Fish of North America
190 fish from North America on EveryFish so far.
GroupSharkRayCarpCatfishSalmonidHerringCodTunaPerch-likeCichlidReef fishEelFlatfishLivebearerAncientOther
WaterRivers and lakesEstuaries and mangrovesCoasts and shelvesCoral reefsOpen oceanDeep seaPolar and cold seasCaves and springsBetween sea and river
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreSockeye salmon
Anadromous Pacific salmon known for red spawning colour and zooplankton diet.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1792
🇳🇴 Norway and 2 moreAtlantic mackerel
Fast-swimming, oily fish of the North AtlanticTuna · Coasts and shelves · 1758
🇨🇦 Canada and 4 moreAtlantic halibut
The world's largest flatfish, found in the North Atlantic.Flatfish · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 1 morePacific lamprey
An anadromous parasitic jawless fish found along the Pacific Rim.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1872
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 moreGiant grenadier
A large deep-sea rattail from the North Pacific.Other · Open ocean
🇺🇸 United States and 3 morePacific bonito
Striped marine fish of the Pacific coastTuna · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreSummer flounder
A predatory flatfish of the US Atlantic coast.Flatfish · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreLingcod
A large predatory fish of the North American Pacific coast.Other · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreNorth Pacific hake
A silver-gray marine fish found in the northeast Pacific Ocean, used for surimi production.Other · Coasts and shelves
🇨🇦 Canada and 4 moreAtlantic cod
A large, spotted marine fish vital to North Atlantic fisheries.Cod · Coasts and shelves
🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreAtlantic herring
Abundant schooling fish of the North AtlanticHerring · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreSteelhead
Anadromous form of the rainbow trout that migrates between ocean and freshwater.Salmonid · Between sea and river
🇮🇸 Iceland and 2 moreLumpfish
A round, sucker-finned fish from the North Atlantic, prized for its roe and use in salmon farming.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1758
🇺🇸 United States and 1 morePacific ocean perch
A deep-water red rockfish of the North Pacific.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1890
🇨🇦 Canada and 3 moreGreenland halibut
Deep-water flatfish of the northern oceansFlatfish · Open ocean
🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreAlaska pollock
A major North Pacific cod species used for surimi and fillets.Cod · Coasts and shelves · 1814
🇧🇸 BahamasAtlantic blue marlin
Large Atlantic billfish prized by sport anglers.Other · Open ocean
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreBlackfin tuna
The smallest species of tuna, found in the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean.Tuna · Coasts and shelves
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Sockeye salmon: Timothy Knepp of the Fish and Wildlife Service., Public domain, source
- Atlantic mackerel: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Atlantic halibut: Vsevolod Rudyi, CC BY 4.0, source
- Pacific lamprey: Dave Herasimtschuk, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- Giant grenadier: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pacific bonito: nmoorhatch, CC BY 4.0, source
- Summer flounder: Arturodomiao, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lingcod: Will Sides, CC BY 4.0, source
- North Pacific hake: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Atlantic cod: Wilhelm Thomas Fiege, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Atlantic herring: zakqaryroy, CC BY 4.0, source
- Steelhead: Tobin John, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- Lumpfish: Steven G. Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pacific ocean perch: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Greenland halibut: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Alaska pollock: George Berninger Jr., CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Atlantic blue marlin: NOAA, Public domain, source
- Blackfin tuna: James-LaFontaine, CC BY 4.0, source