Roundtail Chub

Fish > Ray-finned Fish

The Roundtail Chub (Gila robusta) is an athletic, canyon-dwelling river fish that reigns as an apex native predator in the turbulent rivers of the Colorado River basin. Built like a muscular freshwater torpedo to conquer violent flash floods and churning desert...

Spikedace

Fish > Ray-finned Fish

The Spikedace (Meda fulgida) is a dazzling, stream-dwelling desert minnow endemic to the rugged Gila River basin of the American Southwest. Sole member of the monotypic genus Meda, this slender, flashing fish is renowned for its glistening, mirror-like silver flanks...

Mottled Sculpin

Fish > Sculpins

The Mottled Sculpin (Cottus bairdi) is a fascinating, heavy-headed bottom dweller that forms the unseen predatory backbone of cold, pristine mountain trout streams across North America. Lacking a swim bladder and resting flat against river stones like a submerged...

Speckled Dace

Fish > Minnows & Daces

The Speckled Dace (Rhinichthys osculus) is arguably the most widespread, ubiquitous native freshwater fish in the American West. Ranging from glacier-fed torrents in the Pacific Northwest to scorching desert springs in the Mojave, this adaptable little minnow owes its...

Longnose Dace

Fish > Minnows & Daces

The Longnose Dace (Rhinichthys cataractae) is a tenacious, streamlined freshwater minnow celebrated as North America’s premier master of raging white-water rapids. Inhabiting turbulent mountain riffles where most other small fish would be violently swept away,...

Prickly Sculpin

Fish > Sculpins

The Prickly Sculpin (Cottus asper) is a robust, well-camouflaged benthic freshwater fish ubiquitous across the diverse river systems and coastal lakes of the Pacific Northwest. Named for the dense covering of tiny, sharp prickles (modified scales) that coat its...

Redside Shiner

Fish > Minnows & Carps

The Redside Shiner (Richardsonius balteatus) is an active, shimmering native minnow ubiquitous across the lakes, reservoirs, and river backwaters of the Pacific Northwest. Renowned for its stunning breeding display, when mature adults develop a blazing crimson-red and...

Largescale Sucker

Fish > Suckerfishes & Loaches

The Largescale Sucker (Catostomus macrocheilus) is a widespread, ecologically foundational freshwater fish native to the major river basins of the Pacific Northwest. Dominating the mainstem currents and tranquil backwaters of the Columbia and Fraser river systems,...

Cisco

Fish > Whitefishes & Salmonids

The Cisco (Coregonus artedi), traditionally celebrated across the Great Lakes as the Lake Herring, is a sleek, silvery pelagic salmonid that serves as the indispensable ecological keystone of northern deep-water lake food webs. Swimming in shimmering, synchronized...

Apache Trout

Fish > Salmonids & Trout

The Apache Trout (Oncorhynchus apache) is Arizona’s celebrated state fish and one of only two trout species native to the Grand Canyon state. Rebounding from the very brink of extinction through historic cooperative tribal and federal conservation, this stunning...