Freshwater Fish Species

A combination of understanding the fish and the techniques used to catch them will help you to hook more fish to the end of your line. Better knowing and understanding of the fish that you are trying to catch will make you a more successful angler, whether you are fishing for trout on a river or surfing on the beach or trolling on the open water.

The Black Bass family species of the Sunfish Family Centrarchidae
Largemouth Bass	Smallmouth Bass	Guadalupe Bass	Roanoke Bass
Redeye Bass	Shoal Bass	Spotted Bass	Suwannee Bass

The Carp family species (Family Cyprinidae)
Common Carp	Mirror Carp	Leather Carp	Crucian Carp
Bighead Carp	Black Carp	Silver Carp	Grass Carp
Ide	Roach	Rudd	Tench
Prussian Carp	Goldfish

The Catfish family species (Family Ictaluridae)
Black Bullhead	Brown Bullhead	Yellow Bullhead	Blue Catfish
Channel Catfish	Flathead Catfish	White Catfish	Stonecat Catfish

The Gar family species (Family Lepisosteidae)
Spotted Gar	Shortnose Gar	Longnose Gar	Florida Gar
Alligator Gar	Cuban Gar	Tropical Gar

The Perch family species (Family Percidae)
Yellow Perch	European Perch	Balkhash Perch	Logperch
Zander	Walleye	Sauger	Saugeye
Blue Pike	Golden Perch	Silver Perch	Spangled Perch

The Pike family species (Family Esocidae, genus Esox)
Chain Pickerel	Northern Pike	Muskellunge	Grass Pickerel
Amur Pike	Redfin Pickerel	Tiger Muskie

The Salmon Trout family species (Family Salmonidae)
Atlantic Salmon	Chinook Salmon	Chum Salmon	Coho Salmon
Pink Salmon	Sockeye Salmon	Brook Trout	Bull Trout
Brown Trout	Cutthroat Trout	Rainbow Trout	Steelhead Trout
Golden Trout	Lake Trout	Apache Trout	Gila Trout
Cherry Salmon	Arctic Char

The Sturgeons family species (Family Acipenseridae)
White Sturgeon	Green Sturgeon	Shortnose Sturgeon	Atlantic Sturgeon
Lake Sturgeon	Beluga Sturgeon	Kaluga Sturgeon	Sterlet Sturgeon

The Sunfish family species (Family Centrarchidae)
Redear Sunfish	Longear Sunfish	Redbreast Sunfish	Spotted Sunfish
Green Sunfish	Pumpkinseed Sunfish	Bluegill	Bream
Warmouth Sunfish	Rock Bass	Black Crappie	White Crappie

The Temperate Bass family species (Family Moronidae)
White Bass	Yellow Bass	Striped Bass	White Perch

Other FreshWater species
Bigmouth Buffalo	Bowfin	Freshwater Drum	American Eel