Pamlico Sound
Water type: Bay
Connection to the ocean: Atlantic Ocean
Continent:
North America
Climate:
Subtropical
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
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Labriformes - Wrasses
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Carangiformes - Jacks
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Argentiniformes - Marine smelts
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
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
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Labriformes - Wrasses
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Carangiformes - Jacks
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Argentiniformes - Marine smelts
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes
Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
Pamlico Sound is a large estuarine lagoon in North Carolina. The largest lagoon along the North American East Coast, it extends 130 km long and 24 to 32 km wide. It is part of a large, interconnected network of similar lagoons that includes Albemarle Sound, Currituck Sound, Croatan Sound, Roanoke Sound, Pamlico Sound, Bogue Sound, Back Sound, and Core Sound known collectively as the Albemarle-Pamlico sound system. With over 7,800 km2 of open water the combined estuary is second only in size to 11,600 km2 Chesapeake Bay in the United States.