Fish and Shellfish Identification

Marine Region's
Fish Identification Quiz

Try these fish identification quizzes and see how well you know your California marine fishes! Not only are these quizzes fun, but you may also learn some important information about these species and fishing regulations pertaining to them.

 

California Fishing Passport

A new fishing incentive and recognition program to highlight and promote fishing throughout the state. Pick up your free copy of the California Fishing Passport book listing 150 different popular fresh and saltwater finfish and shellfish that occur throughout the state. Try to catch one of every species listed, and you will receive stamps in your passport book documenting each achievement.

 

• Beach Fishing: Guide to California Beach Fishing
• California Finfish and Shellfish Identification Book
  California Fishing Passport website
• California Halibut Identification
• California Marine Sportfish
  Search for any fish by name, picture, group, or habitat. This wonderful resource contains an extensive collection of fish images.
• California Rockfishes and Associated Species
• Canary Rockfish and Yelloweye Rockfish Identification Flyer
  A one-page printable flyer that shows how to distinguish between canary rockfish and vermilion rockfish, and how to identify adult and juvenile yelloweye rockfish
• Chinese Mitten Crab
• Common Surfperches of California
  Picture identification guide to twelve species of surfperch
• California Department of Fish and Wildlife Fish Bulletins
• Dungeness Crab
• Fish Identification Quiz
  Test your knowledge of California marine fishes and fishing regulations
• Groundfish Identification
• Guide to the Coastal Marine Fishes of California (Fish Bulletin 157)
• Hagfish Identification
• Kelp Bass Identification
• Life History Information for Selected California Marine Species
  • Fishes
  • Invertebrates and Plants
• Marine Bait Fishes of Northern California
  Picture identification guide to twenty fish species commonly used for bait
• Nearshore Finfish Profiles
  Life history information for nearshore rockfishes, cabezon, greenlings, monkeyface prickleback, California scorpionfish (sculpin) and California sheephead
• Ocean Sport Fishing Regulations Booklet: Fish Identification Illustrations
  Includes a selection of popular species and no-take species
• Plainfin Midshipman
  Life history video produced by CDFW and partners
• Rockfish Identification Resource (courtesy of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center)
• Selected Nearshore Fishes of California
• Shelf Rockfish found off the California Coast
• Silver (Coho) Salmon Identification
• Slope Rockfish found off the California Coast
• Status of the Fisheries Reports
• Surfperch Identification
• White Seabass Identification