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Fish of North America

190 fish from North America on EveryFish so far.

🇺🇸 United StatesGaribaldi Bright orange damselfish and official marine state fish of California.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves · 1860

North AmericaFoureye butterflyfish Atlantic reef fish with false eyespots for defenceReef fish · Coasts and shelves

North AmericaStoplight parrotfish A colourful reef grazer that changes sex from female to male.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves

🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreRainbow parrotfish Largest Atlantic parrotfish found on coral reefs and in mangroves.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves

🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreYellow tang Bright yellow Pacific reef fish kept in marine aquariums.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves · 1828

🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreHogfish A western Atlantic wrasse with a pig-like snout.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves

Photo credits on this page

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

Garibaldi: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Foureye butterflyfish: Dan Schofield, CC BY 4.0, source
Stoplight parrotfish: Adona9 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Rainbow parrotfish: Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble, CC BY 2.0, source
Yellow tang: Luc Viatour, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Hogfish: Albert Kok at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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