Allfishes
Whitefish, Mountain
Prosopium williamsoni
The mountain whitefish is long, slender, and almost cylindrical, though not quite the same as the …
Freshwater
Freshwater fish spend part or all of their lives in fresh water, such as rivers and lakes, with a salinity of less than 1.05%.
Way of eating
Habitat
Threat to people
Conservation status
Family
- Salmonidae 41
- Cyprinidae 23
- Centrarchidae 19
- Ictaluridae 11
- Clupeidae 9
- Cichlidae 8
- Percidae 8
- Acipenseridae 7
- Catostomidae 6
- Esocidae 6
- Poeciliidae 6
- Lepisosteidae 5
- Leuciscidae 5
- Moronidae 5
- Osphronemidae 5
- Gasterosteidae 4
- Lebiasinidae 4
- Callichthyidae 3
- Mormyridae 3
- Tetraodontidae 3
- Xenocyprididae 3
- Acestrorhamphidae 2
- Acheilognathidae 2
- Anguillidae 2
- Bagridae 2
- Centropomidae 2
- Channidae 2
- Cobitidae 2
- Danionidae 2
- Gymnotidae 2
- Hiodontidae 2
- Rivulidae 2
- Sciaenidae 2
- Serrasalmidae 2
- Toxotidae 2
- Alestidae 1
- Amiidae 1
- Anabantidae 1
- Anablepidae 1
- Anostomidae 1
- Arapaimidae 1
- Centrachidae 1
- Characidae 1
- Cottidae 1
- Cyprinodontidae 1
- Elopidae 1
- Gobionidae 1
- Gymnarchidae 1
- Gyrinocheilidae 1
- Heteropneustidae 1
- Loricariidae 1
- Lotidae 1
- Malapteruridae 1
- Megalopidae 1
- Mochokidae 1
- Mugilidae 1
- Notopteridae 1
- Osmeridae 1
- Osteoglossiformes 1
- Percopsidae 1
- Polycentridae 1
- Polyodontidae 1
- Protopteridae 1
- Serranidae 1
- Siluridae 1
- Trichomycteridae 1
- Zenarchopteridae 1
Genus
- Oncorhynchus 12
- Salvelinus 11
- Lepomis 8
- Coregonus 7
- Micropterus 7
- Esox 5
- Acipenser 4
- Alosa 4
- Ameiurus 4
- Lepisosteus 4
- Morone 4
- Cichla 3
- Clupea 3
- Ictalurus 3
- Nannostomus 3
- Noturus 3
- Perca 3
- Rhinichthys 3
- Salmo 3
- Sander 3
- Thymallus 3
- Ambloplites 2
- Anguilla 2
- Campylomormyrus 2
- Channa 2
- Corydoras 2
- Cynolebias 2
- Dorosoma 2
- Electrophorus 2
- Gambusia 2
- Hiodon 2
- Hypophthalmichthys 2
- Ictiobus 2
- Leuciscus 2
- Luxilus 2
- Notemigonus 2
- Poecilia 2
- Pomoxis 2
- Prosopium 2
- Pungitius 2
- Scaphirhynchus 2
- Schizothorax 2
- Semotilus 2
- Stenodus 2
- Tachysurus 2
- Tetraodon 2
- Toxotes 2
- Trichopodus 2
- Acantharchus 1
- Acheilognathus 1
- Alburnus 1
- Amia 1
- Anabas 1
- Anableps 1
- Ancistrus 1
- Andinoacara 1
- Anostomus 1
- Apeltes 1
- Aplodinotus 1
- Arapaima 1
- Astyanax 1
- Atractosteus 1
- Austrolebias 1
- Bairdiella 1
- Ballerus 1
- Betta 1
- C. nasus 1
- Callichthys 1
- Campostoma 1
- Carassius 1
- Catostomus 1
- Centropomus 1
- Chanodichthys 1
- Chondrostoma 1
- Cobitis 1
- Comephorus 1
- Coptodon 1
- Ctenopharyngodon 1
- Cyprinus 1
- Dallia 1
- Danio 1
- Dermogenys 1
- Devario 1
- Dichotomyctere 1
- Diptychus 1
- Elops 1
- Epinephelus guttatus 1
- Erimyzon 1
- Etheostoma 1
- Gasterosteus 1
- Gnathonemus 1
- Gobio 1
- Gymnarchus 1
- Gymnocephalus 1
- Gymnocorymbus 1
- Gymnodiptychus 1
- Gyrinocheilus 1
- Hemichromis 1
- Heterandria 1
- Heteropneustes 1
- Huso 1
- Hydrocynus 1
- Hypentelium 1
- Lota 1
- Macropodus 1
- Malapterurus 1
- Megalops 1
- Misgurnus 1
- Monocirrhus 1
- Mormyrus 1
- Moxostoma 1
- Mugil 1
- Nocomis 1
- Notropis 1
- Oreochromis 1
- Osmerus 1
- Paracheirodon 1
- Percopsis 1
- Pimephales 1
- Protopterus 1
- Ptychocheilus 1
- Puntigrus 1
- Pygocentrus 1
- Pylodictis 1
- Pyrrhulina 1
- Rhodeus 1
- Sarotherodon 1
- Scardinius 1
- Sciaenops 1
- Serrasalmus 1
- Silurus 1
- Synodontis 1
- Trichogaster 1
- Vandellia 1
- Xenomystus 1
- Xiphophorus 1
Order
- Cypriniformes 44
- Salmoniformes 41
- Perciformes 39
- Siluriformes 22
- Characiformes 10
- Cyprinodontiformes 10
- Cichliformes 9
- Acipenseriformes 8
- Anabantiformes 8
- Clupeiformes 8
- Osteoglossiformes 7
- Esociformes 6
- Lepisosteiformes 5
- Tetraodontiformes 3
- Acanthuriformes 2
- Anguilliformes 2
- Carangiformes 2
- Elopiformes 2
- Gymnotiformes 2
- Hiodontiformes 2
- Amiiformes 1
- Beloniformes 1
- Carassius 1
- Ceratodontiformes 1
- Gadiformes 1
- Least Concern 1
- Mugiliformes 1
- Osmeriformes 1
- Percopsiformes 1
- Scorpaeniformes 1
Phylum
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Whitefish, Round
Prosopium cylindraceum
The Cod Whitefish is mostly silver with a dark brown to almost bronze coloration with a …
Wrestling halfbeak
Dermogenys pusilla
The wrestling halfbeak has a slender, elongated body with a distinctive extended lower jaw that forms …
Yellow catfish
Tachysurus sinensis
The body of the Yellow catfish is elongated, lacks scales, and is covered in mucus. The …
Zebrafish
Danio rerio
The body shape of the zebrafish is fusiform, with compressed lateral sides and a superiorly oriented …