Mosquito Lagoon (Florida)
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
Labriformes - Wrasses
Carangiformes - Jacks
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Argentiniformes - Marine smelts
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
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
Labriformes - Wrasses
Carangiformes - Jacks
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Argentiniformes - Marine smelts
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes
Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
Mosquito Lagoon is a body of water located on the east coast of Florida in Brevard and Volusia counties. It is part of the Indian River Lagoon system and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
It extends from the Ponce de Leon Inlet to a point north of Cape Canaveral, and connects to the Indian River via the Haulover Canal. The Mosquito Lagoon Aquatic Preserve includes 1,920 ha in the northern end of the lagoon. The preserve originally extended to the southern end of the lagoon, but close to two-thirds of the preserve in the central and southern lagoon were transferred to the Federal government, and is now part of the Canaveral National Seashore. The cities of New Smyrna Beach and Edgewater, the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and the Kennedy Space Center adjoin the lagoon.
