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The Salish Sea, showing the Strait of Georgia near centre, the Strait of Juan de Fuca below, Puget Sound at the lower right, Johnstone Strait at the extreme upper left, and the Pacific Ocean at lower left. Sediment from the Fraser River is visible as a greenish plume in the Strait of Georgia.
The second largest living fish after the whale shark. Batfish Platax orbicularis: Non-native, invasive species. Bay anchovy: Anchoa mitchilli: Bay whiff: Citharichthys spilopterus: Bearded brotula: Brotula barbata: Beaugregory: Stegastes leucostictus: Belted sandfish: Serranus subligarius: Beluga (sturgeon) Huso huso: Bentfin devil ray: Mobula ...
Specifically, Puget Sound is home to thousands of invertebrate species, 200 species of fish, 100 species of sea birds, and 26 kinds of marine mammals. Of all these species, salmon and killer whales are the most iconic and culturally relevant to the Native American tribes within the Pacific Northwest region.
Many other fish species occur in Puget Sound, such as sturgeons, lampreys, various sharks, rays, and skates. [32] Puget Sound is home to numerous species of marine invertebrates, including sponges, sea anemones, chitons, clams, sea snails, limpets, crabs, barnacles, starfish, sea urchins, and sand dollars. [33]
A reclusive deep-water species that’s generally found on the coast, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) biologists think that sixgill sharks come into Puget Sound to pup.
In 2007, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) received a petition to list a distinct population segment (DPS) of canary rockfish, and four other rockfishes, in Puget Sound, as an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act). [7] (ESA).
One of the coolest, most prehistoric-looking fish lives in Florida’s offshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico. It happens to be one of the best to eat but also one of the most elusive.
The reticulate sculpin (Cottus perplexus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins.It is found in the United States, inhabiting Pacific Slope drainages from the Snohomish River and Puget Sound in Washington to the Rogue River system in Oregon and California.