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Fish of North America

47 fish from North America on EveryFish so far.

🇺🇸 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 States and 2 moreLongnose gar A primitive ray-finned fish with a long snout and armored scales found in North America.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1758

🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreGar Ancient armored fish with lung-like swim bladders found in North American waters.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1758

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreDesert pupfish Small desert fish that survives extreme heat and saltOther · Rivers and lakes · 1853

🇺🇸 United StatesDelta smelt A tiny, endangered fish native to California's Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1963

🇺🇸 United States and 2 morePupfish Small killifish known for surviving in extreme isolated waters.Livebearer · Rivers and lakes

🇷🇺 Russia and 3 moreBurbot A coldwater freshwater fish with a chin whisker, native to the Northern Hemisphere.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1758

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreSpotted gar A small North American freshwater fish with a long snout and spotted scales.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1860

🇺🇸 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

Photo credits on this page

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

Atlantic sturgeon: Jiaqian AirplaneFan, CC BY 3.0, source
Shortnose sturgeon: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Longnose gar: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain, source
Gar: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Desert pupfish: jkirkhart35, CC BY 2.0, source
Delta smelt: Peterson, B. Moose / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
Pupfish: P.V. Loiselle, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Burbot: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Spotted gar: Brian.gratwicke on English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, source
Least killifish: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0, source
Mosquitofish: NOZO, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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