Currituck Sound

Water type: Bay
Connection to the ocean: Atlantic Ocean
Continent:
North America
Climate:
Subtropical
Country:
United States of America
Perciformes - Perches
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Gadiformes - Cods
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Zeiformes - Dories
Carangiformes - Jacks
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Labriformes - Wrasses
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Argentiniformes - Marine smelts
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes
Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
Perciformes - Perches
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Gadiformes - Cods
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Zeiformes - Dories
Carangiformes - Jacks
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Labriformes - Wrasses
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Argentiniformes - Marine smelts
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes
Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
Currituck Sound is a lagoon located in northeastern part of North Carolina and extreme southeastern Virginia.
58 km long north-south and 13 km at its widest, this shallow, island-filled sound is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Currituck Banks Peninsula (formerly Bodie Island), part of the Outer Banks. On the northeast, it extends to Back Bay in southeast Virginia Beach, Virginia. A fork on the northwest leads to the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, which is a part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway that connects the sound to Hampton Roads and the Chesapeake Bay. It ranges from 1 to 3 feet deep.