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Fish of North America

190 fish from North America on EveryFish so far.

North AmericaGreen moray Largest tropical Atlantic moray eel with green mucus coatingEel · Coasts and shelves

🇺🇸 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

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

North AmericaYellow stingray Small, camouflaging stingray of the western Atlantic.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1816

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreHorn shark Small spotted bullhead shark from the eastern Pacific coast.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1855

🇺🇸 United States and 3 morePorkfish Striped Atlantic grunt found on reefs and in seagrass beds.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1758

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

Green moray: Blueag9, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Garibaldi: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Foureye butterflyfish: Dan Schofield, CC BY 4.0, source
Yellow tang: Luc Viatour, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Yellow stingray: Chris Spain, CC0, source
Horn shark: Ed Bierman, CC BY 2.0, source
Porkfish: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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