Passages of the Deep Species Guide
 
Immerse yourself in three different habitats, which provide a
spectacular 360 degree view of the Oregon coast’s undersea world.
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Broadnose Sevengill shark
Notorynchus cepidianus

Brown smoothound shark
Mustelus henlei

Leopard shark
Triakis semifasciata

Soupfin shark
Galeorhinus zyopterus

Big skate
Raja binoculata

Longnose skate
Raja rhina

Starry skate
Raja stellulata

Bat ray
Myliobatis californica

Black rockfish
Sebastes melanops

Blue rockfish
Sebastes mystinus

Canary rockfish
Sebastes pinniger

China rockfish
Sebastus nebulosus

Copper rockfish
Sebastes caurinus

Darkblotched rockfish
Sebastes crameri

Flag rockfish
Sebastes rubrivinctus

Greenstripe rockfish
Sebastes elongatus

Kelp rockfish
Sebastes atrovirens

Quillback rockfish
Sebastes maliger

Redbanded rockfish
Sebastes babcocki

Tiger rockfish
Sebastus nigrocinctus

Vermillion rockfish
Sebastus miniatus

Yellowtail rockfish
Sebastes flavidus

Bocaccio
Sebastes paucispinis

Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Chinook salmon
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Coho salmon
Oncorhynchus kisutch

Jackmackerel
Trachurus symmetricus

Pacific mackerel
Scomber japonicus

Kelp greenling (female)
Hexagrammos decagrammus

Kelp greenling (male)
Hexagrammos decagrammus

Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus

Pacific halibut
Hippoglossus stenolepis

Petrale sole
Eopsetta jordani

Red Irish lord
Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus

Sablefish
Anoplopoma fimbria

Shortspine thornyhead
Sebastolubus alascanus

Spiney dogfish
Squalus acanthias

Spotted ratfish
Hydrolagus colliei

Starry flounder
Platichthys stallatus

Walleye surfperch
Hyperprosopon argenteum

Wolf eel
Anarrhichthys ocellatus

Yelloweye Rockfish
Sebastes ruberrimus


Yellowtail jack
Seriola lalandi

 

The animals in the Aquarium’s collection change often and may vary from this species guide.
For the latest information, check with the volunteer interpreter at the exhibit.