Bay of Biscay

Water type: Bay
Connection to the ocean: Atlantic Ocean
Continent: Europe
Climate: Temperate

Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish

Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses

Anguilliformes - Eels and morays

Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts

Moroniformes - Temperate basses

Mugiliformes - Mullets

Clupeiformes - Herrings

Perciformes - Perches

Spariformes - Breams and porgies

Beloniformes - Needlefishes

Labriformes - Wrasses

Scombriformes - Mackerels

Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes

Gadiformes - Cods

Mulliformes - Goatfishes

Gobiiformes - Gobies

Carangiformes - Jacks

Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes

Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes

Aulopiformes - Grinners

Blenniiformes - Blennies

Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks

Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks

Torpediniformes - Electric rays

Rajiformes - Skates and rays

Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark

Osmeriformes - Smelts

Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras

Squatiniformes - Angelsharks

Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks

Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays

Myxiniformes - Hagfishes

Myliobatiformes - Stingrays

Zeiformes - Dories

Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes

Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards

Lampriformes - Lamprids

Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks

Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes

Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes

Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps

Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels

Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers

Argentiniformes - Marine smelts

Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes

Beryciformes - Sawbellies

Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels

Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses

Atheriniformes - Silversides

Callionymiformes - Dragonets

Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks

The Bay of Biscay, known in Spain as the Gulf of Biscay (Spanish: Golfo de Vizcaya, Basque: Bizkaiko Golkoa), and in France and some border regions as the Gulf of Gascony (French: Golfe de Gascogne, Occitan: Golf de Gasconha, Breton: Pleg-mor Gwaskogn), is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea. It lies along the western coast of France from Point Penmarc\’h to the Spanish border, and the northern coast of Spain west to Cape Ortegal. The south area of the Bay of Biscay that washes over the northern coast of Spain is known locally as the Cantabrian Sea.

The average depth is 1,744 m (5,722 ft) and the greatest depth is 4,735 m (15,535 ft).

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