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Fish of North America

190 fish from North America on EveryFish so far.

🇺🇸 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

🇺🇸 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

🇨🇦 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

🇺🇸 United States and 1 morePacific ocean perch A deep-water red rockfish of the North Pacific.Perch-like · Coasts and shelves · 1890

🇧🇸 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
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
Atlantic herring: zakqaryroy, CC BY 4.0, source
Steelhead: Tobin John, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
Pacific ocean perch: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Atlantic blue marlin: NOAA, Public domain, source
Blackfin tuna: James-LaFontaine, CC BY 4.0, source

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