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African Tigerfish
Hydrocynus vittatus
African tigerfish (Hydrocynus vittatus) is a fast, predatory African characin known for explosive strikes and powerful runs. It inhabits large rivers and floodplain lakes across much of southern and central Africa.
Alabama Bass
Micropterus henshalli
Alabama Bass (Micropterus henshalli) is a black bass native to the Mobile River basin and closely related to spotted bass. It favors clear to moderately turbid streams, reservoirs, and tailwaters with rock, wood, and shoreline cover.
Alligator Gar
Atractosteus spatula
Alligator gar is a large, ancient ray-finned fish of slow rivers, backwaters, oxbows, and floodplain lakes in the Mississippi basin and nearby coastal drainages. It ambushes fish at the surface and can breathe air, allowing it to survive low-oxygen water.
American Gizzard Shad
Dorosoma cepedianum
American Gizzard Shad is a silvery clupeid forage fish common in warm, slow waters across much of eastern and central North America. It feeds by filtering plankton and detritus, and is important prey for bass, catfish, crappie, and other predators.
American Pickerel
Esox americanus
American Pickerel (Esox americanus) is a slender, ambush-predatory esocid found in vegetated fresh waters across eastern North America. It is smaller and more delicately built than northern pike or muskellunge, with a duck-bill snout and chainlike markings.
Amur Carp
Cyprinus rubrofuscus
Amur carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus) is a cyprinid carp native to East Asia and widely introduced beyond its original range. It inhabits warm, slow waters and is an adaptable bottom-feeder that can grow large in ponds, lakes, and lowland rivers.
Amur Goby
Rhinogobius similis
Amur goby (Rhinogobius similis) is a small benthic goby associated with cool, clear running water. It is reported from freshwater streams and rivers in East Asia, but available public records can be scattered and some identifications in occurrence data may be uncertain.
Arapaima
Arapaima gigas
Arapaima gigas is one of the world’s largest freshwater fish, native to the Amazon Basin. It breathes air and often rolls or gulps at the surface, making it easy to notice but very challenging to land.
Asp
Leuciscus aspius
The asp is a fast, predatory cyprinid of large European rivers and connected lakes. It hunts small fish in open water and is prized by lure anglers, though it can be selective and wary.
Australian Bass
Percalates novemaculeata
Australian Bass (Percalates novemaculeata) is a native eastern Australian perch found mainly in cool forest streams, rivers, and impoundments, with some populations moving downstream to estuaries to spawn. It is a popular sportfish, especially on lures, and is closely managed because many rivers support stocked and regulated populations.
Banded Darter
Etheostoma zonale
A small Ozark and Upper Mississippi basin darter that lives on clean, flowing streams and riffles with sand, gravel, and rubble. It feeds on tiny benthic invertebrates and is usually not targeted by anglers.
Banded Kōkopu
Galaxias fasciatus
Banded kōkopu is a small native New Zealand galaxiid that lives in cool, shaded streams and migrates into riparian forest to breed on land after floods. It is not a common angling target and is best treated as a conservation-sensitive native fish.