Hecate Strait

Water type: Bay
Connection to the ocean: Pacific Ocean
Continent:
North America
Climate:
Temperate
Country:
Canada
Perciformes - Perches
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Gadiformes - Cods
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Zeiformes - Dories
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Labriformes - Wrasses
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Carangiformes - Jacks
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Trachichthyiformes - Rughies
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Heterodontiformes - Bullhead and horn sharks
Pristiophoriformes - Saw sharks
Echinorhiniformes - Bramble sharks
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders
Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes
Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes
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
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Labriformes - Wrasses
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Carangiformes - Jacks
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Trachichthyiformes - Rughies
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Heterodontiformes - Bullhead and horn sharks
Pristiophoriformes - Saw sharks
Echinorhiniformes - Bramble sharks
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders
Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes
Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes
Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
Hecate Strait is a wide but shallow strait between Haida Gwaii and the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It merges with Queen Charlotte Sound to the south and Dixon Entrance to the north. About 140 kilometres wide at its southern end, Hecate Strait narrows in the north to about 48 kilometres. It is about 260 kilometres in length.