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NEFSC Photo Gallery

Pelagic Fish

Pelagic fish are animals that live in the open seas. Pelagics represented on this page include bluefish, boarfish, dory, butterfish, herring, lancetfish, lumpfish, mackerel, moonfish, snowy grouper, swordfish, wahoo, and yellowfin tuna. Sharks, skates, and rays are also pelagic fish, but have their own gallery.

School of Atlantic bluefin tuna, image taken with the hexacopter northeast of Provincetown MA.
Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Michael Jech (NEFSC), Jennifer Johnson (NEFSC), Molly Lutcavage (LPRC), Angelia Vanderlaan (LPRC)
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Atlantic bluefin tuna in 'soldier' school form, image taken with the hexacopter northeast of Provincetown MA.
Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Michael Jech (NEFSC), Jennifer Johnson (NEFSC), Molly Lutcavage (LPRC), Angelia Vanderlaan (LPRC)
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Small menhaden filmed outside our Narragansett Lab.
Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jerry Prezioso
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Individuals of Atlantic menhaden, image taken with the hexacopter at the NEFSC wooden pier in Woods Hole MA.
Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Michael Jech (NEFSC), Jennifer Johnson (NEFSC)
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School of Atlantic menhaden, image taken with the hexacopter at the NEFSC wooden pier in Woods Hole MA.
Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Michael Jech (NEFSC), Jennifer Johnson (NEFSC)
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Mahi mahi swimming in the ocean.
Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Richard Holt
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Aerial shot of a school of tuna swimming in the ocean.
Credit: NOAA Fisheries
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Aerial shot of a school of tuna swimming in the ocean.
Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Kelly Slivka
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A marlin swimming in the ocean.
Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Todd Pusser
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A marlin swimming in the ocean.
Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Todd Pusser
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A marlin swimming in the ocean.
Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Richard Holt
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Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
Credit: NEFSC/NOAA
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Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
Credit: NEFSC/NOAA
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Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
Credit: NEFSC/NOAA
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Deepbody boarfish (Antigonia capros).
Credit: Donald Flescher, NEFSC/NOAA
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Deepbody boar (Antigonia capros).
Credit: Alicia Miller, NEFSC/NOAA
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Buckler dory (Zenopsis conchifera) caught during the 2006 Autumn Bottom Trawl Survey on the NOAA Ship Albatross IV
Credit: Alicia Miller, NEFSC/NOAA
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Juvenile buckler dory (Zenopsis conchifera) puts on a Technicolor show.
Credit: Anne Richards, NEFSC/NOAA
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Dory (Zenopsis conchifera) caught during 2009 monkfish survey cruise.
Credit: Anne Richards, NEFSC/NOAA
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Butterfish (Peprilus triacanthus).
Credit: Donald Flescher, NEFSC/NOAA
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Butterfish (Peprilus triacanthus).
Credit: NEFSC/NOAA
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Dolphinfish, or Mahi-Mahi (Coryphaena hippurus).
Credit: Apex Predators Program, NEFSC/NOAA
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Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus).
Credit: Donald Flescher, NEFSC/NOAA
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Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) in a basket.
Credit: Richard McBride, NEFSC/NOAA
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Herring larvae (Clupea harengus) (about 10 mm; under magnification) caught on Georges Bank.
Credit: Chris Taylor, NEFSC/NOAA
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Round herring (Clupea harengus).
Credit: NEFSC/NOAA
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Lancetfish (Alepisaurus spp.).
Credit: Apex Predators Program, NEFSC/NOAA
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Lancetfish (Alepisaurus spp.).
Credit: Apex Predators Program, NEFSC/NOAA
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Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) in the Woods Hole Science Aquarium.
Credit: NEFSC/NOAA
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Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) has a sucker disc on its belly to adhere to the substrate.
Credit: Apex Predators Program, NEFSC/NOAA
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Mackerel (Scomber scombrus).
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Mackerel (Scomber scombrus).
Credit: NEFSC/NOAA
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Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus).
Credit: Donald Flescher, NEFSC/NOAA
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Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus).
Credit: NEFSC/NOAA
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Moonfish (Selene setapinnis).
Credit: NEFSC/NOAA
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Moonfish (Selene setapinnis).
Credit: NEFSC/NOAA
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Moonfish (Selene setapinnis).
Credit: NEFSC/NOAA
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Snowy grouper (Epinephelus niveatus).
Credit: Donald Flescher, NEFSC/NOAA
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Snowy grouper (Epinephelus niveatus).
Credit: NEFSC/NOAA
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Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) eye.
Credit: Apex Predators Program, NEFSC/NOAA
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Swordfish (Xiphias gladius).
Credit: Apex Predators Program, NEFSC/NOAA
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Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri).
Credit: Apex Predators Program, NEFSC/NOAA
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Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares).
Credit: Apex Predators Program, NEFSC/NOAA
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Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares).
Credit: NEFSC/NOAA
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