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A keen swimmer, this vibrant fish with striking markings is a peaceful tank mate that tends to coexist harmoniously with other species. Also known as threadfin coralfish, cross-stripe butterfly ...
South Carolina: Striped bass: Morone saxatilis: 1972 [59] South Dakota: Walleye: Sander vitreus: 1992 [60] Tennessee: Smallmouth bass (sport fish) Micropterus dolomieu: 2005 [61] Channel catfish (state commercial fish) Ictalurus punctatus: 1987 [61] Texas: Guadalupe bass (freshwater) Micropterus treculii: 1989 [62] Red drum (saltwater ...
The Minnesota DNR Division of Ecological Services received a State Wildlife Grant to conduct surveys for rare fish species in the Mississippi River from the Twin Cities to the Iowa border. These surveys were conducted from 2006 to 2008, and while the skipjack shad was a targeted species, none were found. [ 14 ]
The spot (Leiostomus xanthurus), also known commonly as the spot croaker, [1] Norfolk spot [2] and the Virginia spot, is a species of small short-lived saltwater fish in the family Sciaenidae. The species inhabits estuary and coastal waters from Massachusetts to Texas, and derives its name from the prominent dark spot behind each gill.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has released nearly 1 billion saltwater fish into Texas bays over the last 40 years — an effort to revitalize historic fisheries and recover native fish ...
The North Carolina General Assembly of 1971 designated the red drum the official state saltwater fish. (Session Laws, 1961, c. 274; G.S. 145–6). [ 18 ] The Texas Legislature designated the red drum as the official "State Saltwater Fish of Texas" in 2011.
The threadfin shad (Dorosoma petenense) is a small pelagic freshwater forage fish common in lakes, large streams and reservoirs of the Southeastern United States.Like the American gizzard shad, the threadfin shad has an elongated dorsal fin, but unlike the gizzard shad, its mouth is more terminal without a projecting upper jaw.
The Guadalupe bass (Micropterus treculii) is a rare species of fish endemic to the U.S. state of Texas, [2] where it also is the official state fish.It is restricted to creeks and rivers (including the Guadalupe River, hence the name Guadalupe bass), and is listed as near threatened. [1]