Fish living in the USA

Shad, Threadfin

Dorosoma petenense

The threadfin shad has a silvery color and a deeply compressed body, most easily recognized by …

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 …

Shiner, Striped

Luxilus chrysocephalus

The striped shiner is a silvery, laterally compressed minnow with large eyes and a terminal mouth. …

Speckled peacock bass

Cichla temensis

Speckled peacock bass has dark spots on the operculum and three distinctive vertical black stripes on …

Splake

Salvelinus namaycush x Salvelinus fontinalis

Splake are difficult to identify externally as they resemble both parents. The body shape is intermediate …

Squawfish, Northern

Ptychocheilus oregonensis

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

Stonecat

Noturus flavus

Stonecats have an olive, yellowish, or slate-colored upper half of the body and are the only …

Stoneroller, Central

Campostoma anomalum

The Central Stoneroller has a thick and poorly compressed torpedo-shaped body of dull gray color with …

Sturgeon, Lake

Acipenser fulvescens

Lake sturgeon are somewhat torpedo-shaped, and the upper lobe of the caudal fin is longer than …

Sturgeon, Shovelnose

Scaphirhynchus platorinchus

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

Sturgeon: Green Sturgeon

Acipenser medirostris

Sturgeon and paddlefish, best known for their black caviar, belong to the order Acipenseriformes, but at …

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, Green

Lepomis cyanellus

Latin name Lepomis cyanellus Other names Green perch, black perch, pond perch, creek perch, sand bass, …

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, Redbreast

Lepomis auritus

The body of the redbreasted sunfish is deep and compressed, but rather elongated for a sunfish. …

Sunfish, Redear

Lepomis microlophus

Pale golden-green on top, the redear sunfish has a rounded shape and is compressed at the …

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, Apache

Oncorhynchus apache

The Apache trout is a bright fish with yellow to golden flanks, a fat fin, and …

Trout, Blueback

Salvelinus alpinus oquassa

The landlocked or non-anadromous member of the charr family has been reclassified as the subspecies Arctic …