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Photos - Freshwater Fish

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Please learn more about Freshwater Fish Identification and Their Use as Indicators and read An Introduction to Freshwater Fishes as Biological Indicators (EPA-260-R-08-016 November 2008) (96pp, 3.3MB About PDF)

Miscellaneous Fish Pictures

Orange spotted sunfish - photo by Wayne S. Davis ©
Orange spotted sunfish
Lepomis humilis

Family Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)
Orangethroat Darter - photo by Wayne S. Davis ©
Orangethroat Darter
Etheostoma spectabile
Family Percidae (Perches)
Carp - photo by Wayne S. Davis ©
Carp
Cyprinis carpio
Family Cyprinidae (minnows)
Channel Catfish - photo by Wayne S. Davis ©
Channel Catfish
Ictalurus punctatus
Family Ictaluridae (freshwater catfishes)
Longnose gar - photo by Wayne S. Davis ©
Longnose gar
Lepisosteus osseus
Family Lepisosteidae (gars)
Spotted gar  - photo by Wayne S. Davis ©
Spotted gar
Lepisosteus oculatus
Family Lepisosteidae (gars)
Lake sturgeon - photo by Wayne S. Davis ©
Lake Sturgeon
Acipenser fulvescens
Family Acipenseridae (sturgeons)
Muskellunge  - photo by Wayne S. Davis ©
Muskellunge
Esox masquinongy
Family Esocidae (pikes)
Rainbow Trout - photo by Wayne S. Davis ©
Rainbow Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss

Family Salmonidae (Trouts)

Paddlefish - Photo by Wayne S. Davis ©
Paddlefish
Polydon spathula

Family Polyodontidae (paddlefishes)

 

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