Dolly Varden

Fish > Salmonids

Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma) is an exquisitely beautiful, cold-water char native to the wild, glacier-fed rivers and coastal estuaries of the North Pacific Rim. Named after the colorful, polka-dotted dress worn by the Charles Dickens character Dolly Varden, this...

Slimy Sculpin

Fish > Sculpins

The Slimy Sculpin (Cottus cognatus) is an ecologically vital, bottom-dwelling coldwater fish native to pristine boreal streams and rocky lakes across northern North America and Siberia. Named for its smooth, scale-less skin coated in a thick protective mucus layer,...

Rainbow Shiner

Fish > Minnows & Cyprinids

The Rainbow Shiner (Notropis chrosomus) is an incandescent, jewel-like freshwater minnow endemic to the pristine upland river tributaries of the Mobile Bay basin in the southeastern United States. Renowned worldwide among freshwater aquarists and biologists for its...

Orangethroat Darter

Fish > Perches & Darters

The Orangethroat Darter (Etheostoma spectabile) is a breathtaking, jewel-toned benthic marvel that exemplifies the dazzling biodiversity of North American freshwater streams. Navigating shallow, rushing gravel riffles with rapid, darting movements, breeding males put...

Southern Redbelly Dace

Fish > Minnows & Carps

The Southern Redbelly Dace (Chrosomus erythrogaster) is widely celebrated by freshwater biologists as one of the most spectacularly colorful freshwater minnows in North America. Inhabiting the pristine, spring-fed headwater brooks of the Ozarks and Midwest, breeding...