Yam-quarium of the Bay Traditional Geocache

You are usually close to water anywhere in the San Francisco Bay Area. The bay itself and the ocean waters are home to a variety of fish, including different types of sharks, and rays. Shiner Surfperch are probably the most abundant fish around piers and pilings. Some common fish species of the South Bay include Bay Pipefish, Three-spined Stickleback, Northern Anchovy, Topsmelt Silverside, Pacific Staghorn Sculpin, Starry Flounder, Yellowfin Goby.

And the rivers and streams are host to many kinds of freshwater fishes.

Fish Found in Both Fresh and Saltwater

1. Three-spined Stickleback - Gasterosteus aculeatus
2. Sacramento Splittail - Pogonichthys macrolepidotus
3. Prickly Sculpin - Cottus asper
4. Pacific Staghorn Sculpin - Leptocottus armatus
5. Arrow Goby - Clevelandia ios
6. Yellowfin Goby - Acanthogobius flavimanus (Non-native)
7. Tidewater Goby - Eucyclogobius newberryi
8. Longjaw Mudsucker - Gillichthys mirabilis
9. Chameleon Goby - Tridentiger trigonocephalus (Non-native)
10. Starry Flounder - Platichthys stellatus

Some Saltwater/Tidal Fish

1. Sharks, Rays and Skates
2. Ocean Sunfish - Mola mola
3. Pacific Bluefin Tuna - Thunnus orientalis
4. American Shad - Alosa sapidissima (Non-native)
5. Pacific Herring - Clupea pallasii
6. Threadfin Shad - Dorosoma petenense (Non-native)
7. South American Pilchard (Pacific Sardine) - Sardinops sagax
8. Californian (Northern) Anchovy - Engraulis mordax
9. Delta Smelt - Hypomesus transpacificus
10. Surf Smelt - Hypomesus pretiosus
11. Longfin Smelt - Spirinchus thaleichthys (Threatened)
12. North Pacific Hake (Whiting) - Merluccius productus
13. Plainfin Midshipman - Porichthys notatus
14. Rainwater Killifish - Lucania parva (Non-native)
15. Topsmelt Silverside - Atherinops affinis
16. Jack Silverside (Jacksmelt) - Atherinopsis californiensis
17. Bay Pipefish - Syngnathus leptorhynchus
18. Brown Rockfish - Sebastes auriculatus
19. Kelp Greenling - Hexagrammos decagrammus
20. Lingcod - Ophiodon elongatus
21. Tidepool Sculpin - Oligocottus maculosus
22. Cabezon - Scorpaenichthys marmoratus
23. Opaleye - Girella nigricans
24. Striped Bass - Morone saxatilis (Non-native)
25. Pacific Jack Mackerel - Trachurus symmetricus
26. White Croaker - Genyonemus lineatus
27. Shiner Perch - Cymatogaster aggregata
28. Barred Surfperch - Amphistichus argenteus
29. Black Surfperch - Embiotoca jacksoni
30. Dwarf Surfperch - Micrometrus minimus
31. White Surfperch - Phanerodon furcatus
32. Walleye Surfperch - Hyperprosopon argenteum
33. Pile Perch - Rhacochilus vacca
34. Shimofuri Goby - Tridentiger bifasciatus (Non-native)
35. Pacific Halibut - Hippoglossus stenolepis
36. Cheekspot Goby - Ilypnus gilberti
37. Saddleback Gunnel - Pholis ornata
38. Bay Goby - Lepidogobius lepidus
39. Pacific Sanddab - Citharichthys sordidus
40. Speckled Sanddab - Citharichthys stigmaeus
41. California Halibut - Paralichthys californicus
42. Diamond Turbot - Hypsopsetta guttulata
43. English Sole - Parophrys vetulus
44. Curlfin Sole - Pleuronichthys decurrens
45. Pacific Sand Sole - Psettichthys melanostictus
46. California Tonguefish - Symphurus atricaudus
47. Pacific Tomcod - Microgadus proximus
48. California Lizardfish - Synodus lucioceps

Some Anadromous Fish

Anadromous fish are born in freshwater, migrate out to the ocean and reach maturity, then return to fresh water as adults to spawn.

1. Steelhead Trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss (this is the anadromous form of Rainbow Trout) (Threatened)
2. Coho Salmon - Oncorhynchus kisutch
3. Chinook Salmon - Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Endangered)
4. Pacific Lamprey - Entosphenus tridentata
5. Western American River Lamprey - Lampetra ayresii
6. White Sturgeon - Acipenser transmontanus
7. North American Green Sturgeon - Acipenser medirostris (Threatened)

Some Freshwater Fish

1. Rainbow Trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss (this is the freshwater form of Steelhead Trout)
2. Sacramento Sucker- Catostomus occidentalis
3. Sacramento Blackfish - Orthodon microlepidotus
4. Sacramento Pikeminnow - Ptychocheilus grandis
5. California Roach - Hesperoleucus symmetricus
6. Hitch - Lavinia exilicauda
7. Sacramento Perch - Archoplites interruptus
8. Tule Perch - Hysterocarpus traskii
9. Hardhead - Mylopharodon conocephalus
10. Western Brook Lamprey - Lampetra richardsoni
11. Riffle Sculpin - Cottus gulosus
12. Coastrange Sculpin - Cottus aleuticus
13. Common Carp - Cyprinus carpio (Non-native)
14. Mosquitofish - Gambusia affinis (Non-native)
15. Black Crappie - Pomoxis nigromaculatus (Non-native)
16. Green Sunfish - Lepomis cyanellus (Non-native)
17. Redear Sunfish - Lepomis microlophus (Non-native)
18. Pumpkinseed - Lepomis gibbosus (Non-native)
19. Golden Shiner - Notemigonus crysoleucas (Non-native)
20. Goldfish - Carassius auratus (Non-native)
21. Inland (Mississippi) Silverside - Menidia beryllina (Non-native)
22. Brown Bullhead - Ictalurus nebulosus (Non-native)
23. Black Bullhead - Ameiurus melas (Non-native)
24. Channel Catfish - Ictalurus punctatus (Non-native)
25. White Catfish - Ameiurus catus (Non-native)
26. Bigscale Logperch - Percina macrolepida (Non-native)
27. Bluegill - Lepomis macrochirus (Non-native)
28. Largemouth (Black) Bass - Micropterus salmoides (Non-native)
29. Smallmouth (Black) Bass - Micropterus dolomieu (Non-native)

It is not necessary to gain admission into the aquarium in order to find this cache.