Spottail Shiner

Fish > Minnows & Carps

The Spottail Shiner (Notropis hudsonius) is one of the most ecologically abundant and widely distributed native minnows across the freshwater lakes and rivers of North America. Renowned among anglers and aquatic biologists as a key indicator of clean, clear water,...

Fathead Minnow

Fish > Minnows & Carps

The Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas) is one of the most ecologically abundant, commercially utilized, and scientifically important freshwater fishes in North America. Revered by toxicologists worldwide as the gold-standard aquatic model organism for environmental...

Red Shiner

Fish > Minnows & Carps

The Red Shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis) is an exceptionally colorful, tough-as-nails minnow native to the prairie streams of North America’s Great Plains. Celebrated for the incandescent breeding plumage of adult males—which blaze with metallic steel-blue flanks,...

Western Mosquitofish

Fish > Livebearers

The Western Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) is a small, viviparous (livebearing) freshwater fish famous globally for its immense appetite for mosquito larvae. Native to the sluggish waterways of the Mississippi River basin, this hardy, prolific livebearer was...

Mummichog

Fish > Killifishes

The Mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus), known locally as the Mud Minnow or Saltwater Killifish, is an astonishingly tough, legendary estuarine fish celebrated as one of the most physiologically resilient animals on planet Earth. Thriving in dynamic coastal salt marshes...

Bluehead Sucker

Fish > Suckerfishes & Loaches

The Bluehead Sucker (Catostomus discobolus) is an extraordinary, rock-scraping freshwater fish native to the rugged, rushing mountain torrents and canyon streams of the Colorado and Snake River basins. Named for the striking metallic bluish-grey head developed by...

Blue Botia

Fish > Loaches

The Blue Botia (Yasuhikotakia modesta), also celebrated as the Red-finned Loach, is an impressive, highly active freshwater river fish native to the mighty river systems of mainland Southeast Asia. Famous for its dazzling color contrast—featuring a solid, velvety...

Razorback Sucker

Fish > Suckerfishes & Loaches

The Razorback Sucker (Xyrauchen texanus), also celebrated as the Humpback Sucker, is one of the most anatomically extraordinary freshwater fish on Earth. Endemic to the turbulent, sediment-laden waters of the Colorado River system, it is crowned with a sharp, bony,...

Lost River Sucker

Fish > Suckerfishes & Loaches

The Lost River Sucker (Deltistes luxatus) is a magnificent, colossal freshwater fish endemic to the Upper Klamath River Basin of southern Oregon and northern California. The sole living member of the genus Deltistes, it is the largest sucker in the Klamath Basin,...

Shortnose Sucker

Fish > Suckerfishes & Loaches

The Shortnose Sucker (Chasmistes brevirostris) is an imperiled, long-lived freshwater fish endemic to the Upper Klamath River Basin of southern Oregon and northern California. Known to the indigenous Klamath and Modoc peoples as ‘c’waam’, this...