Freshwater Fish Identification
Visit these web sites that will help you learn how to identify fish.
- Fishes of Alabama(Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources)
- Colorado Fish (Colorado Division of Wildlife)
- An eField Guide to Western Fishes -- Colorado and Wyoming (Colorado State University)
- Fishes of Illinois (Illinois Natural History Fish Collection )
- Indiana Sport Fish Identification (Indiana DNR)
- Fishes of Iowa (Iowa DNR Fish and Fishing)
- Freshwater Fishes of Florida (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission)
- Fish Identification (Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife)
- Maryland Fish Facts (Maryland DNR)
- Fishes of Nebraska (Nebraska Game and Parks Commission)
- Warmwater and Coldwater Gamefish of New Mexico (NM Game and Fish)
- Freshwater Fishes of New York (New York Department of Environmental Conservation)
- Fishes of New York State (Cornell University)
- Fishes of North Dakota (USGS)
- Ohio Fish Identification and Fishes of Ohio's Scenic Rivers (Ohio Department of Natural Resources)
- Gallery of Pennsylvania Fishes (Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission)
- Common Fishes of South Dakota (South Dakota Division of Wildlife)
- Texas Freshwater Fish Identification (Texas Parks and Wildlife)
- Wisconsin Fish Identification Database (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)
- Fishes of Wisconsin (George Becker and Wisconsin Sea Grant)
- Fish
of the Great Lakes (Wisconsin Sea Grant)
Saltwater Fish Identification (Indian River County, Florida
Fish can be easy to identify if you know what to look for. Just like any plant or animal, we need to understand what features some fish have in common, and what the differences are. Some fish are more familiar than others, such as game fish. Please view the following pages to learn more about fish.
- Basics of Fish Anatomy
- Fish Habitats
- Sampling Techniques
- Fish Families by Order
- family level identifiers
- habitat
- pollution tolerance
- use in the IBI
- genus identifiers
- Credits, References and Further Reading
An Introduction to Freshwater Fishes as Biological Indicators (EPA-260-R-08-016 November 2008) (96pp, 3.3MB About PDF) NEW