Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

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Family: Laridae (See list of species below)

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101 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

Anous minutus [Black noddy]	No picture found Anous minutus tenuirostris []	Anous stolidus [Brown noddy]
No picture found Anous tenuirostris [Lesser noddy]	No picture found Chlidonias albostriatus [Black-fronted tern]	No picture found Chlidonias hybrida [Whiskered tern]
Chlidonias leucopterus [White-winged tern]	No picture found Chlidonias niger [Black tern]	No picture found Creagrus furcatus [Swallow-tailed gull]
No picture found Gelochelidon nilotica [Gull-billed tern]	No picture found Gygis alba [White tern]	No picture found Gygis microrhyncha [Lesser white tern]
No picture found Hydrocoloeus minutus [Little gull]	No picture found Hydroprogne caspia [Caspian tern]	No picture found Ichthyaetus hemprichii []
No picture found Larosterna inca [Inca tern]	Larus argentatus [Herring gull]	No picture found Larus armenicus [Armenian gull]
No picture found Larus atlanticus [Olrog's gull]	No picture found Larus atricilla [Laughing gull]	Larus audouinii [Audouin's gull]
No picture found Larus belcheri [Band-tailed gull]	No picture found Larus brunnicephalus [Brown-headed gull]	No picture found Larus bulleri [Black-billed gull]
No picture found Larus cachinnans [Yellow-legged gull]	No picture found Larus californicus [California gull]	No picture found Larus canus [Common gull]
No picture found Larus crassirostris [Black-tailed gull]	No picture found Larus cucullatus [Hooded merganser]	No picture found Larus delawarensis [Ring-billed gull]
No picture found Larus dominicanus [Kelp gull]	No picture found Larus fuliginosus [Lava gull]	No picture found Larus fuscus [Lesser black-backed gull]
No picture found Larus genei [Slender-billed gull]	No picture found Larus glaucescens [Glaucous-winged gull]	No picture found Larus glaucoides [Iceland gull]
No picture found Larus glaucoides thayeri [Thayer's gull]	No picture found Larus hartlaubii [Hartlaub's gull]	No picture found Larus heermanni [Heermann's gull]
No picture found Larus hemprichii [Sooty gull]	No picture found Larus hyperboreus [Glaucous gull]	No picture found Larus ichthyaetus [Great black-headed gull]
No picture found Larus leucophthalmus [White-eyed gull]	No picture found Larus livens [Yellow-footed gull]	No picture found Larus maculipennis [Brown-hooded gull]
Larus marinus [Great black-backed gull]	Larus melanocephalus [Mediterranean gull]	No picture found Larus michahellis []
No picture found Larus modestus [Gray gull]	No picture found Larus novaehollandiae [Silver gull]	No picture found Larus occidentalis [Western gull]
No picture found Larus pacificus [Pacific gull]	No picture found Larus philadelphia [Bonaparte's gull]	No picture found Larus pipixcan [Franklin's gull]
No picture found Larus relictus [Relict gull]	Larus ridibundus [Common black-headed gull]	No picture found Larus saundersi [Saunder's gull]
No picture found Larus schistisagus [Slaty-backed gull]	No picture found Larus scopulinus [Red-billed gull]	No picture found Larus serranus [Andean gull]
No picture found Larus thayeri []	No picture found Leucophaeus scoresbii [Dolphin gull]	No picture found Onychoprion aleuticus [Aleutian tern]
No picture found Onychoprion anaethetus [Bridled tern]	Onychoprion fuscatus [Sooty tern]	No picture found Onychoprion lunatus [Gray-backed tern]
No picture found Pagophila eburnea [Ivory gull]	No picture found Procelsterna albivitta [Gray noddy]	No picture found Procelsterna cerulea [Blue noddy]
No picture found Rhodostethia rosea [Ross's gull]	No picture found Rissa brevirostris [Red-legged kittiwake]	No picture found Rissa tridactyla [Black-legged kittiwake]
No picture found Rynchops niger [Black skimmer]	No picture found Sterna acuticauda [Black-bellied tern]	No picture found Sterna aurantia [River tern]
Sterna bergii [Crested tern]	No picture found Sterna bernsteini [Chinese crested tern]	No picture found Sterna dougallii [Roseate tern]
No picture found Sterna forsteri [Forster's tern]	No picture found Sterna hirundinacea [South American tern]	No picture found Sterna hirundo [Common tern]
No picture found Sterna lorata [Peruvian tern]	No picture found Sterna paradisaea [Arctic tern]	No picture found Sterna repressa [White-cheeked tern]
No picture found Sterna sandvicensis [Sandwich tern]	No picture found Sterna striata [White-fronted tern]	No picture found Sterna sumatrana [Black-naped tern]
No picture found Sterna trudeaui [Trudeau's tern]	No picture found Sterna virgata [Kerguelen tern]	No picture found Sterna vittata [Antarctic tern]
No picture found Sternula albifrons [Little tern]	No picture found Sternula antillarum [Least tern]	No picture found Sternula balaenarum [Damara tern]
No picture found Sternula nereis [Fairy tern]	No picture found Sternula saundersi [Saunder's tern]	No picture found Sternula superciliaris [Yellow-billed tern]
No picture found Thalasseus bengalensis [Lesser crested tern]	No picture found Thalasseus elegans [Elegant tern]	No picture found Thalasseus eurygnatha [Cayenne tern]
No picture found Thalasseus maximus [Royal tern]	Xema sabini [Sabine's gull]

101 Species of Family Laridae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Anous minutus	Black noddy	Indo-Pacific and Atlantic	39 TL
Anous minutus tenuirostris		Western Indian Ocean	34 TL
Anous stolidus	Brown noddy	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic an	45 TL
Anous tenuirostris	Lesser noddy	Atlantic and Indo-West Pa	32 TL
Chlidonias albostriatus	Black-fronted tern	Southwest Pacific
Chlidonias hybrida	Whiskered tern	Indo-West Pacific, Atlant	26 TL
Chlidonias leucopterus	White-winged tern	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	24 TL
Chlidonias niger	Black tern	Pacific Ocean, Atlantic O	24 TL
Creagrus furcatus	Swallow-tailed gull	Southeast Pacific. From C	57 TL
Gelochelidon nilotica	Gull-billed tern	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	43 TL
Gygis alba	White tern	Indo-Pacific and Atlantic	33 TL
Gygis microrhyncha	Lesser white tern	Eastern Pacific
Hydrocoloeus minutus	Little gull	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	30 TL
Hydroprogne caspia	Caspian tern	Atlantic, Indo-Pacific an	59 TL
Ichthyaetus hemprichii		Western Indian Ocean; Om
Larosterna inca	Inca tern	Eastern Pacific and Weste	42 TL
Larus argentatus	Herring gull	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	66 TL
Larus armenicus	Armenian gull	Indo-West Pacific, Northe
Larus atlanticus	Olrog's gull	Southwest Atlantic. Trop
Larus atricilla	Laughing gull	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	43 TL
Larus audouinii	Audouin's gull	Mediterranean. Stray in	52 TL
Larus belcheri	Band-tailed gull	Eastern Pacific and Weste	51 TL
Larus brunnicephalus	Brown-headed gull	Indo-West Pacific and Asi	43 TL
Larus bulleri	Black-billed gull	Southwest Pacific	38 TL
Larus cachinnans	Yellow-legged gull	Antarctic, Northeast Atla
Larus californicus	California gull	Eastern Pacific, Western	58 TL
Larus canus	Common gull	Pacific Ocean, Atlantic O	46 TL
Larus crassirostris	Black-tailed gull	Indo-Pacific and Atlantic	48 TL
Larus cucullatus	Hooded merganser	Northeast and Eastern cen
Larus delawarensis	Ring-billed gull	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	53 TL
Larus dominicanus	Kelp gull	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	58 TL
Larus fuliginosus	Lava gull	Southeast Pacific	53 TL
Larus fuscus	Lesser black-backed gull	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	61 TL
Larus genei	Slender-billed gull	Indo-West Pacific, Easter	46 TL
Larus glaucescens	Glaucous-winged gull	Pacific Ocean and Atlanti	70 TL
Larus glaucoides	Iceland gull	Northern Pacific, Norther	64 TL
Larus glaucoides thayeri	Thayer's gull	Northwest Pacific
Larus hartlaubii	Hartlaub's gull	Southeast Atlantic
Larus heermanni	Heermann's gull	Eastern Pacific and Weste	53 TL
Larus hemprichii	Sooty gull	Indian Ocean and the Medi	47 TL
Larus hyperboreus	Glaucous gull	Northern Pacific and Atla	77 TL
Larus ichthyaetus	Great black-headed gull	Indo-West Pacific, Northe	69 TL
Larus leucophthalmus	White-eyed gull	Western Indian Ocean, Sou	39 TL
Larus livens	Yellow-footed gull	Eastern Central Pacific a
Larus maculipennis	Brown-hooded gull	Southeast Pacific and Sou	38 TL
Larus marinus	Great black-backed gull	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	79 TL
Larus melanocephalus	Mediterranean gull	Indo-West Pacific, Easter	43 TL
Larus michahellis		Eastern Atlantic, Mediter
Larus modestus	Gray gull	Eastern Pacific and South	46 TL
Larus novaehollandiae	Silver gull	Indo-West Pacific and Sou	43 TL
Larus occidentalis	Western gull	Eastern Pacific and Weste	68 TL
Larus pacificus	Pacific gull	Indo-West Pacific	66 TL
Larus philadelphia	Bonaparte's gull	Western Central Atlantic	36 TL
Larus pipixcan	Franklin's gull	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	38 TL
Larus relictus	Relict gull	Northwest Pacific and Nor
Larus ridibundus	Common black-headed gull	Indo-West Pacific and Atl	43 TL
Larus saundersi	Saunder's gull	Northwest Pacific, Northe	33 TL
Larus schistisagus	Slaty-backed gull	Northern Pacific, Norther	68 TL
Larus scopulinus	Red-billed gull	Southwest Pacific
Larus serranus	Andean gull	Eastern Pacific	48 TL
Larus thayeri		Northern Pacific, Norther
Leucophaeus scoresbii	Dolphin gull	Southeast Pacific and Sou	46 TL
Onychoprion aleuticus	Aleutian tern	Pacific Ocean.	38 TL
Onychoprion anaethetus	Bridled tern	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	38 TL
Onychoprion fuscatus	Sooty tern	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	45 TL
Onychoprion lunatus	Gray-backed tern	Indo-Pacific.	38 TL
Pagophila eburnea	Ivory gull	Northern Pacific, Atlanti	46 TL
Procelsterna albivitta	Gray noddy	Pacific Ocean.
Procelsterna cerulea	Blue noddy	Pacific Ocean.	30 TL
Rhodostethia rosea	Ross's gull	Northwest Atlantic and th	32 TL
Rissa brevirostris	Red-legged kittiwake	Northern Pacific and the
Rissa tridactyla	Black-legged kittiwake	Atlantic Ocean, Northern
Rynchops niger	Black skimmer	Eastern Central Pacific a	45 TL
Sterna acuticauda	Black-bellied tern	Indo-West Pacific
Sterna aurantia	River tern	Indo-West Pacific	43 TL
Sterna bergii	Crested tern	Indo-Pacific, Southeast A	48 TL
Sterna bernsteini	Chinese crested tern	Northwest Pacific	38 TL
Sterna dougallii	Roseate tern	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc	43 TL
Sterna forsteri	Forster's tern	Eastern Pacific and Atlan	41 TL
Sterna hirundinacea	South American tern	Southeast Pacific and Sou	44 TL
Sterna hirundo	Common tern	Worldwide.	38 TL
Sterna lorata	Peruvian tern	Southeast Pacific	23 TL
Sterna paradisaea	Arctic tern	Circumglobal. Tropical t	38 TL
Sterna repressa	White-cheeked tern	Indian Ocean and the Medi	35 TL
Sterna sandvicensis	Sandwich tern	Eastern Pacific, Indian O	45 TL
Sterna striata	White-fronted tern	Southwest Pacific	43 TL
Sterna sumatrana	Black-naped tern	Indo-Pacific and Southeas	32 TL
Sterna trudeaui	Trudeau's tern	Southeast Pacific and Sou	35 TL
Sterna virgata	Kerguelen tern	Antarctic Indian Ocean	33 TL
Sterna vittata	Antarctic tern	Southern Pacific, Souther	41 TL
Sternula albifrons	Little tern	Indo-West Pacific and the	28 TL
Sternula antillarum	Least tern	Eastern Pacific and Atlan
Sternula balaenarum	Damara tern	Southeast Atlantic and We	23 TL
Sternula nereis	Fairy tern	Indo-West Pacific	27 TL
Sternula saundersi	Saunder's tern	Indo-West Pacific, Northe
Sternula superciliaris	Yellow-billed tern	South America excluding C	23 TL
Thalasseus bengalensis	Lesser crested tern	Indo-West Pacific, Easter	43 TL
Thalasseus elegans	Elegant tern	Eastern Pacific.	43 TL
Thalasseus eurygnatha	Cayenne tern	Western Atlantic	43 TL
Thalasseus maximus	Royal tern	Atlantic Ocean, Eastern P	53 TL
Xema sabini	Sabine's gull	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc

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