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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Lepomis macrochirus

The bluegill has a considerably compressed oval or rounded body, a small mouth, and a small …

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

The body is elongated and somewhat compressed. The head is cone-shaped . It has a bluish …

Oncorhynchus keta

The mouth is large, with the maxillary bone reaching backwards to the vertical of the posterior …

Oncorhynchus gorbuscha

Pink salmon are known as "humpback" because of their distorted, extremely humped appearance, which is caused …

Oncorhynchus nerka

The slimmest and most streamlined of the Pacific salmon, which are elongated and somewhat compressed from …

Lepomis cyanellus

Latin name Lepomis cyanellus Other names Green perch, black perch, pond perch, creek perch, sand bass, …

Lepomis megalotis

With its stocky body, the longear sunfish is not as shrunken as the bluegill or pumpkinseed, …

Lepomis gibbosus

A brilliantly colored fish, the adult pumpkinseed is olive green with blue and orange spots and …

Lepomis auritus

The body of the redbreasted sunfish is deep and compressed, but rather elongated for a sunfish. …

Lepomis microlophus

Pale golden-green on top, the redear sunfish has a rounded shape and is compressed at the …

Lepomis gibbosus

Each species has coarse scales and two united dorsal fins, the first of which is strongly …

Lepomis gulosus

The body is deep, robust, olive brown on top and cream to pale yellow underneath, often …