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 4 moreSea lamprey
A jawless, parasitic fish native to the Northern Hemisphere that attacks other fish.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1758
🇺🇸 United StatesCisco
Small salmonid fish of northern lakes and seasSalmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 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 States and 1 moreShortnose sturgeon
A small, endangered North American sturgeon with a short snout.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1818
🇺🇸 United StatesCladoselache
Extinct Late Devonian shark-like fish known for well-preserved fossils and streamlined body.Shark · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreStethacanthus
Extinct Devonian-Carboniferous shark with a distinctive anvil-shaped dorsal fin.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1874
🇺🇸 United States and 1 morePacific lamprey
An anadromous parasitic jawless fish found along the Pacific Rim.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1872
🇺🇸 United StatesBrown bullhead
A hardy North American catfish known for surviving poor water conditions.Catfish · Rivers and lakes · 1819
🇺🇸 United StatesSpotted ratfish
Cartilaginous fish with a rat-like tail and venomous spineOther · Coasts and shelves
🇨🇦 CanadaPacific electric ray
A large electric ray from the northeastern Pacific coast.Ray · Coasts and shelves · 1855
🇨🇦 CanadaLittle skate
Small Atlantic skate known for walking on the sea floor.Ray · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreSwell shark
A catshark that inflates its body for defenceShark · Coasts and shelves · 1880
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreNurse shark
A bottom-dwelling shark found in tropical coastal waters of the Atlantic and Pacific.Shark · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreMenhaden
Small silver forage fish that filter plankton and support marine food webs.Herring · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreSmalltooth sawfish
Critically endangered Atlantic sawfish with a toothed rostrum.Ray · Coasts and shelves
🇮🇸 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
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Sea lamprey: Fernando Losada Rodríguez, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cisco: Painting by Ellen Edmonson, Public domain, source
- Atlantic sturgeon: Jiaqian AirplaneFan, CC BY 3.0, source
- Shortnose sturgeon: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Cladoselache: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, source
- Stethacanthus: Dmitry Bogdanov, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pacific lamprey: Dave Herasimtschuk, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- Brown bullhead: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Chimaeras: Linda Snook / MBNMS, Public domain, source
- Pacific electric ray: Yzx, Public domain, source
- Little skate: Yzx, Public domain, source
- Swell shark: Cliff, CC BY 2.0, source
- Nurse shark: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Menhaden: Thomas William Smillie, Public domain, source
- Smalltooth sawfish: D Ross Robertson, Public domain, source
- Lumpfish: Steven G. Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source