PACIFIC COAST LOCAL NAMES (sorted by local names) LOCAL NAME COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Albie Albacore THUNNUS ALALUNGA Alligator Gar Barracuda SPHYRAENA ARGENTEA Arkansas Black Mexican Rockfish SEBASTES MACDONALDI Arkansas Red Bronzespotted Rockfish SEBASTES GILLI Arkansas Red Mexican Rockfish SEBASTES MACDONALDI Arkansas Traveler Mexican Rockfish SEBASTES MACDONALDI Avocado Rockfish Rosy Rockfish SEBASTES ROSACEUS Bank Perch Bank Rockfish SEBASTES RUFUS Bank Perch Speckled Rockfish SEBASTES OVALIS Bank Perch White Croaker GENYONEMUS LINEATUS Barberpole Flag Rockfish SEBASTES RUBRIVINCTUS Barberpole Redbanded Rockfish SEBASTES RUBRIVINCTUS Barn Door (Large) Ca. Halibut PARALICHTHYS CALIFORNICUS Barry Barracuda SPHYRAENA ARGENTEA Bay Bass Spotted Sand Bass PARALABRAX MACULATOFASCIATUS Belinda Bass Squarespot Rockfish SEBASTES HOPKINSI Belinda Bass Widow Rockfish SEBASTES ENTOMELAS Belinda Cod (So. Of Santa Monica Bay) Speckled Rockfish SEBASTES OVALIS Billygoats (Large) Sheephead SEMICOSSYPHUS PULCHER Black Cod Sablefish ANOPLOPOMA FIMBRIA Black Sea Bass Giant Sea Bass STEREOLEPIS GIGAS Blooper Halfmoon MEDIALUNA CALIFORNIENSIS Blue Bass Blue Rockfish SEBASTES MYSTINUS Blue Mackerel Pacific Mackerel SCOMBER JAPONICUS Blue Perch Halfmoon MEDIALUNA CALIFORNIENSIS Blue Wizard Halfmoon MEDIALUNA CALIFORNIENSIS Bone Head Bonito SARDA CHILIENSIS Bonito Shark Shortfin Mako Shark ISURUS OXYRINCHUS Boscos Greenblotched Rockfish SEBASTES ROSENBLATTI Boscos Greenspotted Rockfish SEBASTES CHLOROSTICTUS Boscos Pink Rockfish SEBASTES EOS Brown Bait Queenfish SERIPHUS POLITUS Brown Bass Brown Rockfish SEBASTES AURICULATUS Bull Bass (Large) Kelp Bass PARALABRAX CLATHRATUS Bull Tomcod White Sea Bass ATRACTOSCION NOBILIS Bullhead Pa. Staghorn Sculpin LEPTOCOTTUS ARMATUS Butterbass White Croaker GENYONEMUS LINEATUS Butterfish Pa. Butterfish PEPRILUS SIMILLIMUS Butterfish Sablefish ANOPLOPOMA FIMBRIA Buttermouth Rubberlip Seaperch RHACOCHILUS TOXOTES Button Perch Opaleye GIRELLA NIGRICANS Calf (Small) Cowcod SEBASTES LEVIS Calico Kelp Bass PARALABRAX CLATHRATUS Calico Bass Kelp Bass PARALABRAX CLATHRATUS Calif. Silver Bass White Croaker GENYONEMUS LINEATUS California Whiting Ca. Corbina MENTICIRRHUS UNDULATUS Catalina Blue Halfmoon MEDIALUNA CALIFORNIENSIS Catalina Blue Perch Halfmoon MEDIALUNA CALIFORNIENSIS Channel Cod Splitnose Rockfish SEBASTES DIPLOPROA Channel Rockfish Shortspine Thornyhead SEBASTALOBUS ALASCANUS Checkerboard Bass Kelp Bass PARALABRAX CLATHRATUS Chili Chilipepper SEBASTES GOODEI China Croaker Black Croaker CHEILOTREMA SATURNUM China Croaker Sargo ANISOTREMUS DAVIDSONII Chinook Salmon King Salmon ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA Chocolate Bass Brown Rockfish SEBASTES AURICULATUS Chub Mackerel Pacific Mackerel SCOMBER JAPONICUS Chucklehead Copper Rockfish SEBASTES CAURINUS Cinnamon Bass Brown Rockfish SEBASTES AURICULATUS Convict Bass Treefish SEBASTES SERRICEPS Cornfed Pacific Mackerel SCOMBER JAPONICUS Cow Cowcod SEBASTES LEVIS Cow Rockfish Cowcod SEBASTES LEVIS Croakers Drum Family SCIAENIDAE Crotch Cricket (Small) Rockfish Genus SEBASTES SPP. Dolphin Dolphinfish CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS Door Mat Ca. Halibut PARALICHTHYS CALIFORNICUS Dorado Dolphinfish CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS Drums Drum Family SCIAENIDAE Fire Hose Barracuda SPHYRAENA ARGENTEA Flatty Ca. Halibut PARALICHTHYS CALIFORNICUS Florida Bank Rockfish SEBASTES RUFUS Florida Red Bank Rockfish SEBASTES RUFUS Flyswatter (Small) Ca. Halibut PARALICHTHYS CALIFORNICUS Fork Tail Yellowtail SERIOLA LALANDI Freight Train Giant Sea Bass STEREOLEPIS GIGAS Frog Pacific Mackerel SCOMBER JAPONICUS Gator Lingcod OPHIODON ELONGATUS Goat Sheephead SEMICOSSYPHUS PULCHER Goldfish Garibaldi HYPSYPOPS RUBICUNDUS Grass Bass Grass Rockfish SEBASTES RASTRELLIGER Green Racer Pacific Mackerel SCOMBER JAPONICUS Greenback Pacific Mackerel SCOMBER JAPONICUS Greeneyed Grinner Spiny Dogfish SQUALUS ACANTHIAS Greenlinger Lingcod OPHIODON ELONGATUS Grouper Bocaccio SEBASTES PAUCISPINIS Grumpy (Large) Barred Sand Bass PARALABRAX NEBULIFER Hanky Panky Swordspine Rockfish SEBASTES ENSIFER Herring Queenfish SERIPHUS POLITUS Iodine Fish Rock Wrasse HALICHOERES SEMICINCTUS Iodine Fish Senorita OXYJULIS CALIFORNICA J.W. (No. Of Pt. Hueneme) Speckled Rockfish SEBASTES OVALIS Jack Benny Opaleye GIRELLA NIGRICANS Johnnie Bass Olive Rockfish SEBASTES SERRANOIDES Johnnie Bass Yellowtail Rockfish SEBASTES FLAVIDUS Jonathan'S Olive Rockfish SEBASTES SERRANOIDES Jonathon'S Yellowtail Rockfish SEBASTES FLAVIDUS Kingfish White Croaker GENYONEMUS LINEATUS Ling Lingcod OPHIODON ELONGATUS Lipstick Bass Treefish SEBASTES SERRICEPS Lipstick Fish Treefish SEBASTES SERRICEPS Log (Large) Barracuda SPHYRAENA ARGENTEA Longfin Albacore THUNNUS ALALUNGA Louisiana Ridge Runner Bank Rockfish SEBASTES RUFUS Mahi Mahi Dolphinfish CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS Mako Shark Shortfin Mako Shark ISURUS OXYRINCHUS Micronito (Small) Bonito SARDA CHILIENSIS Minigrouper (Small) Bocaccio SEBASTES PAUCISPINIS Mini-Striper (Small) Bonito SARDA CHILIENSIS Moo'S Cowcod SEBASTES LEVIS Mossback (Large) Yellowtail SERIOLA LALANDI Mustard Perch Squarespot Rockfish SEBASTES HOPKINSI Never Dies Copper Rockfish SEBASTES CAURINUS Oatmeal Fish Hake MERLUCCIUS PRODUCTUS Ocean Sunfish Mola MOLA MOLA Oogly-Googly Kelp Rockfish SEBASTES ATROVIRENS P.D. Bass Brown Rockfish SEBASTES AURICULATUS Pasadena White Croaker GENYONEMUS LINEATUS Pencils Barracuda SPHYRAENA ARGENTEA Pepper Bass Grass Rockfish SEBASTES RASTRELLIGER Pigfish Albacore THUNNUS ALALUNGA Pinback Spiny Dogfish SQUALUS ACANTHIAS Pinks Barracuda SPHYRAENA ARGENTEA Pinole Spiny Dogfish SQUALUS ACANTHIAS Poinsettia Greenstriped Rockfish SEBASTES ELONGATUS Police Car Kelp Bass PARALABRAX CLATHRATUS Pompano Pa. Butterfish PEPRILUS SIMILLIMUS Poor Man'S Yellowtail Ocean Whitefish CAULOLATILUS PRINCEPS Priestfish Blue Rockfish SEBASTES MYSTINUS Rattlesnake Ca. Scorpionfish SCORPAENA GUTTATA Red Rockfish Canary Rockfish SEBASTES PINNIGER Red Rockfish Vermilion Rockfish SEBASTES MINIATUS Red Snapper Canary Rockfish SEBASTES PINNIGER Red Snapper Rockfish Genus SEBASTES SPP. Red Snapper Vermilion Rockfish SEBASTES MINIATUS Redfish Bocaccio SEBASTES PAUCISPINIS Reds Canary Rockfish SEBASTES PINNIGER Reds Vermilion Rockfish SEBASTES MINIATUS Reef Perch Blue Rockfish SEBASTES MYSTINUS Rinkydink Rosy Rockfish SEBASTES ROSACEUS Rock Bass Gopher Rockfish SEBASTES CARNATUS Rock Bass Grass Rockfish SEBASTES RASTRELLIGER Rockcod Rockfish Genus SEBASTES SPP. Roncadores Drum Family SCIAENIDAE Ronkies Drum Family SCIAENIDAE Rubberlip Surfperch Rubberlip Seaperch RHACOCHILUS TOXOTES Sable Sablefish ANOPLOPOMA FIMBRIA Salmon Grouper Bocaccio SEBASTES PAUCISPINIS Sand Bass Barred Sand Bass PARALABRAX NEBULIFER Sand Shark Brown Smoothhound MUSTELUS HENLEI Sand Shark Gray Smoothhound MUSTELUS CALIFORNICUS Sand Shark Shovelnose Guitarfish RHINOBATOS PRODUCTUS Sandy Barred Sand Bass PARALABRAX NEBULIFER Scooter Barracuda SPHYRAENA ARGENTEA Scorpion Ca. Scorpionfish SCORPAENA GUTTATA Scrub (Small) Rockfish Genus SEBASTES SPP. Sculpin Ca. Scorpionfish SCORPAENA GUTTATA Sea Trout Queenfish SERIPHUS POLITUS Sea Trout Sablefish ANOPLOPOMA FIMBRIA Sea Trout White Sea Bass ATRACTOSCION NOBILIS Sewer Salmon Bocaccio SEBASTES PAUCISPINIS Sewer Trout White Croaker GENYONEMUS LINEATUS Sheepie Sheephead SEMICOSSYPHUS PULCHER Silver Salmon Coho Salmon ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH Silver Salmon King Salmon ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA Skinny Barracuda SPHYRAENA ARGENTEA Slimey Bocaccio SEBASTES PAUCISPINIS Smoothhound Shark Brown Smoothhound MUSTELUS HENLEI Smoothhound Shark Gray Smoothhound MUSTELUS CALIFORNICUS Snake Barracuda SPHYRAENA ARGENTEA Spaniard Jack Mackerel TRACHURUS SYMMETRICUS Spanish Mackerel Jack Mackerel TRACHURUS SYMMETRICUS Spotted Bay Bass Spotted Sand Bass PARALABRAX MACULATOFASCIATUS Spotted Rock Bass Gopher Rockfish SEBASTES CARNATUS Spotty Spotfin Croaker RONCADOR STEARNSII Spotty Spotted Sand Bass PARALABRAX MACULATOFASCIATUS Staghorn Sculpin Pa. Staghorn Sculpin LEPTOCOTTUS ARMATUS Starry Eyes Greenblotched Rockfish SEBASTES ROSENBLATTI Starry Eyes Greenspotted Rockfish SEBASTES CHLOROSTICTUS Starry Eyes Pink Rockfish SEBASTES EOS Steelhead Trout Rainbow Trout SALMO GAIRDNERII Stovepipe Barracuda SPHYRAENA ARGENTEA Strawberry Greenstriped Rockfish SEBASTES ELONGATUS Strawberry Rosy Rockfish SEBASTES ROSACEUS Sugar Bass Kelp Rockfish SEBASTES ATROVIRENS Sunfish Mola MOLA MOLA Tail Yellowtail SERIOLA LALANDI Tendency To Be Called Rays Skates & Rays RAJIDAE Tiny Tuna Pacific Mackerel SCOMBER JAPONICUS Tomcod White Croaker GENYONEMUS LINEATUS Tommy White Croaker GENYONEMUS LINEATUS Vernon (Dana Pt.) Mexican Rockfish SEBASTES MACDONALDI Warthog Bronzespotted Rockfish SEBASTES GILLI Warthogs Greenblotched Rockfish SEBASTES ROSENBLATTI Warthogs Greenspotted Rockfish SEBASTES CHLOROSTICTUS Warthogs Pink Rockfish SEBASTES EOS White White Sea Bass ATRACTOSCION NOBILIS Whitefish Ocean Whitefish CAULOLATILUS PRINCEPS Wormy Bocaccio SEBASTES PAUCISPINIS Yellow Yellowtail SERIOLA LALANDI Yellowtail Jack Yellowtail SERIOLA LALANDI Yellowtail Tuna Yellowtail SERIOLA LALANDI Zipperfish Sablefish ANOPLOPOMA FIMBRIA Zurndicky Black & Yellow Rockfish SEBASTES CHRYSOMELAS