Padre Island National Seashore - Fish

The following 149 species of fish have been documented at the National Seashore by our Resources Management staff. They are sorted alphabetically by common name.

(Atlantic) Thread Herring - Opisthonema oglinum

(Atlantic) Threadfin - Polydactylus octonemus

(Florida) Pompano - Tranchinotus carolinas

Amberjack - Seriola dumerili

Atlantic Bonito - Sarda sarda

Atlantic Bumper - Chloroscombrus Chrysurus

Atlantic Croaker - Micropogon undulatus

Atlantic Cutlassfish - Trichiurus lepturus

Atlantic Midshipman - Porichthys plectrodon

Atlantic Needlefish - Strongylura marina

Atlantic Sailfish - Istiophorus albicans

Atlantic Sharpnose Shark - Rhizoprionodon terranovae

Atlantic Silverside - Menidia beryllina

Atlantic Spadefish - Chaetodipterus faber

Atlantic Stingray - Dasyatis sabina

Banded Drum - Larimus fasciatus

Barred Grunt - Conodon nobilis

Bay Anchovy - Anchoa mitchilli

Bay Whiff - Citharichthys spilopterus

Bermuda Chub - Kyphosus sectatrix

Bighead Searobin - Prionotus tribulus

Black Drum - Pogonias cromis

Black Grouper - Garrupa nigrita

Black Jewfish - Mycteroperca bonaci

Blackcheek Tonguefish - Symphurus plagiusa Blackfin

Tuna - Thunnus atlanticus

Blacktip Shark - Carcharhinus limbatus

Blue Fish - Pomatomus saltatrix

Blue Marlin - Makaira nigricans

Blue Runner - Caranx crysos

Bluefin Tuna - Thunnus thynnus

Bluntnose Jack - Hemicaranx amblyrhynchus

Bonefish - Albula vulpes

Bonnethead - Sphyrna tiburo

Broad Flounder - Paralichthys squamilentus

Bull Shark - Carcharhinus leucas

Burro Grunt - Pomadasys crocro

Cero - Scomberomorus regalis

Chain Pipefish - Syngnathus louisianae

Cobia - Rachycentron canadus

Common Snook/Snook - Centropomus undecimalis

Cownose Ray - Rhinoptera bonasus

Crested Cusk-Eel - Ophidion welshi

Crevalle Jack - Caranx hippos

Darter Goby - Gobionellus boleosoma

Dog Snapper - Lutjanus jocu

Dolphin - Coryphaena hippurus

Dusty Pipefish - Syngnathus floridae

Emerald Goby - Gobionellus smaragdus

Flat Anchovy - Anchoviella perfeasciata

Fringed Flounder - Etropus crossotus

Gafftop Catfish - Bagre marinus

Gag - Mycteroperca microlepis

Gizzard Shad - Dorosoma cepedianum

Gray Snapper - Lutjanus griseus

Gray Triggerfish - Balistes capriscus

Great Barracuda - Sphyraena barracuda

Great White Shark - Carcharodon carcharias

Guaguanche - Sphyraena guachancho

Gulf Butterfish - Peprilus burti

Gulf Flounder - Paralichthys albigutta

Gulf Killifish - Fundulus grandis

Gulf Kingfish - Menticirrhus littoralis

Gulf Menhaden - Brevoortia patronus

Hardhead Catfish - Arius felis

Herring - Harengula penascolae

Horse-Eye Jack - Caranx latus

Inshore Lizzardfish - Synodus foetens

King Mackerel - Scomberomorus cavalla

Lane Snapper - Lutjanus synagris

Least Puffer - Sphoeroides parvus

Leatherjacket - Oligoplites saurus

Leopard Toadfish - Opsanus pardus

Lesser Electric Ray - Narcine brasiliensis

Lined Sole - Achirus lineatus

Little Tuna - Euthynnus alletteratus

Longnose Anchovy - Anchoa nasuta

Longnose Killifish - Fundulus similis

Lookdown - Selene vomer

Mottled Mojarra - Eucinostomus lefroyi

Nassau Grouper - Epinephelus striatus

Northern Kingfish - Menticirrhus saxatilis

Northern Pipefish - Syngnathus fuscus

Northern Sennet - Sphyraena borealis

Oceanic Bonito - Katsuwonus pelamis

Orange Filefish - Aluterus schoepfi

Palometta - Trachinotus goodei

Permit - Trachinotus falcatus

Pigfish - Orthopristis chrysoptera

Pinfish - Lagodon rhomboides

Planehead Filefish - Monacanthus hispidus

Rainbow Runner - Elagatis bipinnulatus

Rainwater Killifish - Lucania parva

Red Drum/Redfish - Sciaenops ocellata

Red Snapper - Lutjanus campechanus

Ridged Eel - Neoconger mucronatus

Rock Hind - Epinephelus adscensionis

Rough Silverside - Membras martinica

Roundel Skate (Texas Clearnose Skate) - Raja texana

Sand Drum - Umbrina coroides

Sand Seatrout - Cynoscion arenarius

Sargassum Pipefish - Syngnathus pelagicus

Scaled Sardine/Scaled Herring - Harengula jaguana

Scalloped Hammerhead - Sphyrna lewini

Scamp - Mycteroperca falcata

Scrawled Cowfish - Acanthostracion quadricornis

Sergeant Major - Abudefduf saxatilis

Sharptail Goby - Gobionellus hastatus

Sheepshead - Archosargus probatocephalus

Sheepshead Minnow - Cyprinodon variegatus

Shortfin Mako - Isurus oxyrinchus

Shrimp Eel - Ophichthus gomesi

Silver Jenny - Eucinostomus gula

Silver Perch - Bairdiella chrysoura

Silver Trout - Cynoscion nothus

Silverstripe Halfbeak/Halfbeak - Hyporhamphus unifasciatus

Skipjack/Ladyfish - Elops saurus

Smallwing flyingfish - Oxyporhamphus micropterus

Snapper Eel - Echiophis mordax

Southern Flounder - Paralichthys lethostigma

Southern Kingfish - Menticirrhus americanus

Southern Stargazer - Astroscopus y-graecum

Spanish Mackerel - Scomberomorus maculatus

Spanish Sardine - Sardinella aurita

Speckled Worm Eel - Myrophis punctatus

Spinner Shark - Carcharhinus maculipinnis

Spot - Leiostomus xanthurus

Spotfin Mojarra - Eucinostomus argenteus

Spotted Jewfish - Promicrops itaiara

Spotted Seahorse - Hippocampus erectus

Spotted Seatrout - Cynoscion nebulosus

Spotted Tonguefish - Symphurus diomedianus

Star Drum - Stellifer lanceolatus

Striped Anchovy - Anchoa hepsetus

Striped Burrfish - Chilomycterus schoepfi

Striped Mullet - Mugil cephalus

Swordfish - Xiphias gladius

Tarpon - Megalops atlanticus

Threadfin Shad - Dorosoma petenense

Tidewater Silverside - Menidia peninsulae

Tripletail - Lobotes surinamensis

Vermilion Snapper - Rhomboplites aurorubens

Wahoo/Peto - Acanthocybium solandri

Whip Eel - Bascanichthys scuticaris

White Marlin - Makaira albida

White Mullet - Mugil curema

Yellowfin Mojarra - Gerres cinereus

Yellowfin Tuna - Thunnus albacares

Yellowtail Snapper - Ocyurus chrysurus