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 StatesPallid sturgeon
An endangered North American sturgeon species native to the Missouri and Mississippi river basins.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1905
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreMexican tetra
A freshwater characin with surface and blind cave forms, studied for evolutionary biology.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United StatesDelta smelt
A tiny, endangered fish native to California's Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1963
🇺🇸 United StatesOzark cavefish
Small blind fish from US cavesOther · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreAmerican gizzard shad
A silvery freshwater forage fish with a muscular gizzard.Herring · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United StatesAmerican paddlefish
Ancient freshwater fish with a sensory snout and filter-feeding habits.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1792
🇺🇸 United StatesNorthern cavefish
A blind fish living in caves of Kentucky and IndianaOther · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 2 morePupfish
Small killifish known for surviving in extreme isolated waters.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 1 morePacific lamprey
An anadromous parasitic jawless fish found along the Pacific Rim.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1872
🇺🇸 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 4 moreMosquitofish
Small North American fish introduced globally for mosquito control.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United StatesSouthern cavefish
A blind cavefish from the eastern United States.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1859
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreRazorback sucker
Endangered river fish with a distinctive back ridgeOther · Rivers and lakes
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 moreSouthern platyfish
Small live-bearing freshwater fish from Central AmericaLivebearer · Rivers and lakes
🇲🇽 MexicoVariable platyfish
Small livebearing fish from Mexico popular in home aquariumsLivebearer · Rivers and lakes
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 moreGreen swordtail
A hardy live-bearing fish popular in home aquariums.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes · 1848
🇺🇸 United StatesDevils Hole pupfish
A tiny fish found only in one cavern in Nevada.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1930
🇺🇸 United StatesBrown bullhead
A hardy North American catfish known for surviving poor water conditions.Catfish · Rivers and lakes · 1819
🇺🇸 United StatesWidemouth blindcat
A pale, eyeless catfish from Texas aquifersCatfish · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreFathead minnow
Small North American freshwater fish used as bait and in toxicity studies.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreColorado pikeminnow
A large native river fish of the Colorado Basin, once abundant but now critically endangered.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United StatesBonytail chub
Endangered freshwater fish from the Colorado River Basin known for its thin tail.Other · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United StatesHumpback chub
Endangered fish of the Colorado River with a distinctive dorsal hump.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreKokanee salmon
A landlocked freshwater form of the sockeye salmon found in North America and Japan.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreBrook trout
A colorful freshwater char native to eastern North America, known for its spotted pattern and status as a popular game fSalmonid · Rivers and lakes · 1814
🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreSmalltooth sawfish
Critically endangered Atlantic sawfish with a toothed rostrum.Ray · Coasts and shelves
🇺🇸 United StatesJune sucker
Endangered Utah lake fish named for its spawning monthOther · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United StatesPahrump poolfish
Rare Nevada fish surviving only in transplanted populationsLivebearer · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 United StatesCui-ui
Endangered sucker fish native to Pyramid Lake in NevadaOther · Rivers and lakes
🇺🇸 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.
- 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
- Pallid sturgeon: USFWS Fish and Aquatic Conservation, Public domain, source
- Mexican tetra: User:Haplochromis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Delta smelt: Peterson, B. Moose / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- American gizzard shad: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- American paddlefish: Timothy Knepp, Public domain, source
- Pupfish: P.V. Loiselle, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pacific lamprey: Dave Herasimtschuk, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- Xiphophorus: Marrabbio2, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Least killifish: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0, source
- Mosquitofish: NOZO, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Southern cavefish: Niemiller ML, Zigler KS, Hart PB, Kuhajda BR, Armbruster JW, Ayala BN,, CC BY 4.0, source
- Razorback sucker: USFWS Mountain Prairie, Public domain, source
- Southern platyfish: Photograph by Jere Kyyrö. Uploaded by Rasvis ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Green swordtail: Bastet78, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Devils Hole pupfish: Olin Feuerbacher / USFWS, Public domain, source
- Brown bullhead: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Widemouth blindcat: Apokryltaros, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Fathead minnow: Rankin1958, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Colorado pikeminnow: J. E. Johnson/U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
- Bonytail chub: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0, source
- Humpback chub: Williams, James, Public domain, source
- Kokanee salmon: self, CC0, source
- Brook trout: Engbretson, Eric, Public domain, source
- Smalltooth sawfish: D Ross Robertson, Public domain, source
- June sucker: David Starr Jordan, Public domain, source
- Cui-ui: John Otterbein Snyder, Public domain, source
- Alligator gar: Cymothoa exigua, CC BY-SA 3.0, source