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Fish of North America

47 fish from North America on EveryFish so far.

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

🇺🇸 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 3 moreBlack crappie A spotted freshwater sunfish native to North America, prized by anglers for its sport and table fare.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1856

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreGreen sturgeon A large anadromous fish native to the northern Pacific Ocean.Shark · Coasts and shelves

🇺🇸 United States and 1 morePacific lamprey An anadromous parasitic jawless fish found along the Pacific Rim.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1872

🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreAlewife A small North American herring that migrates between sea and rivers.Herring · Coasts and shelves

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
Atlantic sturgeon: Jiaqian AirplaneFan, CC BY 3.0, source
Shortnose sturgeon: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Gar: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Cladoselache: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, source
Stethacanthus: Dmitry Bogdanov, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Black crappie: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain, source
Green sturgeon: Muséum d'histoire Naturelle, Public domain, source
Pacific lamprey: Dave Herasimtschuk, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Public domain, source
Alewife: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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