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Fish of North America

190 fish from North America on EveryFish so far.

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreAtlantic sturgeon A large anadromous fish native to the western Atlantic Ocean and its river systems.Ancient · 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 1 moreSailfin molly Small livebearing fish with a large dorsal fin in males.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes · 1821

🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 moreGreen swordtail A hardy live-bearing fish popular in home aquariums.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes · 1848

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreTexas cichlid The only cichlid native to the United StatesCichlid · Rivers and lakes

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreBat ray A large eagle ray with wing-like fins found in the eastern Pacific.Ray · Coasts and shelves

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreCownose ray A migratory coastal ray with a distinctive head shape.Ray · Coasts and shelves

🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreRound stingray A small coastal ray from the eastern Pacific known for its painful tail spine.Ray · Coasts and shelves

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreAtlantic stingray Small stingray found in Atlantic coastal waters and fresh rivers.Ray · Rivers and lakes · 1824

🇺🇸 United StatesBig skate Largest skate in North American Pacific watersRay · Coasts and shelves · 1855

🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreSmalltooth sawfish Critically endangered Atlantic sawfish with a toothed rostrum.Ray · Coasts and shelves

🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreAtlantic sharpnose shark Small requiem shark of the western Atlantic coastShark · Coasts and shelves 🇺🇸 United StatesFlagfish Small Florida pupfish with a US flag patternLivebearer · Rivers and lakes · 1879

🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreLined seahorse A western Atlantic seahorse with white neck lines and male pregnancy.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1810

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreAlligator gar A large, primitive freshwater fish native to North America known for its armored scales and air-breathing ability.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1803

Photo credits on this page

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

Atlantic sturgeon: Jiaqian AirplaneFan, CC BY 3.0, source
Least killifish: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0, source
Sailfin molly: (c) Nick Tobler (Cowturtle), some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, source
Green swordtail: Bastet78, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Texas cichlid: Charles & Clint, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Bat ray: Martin Holst Friborg Pedersen, CC BY 2.0, source
Cownose ray: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / C, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Round stingray: michael h j c, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Atlantic stingray: ksr8s, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Big skate: NOAA - AFSC, Public domain, source
Smalltooth sawfish: D Ross Robertson, Public domain, source
Atlantic sharpnose shark: Chris_huh, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Lined seahorse: No machine-readable author provided. Stevenj assumed (based on copyrig, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Alligator gar: Cymothoa exigua, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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