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The New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary has a variety of flora and fauna. Much of the harbor originally consisted of tidal marshes that have been dramatically transformed by the development of port facilities. [1] The estuary itself supports a great variety of thriving estuarine aquatic species; contrary to popular stereotypes, New York Harbor ...
Cynoscion regalis is a salt-water fish native to the mid Atlantic region of the east coast of the United States. Ranging from 12-18 inches once fully matured, with some adults reaching well above this range at up to 3 feet and 18 lbs. The weakfish can live up to 17 years but have an average lifespan of 9 to 12 years (Chesapeake).
The striped bass is the state fish of Maryland, Rhode Island, and South Carolina, and the state saltwater (marine) fish of New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and New Hampshire. It is generally called the striped bass north of New Jersey, rockfish south of New Jersey, and both in New Jersey. [3]
New Hampshire: Brook trout (freshwater) Salvelinus fontinalis: 1994 [41] Striped bass (salt water game fish) Morone saxatilis: 1994 [42] New Jersey: Brook trout (freshwater) Salvelinus fontinalis: 1991 [43] [44] Striped bass (salt water game fish) Morone saxatilis: 2017 [45] New Mexico: Rio Grande cutthroat trout: Oncorhynchus clarkii ...
Linnaeus, 1758. Distribution of Atlantic salmon. The Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. It is the third largest of the Salmonidae, behind Siberian taimen and Pacific Chinook salmon, growing up to a meter in length. Atlantic salmon are found in the northern Atlantic Ocean and in rivers that ...
The Great Egg Harbor River is a 55.0-mile-long (88.5 km) river in South Jersey. [1] It is one of the major rivers that traverse the largely pristine Pinelands, draining 308 square miles (800 km 2) of wetlands into the Atlantic Ocean at Great Egg Harbor, from which it takes its name. Great Egg Harbor (and thus the river) got its name from Dutch ...
Menticirrhus focaliger Ginsburg, 1952. Sciaena nebulosa Mitchill, 1815. Menticirrhus saxatilis, the northern kingfish or northern kingcroaker, is a species of marine fish in the family Sciaenidae (commonly known as the "drum" or "croaker" family). It lives in the shallow coastal waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.
New Jersey. Coordinates. 39°49′12″N 74°07′34″W / 39.820°N 74.126°W / 39.820; -74.126. Type. Bay. Map of Barnegat Bay area which is also declared as a No Discharge Zone by USEPA. Barnegat Bay is a small brackish arm of the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 42 miles (68 km) long, along the coast of Ocean County, New Jersey in ...