Gulf of Panama

Water type: Bay
Connection to the ocean: Pacific Ocean
Continent: North America
Climate: Tropical
Country: Panama

Mugiliformes - Mullets

Perciformes - Perches

Carangiformes - Jacks

Istiophoriformes - Barracudas

Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes

Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks

Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks

Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark

Spariformes - Breams and porgies

Scombriformes - Mackerels

Myliobatiformes - Stingrays

Anguilliformes - Eels and morays

Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes

Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes

Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes

Lampriformes - Lamprids

Siluriformes - Catfishes

Gadiformes - Cods

Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes

Echinorhiniformes - Bramble sharks

Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers

Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes

Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes

Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes

Beryciformes - Sawbellies

Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels

Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses

Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes

Beloniformes - Needlefishes

Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses

Labriformes - Wrasses

Blenniiformes - Blennies

Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays

The Gulf of Panama is a gulf of the Pacific Ocean off the southern coast of Panama.

The Gulf has a maximum width of 250 kilometres (160 mi; 130 nmi), a maximum depth of 220 metres (722 ft) and the size of 2,400 square kilometres (930 sq mi).

The Panama Canal connects the Gulf of Panama with the Caribbean Sea, thus linking the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The Panamanian capital Panama City is the main urban centre on the gulf shore.

The Gulf itself also contains a few minor gulfs, with Panama Bay to the north, Gulf of Parita to the west and Gulf of San Miguel to the east. The gulf has a few islands and on the coast there are a few important ports, like Panama City, La Palma and Chitrè. The Pearl Islands archipelago is a group of over two hundred islands situated to the east in the gulf.

River Tuira flows into the Gulf of San Miguel.