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The continent's largest catfish, it can live to 20 years, with a typical fish being between 25–46 in (64–117 cm) and 30–70 lb (14–32 kg). Native distribution is primarily in the Mississippi River and Louisiana drainage systems, including the Missouri , Ohio , Tennessee , and Arkansas Rivers , the Des Moines River in south-central Iowa ...
The shortnose gar (Lepisosteus platostomus) is a primitive freshwater fish of the family Lepisosteidae. It is native to the United States where its range includes the Mississippi and Missouri River basins, ranging from Montana to the west and the Ohio River to the east, southwards to the Gulf Coast. It inhabits calm waters in large rivers and ...
The American paddlefish is native to the Mississippi River basin and once moved freely under the relatively unaltered conditions that existed prior to the early 1900s. It commonly inhabited large, free-flowing rivers, braided channels, backwaters, and oxbow lakes throughout the Mississippi River drainage basin, and adjacent Gulf Coast drainages.
Here's a list of the state records for Ohio's biggest fish ever caught. ... Ohio River. Flora Irvin of Cincinnati, on Aug 31, 1966. Muskellunge: 55.13 pounds. 50 1/4 inches. Piedmont Lake.
A large alligator gar, the largest freshwater fish in North America The largest of the gar, and the largest entirely freshwater fish in North America, is the alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula). The largest gar ever known, caught in Louisiana in 1925, was 3 m (9.8 ft) in length and weighed 137 kg (302 lb). [1] Anglerfish (Lophiiformes)
The Middle Mississippi is relatively free-flowing. From St. Louis to the Ohio River confluence, the Middle Mississippi falls 220 feet (67 m) over 180 miles (290 km) for an average rate of 1.2 feet per mile (23 cm/km). At its confluence with the Ohio River, the Middle Mississippi is 315 feet (96 m) above sea level.
Mississippi: Largemouth bass: Micropterus salmoides: 1974 [34] Missouri: Channel catfish (fish) Ictalurus punctatus: 1997 [35] Paddlefish (aquatic animal) Polyodon spathula: 1997 [36] Montana: Blackspotted cutthroat trout: Oncorhynchus clarkii (subspecies lewisi) 1977 [37] Nebraska: Channel catfish: Ictalurus punctatus: 1997 [38] Nevada ...
The alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) is a euryhaline ray-finned fish in the clade Ginglymodi of the infraclass Holostei / h oʊ ˈ l ɒ s t i aɪ /, being most closely related to the bowfins. It is the largest species in the gar family (Lepisosteidae), and is among the largest freshwater fish in North America.