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Fish of North America

190 fish from North America on EveryFish so far.

🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreLake chub A small cold-water minnow native to Canada and the northern US.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreFathead minnow Small North American freshwater fish used as bait and in toxicity studies.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreGolden shiner A North American minnow used widely as bait and in pond culture.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreColorado pikeminnow A large native river fish of the Colorado Basin, once abundant but now critically endangered.Carp · Rivers and lakes

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Lake chub: Konrad P. Schmidt, Public domain, source
Fathead minnow: Rankin1958, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Golden shiner: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Colorado pikeminnow: J. E. Johnson/U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source

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