Popponesset Bay

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
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Labriformes - Wrasses
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Carangiformes - Jacks
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Argentiniformes - Marine smelts
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
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
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Labriformes - Wrasses
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Carangiformes - Jacks
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Argentiniformes - Marine smelts
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes
Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
Popponesset Bay System is a group of bays located at the towns of Mashpee (north & west) and Barnstable (east), on Cape Cod, Massachusetts with a southern shore bounded by water from Nantucket Sound.
Popponesset Bay has the following tributary sub-embayments:
Ockway Bay
Shoestring Bay
Mashpee River Estuary
Pinquickset Cove
The bay system is fed by the Mashpee River and Santuit River. Popponesset Creek is not a tributary but rather connects with the bay on both ends and separates Popponesset Island from the mainland.