PACIFIC COAST LOCAL NAMES
(sorted by local names)

LOCAL NAME                               COMMON NAME                     SCIENTIFIC NAME
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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