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The International Game Fish Association (IGFA) all-tackle world record chain pickerel is a 4.25 kg (9.4 lb) fish, caught in Homerville, Georgia on February 17, 1961 by angler Baxley McQuaig, Jr., while the IGFA all-tackle length world record is 65 centimetres (26 in) long, caught in Henderson Harbor, Lake Ontario, New York on November 4, 2019 ...
Common names of fish can refer to a single species; to an entire group of species, such as a genus or family; or to multiple unrelated species or groups.Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings.
Freshwater fish of the United States — species native to rivers, lakes, streams, and ephemeral waters within the U.S. Subcategories. This category has the following ...
This is a list of freshwater fish pursued by recreational anglers. Alligator gar; American paddlefish; Amur catfish; Amur pike; Arapaima; Arctic grayling; Asian arowana; Asp (fish) Atlantic salmon; Atlantic sturgeon; Australian bass; Australian grayling; Bagarius yarrelli; Barramundi; Basa (fish) Bayad; Beluga (sturgeon) Biara; Black arowana ...
This is a list of fish families sorted alphabetically by scientific name. There are 525 families in the list.
The skipjack herring (Alosa chrysochloris) is a North American, migratory, fresh- and brackish water fish species in the herring family Alosidae. [3] The name skipjack shad comes from the fact that it is commonly seen leaping out of the water while feeding. [4]
Freshwater fish genera (1 C, 608 P) L. Lake fish (4 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Freshwater fish" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
The genus name literally means "phallus (penis) fish", [2] from the Greek phallos meaning "penis" and ichthys meaning "fish", [3] referring to the "comparatively huge" gonopodium, the modified anal fin used for copulation. [2] The common name for P. amates, the merry widow, is sometimes applied to other species in the genus as well. [2]