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freshwater fish Freshwater fish are those that spend some or all of their lives in fresh water, such as rivers and lakes, with a salinity of less than 1.05%. These environments differ from marine conditions in many ways, especially the difference in levels of s ...

pursued by recreational anglers. * Alligator gar *

American paddlefish The American paddlefish (''Polyodon spathula,'' also known as a Mississippi paddlefish, spoon-billed cat, or spoonbill) is a species of ray-finned fish. It is the only living species of paddlefish (Polyodontidae). This family is most closely r ...

* Amur catfish * Arapaima * Arctic grayling * Asian arowana *

Asp (fish) The asp (''Leuciscus aspius'') is a European freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae family. It is sometimes considered by taxonomic authorities to be one of two members of the genus ''Aspius''. It is protected under Appendix III of the Bern Conventi ...

Australian grayling The Australian grayling (''Prototroctes maraena'') is a primarily freshwater fish found in coastal rivers in south-eastern mainland Australia and Tasmania. In past decades it has also been known as the cucumber mullet or cucumber herring, for ...

* Bagarius yarrelli * Barramundi * Basa (fish) * Australian bass * Largemouth bass * Smallmouth bass * Spotted bass *

Striped bass The striped bass (''Morone saxatilis''), also called the Atlantic striped bass, striper, linesider, rock, or rockfish, is an anadromous perciform fish of the family Moronidae found primarily along the Atlantic coast of North America. It has al ...

Bayad The bayad (''Bagrus bajad''), is a species of bagrid catfish from Africa. Distribution The natural habitat of the bayad are lakes and rivers in Africa. These include lakes such as Lake Chad, Lake Albert (Africa), Lake Albert, and Lake Turkana, as ...

* Beluga (sturgeon) * Biara * Black arowana * Black bullhead * Black carp *

Black crappie The black crappie (''Pomoxis nigromaculatus'') is a freshwater fish found in North America, one of the two types of crappies. It is very similar to the white crappie in size, shape, and habits, except that it is darker, with a pattern of black sp ...

* River blackfish * Blicca bjoerkna * Blue catfish *

Bluegill The bluegill (''Lepomis macrochirus''), sometimes referred to as "bream", "brim", "sunny", or "copper nose" as is common in Texas, is a species of North American freshwater fish, native to and commonly found in streams, rivers, lakes, ponds and ...

* Boulengerella cuvieri *

Bowfin The bowfin (''Amia calva'') is a bony fish, native to North America. Common names include mudfish, mud pike, dogfish, grindle, grinnel, swamp trout, and choupique. It is regarded as a relict, being the sole surviving species of the Halecomorphi ...

* Brachymystax lenok *

Brook trout The brook trout (''Salvelinus fontinalis'') is a species of freshwater fish in the char genus ''Salvelinus'' of the salmon family Salmonidae. It is native to Eastern North America in the United States and Canada, but has been introduced elsewhere ...

* Brown bullhead *

Brown trout The brown trout (''Salmo trutta'') is a European species of salmonid fish that has been widely introduced into suitable environments globally. It includes purely freshwater populations, referred to as the riverine ecotype, ''Salmo trutta'' morph ...

* Bull trout * Burbot *

Channel catfish The channel catfish (''Ictalurus punctatus'') is North America's most numerous catfish species. It is the official fish of Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Tennessee, and is informally referred to as a "channel cat". In the United States, the ...

* Firewood catfish * Flathead catfish *

Mekong giant catfish The Mekong giant catfish (''Pangasianodon gigas''; th, ปลาบึก, , ; km, ត្រីរាជ /''trəy riec''/; vi, cá tra dầu), is a large, threatened species of catfish (order Siluriformes) in the shark catfish family (Pang ...

Channa marulius ''Channa marulius'' (bullseye snakehead or great snakehead) is a large species of snakehead native to South Asia. Populations in Southeast Asia are now regarded as separate species.Adamson, E. A. S. and R. Britz (2018). The snakehead fish Channa ...

Channa micropeltes ''Channa micropeltes'', giant snakehead, giant mudfish or toman harimau, is among the largest species in the family Channidae, capable of growing to in length and a weight of . It is native to the fresh waters of Southeast Asia (South Indian popu ...

* Channa striata *

Chinese sturgeon The Chinese sturgeon (''Acipenser sinensis''; ) is a critically endangered member of the family Acipenseridae in the order Acipenseriformes. Historically, this anadromous fish was found in China, Japan, and the Korean Peninsula, but it has b ...

* Cichla intermedia *

Cichla monoculus ''Cichla monoculus'', sometimes known as the tucanare peacock bass ("peacock bass" is also used for Peacock bass, some of its relatives), is a very large species of cichlid, and a prized game fish. It is native to the Amazon basin in South Americ ...

Cichla ocellaris ''Cichla ocellaris'', sometimes known as the butterfly peacock bass ("peacock bass" is also used for some of its relatives), is a very large species of cichlid from South America, and a prized game fish. It reaches in length. It is native to th ...

* Cichla orinocensis * Cichla temensis * Clarias gariepinus *

Clown featherback The clown featherback, clown knifefish, or spotted knifefish, ''Chitala ornata'', is a nocturnal tropical fish with a long, knife-like body. This knifefish is native to freshwater habitats in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam, but it has ...

Coastal cutthroat trout The coastal cutthroat trout (''Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii''), also known as the sea-run cutthroat trout, blue-back trout or harvest trout, is one of the several subspecies of cutthroat trout found in Western North America. The coastal cutthroa ...

* Murray cod * Sleepy cod * Trout cod *

Colorado pikeminnow The Colorado pikeminnow (''Ptychocheilus lucius'', formerly squawfish) is the largest cyprinid fish of North America and one of the largest in the world, with reports of individuals up to 6 ft (1.8 m) long and weighing over 100 p ...

* Common barbel * Common bream *

Cutthroat trout The cutthroat trout is a fish species of the family Salmonidae native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean, Rocky Mountains, and Great Basin in North America. As a member of the genus '' Oncorhynchus'', it is one of the Pacific tro ...

* Eastern freshwater cod *

Eel-tailed catfish The eel-tailed catfish, ''Tandanus tandanus'', is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Plotosidae. This fish is also known as dewfish, freshwater catfish, jewfish, and tandan. This species is a freshwater fish native to th ...

Elopichthys bambusa ''Elopichthys bambusa'', the yellowcheek or kanyu (), is a large cyprinid fish that is found in freshwater habitats in eastern Asia. It ranges from the Amur River in Russia, through China to the Red and Lam Rivers in Vietnam. It prefers relativ ...

* European perch * Florida gar * Giant barb *

Giant kōkopu The giant kōkopu (''Galaxias argenteus'') is a threatened species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Galaxias'', found only in New Zealand. It can reach up to in length and in weight, making it the largest species in the family Galaxiidae. It i ...

Giant pangasius The giant pangasius, paroon shark, pangasid-catfish or Chao Phraya giant catfish (''Pangasius sanitwongsei'') is a species of freshwater fish in the shark catfish family (Pangasiidae) of order Siluriformes, found in the Chao Phraya and Mekong b ...

Gilded catfish The gilded catfish or ''jau'' (''Zungaro zungaro'') is a South American catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Pimelodidae. It is also known as ''manguruyu'' or black manguruyu. Taxonomy By some sources, it is the only species of the monotypi ...

Golden mandarin fish The golden mandarin fish (''Siniperca scherzeri''), also known as the leopard mandarin fish, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, an Asian perch from the family Sinipercidae, which is native to eastern Asia (Korea, China, and Vietnam). Thi ...

Goldeye The goldeye (''Hiodon alosoides'') is a freshwater fish found in Canada and the northern United States. It is one of only two extant species in the family Hiodontidae, the other species being ''Hiodon tergisus''. The species name ''alosoides'' ...

Green sturgeon The green sturgeon (''Acipenser medirostris'') is a species of sturgeon native to the northern Pacific Ocean, from China and Russia to Canada and the United States. Description Sturgeons are among the largest and most ancient of ray finn ...

* Green sunfish * Gymnarchus * Hemibagrus wyckioides *

Hepsetus cuvieri ''Hepsetus cuvieri'', sometimes known as the African pike or Kafue pike characin, is a predatory freshwater fish found in southern Africa. This species was described in 1861 by the French naturalist Francis de Laporte de Castelnau. The fish is ...

* Hiodon tergisus *

Hoplias aimara ''Hoplias aimara'', also known as anjumara, traíra, trahira, ''manjuma'', ''anjoemara'' and wolf fish, is a species of freshwater fish found in the rivers of South America. In Amazonia, the native populations are concerned by high levels of mer ...

Hoplias malabaricus ''Hoplias malabaricus'', also known as the wolf fish, tiger fish, guabine or trahira, is a predatory Central and South American freshwater ray-finned fish of the characiform family Erythrinidae. Description The maximum known length for this spe ...

* Huchen *

Hucho taimen Siberian taimen (''Hucho taimen''), also known as the common taimen (russian: Обыкнове́нный тайме́нь, Obyknovénnyĭ taĭménʹ), Siberian giant trout or Siberian salmon, is a species of salmon-like ray-finned fish from the ...

Humpback mahseer The humpback mahseer (''Hypselobarbus mussullah'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish from the Indian endemic genus ''Hypselobarbus'' in the carp and minnow family Cyprinidae. Description The humpback mahseeris a large cyprinid that has ...

* Hybrid striped bass *

Hydrocynus goliath ''Hydrocynus goliath'', also known as the goliath tigerfish, giant tigerfish, or mbenga, is a very large African predatory freshwater fish of the family Alestidae. Distribution ''Hydrocynus goliath'' is found in the Congo River Basin (including ...

Hydrocynus tanzaniae ''Hydrocynus tanzaniae'', the blue tigerfish, is a large African predatory freshwater fish. Distribution The eastward flowing rivers of Tanzania and in the Ruaha and Rufiji river systems.http://biostor.org/reference/32 page 201 Description ' ...

Hydrocynus vittatus ''Hydrocynus vittatus'', the African tigerfish, tiervis or ngwesh is a predatory freshwater fish distributed throughout much of Africa. This fish is generally a piscivore but it has been observed leaping out of the water and catching barn swallo ...

* Hydrolycus armatus *

Hydrolycus tatauaia ''Hydrolycus tatauaia'' is a species of dogtooth characin found in the Amazon, Orinoco and Essequibo basins in tropical South America. Adults mainly occur in deep and/or fast-flowing rivers. It is migratory, moving upstream to breed in November� ...

* Ide (fish) * Iridescent shark *

Japanese sturgeon The Japanese sturgeon, or Amur sturgeon (''Acipenser schrenckii'') is a species of fish in the family Acipenseridae found in the Amur River basin in China and Russia. Claims of its presence in the Sea of Japan need confirmation. The species has ...

Kaluga (fish) The kaluga (''Huso dauricus''), also known as the river beluga, is a large predatory sturgeon found in the Amur River basin. With a maximum size of at least 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) and 5.6 m (18.6 ft), the kaluga is one of the bi ...

Kampango The kampango or kampoyo (''Bagrus meridionalis'') is a critically endangered species of large and predatory bagrid catfish that is endemic to Lake Malawi, Lake Malombe and the upper Shire River in Africa. It prefers areas near rocks in water sha ...

* Lake sturgeon * Largemouth yellowfish * Longnose gar *

Mayaheros urophthalmus ''Mayaheros urophthalmus'', also known as the Mayan cichlid or Mexican mojarra is a species of cichlid. Taxonomy Previously, this species was a member of the genus ''Cichlasoma'' and the subgeneric section '' Nandopsis''. However, the genus ''C ...

* Moggel *

Mongolian redfin The Mongolian redfin (''Chanodichthys mongolicus'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Chanodichthys''. This East Asian freshwater cyprinid is found in China, Russia and Mongolia where it ranges from the Amur River south to the Yangt ...

* Mooneye * Muskellunge * Redhook myleus * Nelma *

Northern pikeminnow The Northern pikeminnow, Columbia River dace or formerly Squawfish (''Ptychocheilus oregonensis'') is a large member of the minnow family, Leuciscidae. This predatory freshwater fish is native to northwestern North America, ranging from the Nass ...

* Northern snakehead * Oncorhynchus masou *

Oxydoras niger ''Oxydoras niger'', the ripsaw catfish or cuiu cuiu, is a species of thorny catfish native to the Amazon, Essequibo and São Francisco basins in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Venezuela. This species grows to a length of ...

* Pangasius pangasius * Papermouth * Parachromis dovii *

Payara The payara, ''Hydrolycus scomberoides'', is a species of dogtooth tetra. This predatory fish is found in the Amazon Basin in tropical South America.SeriouslyFish: Hydrolycus scomberoides.' Retrieved 31 October 2015. It was the first of four sp ...

* Golden perch *

Macquarie perch The Macquarie perch (''Macquaria australasica'') is an Australian native freshwater fish of the Murray-Darling river system. It is a member of the family Percichthyidae and is closely related to the golden perch (''Macquaria ambigua''). The ...

* Nile perch * Yellow perch *

Phalacronotus apogon ''Phalacronotus apogon'' is a species of catfish of the genus ''Phalacronotus'' found in Southeast Asia. This species grows to a length of SL. This fish is common in the murky waters of large rivers in the basins of the Mekong and Chao Phraya, ...

* Chain pickerel * Amur pike * Northern pike *

Pinirampus ''Pinirampus pirinampu'' is a species of catfish ( order Siluriformes) of the family Pimelodidae. ''P. pirinampu'' is also known as the flatwhiskered catfish. Taxonomy This species was first described as ''Pimelodus barbancho''; however, this is ...

* Porthole shovelnose catfish * Predatory carp *

Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum ''Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum'' or barred sorubim or barred catfish is a species of long-whiskered catfish native to the Suriname, Corantijn and Essequibo. The nocturnal predator feeds mainly on other fish and crabs. Females reach a more notable ...

Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum The barred sorubim (''Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum''; es, link=no, surubí atigrado) is a species of long-whiskered catfish native to the Río de la Plata basin and Amazon basin in South America.Buitrago-Suárez, Uriel Angel & Brooks M. Burr (2 ...

Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum ''Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum'', the tiger sorubim, tiger shovelnose or caparari is a species of long-whiskered catfish native to the Amazon Basin in South America.Buitrago-Suárez, Uriel Angel & Brooks M. Burr (2007).Taxonomy of the catfish genus ...

* Pumpkinseed *

Rainbow trout The rainbow trout (''Oncorhynchus mykiss'') is a species of trout native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. The steelhead (sometimes called "steelhead trout") is an anadromous (sea-run) form of the coasta ...

* Red-bellied piranha * Redbreast sunfish *

Redear sunfish The redear sunfish (''Lepomis microlophus''), also known as the shellcracker, Georgia bream, cherry gill, chinquapin, improved bream, rouge ear sunfish and sun perch) is a freshwater fish in the family Centrarchidae and is native to the southeast ...

* Redeye piranha *

Redtail catfish The redtail catfish, ''Phractocephalus hemioliopterus'', is a pimelodid (long-whiskered) catfish. In Venezuela, it is known as cajaro, and in Brazil, it is known as pirarara, stemming from the Tupi language words ''pirá'' and ''arara''. It i ...

Rita rita ''Rita rita'' (Common names: rita (English), রিঠা (Bengali)) is a species of bagrid catfish that is found across southern Asia. It has been recorded in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan. It is one of the giants ...

* Rock bass * Russian sturgeon *

Sacramento pikeminnow The Sacramento pikeminnow (''Ptychocheilus grandis''), formerly known as the Sacramento squawfish, is a large cyprinid fish of California, United States. It is native to the Los Angeles River, Sacramento- San Joaquin, Pajaro- Salinas, Russian Ri ...

* Salminus brasiliensis *

Salmo marmoratus ''Salmo marmoratus'', the marble trout, is a species of freshwater fish in the family Salmonidae. It is characterized by a distinctive marbled color pattern and high growth capacity. The marble trout is found in only a handful of drainages and ...

Salmo obtusirostris ''Salmo obtusirostris'', also known as the Adriatic trout, Adriatic salmon, and softmouth trout, is a species of salmonid fish endemic to the rivers of Western Balkans in southeastern Europe. The scientific name has changed several times throu ...

Atlantic salmon The Atlantic salmon (''Salmo salar'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. It is the third largest of the Salmonidae, behind Siberian taimen and Pacific Chinook salmon, growing up to a meter in length. Atlantic salmon are ...

* Chinook salmon *

Chum salmon The chum salmon (''Oncorhynchus keta''), also known as dog salmon or keta salmon, is a species of anadromous salmonid fish from the genus '' Oncorhynchus'' (Pacific salmon) native to the coastal rivers of the North Pacific and the Beringian A ...

* Coho salmon * Pink salmon *

Salvelinus leucomaenis ''Salvelinus leucomaenis'', the whitespotted char, is an East Asian trout in the genus ''Salvelinus'', called ''iwana'' in Japanese and ''kundzha'' (кунджа) in Russian. Both landlocked and ocean-run forms occur. The landlocked form typical ...

* Sauger * Scleropages jardinii * Siberian sturgeon *

Silonia silondia ''Silonia silondia'', the Silond catfish, is a species of schilbid catfish native to Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Nepal This species grows to a length of TL. These fish inhabit rivers and occur in shoals. Adults ascend from estuaries A ...

Silurus soldatovi ''Silurus soldatovi'', Soldatov's catfish or northern sheatfish (russian: сом Солдатова), is a large catfish species from the Far East. Habitat Soldatov's catfish lives in Amur River (Ussuri) in Russia and China. It prefers water ...

* Silver arowana * Siniperca chuatsi * Smallmouth buffalo * Smallmouth yellowfish *

Sockeye salmon The sockeye salmon (''Oncorhynchus nerka''), also called red salmon, kokanee salmon, blueback salmon, or simply sockeye, is an anadromous species of salmon found in the Northern Pacific Ocean and rivers discharging into it. This species is a P ...

Sperata seenghala ''Sperata seenghala'', the Giant river-catfish, is a species of bagrid catfish. It is known locally as Guizza, Guizza ayer, Auri, Ari, Pogal, Singhara and Seenghala, among other names. It is found in southern Asia in the countries of Afghanistan ...

* Spotted galaxias * Squalius cephalus * Sterlet * Atlantic sturgeon * Sakhalin taimen *

Tambaqui The tambaqui (''Colossoma macropomum'') is a large species of freshwater fish in the family Serrasalmidae. It is native to tropical South America, but kept in aquaculture and introduced elsewhere. It is also known by the names black pacu, blac ...

Tench The tench or doctor fish (''Tinca tinca'') is a fresh- and brackish-water fish of the order Cypriniformes found throughout Eurasia from Western Europe including the British Isles east into Asia as far as the Ob and Yenisei Rivers. It is also ...

Texas cichlid The Texas cichlid (''Herichthys cyanoguttatus'', formerly ''Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum'') is a freshwater fish of the cichlid family. This is the only cichlid species that is native to the United States. The fish, also known as Rio Grande cichl ...

Tiger muskellunge The tiger muskellunge (''Esox masquinongy × lucius'' or ''Esox lucius × masquinongy''), commonly called tiger muskie, is a carnivorous fish, and is the usually-sterile, hybrid offspring of the true muskellunge (''Esox masquinongy'') and the no ...

Tor putitora ''Tor putitora'', the Putitor mahseer, Himalayan mahseer, or golden mahseer, is an endangered species of cyprinid fish that is found in rapid streams, riverine pools, and lakes in the Himalayan region. Its native range is within the basins of th ...

* Tor tor * Dolly Varden trout * Vundu * Wallago attu * Walleye * Warmouth * Wels catfish * White bass *

White crappie The white crappie (''Pomoxis annularis'') is a freshwater fish found in North America, one of the two species of crappies. Alternate common names for the species include goldring and silver perch. is named for the fish. The genus name ''Pomoxis ...

* White perch *

White sturgeon White sturgeon (''Acipenser transmontanus'') is a species of sturgeon in the family Acipenseridae of the order Acipenseriformes. They are an anadromous fish species ranging in the Eastern Pacific; from the Gulf of Alaska to Monterey, Californ ...

* Yellow bass * Yellow bullhead * Clanwilliam yellowfish * Zander

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