The Common Marine
Fish of Newfoundland and Labrador
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Pelagic
- fish that live throughout the water column, travel mostly in large
schools, and feed near the surface:
American
Eel (Anguilla rostrata)
Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus)
Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)
Caplin (Mallotus villosos)
Herring (Clupea harengus harengus)
Mackerel (Scomber scombrus)
Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri )
Smelt (Osmerus mordax)
Groundfish
- fish that feed and live near the ocean bottom:
American
Plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides)
Atlantic Catfish (Anarhichas lupus)
Cod (Gadus morhua)
Dogfish (Squalus acanthias)
Greenland Halibut (Turbot) (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides )
Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus)
Redfish (Ocean Perch) (Sebastes marinus)
Red Hake (Urophycis chuss)
Skate (Raja senta)
[smooth] (Raja radiata) [thorny]
White Hake (Merlu argente)
Winter Flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus )
Witch Flounder (Glyptocephalus cyroglossus)
Yellowtail Flounder (Limanda ferruginea)
Shellfish
- molluscs and crustaceans:
Blue
Mussels (Mytilus edulis)
Lobster (Homarus americanus)
Sea Scallop (Placopecten magellanicus)
Icelandic Scallop (Chlamys islandicus )
Shrimp (Pandalus borealis )
Snow Crab (Chionoecetes opilio)
Squid (Illex illecebrosus )
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