Fish living in the North America

Minnow: Golden Shiner

Notemigonus crysoleucas

Minnows are characterized by a single dorsal fin, pelvic fins, soft fin rays, cycloid scales, and …

Ninespine Stickleback

Pungitius pungitius

The stickleback gets its name from the short and long spines on the first dorsal fin, …

Ruffe

Gymnocephalus cernuus

The ruffe is very similar to the yellow perch in body shape and to the walleye …

Shiner, Common

Luxilus cornutus

The common shiner is silvery with a deeply compressed body, a dark dorsal stripe, large eyes, …

Shiner, Emerald

Notropis atherinoides

The Emerald Shiner is a slender, elongated fish with a pale silvery slate body that is …

Shiner, Golden

Notemigonus crysoleucas

The golden shiner has a deep, compressed body that is usually a golden yellow or brassy …

Squawfish, Northern

Ptychocheilus oregonensis

The mouth of the northern squawfish is terminal and large, extending backward beyond the anterior margin …

Sturgeon, Shovelnose

Scaphirhynchus platorinchus

The shovelnose sturgeon has a broad, flat head with an elongated shovel-like snout. There are four …

Sucker, White

Catostomus commersoni

White suckers have inconspicuous coloration, usually sparse shades of white, yellow, and pink. Adults have almost …

Sucker: Northern Redhorse

Maxostoma macrolepidotum

Suckers are most easily distinguished by their small mouths and large fleshy lips. They have no …

Sunfish, Longear

Lepomis megalotis

With its stocky body, the longear sunfish is not as shrunken as the bluegill or pumpkinseed, …

Sunfish, Mud

Acantharchus pomotis

It has a rectangular compressed body that is dark reddish brown on the back and light …

Sunfish, Pumpkinseed

Lepomis gibbosus

A brilliantly colored fish, the adult pumpkinseed is olive green with blue and orange spots and …

Sunfish: Pumpkinseed Sunfish

Lepomis gibbosus

Each species has coarse scales and two united dorsal fins, the first of which is strongly …

Trout-Perch

Percopsis omiscomaycus

The trout-perch gets its name from its superficial resemblance to trout, as it has a fat …

Trout, Cutthroat

Oncorhynchus clarki

It is a very variable fish, both in coloration and size. The characteristic feature that gave …

Trout, Lake

Salvelinus namaycush

Lake trout have the same moderately elongated shape as trout and salmon. Its tail is moderately …

Trout, Rainbow

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Rainbow trout have the typical elongated and streamlined shape of salmonids, although body shape and coloration …

Trout: Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Among the most popular and well-known species of fish called trout are brook trout, brown trout, …

Whitefish, Mountain

Prosopium williamsoni

The mountain whitefish is long, slender, and almost cylindrical, though not quite the same as the …

Whitefish, Round

Prosopium cylindraceum

The Cod Whitefish is mostly silver with a dark brown to almost bronze coloration with a …