Nantucket Sound
Water type: Bay
Connection to the ocean: Atlantic Ocean
Continent:
North America
Climate:
Temperate
Country:
United States of America (USA)
Perciformes - Perches
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Gadiformes - Cods
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Zeiformes - Dories
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Carangiformes - Jacks
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Labriformes - Wrasses
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Argentiniformes - Marine smelts
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes
Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
Perciformes - Perches
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Gadiformes - Cods
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Zeiformes - Dories
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Carangiformes - Jacks
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Labriformes - Wrasses
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Argentiniformes - Marine smelts
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes
Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
Nantucket Sound is a roughly triangular area of the Atlantic Ocean offshore from the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is 48 km long and 40 km wide, and is enclosed by Cape Cod on the north, Nantucket on the south, and Marthas Vineyard on the west. Between Cape Cod and Marthas Vineyard it is connected to the Vineyard Sound. Ports on Nantucket Sound include Nantucket and Hyannis, Massachusetts.