Block Island 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
Carangiformes - Jacks
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Labriformes - Wrasses
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Argentiniformes - Marine smelts
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
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
Carangiformes - Jacks
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Labriformes - Wrasses
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Argentiniformes - Marine smelts
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
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.