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Fish of North America

190 fish from North America on EveryFish so far.

🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreMutton snapper A colourful Atlantic reef fish prized for its meat.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1828

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

North AmericaNassau grouper A large reef fish critical to Caribbean fisheries now facing extinction risks.Perch-like · Coral reefs

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

🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreCaribbean reef shark Large requiem shark of western Atlantic coral reefsShark · Coasts and shelves · 1876

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

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreNurse shark A bottom-dwelling shark found in tropical coastal waters of the Atlantic and Pacific.Shark · Coasts and shelves

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

🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreAtlantic goliath grouper A massive saltwater fish found in the Atlantic Ocean, known for its size and protected status.Other · Coasts and shelves

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreNorthern red snapper A large, red reef fish of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1860

🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreYellowtail snapper A swift, golden-tailed reef fish of the western Atlantic.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1791

🇺🇸 United StatesBlack sea bass Western Atlantic reef fish prized for its white fleshPerch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1758

Photo credits on this page

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

Black sea bass: Bobby McCabe, CC BY 4.0, source
Northern red snapper: Geeklikepi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Nassau grouper: q phia, CC BY 2.0, source
Rainbow parrotfish: Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble, CC BY 2.0, source
Caribbean reef shark: Albert kok, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Horn shark: Ed Bierman, CC BY 2.0, source
Nurse shark: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Hogfish: Albert Kok at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Mutton snapper: Dan Schofield, CC BY 4.0, source
Porkfish: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Yellowtail snapper: Fred Hsu ( Wikipedia:User:Fredhsu on en.wikipedia ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Atlantic goliath grouper: Albert kok, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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