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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Lethenteron camtschaticum

The Arctic lamprey is characterized by its eel-like body shape, the presence of two large teeth …

Lampetra planeri

The brook lamprey has an elongated, eel-like (anguilliform) body that is completely scaleless. It is the …

Petromyzon marinus

Fish without jaws are fish-like vertebrates, eel-like in shape, with a cartilaginous or fibrous skeleton in …

Polyodon spathula

The paddlefish is almost sharklike in appearance, and if you cut off its long paddle-like snout, …

Scaphirhynchus albus

The pallid sturgeon has a distinctive, prehistoric appearance. Its body is elongated, nearly cylindrical, with a …

Huso baerii

The Siberian sturgeon has a spindle-shaped body with several longitudinal rows of bumps. Its short, triangular …

Acipenser oxyrinchus

The Atlantic sturgeon is dark brown or olive green with a white belly. The head is …

Acipenser fulvescens

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

Scaphirhynchus platorinchus

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

Acipenser transmontanus

The adult white sturgeon has a moderately blunt snout, spines closer to the tip of the …

Acipenser medirostris

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