Mosquito Lagoon (Florida)
Water type: Bay
Connection to the ocean: Atlantic Ocean
Continent:
North America
Climate:
Subtropical
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
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Carangiformes - Jacks
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Labriformes - Wrasses
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Argentiniformes - Marine smelts
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
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
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose 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
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Carangiformes - Jacks
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Labriformes - Wrasses
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Argentiniformes - Marine smelts
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
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
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes
Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
Mosquito Lagoon is a body of water located on the east coast of Florida in Brevard and Volusia counties. It is part of the Indian River Lagoon system and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
It extends from the Ponce de Leon Inlet to a point north of Cape Canaveral, and connects to the Indian River via the Haulover Canal. The Mosquito Lagoon Aquatic Preserve includes 1,920 ha in the northern end of the lagoon. The preserve originally extended to the southern end of the lagoon, but close to two-thirds of the preserve in the central and southern lagoon were transferred to the Federal government, and is now part of the Canaveral National Seashore. The cities of New Smyrna Beach and Edgewater, the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and the Kennedy Space Center adjoin the lagoon.
