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Sharks
- leopard shark, Triakis semifasciata
- soupfin shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus
- spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias
Skates
- big skate, Raja binoculata
- California skate, R. inornata
- longnose skate, R. rhina
Ratfish
- ratfish, Hydrolagus colliei
Morids
- finescale codling, Antimora microlepis
Grenadiers
- Pacific rattail, Coryphaenoides acrolepis
Roundfish
- cabezon, Scorpaenichthys marmoratus
- kelp greenling, Hexagrammos decagrammus
- lingcod, Ophiodon elongatus
- Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus
- Pacific whiting, Merluccius productus
- sablefish, Anoplopoma fimbria
Rockfish Complex
All genera and species of the family Scorpaenidae that occur off Washington, Oregon, and California are included, even if not listed below. The Scorpaenidae genera are Sebastes (the rockfish), Scorpaena, Scorpaenodes (the scorpionfish), and Sebastolobus (the thornyheads).
Rockfish
- aurora rockfish, Sebastes aurora
- bank rockfish, S. rufus
- black rockfish, S. melanops
- black and yellow rockfish, S. chrysomelas
- blackgill rockfish, S. melanostomus
- blue rockfish, S. mystinus
- bocaccio, S. paucispinis
- bronzespotted rockfish, S. gilli
- brown rockfish, S. auriculatus
- calico rockfish, S. dalli
- canary rockfish, S. pinniger
- chilipepper, S. goodei
- China rockfish, S. nebulosus
- copper rockfish, S. caurinus
- cowcod, S. levis
- darkblotched rockfish, S. crameri
- dusky rockfish, S. ciliatus
- flag rockfish, S. rubrivinctus
- gopher rockfish, S. carnatus
- grass rockfish, S. rastrelliger
- greenblotched rockfish, S. rosenblatti
- greenspotted rockfish, S. chlorostictus
- greenstriped rockfish, S. elongatus
- harlequin rockfish, S. variegatus
- honeycomb rockfish, S. umbrosus
- kelp rockfish, S. atrovirens
- Mexican rockfish, S. macdonaldi
- olive rockfish, S. serranoides
- Pacific ocean perch, S. alutus
- pink rockfish, S. eos
- quillback rockfish, S. maliger
- redbanded rockfish, S. babcocki
- redstripe rockfish, S. proriger
- rosethorn rockfish, S. helvomaculatus
- rosy rockfish, S. rosaceus
- rougheye rockfish, S. aleutianus
- sharpchin rockfish, S. zacentrus
- shortbelly rockfish, S. jordani
- shortraker rockfish, S. borealis
- silvergray rockfish, S. brevispinis
- speckled rockfish, S. ovalis
- splitnose rockfish, S. diploproa
- squarespot rockfish, S. hopkinsi
- starry rockfish, S. constellatus
- stripetail rockfish, S. saxicola
- tiger rockfish, S. nigrocinctus
- treefish, S. serriceps
- vermilion rockfish, S. miniatus
- widow rockfish, S. entomelas
- yelloweye rockfish, S. ruberrimus
- yellowmouth rockfish, S. reedi
- yellowtail rockfish, S. flavidus
Scorpionfish
- California scorpionfish, Scorpaena guttata
Thornyheads
- longspine thornyhead, Sebastolobus altivelis
- shortspine thornyhead, Sebastolobus alascanus
Flatfish
- arrowtooth flounder (arrowtooth turbot), Atheresthes stomias
- butter sole, Isopsetta isolepis
- curlfin sole, Pleuronichthys decurrens
- Dover sole, Microstomus pacificus
- English sole, Parophrys vetulus
- flathead sole, Hippoglossoides elassodon
- Pacific sanddab, Citharichthys sordidus
- petrale sole, Eopsetta jordani
- rex sole, Glyptocephalus zachirus
- rock sole, Lepidopsetta bilineata
- sand sole, Psettichthys melanostictus
- starry flounder, Platichthys stellatus
Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) is managed by the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC). CDFW supports all rules and regulations adopted by the IPHC.