Marine Wildlife
Nearly surrounded by saltwater, Point Pleasant has a bountiful supply of sea creatures. Certain species are highly seasonal while others call our waters 'home'.
All of these species depend on a food chain originating in our wetlands, algal beds, and mud flats. Our impacting upon these most important coastal habitats causes us to lose our marine heritage.
Fish
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american brook lamprey lampetra appendix |
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sea lamprey petromyzon marinus |
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american eel anguilla rostrata |
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blueback herring alosa aestivalis |
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hickory shad alosa mediocris |
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alewife alosa pseudoharengus |
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atlantic menhaden brevoortia tyrannus |
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atlantic herring clupea harengus h. |
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gizzard shad dorosoma cepedianum |
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striped anchovy anchoa hepsetus |
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dusky anchovy anchoa lyolepis |
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bay anchovy anchoa michtilli |
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toadfish opsanus tau |
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striped cusk-eel ophidion marginatum |
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atlantic needlefish strongylura marina |
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sheepshead minnow cyprinodon variegatus |
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banded killifish fundulus diaphanus |
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mummichog killi fundulus heteroclitus |
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striped killifish fundulus majalis |
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inland silverside menidia beryllina |
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atlantic silverside menidia m. |
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fourspine stickleback apeltes quadracus |
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lined seahorse hippocampus erectus |
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northern pipefish syngnathus fuscus |
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white perch morone americana |
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striped bass morone saxatilis |
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black sea bass centropristis striata |
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jack crevalle caranx hippos |
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lookdown selene vomer |
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permit trachinotus falcatus |
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scup stenotomus chrysops |
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silver perch bairdiella chrysoura |
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weakfish cynoscion regalis |
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spot leiostomus xanthurus |
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northern kingfish menticirrhus saxatilis |
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blackfish tautoga onitis |
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bergal tautogolabrus adsperus |
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striped mullet mugil cephalus |
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white mullet mugil curema |
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northern sennet sphyraena borealis |
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naked goby gobiosoma bosci |
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northern searobin prionotus carolinus |
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striped searobin prionotus evolans |
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smallmouth flounder etropus microstomus |
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fluke paralichthys dentatus |
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windowpane flounder scophthalmus aquosus |
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winter flounder pseudopleuronectes americanus |
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hogchoker trinectes maculatus |
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northern blowfish spheroides maculatus |
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grass shrimp palaemonetes |
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isopods/amphipods |
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tape worms |
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tube worms |
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sand worms nereis virens |
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anemone |
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urchin |
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barnacle |
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sponges |
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fiddler crab uca |
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mud crab |
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hermit crabs |
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jellyfish |
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ctenophores |
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common spider crab libinia emarginata |
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blueclaw crab callinectes sapidus |
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horseshoe 'crab' limulus polyphemus |
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common slipper shell crepidula fornicata |
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quahog mercenaria m. |
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soft-shell clam mya arenaria |
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common periwinkle littorina littorea |
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dogwinkle thais lapillus |
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oyster drill urosalpinx cinerea |
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saltmarsh snail melampus bidentatus |
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oval marsh snail ovatella myosotis |
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solitary glass bubble haminoea solitaria |
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sharkeye snail polinices duplicatus |
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northern moon snail lunatia heros |
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ribbed mussel modiolus demissus |
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common razor clam ensis directus |
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false angelwing perticola pholadiformis |
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shipworm teredo navalis |