Porsanger Fjord

Water type: Bay
Connection to the ocean: Norwegian sea -> Atlantic Ocean
Continent: Europe
Climate: Subpolar
Country: Norway

Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes

Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)

Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)

American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides)

Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Brown trout (Salmo trutta)

Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)

Myxiniformes - Hagfishes

Atlantic hagfish (Myxine glutinosa)

Gadiformes - Cods

Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

European hake (Merluccius merluccius)

Common ling (Molva molva)

Atlantic pollock (Pollachius pollachius)

Saithe (Pollachius virens)

Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)

Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)

Blue ling (Molva dypterygia)

Cusk (Brosme brosme)

Ghostly grenadier (Coryphaenoides leptolepis)

Roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris)

Abyssal grenadier (Coryphaenoides armatus)

Shortbeard grenadier (Coryphaenoides brevibarbis)

Silvery pout (Gadiculus argenteus)

Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou)

Common mora (Mora moro)

Anguilliformes - Eels and morays

European eel (Anguilla anguilla)

European conger (Conger conger)

Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks

Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)

Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish

European sea sturgeon (Acipenser sturio)

Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks

Blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus)

Zeiformes - Dories

John Dory (Zeus faber)

Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks

Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)

Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus)

Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes

Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus)

Fourhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus quadricornis)

Shorthorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius)

Striped seasnail (Liparis liparis)

Northern wolffish (Anarhichas denticulatus)

Rock gunnel (Pholis gunnellus)

Longspined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)

Lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus)

Golden redfish (Sebastes norvegicus)

Eelpout (Zoarces viviparus)

Yarrell's blenny (Chirolophis ascanii)

Atlantic hookear sculpin (Artediellus atlanticus)

Moustache sculpin (Triglops murrayi)

Atlantic poacher (Leptagonus decagonus)

Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes

European anglerfish (Lophius piscatorius)

Scombriformes - Mackerels

Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus)

Osmeriformes - Smelts

European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus)

Clupeiformes - Herrings

Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)

European sprat (Sprattus sprattus)

Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels

Snub-nosed spiny eel (Notacanthus chemnitzii)

Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers

Pelican eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides)

Rajiformes - Skates and rays

Thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata)

Labriformes - Wrasses

Rock cook (Centrolabrus exoletus)

Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes

Pacific sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus)

Raitt's Sand Lance (Ammodytes marinus)

The Porsangerfjorden is a fjord in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway.

NameThe fjord is officially named Porsangerfjorden in Norwegian. It is also known informally as Porsangen, but that is not an official name. The official Northern Sami name is Porsáŋgguvuotna and the official Kven name is Porsanginvuono.

The 123-kilometre (76 mi) long fjord is Norways fourth-longest fjord.

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