Will be edited over time to include traits for all fish as well as the addition of photos if you are here early
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Chinook salmon - Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
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Coho salmon - Oncorhynchus kisutch
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Chum salmon - Oncorhynchus keta
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Sockeye salmon - Oncorhynchus nerka
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Pink salmon - Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
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Steelhead - Oncorhynchus mykiss
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Atlantic salmon - Salmo salar
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Pink salmon - small scales - white cleithrum - large black oval spots on caudal fin
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Chum salmon - white cleithrum - red dot on isthmus - no spots on caudal fin
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Sockeye salmon - white cleithrum - blood red isthmus - distinct 2 tone body
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Coho salmon - Blue peppered cleithrum - spots only on upper lobe of caudal fin
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Chinook salmon - White, black speckled cleithrum with black margin - spots on both lobes of the caudal fin
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Pacific Herring - Clupeidae
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Pacific Sardine - Alosidae
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American shad - Alosidae
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Northern anchovy - Engraulidae
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Eulachon - Osmeridae
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Surf smelt - Osmeridae
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Pile Perch - Embiotocidae
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Shiner Perch - Embiotocidae
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Chub Mackerel - Scombridae
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Albacore tuna - Scombridae
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Pacific cod - Gadidae
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Pacific tomcod (Tommy cod) - Gadidae
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Walleye Pollock (Alaska Pollock) - Gadidae
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Pacific Hake - Merlucciidae
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Sablefish (black cod) - Anoplopomatidae
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Kelp greenling - Hexagrammidae
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Lingcod (bucketheads) - Hexagrammidae
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Pacific Staghorn sculpin - Cottidae
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Wolf-eel - Anarhichadidae
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Pacific halibut - Pleuronectidae
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Arrowtooth flounder - Pleuronectidae
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Starry flounder - Pleuronectidae
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Rock sole - Pleuronectidae
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English sole (Lemon sole) - Pleuronectidae
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Dover sole (Slime sole) - Pleuronectidae
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Petrale sole (Brill sole) - Pleuronectidae
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Rex sole - Pleuronectidae
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Pink salmon - Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
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Chum salmon - Oncorhynchus keta
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Sockeye - Oncorhynchus nerka
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Coho salmon - Oncorhynchus kisutch
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Chinook salmon - Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
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Copper rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - Inshore
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Quillback rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - inshore
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China rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - Inshore
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Black rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - inshore
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Tiger rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - inshore
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Yelloweye rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - inshore
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Canary rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - Offshore - shelf
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Bocaccio - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - shelf
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Silvergray rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - shelf
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Widow rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - shelf
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Yellowtail rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - shelf
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Greenstriped rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - shelf
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Chilipepper rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - shelf
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Pacific ocean perch - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - slope
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Redstripe rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - slope
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Darkblotched rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - slope
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Splitnose rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - slope
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Shortspine thornyhead - Scorpaenidae - Sebastolobus - offshore - slope
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Spiny dogfish - Squalidae
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Sixgill shark - Hexanchidae
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Blue shark - Carcharhinidae
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Salmon shark - Lamnidae
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Longnose skate - Rajidae
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Big skate - Rajidae
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Spotted ratfish - Chimaeridae
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Pacific hagfish - Myxinidae
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Butter clam
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Littleneck clam
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Manila clam
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Razor clam
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Varnish clam
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Cockle
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Softshell clam
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Geoduck
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Horse clam
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Blue mussel
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California mussel
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Gallo mussel
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Pacific oyster
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Olympia oyster
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Weathervane scallop
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Pink Scallop
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Rock Scallop
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Northern Abalone
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Moon snail
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Pacific octopus
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Opal squid
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Humboldt squid
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Red Rock crab
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Dungeness crab
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Graceful crab
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Tanner crab
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Green crab
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Box crab - Puget sound king crab
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Alaskan red king crab
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Shore crab