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Fish of North America

47 fish from North America on EveryFish so far.

🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreLongnose gar A primitive ray-finned fish with a long snout and armored scales found in North America.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1758

🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreGar Ancient armored fish with lung-like swim bladders found in North American waters.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1758

🇺🇸 United StatesMooneye A family of large-eyed North American fish known for their metallic eye shine.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1819

🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreLargemouth bass A large freshwater predator native to North America, prized by anglers and invasive in many regions.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1802

🇺🇸 United StatesSpotted bass A North American freshwater fish known for dark spots below its lateral line.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇺🇸 United StatesGuadalupe bass A rare Texas endemic black bass prized by anglers for its fighting spirit.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreMuskellunge Large freshwater predatory fish native to North America and the largest member of the pike family.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreDesert pupfish Small desert fish that survives extreme heat and saltOther · Rivers and lakes · 1853

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreMexican tetra A freshwater characin with surface and blind cave forms, studied for evolutionary biology.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇺🇸 United StatesWhite sucker A common North American freshwater cypriniform fish with fleshy lips used for bottom feeding.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1803

🇺🇸 United StatesDelta smelt A tiny, endangered fish native to California's Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1963 🇺🇸 United StatesNorthern cavefish A blind fish living in caves of Kentucky and IndianaOther · Rivers and lakes

🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreGoldeye A silver freshwater fish known for its smoked culinary form.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇷🇺 Russia and 3 moreBurbot A coldwater freshwater fish with a chin whisker, native to the Northern Hemisphere.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1758

🇺🇸 United StatesWhite bass A silver-striped freshwater fish native to North American rivers and lakes.Other · Rivers and lakes

🇯🇵 Japan and 1 moreGiant grenadier A large deep-sea rattail from the North Pacific.Other · Open ocean

🇺🇸 United StatesSouthern cavefish A blind cavefish from the eastern United States.Other · 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.

Longnose gar: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain, source
Gar: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Mooneye: Kevmin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Largemouth bass: Totti, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Spotted bass: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Guadalupe bass: Nick Loveland, CC0, source
Muskellunge: Engbretson, Eric / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
Desert pupfish: jkirkhart35, CC BY 2.0, source
Mexican tetra: User:Haplochromis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
White sucker: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0, source
Delta smelt: Peterson, B. Moose / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
Goldeye: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain, source
Burbot: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
White bass: Nick Loveland, CC0, source
Giant grenadier: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Southern cavefish: Niemiller ML, Zigler KS, Hart PB, Kuhajda BR, Armbruster JW, Ayala BN,, CC BY 4.0, source

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