250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-90-00-1.12

Current through December 26, 2024

Section 250-RICR-90-00-1.12 - Common Species

A. "Alewife" means Alosa pseudoharengus, alewives.

B. "American eel" means Anguilla rostrata.

C. "American lobster" means Homarus americanus.

D. "American plaice" means Hippoglossoides platessoides, Dab.

E. "American shad" means Alosa sapidissima.

F. "Atlantic angel shark" means Squatina dumeril.

G. "Atlantic cod" means Gadus morhua, cod, codfish.

H. "Atlantic menhaden" means Brevoortia tyrannus, pogies, menhaden, peanut bunker.

I. "Atlantic herring" means Clupea harengus.

J. "Atlantic rock crab" means Cancer irroratus, sand crab.

K. "Atlantic horseshoe crab" means Limulus polyphemus.

L. "Atlantic salmon" means Salmo salar.

M. "Atlantic sturgeon" means Acipenser oxyrhnchus.

N. "Barndoor skate" means Dipturus laevis.

O. "Basking shark" means Cetorhinus maximus.

P. "Bay quahaug" means Mercenaria mercenaria, hard clam, quahaug, quahog.

Q. "Bay scallop" means Argopecten irradians.

R. "Blacknose shark" means Carcharhinus acronotus.

S. "Black sea bass" means Centropristes striatus.

T. "Blacktip shark" means Carcharhinus limbatus.

U. "Blueback herring" means Alosa aestivalis.

V. "Blue crab" means Callinectes sapidus.

W. "Bluefish means" Pomatomus saltatrix, skipjack.

X. "Blue mussel" means Mytilus edulis.

Y. "Blue shark" means Prionace glauca.

Z. "Bigeye sandtiger shark" means Odontaspis noronhai.

AA. "Bigeye sixgill shark" means Hexanchus nakamurai.

BB. "Bigeye thresher" shark means Alopias superciliosus.

CC. "Bignose shark" means Carcharhinus altimus.

DD. "Bluntnose sixgill shark" means Hexanchus griseus.

EE. "Bonnethead shark" means Sphyrna tiburo.

FF. "Bull shark" means Carcharhinus leucas.

GG. "Caribbean sharpnose shark" means Rhizoprionodon porosus.

HH. "Cobia" means Rachycentron canadum.

II. "Common thresher" shark means Alopias vulpinus.

JJ. "Conch" means Channeled Whelk - Busycotypus canaliculatus; or Knobbed Whelk - Busycon carica.

KK. "Dusky shark" means Carcharhinus obscurus.

LL. "Finetooth shark" means Carcharhinus isodon.

MM. "Florida smoothhound shark" means Mustelis norrisi.

NN. "Galapagos shark" means Carcharhinus galapagensis.

OO. "Great hammerhead shark" means Sphyrna mokarran.

PP. "Green crab" means Carcinus maenas.

QQ. "Haddock" means Melanogrammus aeglefinus.

RR. "Jonah crab" means Cancer borealis, Rock crab.

SS. "Monkfish" means Lophius americanus, goosefish.

TT. "Narrowtooth shark" means Carcharhinus brachyurus.

UU. "Night shark" means Carcharhinus signatus.

VV. "Ocean quahog" means Arctica islandica.

WW. "Nurse shark" means Ginglymostoma cirratum.

XX. "Ocean quahog" means Arctica islandica.

YY. "Oyster" means American oyster, Crassostrea virginica or European oyster - Ostrea edulis.

ZZ. "Pollock" means Pollachius virens.

AAA. "Porbeagle shark" means Lamna nasus.

BBB. "Reef shark" means Carcharhinus perezii.

CCC. "River herring" means blueback herring and alewife.

DDD. "Sand lance" means all species of the genus Ammodytes.

EEE. "Sand tiger shark" means Carcharias taurus.

FFF. "Scalloped hammerhead shark" means Sphyrna lewini.

GGG. "Scup" means Stenotomus chrysops, porgie.

HHH. "Sea scallop" means Placopecten magellanicus.

III. "Sharpnose sevengill shark" means Heptranchias perlo.

JJJ. "Shortfin mako shark" means Isurus oxyrinchus.

KKK. "Silky shark" means Carcharhinus falciformis.

LLL. "Smalltail shark" means Carcharhinus porosus.

MMM. "Smooth dogfish" means Mustelus canis, smoothhound shark.

NNN. "Smooth hammerhead shark" means Sphyrna zygaena.

OOO. "Soft-shelled clam" means Mya arenaria, steamer.

PPP. "Spanish mackerel means Scomberomorus maculatus.

QQQ. "Spinner shark" means Carcharhinus brevipinna.

RRR. "Spiny dogfish" means Squalus acanthias.

SSS. "Striped bass" means Morone saxatilis, rockfish, striper.

TTT. "Summer flounder" means Paralichthys dentatus, fluke.

UUU. "Surf clam" means Spisula solidissima, sea clam.

VVV. "Tautog" means Tautoga onitis, blackfish.

WWW. "Thorny skate" means Amblyraja radiata.

XXX. "Tiger shark" means Galeocerdo cuvier.

YYY. "Weakfish" means Cynoscion regalis, Squeteague.

ZZZ. "Whale shark" means Rhincodon typus.

AAAA. "White shark" means Archarodon carcharias.

BBBB. "Winter flounder" means Pleuronectes americanus.

CCCC. "Witch flounder" means Glyptocephalus cynoglossus, gray sole.

DDDD. "Yellowtail flounder" means Limanda ferruginea.

250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-90-00-1.12

Adopted effective 8/20/2020
Amended effective 3/10/2021
Amended effective 4/30/2023
Amended effective 1/8/2024
Amended effective 7/20/2024
Amended effective 11/18/2024