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An extensive list of the freshwater fish found in California, including both native and introduced species. [1] Common Name Scientific Name Image Native Non-Native
Xenentodon cancila, the freshwater garfish, is a species of needlefish found in freshwater and brackish habitats in South and Southeast Asia. [ 2 ] Common names
The spotted gar is a voracious predator. Its sharp-toothed beak is very effective at catching fast moving prey. A diet study of the spotted gar reported the diet of a spotted gar consists of four species of fish; golden topminnow, warmouth, bluegill, and spotted sunfish, which adds to 18.1% of total food volume in the stomach, while 57.5% of the stomach content was shrimp. [5]
The spotted gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) is a smaller species of gar, [34] measuring just under four feet long and weighing 15 pounds on average. [34] Like Florida gars, female spotted gars are typically larger than male spotted gars. [46] This gar has dark spots covering its head, body, and fins. [34] Its body is compact, and it has a shorter ...
California's Fish and Game Commission voted to consider listing white sturgeon, the largest freshwater fish in North America, as a threatened species.
The term "coarse fish" is used in the United Kingdom to describe all fishes besides trout and salmon, but it is not a derogatory term.[2]The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has made preliminary efforts to replace the term "rough fish" with "underused fish", [3] like some other state agencies have actually done, [4] but this has remained an incomplete effort in Minnesota.
They are sold live at many Asian fish markets in California. Historically, the Sacramento blackfish fishery comprised a majority of the commercial freshwater fishery supply in California. In 1960, Blackfish were valued at nearly $33,000, or 59% of the total value of all freshwater fish from California. [15]
Ctenolucius hujeta, also known as silver gar, rocket gar, hujeta gar and freshwater barracuda, [1] is a slender, medium-sized freshwater fish found in Venezuela and Colombia, [2] where it is known as "agujeta"; Spanish for "shoelace". Large specimens can reach 30 cm (12 in) in length. This carnivorous predator, fast yet timid, feeds mainly on ...