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...