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Fish of North America

47 fish from North America on EveryFish so far.

🇺🇸 United StatesTecopa pupfish Extinct subspecies of killifish from California hot springs.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes · 1948

🇺🇸 United States and 2 morePupfish Small killifish known for surviving in extreme isolated waters.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes

🇺🇸 United StatesLeast killifish A tiny North American fish that gives birth to live young and measures just two centimetres long.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes

🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreMosquitofish Small North American fish introduced globally for mosquito control.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes

🇺🇸 United StatesEastern mosquitofish A small livebearing fish native to the eastern US, now invasive in many regions.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes · 1859

Photo credits on this page

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

Pupfish: P.V. Loiselle, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Least killifish: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0, source
Mosquitofish: NOZO, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Eastern mosquitofish: JeffreyGammon, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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