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277 fish species

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Size

Activity

Diet

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277 species

Bluegill — photo 1

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Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Freshwater Sunfishes

Largemouth Bass — photo 1

1 / 6

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus nigricans

Freshwater Sunfishes

Pumpkinseed — photo 1

1 / 6

Pumpkinseed

Lepomis gibbosus

Freshwater Sunfishes

Brook Trout — photo 1

1 / 6

Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

Salmons, Trouts, and Whitefishes

Yellow Perch — photo 1

1 / 6

Yellow Perch

Perca flavescens

Perches, Darters, and allies

Smallmouth Bass — photo 1

1 / 6

Smallmouth Bass

Micropterus dolomieu

Freshwater Sunfishes

Striped Bass — photo 1

1 / 6

Striped Bass

Morone saxatilis

Temperate Basses

Mummichog — photo 1

1 / 6

Mummichog

Fundulus heteroclitus

Chain Pickerel — photo 1

1 / 6

Chain Pickerel

Esox niger

Rock Gunnel — photo 1

1 / 6

Rock Gunnel

Pholis gunnellus

Atlantic Menhaden — photo 1

1 / 6

Atlantic Menhaden

Brevoortia tyrannus

Shads and Sardines

American Eel — photo 1

1 / 6

American Eel

Anguilla rostrata

Freshwater Eels

Cunner — photo 1

1 / 6

Cunner

Tautogolabrus adspersus

Wrasses and Parrotfishes

Fallfish — photo 1

1 / 6

Fallfish

Semotilus corporalis

Redbreast Sunfish — photo 1

1 / 6

Redbreast Sunfish

Lepomis auritus

Freshwater Sunfishes

Eastern Blacknose Dace — photo 1

1 / 6

Eastern Blacknose Dace

Rhinichthys atratulus

Scup — photo 1

1 / 6

Scup

Stenotomus chrysops

Seabreams and Porgies

Black Sea Bass — photo 1

1 / 6

Black Sea Bass

Centropristis striata

Golden Shiner — photo 1

1 / 6

Golden Shiner

Notemigonus crysoleucas

Striped Killifish — photo 1

1 / 6

Striped Killifish

Fundulus majalis

Banded Killifish — photo 1

1 / 6

Banded Killifish

Fundulus diaphanus

Winter Flounder — photo 1

1 / 6

Winter Flounder

Pseudopleuronectes americanus

Righteye Flounders

Atlantic Silverside — photo 1

1 / 6

Atlantic Silverside

Menidia menidia

Neotropical Silversides

Black Crappie — photo 1

1 / 6

Black Crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Freshwater Sunfishes

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Species data from iNaturalist|Photos licensed under CC BY-NC