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Creek Chub
Semotilus atromaculatus
Creek Chub is a common North American minnow found in small streams, headwaters, and clear warmwater creeks. It is a hardy, schooling baitfish and micro-predator that readily takes small baits and lures.
Dollar Sunfish
Lepomis marginatus
Dollar Sunfish (Lepomis marginatus) is a small southeastern North American sunfish that inhabits warm, vegetated waters. It is more often caught incidentally than targeted, but it will take tiny baits and lures near cover.
Eastern Blacknose Dace
Rhinichthys atratulus
Eastern Blacknose Dace is a small native North American minnow of clear, cool streams and small rivers. It is common over gravel and sand where it forages on tiny aquatic insects and drift.
Eastern Mosquitofish
Gambusia holbrooki
Eastern Mosquitofish is a small livebearing minnows in the poeciliid family, native to the southeastern United States and widely introduced elsewhere. It thrives in still, warm, shallow waters and is best known for eating mosquito larvae, not as a sport fish.
Emerald Shiner
Notropis atherinoides
Emerald Shiner is a small, silvery North American minnow common in large lakes, reservoirs, and connected rivers. It often forms dense schools near open water and shorelines, and it is an important forage fish for many game species.
European Bitterling
Rhodeus amarus
The European Bitterling is a small cyprinid native to slow lowland fresh waters across much of Europe and western Asia. It is best known for spawning in live freshwater mussels, where females lay eggs inside the gills.
European Bullhead
Cottus gobio
The European bullhead is a small, bottom-dwelling freshwater sculpin of clear, cool streams and rivers across much of Europe. It hides among stones and feeds on aquatic insect larvae and other tiny benthic prey.
European Carp
Cyprinus carpio
European Carp is a large freshwater cyprinid widely introduced worldwide and common in slow rivers, lakes, ponds, and reservoirs. It feeds on bottom-dwelling invertebrates, seeds, detritus, and plant matter, and is a popular angling fish in many regions.
European Chub
Squalius cephalus
European chub (Squalius cephalus) is a robust cyprinid of slow to moderate rivers, canals, and stillwaters across much of Europe. It is an opportunistic feeder that can be caught on natural baits and small surface lures, especially in warm weather.
European Grayling
Thymallus thymallus
European Grayling on yleinen kalalaji, jota tavataan usein lajille sopivat vedet ja rakenteiset alueet. Opas kokoaa tunnistuksen, elinympäristön ja kalastusvinkit.
European Minnow
Phoxinus phoxinus
The European Minnow is a small, schooling cyprinid of cool, clear streams, rivers, lakes, and upland pools across much of Europe. It feeds on tiny invertebrates, algae, and detritus, and is often used as livebait where legal, though it is rarely a targeted game fish.
European Perch
Perca fluviatilis
European Perch on yleinen kalalaji, jota tavataan usein lajille sopivat vedet ja rakenteiset alueet. Opas kokoaa tunnistuksen, elinympäristön ja kalastusvinkit.