Tag: freshwater fish

Lake Whitefish

The Lake Whitefish is a North American species of fish in the Salmonidae family. Their closest relatives include trout, salmon, grayling, char, and more....

Whitefish

People refer to a number of different fish as “Whitefish.” However, for our purposes, we will focus on the group of fish in the...

Pleco

The Pleco is a species of catfish that people commonly keep in aquariums. The species commonly known by this name is the Hypostomus Plecostomus,...

Bullhead

The Bullhead, or Bullhead Catfish, is a group of catfishes in the family Ictaluridae. Some other members of the family include channel catfish, blue...

Channel Catfish

The Channel Catfish is a common species in the taxonomic order Siluriformes. The Siluriformes order contains thousands of species of catfish across the globe....

Blue Catfish

The Blue Catfish is a species in the large taxonomic order Siluriformes. The Siluriformes order contains the thousands of different species of catfish on...

Tetra

A Tetra is any member of a large group of fishes in the taxonomic order Characiformes. Researchers divide them into three different families, the...

Platy

The Platy, or Platyfish, is a small species of fish that people commonly keep in aquariums. Researchers place them in the taxonomic genus Xiphophorus,...

Cichlid

The Cichlid, or Cichlidae, family contains a variety of different fish species. In fact, researchers recognize at least 1,650 different species! People often keep...

Catfish

The Catfish is a well-known creature easily recognized by its whisker-like fleshy barbels. Researchers place these fish in the taxonomic order Siluriformes. Scientists recognize...

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