Allfishes
Alewife
Alosa pseudoharengus
A small silvery gray with a greenish or bluish tint to its back, the alewife usually …
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%.
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Bighead carp
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
The bighead carp has a deep, laterally compressed body with a characteristically very large head, which …
Broad whitefish
Coregonus nasus
The Broad Whitefish has a broad, compressed body. Its nose is thick and humped, protruding behind …
Common bleak
Alburnus alburnus
The body of the common bleak is elongated, strongly compressed laterally, with an almost straight dorsal …
Common nase
Chondrostoma nasus
A swift river fish with a unique mouth structure, known for its schooling behavior and specific …
Drum, Red
Sciaenops ocellatus
The red drum is similar in appearance to the black drum, although its maximum size is …
Finescaled four-eyed fish
Anableps microlepis
Anableps: Greek, ana = up + Greek, blepo, blepsis, -eos = glance, sight.The elongated cylindrical body …
Fourspine stickleback
Apeltes quadracus
The fourspine stickleback possesses an elongated, fusiform body lacking scales. Typically, it exhibits four or five …
Herring
Clupea
Body compressed from the sides, with jagged edge of abdomen. Scales moderate or large, rarely small. …
Honey sucker
Gyrinocheilus aymonieri
The scientific name was given in honour of the French linguist and explorer Étienne Aymonier (1844-1929).The …
Humpback whitefish
Coregonus pidschian
The body of the humpback whitefish becomes more pronounced with age, growing taller. A well-defined hump …
Least cisco
Coregonus sardinella
The body of the Least Cisco is elongated, somewhat compressed at the sides, with the greatest …
Least killifish
Heterandria formosa
Least killifish differ little in body shape from their closest relatives, the Poecilia. They have an …
Mango tilapia
Sarotherodon galilaeus
The mouth is small, with the lower jaw length being less than 1/3 of the total …
Peled
Coregonus peled
The peled can be easily distinguished from other whitefish by its terminal mouth, in which the …
Perch, White
Morone americana
The white perch has a deep, thin body that rises steeply upward from each eye to …
Redbelly tilapia
Coptodon zillii, tilapia zillii.
Large species with a dense build, narrow head and small strong jaws. The upper profile of …
Salmon, Sockeye
Oncorhynchus nerka
The slimmest and most streamlined of the Pacific salmon, which are elongated and somewhat compressed from …
Shad, American
Alosa sapidissima
The laterally compressed, rather deep body of the American shad is silvery white, with some amount …
Shad, Gizzard
Dorosoma cepedianum
The gizzard shad is one of two freshwater members of the herring family that has a …
Shad, Hickory
Alosa mediocris
Gray-green on the back and transitioning to silver on the sides, the hickory shad has transparent …
Shad, Threadfin
Dorosoma petenense
The threadfin shad has a silvery color and a deeply compressed body, most easily recognized by …
Shiner, Emerald
Notropis atherinoides
The Emerald Shiner is a slender, elongated fish with a pale silvery slate body that is …
Transcaspian marinka
Schizothorax pelzami, schizothorax raulinsii
The Transcaspian marinka has very small scales and a characteristic body coloration. The lateral line has …