Blue Sucker

Fish > Suckerfishes & Loaches

The Blue Sucker (Cycleptus elongatus) is a magnificent, long-lived big-river fish belonging to the sucker family Catostomidae. Easily distinguished by its slender, torpedo-shaped body, sickle-shaped dorsal fin, and deep steel-blue or slate-black breeding coloration,...

Highfin Carpsucker

Fish > Ray-finned Fish

The Highfin Carpsucker (Carpiodes velifer) is the most environmentally sensitive and elegant member of the carpsucker genus, native to the flowing rivers of the central and eastern United States. Celebrated for its extraordinarily tall, whip-like dorsal fin that often...

River Carpsucker

Fish > Ray-finned Fish

The River Carpsucker (Carpiodes carpio) is the most abundant and widespread carpsucker in North America, inhabiting the sprawling, silty river channels and reservoirs of the Great Plains and Mississippi Valley. Distinguished by its robust, compressed body,...

Quillback

Fish > Ray-finned Fish

The Quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus), often called the Quillback Carpsucker, is a widespread North American freshwater fish in the sucker family Catostomidae. Easily recognized by the dramatic, elongated anterior ray of its dorsal fin that projects high above its back...

Black Buffalo

Fish > Ray-finned Fish

The Black Buffalo (Ictiobus niger) is the stoutest and most streamlined member of the buffalo fish genus, engineered for life in the swift, turbulent currents of North America’s largest rivers. Recognized by its dark slate-black coloration, robust cylindrical...

Bigmouth Buffalo

Fish > Ray-finned Fish

The Bigmouth Buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus) is the largest member of the sucker family Catostomidae, native to the fertile river valleys and oxbow lakes of central North America. Unique among North American suckers for having a large, oblique terminal mouth, it...

Smallmouth Buffalo

Fish > Ray-finned Fish

The Smallmouth Buffalo (Ictiobus bubalus) is a heavy-bodied, deep-arched freshwater sucker native to the large river systems and reservoirs of central North America. Often mistaken for common carp due to its robust size and large scales, it is a native catostomid...

Sauger

Fish > Ray-finned Fish

The Sauger (Sander canadensis) is a highly predatory, cylindrical freshwater fish in the perch family Percidae, native to the large rivers and silty impoundments of central and eastern North America. Closely related to the Walleye, the Sauger is uniquely adapted to...

Spotted Bass

Fish > Ray-finned Fish

The Spotted Bass (Micropterus punctulatus), colloquially celebrated as the Kentucky Bass, is a premier freshwater gamefish in the sunfish family Centrarchidae native to the central and southeastern United States. Intermediate in appearance and habits between the...

Speckled Pavon

Fish > Ray-finned Fish

The Speckled Pavon (Cichla temensis), also called the Speckled Peacock Bass or Tucunaré Açu, is the largest member of the cichlid family and a premier apex predator of South America’s blackwater rivers. Renowned for its immense striking power, dramatic color...