Fish found in the salt marsh tidal creeks of the Plum Island Estuary, Massachusetts.
Does not include open estuary/bay species.
Family | Scientific name | Common Name |
Anguillidae | Anguilla rostrata | American eel |
Atherinopsidae | Menidia menidia | Atlantic silverside |
Clupidae | Alosa aestivalis | Blueback herring |
Clupidae | Alosa pseudoharengus | Alewife |
Fundulidae | Fundulus heteroclitus | Mummichog/killifish |
Gasterosteidae | Apeltes quadracus | Fourspine stickleback |
Gasterosteidae | Gastroteus aculeatus | Threespine stickleback |
Gasterosteidae | Pungitius pungitius | Ninespine stickleback |
Moronidae | Morone americana | White perch |
Sygnathidae | Sygnathus fuscus | Northern pipefish |