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Menhaden, also known as mossbunker, is an abundant fish species along the Atlantic coast that is caught primarily for use as bait, as well as to be processed for its high fish oil content for nutritional supplements.

There are vast schools of menhaden - a crucial bait fish also known as mossbunker - darkening spots in the water near Sandy Hook, and in northern Monmouth, and Friedman spots a school of dolphins, which has become commonplace lately.

The menhaden had many other popular names, among them: porgie, bony-fish, poggie, mossbunker, greentail, bunker, yellowtail, white-fish, fat back, and another Indian name, chebog.

"Mossbunker" is a relic of the Dutch Colony at New Amsterdam.