54 saltwater species in Connecticut
American EelAnguilla rostrata🏆 CT state record
American ShadAlosa sapidissima🏆 CT state record
Atlantic CroakerMicropogonias undulatus
Atlantic HerringClupea harengus
Atlantic SturgeonAcipenser oxyrinchus
Atlantic TomcodMicrogadus tomcod
Basking SharkCetorhinus maximus
Black Sea BassCentropristis striata
Blackspotted SticklebackGasterosteus wheatlandi
Blacktip SharkCarcharhinus limbatus
Blue CrabCallinectes sapidus
Blue SharkPrionace glauca
BluefishPomatomus saltatrix
Brown SharkCarcharhinus plumbeus
CunnerTautogolabrus adspersus
DogfishSqualus acanthias
Dusky SharkCarcharhinus obscurus
Fourspine SticklebackApeltes quadracus
HerringClupeidae
Hickory ShadAlosa mediocris
HogchokerTrinectes maculatus
KillifishesFundulidae & Cyprinodontidae
Little SkateLeucoraja erinacea
Little Tunny (False Albacore)Euthynnus alletteratus
Longfin MakoIsurus paucus
MonkfishLophius americanus
Mudminnows & SilversidesUmbridae & Atherinopsidae
Ninespine SticklebackPungitius pungitius
Northern KingfishMenticirrhus saxatilis
Nurse SharkGinglymostoma cirratum
Porbeagle SharkLamna nasus
Rainbow SmeltOsmerus mordax
Sand Tiger SharkCarcharias taurus
Sandbar SharkCarcharhinus plumbeus
Scup (Porgy)Stenotomus chrysops
Sea RobinPrionotus carolinus
Shortfin MakoIsurus oxyrinchus
Shortnose SturgeonAcipenser brevirostrum
SkatesRaja erinaceus (and family Rajidae)
Spinner SharkCarcharhinus brevipinna
SpotLeiostomus xanthurus
Striped BassMorone saxatilis
Striped MulletMugil cephalus
Striped Sea RobinPrionotus evolans
Summer Flounder (Fluke)Paralichthys dentatus
Tautog (Blackfish)Tautoga onitis
Threespine SticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus
Thresher SharkAlopias vulpinus
WeakfishCynoscion regalis
White PerchMorone americana🏆 CT state record
White Shark (Great White)Carcharodon carcharias
Windowpane FlounderScophthalmus aquosus
Winter FlounderPseudopleuronectes americanus
Winter SkateLeucoraja ocellata