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
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Labriformes - Wrasses
Carangiformes - Jacks
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Trachichthyiformes - Rughies
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Heterodontiformes - Bullhead and horn sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Pristiophoriformes - Saw sharks
Echinorhiniformes - Bramble sharks
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
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
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Labriformes - Wrasses
Carangiformes - Jacks
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Trachichthyiformes - Rughies
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Heterodontiformes - Bullhead and horn sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Pristiophoriformes - Saw sharks
Echinorhiniformes - Bramble sharks
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
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.