Strait of Juan de Fuca – Tag my Fish

Fishes
General data
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Mugiliformes - Mullets

Flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus)

Perciformes - Perches

Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)

Striped surfperch (Embiotoca lateralis)

Shiner perch (Cymatogaster aggregata)

Redtail surfperch (Amphistichus rhodoterus)

Calico surfperch (Amphistichus koelzi)

Moroniformes - Temperate basses

Striped bass (Morone saxatilis)

Carangiformes - Jacks

Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

Striped marlin (Kajikia audax)

Black marlin (Istiompax indica)

Blue marlin (Makaira nigricans)

Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus)

Shortbill spearfish (Tetrapturus angustirostris)

Pacific jack mackerel (Trachurus symmetricus)

Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks

Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)

Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

Smalltooth sand tiger (Odontaspis ferox)

Thresher (Alopias vulpinus)

Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks

Smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena)

Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas)

Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)

Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras

Spotted ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei)

Spariformes - Breams and porgies

Atlantic tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis)

Scombriformes - Mackerels

Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)

Atlantic Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus)

Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus)

Albacore (Thunnus alalunga)

Pacific Chub Mackerel (Scomber japonicus)

Eastern Pacific bonito (Sarda chiliensis)

Myliobatiformes - Stingrays

Giant manta ray (Mobula birostris)

Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes

Ocean sunfish (Mola mola)

Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes

Quillback rockfish (Sebastes maliger)

Canary rockfish (Sebastes pinniger)

Vermilion rockfish (Sebastes miniatus)

Brown rockfish (Sebastes auriculatus)

Blue rockfish (Sebastes mystinus)

Tiger rockfish (Sebastes nigrocinctus)

California scorpionfish (Scorpaena guttata)

Great sculpin (Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus)

Kelp greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus)

Lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus)

Painted greenling (Oxylebius pictus)

Buffalo sculpin (Enophrys bison)

Copper rockfish (Sebastes caurinus)

Fourhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus quadricornis)

Wolf eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus)

Giant wrymouth (Cryptacanthodes giganteus)

Black rockfish (Sebastes melanops)

Rock greenling (Hexagrammos lagocephalus)

Masked greenling (Hexagrammos octogrammus)

Halfbanded Rockfish (Sebastes semicinctus)

Yellowtail rockfish (Sebastes flavidus)

Cabezon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus)

Pacific staghorn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus)

Grass rockfish (Sebastes rastrelliger)

Puget Sound rockfish (Sebastes emphaeus)

Deacon rockfish (Sebastes diaconus)

Gilbert’s Irish Lord (Hemilepidotus gilberti)

Red Irish lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus)

Whitespotted greenling (Hexagrammos stelleri)

Tidepool sculpin (Oligocottus maculosus)

Padded sculpin (Artedius fenestralis)

Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria)

Smoothhead sculpin (Artedius lateralis)

High cockscomb (Anoplarchus purpurescens)

Rosylip sculpin (Ascelichthys rhodorus)

Fluffy sculpin (Oligocottus snyderi)

Lampriformes - Lamprids

Giant oarfish (Regalecus glesne)

Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks

Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)

Pacific spiny dogfish (Squalus suckleyi)

Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish

Green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris)

Myxiniformes - Hagfishes

Clupeiformes - Herrings

American shad (Alosa sapidissima)

Californian anchovy (Engraulis mordax)

Pacific Sardine (Sardinops sagax)

Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)

Gadiformes - Cods

Abyssal grenadier (Coryphaenoides armatus)

Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus)

Pacific tomcod (Microgadus proximus)

Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus)

Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes

King angelfish (Holacanthus passer)

White croaker (Genyonemus lineatus)

Echinorhiniformes - Bramble sharks

Prickly shark (Echinorhinus cookei)

Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels

Snub-nosed spiny eel (Notacanthus chemnitzii)

Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers

Pelican eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides)

Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders

California slickhead (Alepocephalus tenebrosus)

Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes

Silver eye (Polymixia japonica)

Beryciformes - Sawbellies

Alfonsino (Beryx decadactylus)

Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels

Pudgy cuskeel (Spectrunculus grandis)

Brunswig's Cusk-eel (Lamprogrammus brunswigi)

Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses

Atlantic wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)

Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes

Opaleye (Girella nigricans)

Gobiiformes - Gobies

Chameleon goby (Tridentiger trigonocephalus)

Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes

Speckled sanddab (Citharichthys stigmaeus)

Roughscale sole (Clidoderma asperrimum)

C-O sole (Pleuronichthys coenosus)

Petrale sole (Eopsetta jordani)

Starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus)

Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis)

Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks

Broadnose sevengill shark (Notorynchus cepedianus)

Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes

Pacific sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus)

Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes

Plainfin midshipman (Porichthys notatus)

The Strait of Juan de Fuca (officially named Juan de Fuca Strait in Canada) is a body of water about 96 miles (83 nmi; 154 km) long that is the Salish Sea’s main outlet to the Pacific Ocean.

The international boundary between Canada and the United States runs down the centre of the Strait.