Maryland Biodiversity - Checklist

Maryland Checklist - Joseph Love - all-time (Total: 83)

	Common Name	Genus	Species	Records	Category	Family	Order	Class	Kingdom
1	Skilletfish	Gobiesox	strumosus	91	Fish	Gobiesocidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
2	Inshore Lizardfish	Synodus	foetens	45	Fish	Synodontidae	Aulopiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
3	Atlantic Needlefish	Strongylura	marina	95	Fish	Belonidae	Beloniformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
4	Northern Stargazer	Astroscopus	guttatus	12	Fish	Uranoscopidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
5	Pigfish	Orthopristis	chrysoptera	35	Fish	Haemulidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
6	Hogchoker	Trinectes	maculatus	90	Fish	Achiridae	Pleuronectiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
7	Feather Blenny	Hypsoblennius	hentz	17	Fish	Blenniidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
8	Atlantic Menhaden	Brevoortia	tyrannus	280	Fish	Clupeidae	Clupeiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
9	Butterfish	Peprilus	triacanthus	18	Fish	Stromateidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
10	Spotted Scorpionfish	Scorpaena	plumieri	2	Fish	Scorpaenidae	Scorpaeniformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
11	Ladyfish	Elops	saurus	5	Fish	Elopidae	Elopiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
12	Spot	Leiostomus	xanthurus	308	Fish	Sciaenidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
13	Spotfin Butterflyfish	Chaetodon	ocellatus	9	Fish	Chaetodontidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
14	Bluefish	Pomatomus	saltatrix	56	Fish	Pomatomidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
15	American Shad	Alosa	sapidissima	52	Fish	Clupeidae	Clupeiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
16	False Silverstripe Halfbeak	Hyporhamphus	meeki	8	Fish	Hemiramphidae	Beloniformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
17	Atlantic Silverside	Menidia	menidia	251	Fish	Atherinopsidae	Atheriniformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
18	Striped Burrfish	Chilomycterus	schoepfii	35	Fish	Diodontidae	Tetraodontiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
19	Striped Searobin	Prionotus	evolans	22	Fish	Triglidae	Scorpaeniformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
20	Pollock	Pollachius	virens	6	Fish	Gadidae	Gadiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
21	White Mullet	Mugil	curema	19	Fish	Mugilidae	Mugiliformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
22	Green Goby	Microgobius	thalassinus	20	Fish	Gobiidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
23	Weakfish	Cynoscion	regalis	80	Fish	Sciaenidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
24	Spanish Mackerel	Scomberomorus	maculatus	24	Fish	Scombridae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
25	Crevalle Jack	Caranx	hippos	8	Fish	Carangidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
26	King Mackerel	Scomberomorus	cavalla	7	Fish	Scombridae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
27	Striped Anchovy	Anchoa	hepsetus	48	Fish	Engraulidae	Clupeiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
28	Planehead Filefish	Stephanolepis	hispidus	8	Fish	Monacanthidae	Tetraodontiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
29	Spottail Pinfish	Diplodus	holbrookii	6	Fish	Sparidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
30	Lookdown	Selene	vomer	22	Fish	Carangidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
31	Atlantic Spadefish	Chaetodipterus	faber	25	Fish	Ephippidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
32	Permit	Trachinotus	falcatus	6	Fish	Carangidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
33	American Eel	Anguilla	rostrata	243	Fish	Anguillidae	Anguilliformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
34	Gag	Mycteroperca	microlepis	6	Fish	Serranidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
35	Silver Jenny	Eucinostomus	gula	3	Fish	Gerreidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
36	Northern Sennet	Sphyraena	borealis	8	Fish	Sphyraenidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
37	Red Hake	Urophycis	chuss	3	Fish	Phycidae	Gadiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
38	Alewife	Alosa	pseudoharengus	43	Fish	Clupeidae	Clupeiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
39	Sheepshead	Archosargus	probatocephalus	18	Fish	Sparidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
40	Oyster Toadfish	Opsanus	tau	72	Fish	Batrachoididae	Batrachoidiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
41	Mummichog	Fundulus	heteroclitus	508	Fish	Fundulidae	Cyprinodontiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
42	Blackcheek Tonguefish	Symphurus	plagiusa	28	Fish	Cynoglossidae	Pleuronectiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
43	Silver Perch	Bairdiella	chrysoura	89	Fish	Sciaenidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
44	Summer Flounder	Paralichthys	dentatus	102	Fish	Paralichthyidae	Pleuronectiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
45	Conger Eel	Conger	oceanicus	6	Fish	Congridae	Anguilliformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
46	Naked Goby	Gobiosoma	bosc	89	Fish	Gobiidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
47	Northern Pipefish	Syngnathus	fuscus	100	Fish	Syngnathidae	Gasterosteiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
48	Black Sea Bass	Centropristis	striata	78	Fish	Serranidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
49	Black Drum	Pogonias	cromis	51	Fish	Sciaenidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
50	Threespine Stickleback	Gasterosteus	aculeatus	5	Fish	Gasterostedae	Gasterrosteiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
51	Tautog	Tautoga	onitis	29	Fish	Labridae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
52	Lined Seahorse	Hippocampus	erectus	37	Fish	Syngnathidae	Gasterosteiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
53	Striped Blenny	Chasmodes	bosquianus	81	Fish	Blenniidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
54	Northern Searobin	Prionotus	carolinus	22	Fish	Triglidae	Scorpaeniformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
55	White Perch	Morone	americana	550	Fish	Moronidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
56	Spotted Hake	Urophycis	regia	37	Fish	Phycidae	Gadiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
57	Pinfish	Lagodon	rhomboides	52	Fish	Sparidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
58	Atlantic Herring	Clupea	harengus	10	Fish	Clupeidae	Clupeiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
59	Winter Flounder	Pseudopleuronectes	americanus	12	Fish	Pleuronectidae	Pleuronectiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
60	Orange Filefish	Aluterus	schoepfii	4	Fish	Monacanthidae	Tetraodontiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
61	Seaboard Goby	Gobiosoma	ginsburgi	4	Fish	Gobiidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
62	Rainwater Killifish	Lucania	parva	77	Fish	Fundulidae	Cyprinodontiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
63	Sheepshead Minnow	Cyprinodon	variegatus	236	Fish	Cyprinodontidae	Cyprinodontiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
64	Windowpane	Scophthalmus	aquosus	16	Fish	Scophthalmidae	Pleuronectiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
65	Speckled Worm Eel	Myrophis	punctatus	1	Fish	Ophichthidae	Anguilliformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
66	Striped Mullet	Mugil	cephalus	22	Fish	Mugilidae	Mugiliformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
67	Northern Kingfish	Menticirrhus	saxatilis	16	Fish	Sciaenidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
68	Smallmouth Flounder	Etropus	microstomus	13	Fish	Paralichthyidae	Pleuronectiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
69	Northern Puffer	Sphoeroides	maculatus	50	Fish	Tetraodontidae	Tetraodontiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
70	Spotfin Mojarra	Eucinostomus	argenteus	4	Fish	Gerreidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
71	Cobia	Rachycentron	canadum	10	Fish	Rachycentridae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
72	Blueback Herring	Alosa	aestivalis	52	Fish	Clupeidae	Clupeiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
73	Atlantic Croaker	Micropogonias	undulatus	132	Fish	Sciaenidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
74	Blue-spotted Cornetfish	Fistularia	tabacaria	11	Fish	Fistulariidae	Gasterosteiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
75	Scup	Stenotomus	chrysops	17	Fish	Sparidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
76	Guaguanche	Sphyraena	guachancho	1	Fish	Sphyraenidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
77	Bay Anchovy	Anchoa	mitchilli	100	Fish	Engraulidae	Clupeiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
78	Striped Bass	Morone	saxatilis	265	Fish	Moronidae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
79	Striped Killifish	Fundulus	majalis	238	Fish	Fundulidae	Cyprinodontiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
80	Dusky Pipefish	Syngnathus	floridae	23	Fish	Syngnathidae	Gasterosteiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
81	Atlantic Cutlassfish	Trichiurus	lepturus	11	Fish	Trichiuridae	Perciformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
82	Fourspine Stickleback	Apeltes	quadracus	76	Fish	Gasterostedae	Gasterrosteiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia
83	Striped Cusk-eel	Ophidion	marginatum	16	Fish	Ophidiidae	Ophidiiformes	Actinopterygii	Animalia