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Pearl Cichlid
Geophagus brasiliensis
Pearl Cichlid (Geophagus brasiliensis) is a South American cichlid known for its pearly blue-green spotting and sand-sifting feeding style. It is an adaptable freshwater fish that can become territorial, especially when breeding.
Prussian Carp
Carassius gibelio
Prussian Carp is a hardy cyprinid closely related to goldfish and crucian carp, widely introduced outside its native Eurasian range. It tolerates poor water quality, reproduces successfully without males in many populations, and often becomes abundant in still waters.
Pumpkinseed
Lepomis gibbosus
Pumpkinseed is a small, colorful North American sunfish with a laterally compressed body and a red-edged opercular flap. It lives in warm, calm freshwater and often nests in colonies in shallow water.
Rainbow Darter
Etheostoma caeruleum
Rainbow Darter is a small, colorful North American darter that lives in clear, fast streams with gravel, riffles, and runs. Males show bright blue, orange, and red breeding colors; it is not a typical target species for anglers.
Red Shiner
Cyprinella lutrensis
Red Shiner is a small, colorful minnow native to central and southern North America and widely introduced elsewhere. It thrives in warm, often turbid streams and reservoirs, and males develop a bright red or orange body during spawning.
Red-bellied Pacu
Piaractus brachypomus
Red-bellied Pacu is a South American characin often kept in aquariums and sometimes released into warm waters outside its native range. It is an omnivorous, fruit- and seed-eating fish that can grow large and is occasionally mistaken for piranha despite its blunter teeth.
Redbelly Piranha
Pygocentrus nattereri
Redbelly piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) is a South American freshwater characiform known for its deep body, red belly, and powerful jaws. It schools in warm rivers, floodplains, and lakes, feeding opportunistically on fish, insects, crustaceans, and carrion.
Redbreast Sunfish
Lepomis auritus
Redbreast Sunfish is a colorful southeastern North American sunfish that favors clear, flowing water. It’s a common panfish and readily takes small natural baits and tiny lures near cover.
Redear Sunfish
Lepomis microlophus
Redear Sunfish (Lepomis microlophus) is a southeastern North American sunfish widely stocked beyond its native range. It is nicknamed "shellcracker" for its strong pharyngeal teeth used to crush snails, mussels, and other hard-shelled prey.
Redside Shiner
Richardsonius balteatus
Redside Shiner is a small western North American minnow found in cool, clear streams, rivers, and lake margins. It often shows a rosy to red lateral stripe in breeding fish and feeds on insects, algae, and zooplankton.
Redspotted Sunfish
Lepomis miniatus
Redspotted Sunfish (Lepomis miniatus) is a small, colorful sunfish native to the south-central United States. It lives in quiet, warm, vegetated waters and readily feeds on small aquatic invertebrates and insects.
River Chub
Nocomis micropogon
River Chub is a medium-sized North American minnow found in clear, cool to warm streams with gravel or cobble bottoms. Males build large pebble mound nests in shallow riffles, and the species is an important host fish for many freshwater mussels.