Block Island Sound

Water type: Bay
Connection to the ocean: Atlantic Ocean
Continent:
North America
Climate:
Temperate
Country:
United States of America
Perciformes - Perches
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Gadiformes - Cods
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Zeiformes - Dories
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Labriformes - Wrasses
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Carangiformes - Jacks
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Argentiniformes - Marine smelts
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
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
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Labriformes - Wrasses
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Carangiformes - Jacks
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Argentiniformes - Marine smelts
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes
Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
Block Island Sound is a marine sound in the open Atlantic Ocean, approximately 16 km wide, separating Block Island from the coast of mainland Rhode Island. On the west, it extends to Montauk Point on the eastern tip of Long Island, as well as Plum Island, Gardiners Island, and Fishers Island, all in the state of New York.
Geographically, Block Island Sound extends west to Long Island Sound and east to Rhode Island Sound.