Fish

From the Savannah River to the marshes of Cockspur and McQueen’s Islands, and even inside the moat surrounding the fort, the waters of Fort Pulaski National Monument provide important habitat for many different species of saltwater and brackish water fish. The marshlands of the park provide essential breeding ground for fish, where many species rely on the safety of the marsh to provide protection for their eggs.

For information about fishing at Fort Pulaski National Monument.

 

If you pay close attention to the waters or go fishing in the park, some of the fish that you may notice include:

Atlantic Sturgeon, Gulf Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus ‎	Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus
Bonejack, Fall Herring, Freshwater Taylor, Hickory Jack Alosa mediocris ‎	Striped Killifish Fundulus majalis
Alewife, Bigeye Herring, Branch Herring, Freshwater Herring Alosa pseudoharengus ‎	Mosquitofish, Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
American Eel Anguilla rostrata ‎	Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
Broad-striped Anchovy, Striped Anchovy Anchoa hepsetus ‎	Freckled Blenny Hypsoblennius ionthas
Bay Anchovy Anchoa mitchilli ‎	Spot Leiostomus xanthurus
Silver Perch Bairdiella chrysoura ‎	Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
Yellowfin Menhaden Brevoortia smithi ‎	Tarpon Megalops atlanticus
Atlantic Menhaden, Bugfish, Bunker, Fatback, Mossbunker Brevoortia tyrannus ‎	Atlantic Silverside Menidia menidia
Black Sea Bass Centropristis striata ‎	Atlantic Croaker Micropogonias undulatus
Burrfish, Porcupinefish, Striped Burrfish Chilomycterus schoepfii ‎	Black Mullet, Gray Mullet, Striped Mullet Mugil cephalus
Atlantic Bumper Chloroscombrus chrysurus ‎	Silver Mullet, White Mullet Mugil curema
Silver Gar Ctenolucius hujeta ‎	Leatherjack, Leatherjacket Oligoplites saurus
Spotted Seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus ‎	Atlantic Thread Herring Opisthonema oglinum
Sheepshead Minnow, Sheepshead Pupfish Cyprinodon variegatus ‎	Southern Flounder Paralichthys lethostigma
Fat Sleeper Dormitator maculatus ‎	Sailfin Molly Poecilia latipinna
Threadfin Shad Dorosoma petenense ‎	Black Drum Pogonias cromis
Ladyfish Elops saurus ‎	Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix
Spotfin Mojarra Eucinostomus argenteus ‎	Red Drum Sciaenops ocellatus
Lyre Goby Evorthodus lyricus ‎	Atlantic Spanish Mackerel, Spanish Mackerel Scomberomorus maculatus
Marsh Killifish Fundulus confluentus ‎	Atlantic Needlefish Strongylura marina