes opilio opilio | Snow Crab | IMG | |
| Lithodidae | Lithodes maja | Northern Stone Crab | IMG | |
| Cancridae | Cancer borealis | Jonah Crab | IMG | |
| Cancridae | Cancer irroratus | Atlantic Rock Crab | IMG | |
| Geryonidae | Geryon quinquedens | Red Deep Sea Crab | IMG | |
| Portunidae | Ovalipes ocellatus | Lady Crab | IMG | |
| Inachidae | Rochinia crassa | Inflated Spiny Crab | IMG | |
| Calappidae | Acanthocarpus alexandri | Gladiator Box Crab | IMG | |
| Galatheidae | Munida iris iris | Squat Lobster | IMG | |
| Chirostylidae | Eumunida picta | Squat Lobster | IMG | |
| Crangonidae | Sclerocrangon boreas | Bearshrimp | IMG | |
| Astacidae | Astacus astacus | Edel Flusskrebs (Deutsch) | IMG | |
| Astacidae | Pacifastacus leniusculus | Signal Crayfish | IMG | |
| Nephropidae | Homarus americanus | American Lobster | IMG | ny.gov |
| Poecilasmatidae | Poecilasma inaequilaterale | Parasitic Barnacle | IMG | |
| Octopodidae | Octopus vulgaris | common octopus | IMG | |
| Octopodidae | Bathypolypus arcticus | spoonarm octopus | IMG | |
| Ommastrephidae | Illex illecebrosus | Northern Shortfin Squid | IMG | |
| Ommastrephidae | Illex coindetii | North/South Shortfin Squid | IMG | |
| Sepiolidae | Semirossia tenera(?) | leser bobtail squid | IMG | |
| Caligidae | {on Smooth Dogfish} | Sea Lice | IMG |
