Allfishes
Chosa herring
Clupea pallasi suworowi
The abdominal keel scales of the Chosa herring are developed only behind the base of 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%.
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Goliath tigerfish
Hydrocynus goliath
The Goliath tigerfish has a body shape similar to a tuna's. Due to their predatory nature, …
Herring
Clupea
Body compressed from the sides, with jagged edge of abdomen. Scales moderate or large, rarely small. …
Herring, Atlantic
Clupea harengus
The body is not high (its height is about 1/5 of body length). Head is comparatively …
Paddlefish
Polyodon spathula
The paddlefish is almost sharklike in appearance, and if you cut off its long paddle-like snout, …
Pallid sturgeon
Scaphirhynchus albus
The pallid sturgeon has a distinctive, prehistoric appearance. Its body is elongated, nearly cylindrical, with a …
Shad, Alabama
Alosa alabamae
It has a large terminal mouth with upper and lower jaws of almost equal length. The …
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 …
Siberian sturgeon
Huso baerii
The Siberian sturgeon has a spindle-shaped body with several longitudinal rows of bumps. Its short, triangular …
Sturgeon, Atlantic
Acipenser oxyrinchus
The Atlantic sturgeon is dark brown or olive green with a white belly. The head is …
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, White
Acipenser transmontanus
The adult white sturgeon has a moderately blunt snout, spines closer to the tip of the …
Sturgeon: Green Sturgeon
Acipenser medirostris
Sturgeon and paddlefish, best known for their black caviar, belong to the order Acipenseriformes, but at …