Onslow Bay
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
Onslow Bay is an indentation of the North Carolina coast, between Cape Fear in the south and Cape Lookout in the north. Thirteen barrier islands form the shore of the bay. It is part of the open Atlantic Ocean and affords no protection from oceanic swells.
