freshwater fish library

Freshwater fish live in lakes, rivers, ponds and streams. Common freshwater fish include carp, bass, trout and catfish.

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Pirarucu

Pirarucu, or Arapaima, an important food fish of South America. It is one of the largest freshwater fish in the world, thought to be exceeded in size only by the European catfish.

Roach

Roach, a European freshwater fish with a silvery body, green back, and red fins. Although too bony to be desirable as food, the roach is much fished for sport.

Sucker

Sucker, the common name for a family of freshwater fish found chiefly in North America.

Swordtail

Swordtail, a freshwater tropical fish, distinguished by a long tail spike on the male.

Tench

Tench, a Eurasian freshwater fish. The tench is a minnow that is usually found in ponds and quiet lakes and streams.

Whitefish

Whitefish, the common name for several fish found in temperate and cool regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

Blindfish

Blindfish, various species of fish that live in caves, ocean depths, or muddy waters.

Bowfin

Bowfin, a freshwater fish found in the rivers and lakes of eastern North America.

Kingfish, the common name of a number of different species of fishes, including, in particular, the king mackerel, the cero, the northern kingfish (also called northern king whiting), and the southern kingfish (southern king whiting).

Paddlefish

Paddlefish, or Spoonbill, a freshwater fish related to the sturgeon. The American paddlefish is found in the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River and its tributaries.

Yellowbelly

Yellowbelly, the common name of a large number of fish of different species. In the United States the name is given to the red-breasted sunfish and to the beau gregory, which is found near coral reefs on the coasts of Florida and in the West Indies.