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Florida Bass
Micropterus salmoides
Florida Bass is a largemouth bass subspecies native to peninsular Florida, widely stocked and introduced elsewhere. It is a warmwater ambush predator that favors vegetated, slow-moving freshwater and is prized by anglers for its size potential and aggressive strikes.
Florida Gar
Lepisosteus platyrhincus
Florida Gar is a native southeastern U.S. gar found mainly in sluggish freshwater rivers, lakes, canals, and swamps. It has a broad snout, heavy armor-like scales, and a row of sharp teeth for ambush feeding on fish and crustaceans.
Freshwater Angelfish
Pterophyllum scalare
Freshwater angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare) is a South American cichlid popular in aquaria, with wild forms from the Amazon, Orinoco, and Essequibo basins. It is a laterally compressed, tall-bodied fish that glides through calm vegetated waters and is rarely a targeted angling species.
Freshwater Drum
Aplodinotus grunniens
Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) is a large North American sciaenid found in rivers, reservoirs, and big lakes. It is named for the croaking or drumming sound it makes and is one of the most widespread freshwater gamefish in the Mississippi, Great Lakes, and Ohio drainages.
Giant Snakehead
Channa micropeltes
Giant snakehead (Channa micropeltes) is a large predatory freshwater snakehead from Southeast Asia, notorious for rapid growth and aggressive strikes. Juveniles often travel in schools, while adults become solitary ambush hunters in warm, sluggish waters.
Golden Perch
Macquaria ambigua
Golden perch (Macquaria ambigua) is a widespread Australian freshwater native prized by anglers and common in inland rivers and impoundments. It moves with flows, forms schools, and feeds heavily on aquatic insects, shrimp, yabbies, and small fish.
Golden Redhorse
Moxostoma erythrurum
The Golden Redhorse is a large North American sucker with a bronze-gold body and red tail and fins. It lives in clear to moderately turbid rivers and larger streams, where it uses a downturned mouth to feed on bottom invertebrates.
Golden Shiner
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Golden Shiner is a small, deep-bodied North American minnow commonly used as live bait. It favors warm, quiet waters and often moves in tight schools near vegetation and cover.
Golden Topminnow
Fundulus chrysotus
Golden Topminnow (Fundulus chrysotus) is a small North American killifish of shallow vegetated waters in the Southeast, where it often schools near the surface. It is not a common sport fish; most anglers encounter it incidentally while minnowing for larger species.
Goldfish
Carassius auratus
Goldfish (Carassius auratus) is a domesticated freshwater carp that also occurs as feral populations worldwide, often from aquarium releases. In the wild it thrives in calm, warm, weedy waters and can become invasive, competing with native fish.
Grass Carp
Ctenopharyngodon idella
Grass Carp ialah spesies ikan yang lazim yang kerap ditemui di perairan sesuai dan kawasan berstruktur untuk spesies ini. Panduan ini merumuskan ciri, habitat dan nota memancing.
Grass Carp
Ctenopharyngodon idella
Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) is a large, fast-growing herbivorous cyprinid widely stocked and introduced outside its native East Asian range. It lives in warm lowland waters and is valued for weed control, though many populations are managed or prohibited as an invasive species.