Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 90 - Marine Fisheries › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 1 - Definitions and General Provisions › Section 250-RICR-90-00-1.12 - Common Species

Current through June 14, 2024
"Alewife" means
Alosa pseudoharengus
,
					 alewives.
"American eel" means
Anguilla
					 rostrata
.
"American lobster" means
Homarus
					 americanus
.
"American plaice" means
Hippoglossoides
					 platessoides
, Dab.
"American shad" means
Alosa
					 sapidissima
.
"Atlantic angel shark" means
Squatina
					 dumeril
.
"Atlantic cod" means
Gadus morhua
, cod,
					 codfish.
"Atlantic menhaden" means
Brevoortia
					 tyrannus
, pogies, menhaden, peanut bunker.
"Atlantic herring" means
Clupea
					 harengus
.
"Atlantic rock crab" means
Cancer
					 irroratus
, sand crab.
"Atlantic horseshoe crab" means
Limulus
					 polyphemus
.
"Atlantic salmon" means
Salmo
					 salar
.
"Atlantic sturgeon" means
Acipenser
					 oxyrhnchus
.
"Barndoor skate" means
Dipturus
					 laevis.
"Basking shark" means
Cetorhinus
					 maximus
.
"Bay quahaug" means
Mercenaria mercenaria
,
					 hard clam, quahaug, quahog.
"Bay scallop" means
Argopecten
					 irradians
.
"Blacknose shark" means
Carcharhinus
					 acronotus.
"Black sea bass" means
Centropristes
					 striatus
.
"Blacktip shark" means
Carcharhinus
					 limbatus.
"Blueback herring" means
Alosa
					 aestivalis
.
"Blue crab" means
Callinectes
					 sapidus
.
"Bluefish means"
Pomatomus saltatrix
,
					 skipjack.
"Blue mussel" means
Mytilus edulis
.
"Blue shark" means
Prionace glauca.
"Bigeye sandtiger shark" means
Odontaspis
					 noronhai.
"Bigeye sixgill shark" means
Hexanchus
					 nakamurai
.
"Bigeye thresher" shark means
Alopias
					 superciliosus.
"Bignose shark" means
Carcharhinus
					 altimus.
"Bluntnose sixgill shark" means
Hexanchus
					 griseus.
"Bonnethead shark" means
Sphyrna
					 tiburo
.
"Bull shark" means
Carcharhinus
					 leucas.
"Caribbean sharpnose shark" means
Rhizoprionodon
					 porosus.
"Cobia" means
Rachycentron canadum
.
"Common thresher" shark means
Alopias
					 vulpinus
.
"Conch" means Channeled Whelk -
Busycotypus
					 canaliculatus
; or Knobbed Whelk -
Busycon
					 carica
.
"Dusky shark" means
Carcharhinus
					 obscurus
.
"Finetooth shark" means
Carcharhinus
					 isodon
.
"Florida smoothhound shark" means
Mustelis
					 norrisi.
"Galapagos shark" means
Carcharhinus
					 galapagensis
.
"Great hammerhead shark" means
Sphyrna
					 mokarran
.
"Green crab" means
Carcinus maenas
.
"Haddock" means
Melanogrammus
					 aeglefinus
.
"Jonah crab" means
Cancer borealis
, Rock
					 crab.
"Monkfish" means
Lophius americanus
,
					 goosefish
.
"Narrowtooth shark" means
Carcharhinus
					 brachyurus.
"Night shark" means
Carcharhinus
					 signatus.
"Ocean quahog" means
Arctica
					 islandica
.
"Nurse shark" means
Ginglymostoma
					 cirratum
.
"Ocean quahog" means
Arctica
					 islandica
.
"Oyster" means American oyster,
Crassostrea
					 virginica
or European oyster -
Ostrea edulis
.
"Pollock" means
Pollachius virens
.
"Porbeagle shark" means
Lamna
					 nasus
.
"Reef shark" means
Carcharhinus
					 perezii
.
"River herring" means blueback herring and alewife.
"Sand lance" means all species of the genus
Ammodytes.
"Sand tiger shark" means
Carcharias
					 taurus
.
"Scalloped hammerhead shark" means
Sphyrna
					 lewini
.
"Scup" means
Stenotomus chrysops
,
					 porgie.
"Sea scallop" means
Placopecten
					 magellanicus
.
"Sharpnose sevengill shark" means
Heptranchias
					 perlo.
"Shortfin mako shark" means
Isurus
					 oxyrinchus
.
"Silky shark" means
Carcharhinus
					 falciformis
.
"Smalltail shark" means
Carcharhinus
					 porosus.
"Smooth dogfish" means
Mustelus canis
,
					 smoothhound shark.
"Smooth hammerhead shark" means
Sphyrna
					 zygaena
.
"Soft-shelled clam" means
Mya arenaria
,
					 steamer.
"Spanish mackerel means
Scomberomorus
					 maculatus.
"Spinner shark" means
Carcharhinus
					 brevipinna.
"Spiny dogfish" means
Squalus
					 acanthias
.
"Striped bass" means
Morone saxatilis
,
					 rockfish, striper.
"Summer flounder" means
Paralichthys
					 dentatus
, fluke.
"Surf clam" means
Spisula solidissima
, sea
					 clam.
"Tautog" means
Tautoga onitis,
blackfish.
"Thorny skate" means
Amblyraja
					 radiata.
"Tiger shark" means
Galeocerdo
					 cuvier
.
"Weakfish" means
Cynoscion regalis,
Squeteague.
"Whale shark" means
Rhincodon
					 typus.
"White shark" means
Archarodon
					 carcharias
.
"Winter flounder" means
Pleuronectes
					 americanus
.
"Witch flounder" means
Glyptocephalus
					 cynoglossus,
gray sole.
"Yellowtail flounder" means
Limanda
					 ferruginea
.