Image of an oyster toadfish, Opsanus tau, against a plain white background.

Oyster Toadfish

Image by Robert Aguilar, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, CC BY 2.0 Physical: Toadfish are scaleless, flat fish with[…]

Image of a Northern sea robin held in a hand.

Northern Sea Robin

Physical: Sea Robin can measure from 12 to 16 inches in length. Their body is tapered that gets[…]

northern puffer fish sphoeroides maculatus

Northern Pufferfish

Image by Cliff on Flickr, CC BY 2.0 Physical: Puffers are yellow, brown, or olive-colored with a white[…]

Sygnathus fuscus

Northern Pipefish

Physical: Pipefish have a darkened gray-green body color with a non-distinctive mottled pattern. They have 36-39 dorsal rays,[…]

Image of a Northern Kingfish, Menticirrhus saxatilis, against a white background.

Northern Kingfish

Image by Robert Aguilar, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, CC BY 2.0 Physical: Kingfish are brown to dark brown[…]

Image of a naked goby, Gobiosoma bosci, against a white background.

Naked Goby

Image by Robert Aguilar, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, CC BY 2.0 Physical: The Naked Goby can reach up[…]

Lateral view of a mummichog against a plain white background.

Mummichog

Physical: Mummichog range in color from olive-gray to green-brown, with dark silver horizontal stripes.  F. heteroclitus have blunt,[…]

Image of an inland silverside, Menidia beryllina, held in a person's hands.

Inland Silverside

Physical: The Inland Silverside is approximately 3 inches long. The edge of the anal (underside) fin is strongly[…]