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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Dallia pectoralis

The Alaska blackfish can be identified by its short, flattened snout, the posterior position of the …

Arapaima gigas

The body of the arapaima is elongated and compressed from the sides. It is covered with …

Morone mississippiensis

The body shape of the yellow bass is very similar to that of the white bass: …

Ictiobus cyprinellus

The stout and deep-bodied bigmouth buffalo has a large head with a large, distinctly oblique and …

Salvelinus fontinalus

The charr group includes only one species that is actually called 'charr' in English, Salvelinus alpinus, …

Clupea pallasi suworowi

The abdominal keel scales of the Chosa herring are developed only behind the base of the …

Clupea harengus

The body is not high (its height is about 1/5 of body length). Head is comparatively …

Salvelinus fontinalis

Brook trout have such unique coloration and patterns that they are rarely confused with other fish, …

Oncorhynchus aguabonita

The golden trout is considered one of the most beautiful freshwater fish because of its bright …

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Rainbow trout have the typical elongated and streamlined shape of salmonids, although body shape and coloration …

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Among the most popular and well-known species of fish called trout are brook trout, brown trout, …

Coregonus clupeaformis

A slender, elongated species, the lake whitefish is silvery white with an olive or pale greenish-brown …

Dermogenys pusilla

The wrestling halfbeak has a slender, elongated body with a distinctive extended lower jaw that forms …