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 Desert Fishes Council.
A taxonomically arranged list of North American desert fish species. With
some photographs and many distributions maps. This information is abridged
from the Texas Natural History Collections site.
The
Love Lab. University of California at Santa Barbara. This is certainly
a good place to go if you want to find out about the marine fishes of
the western coast of North America. The site includes a complete list
of the fish species of the west coast of the United States, a huge gallery
of fish photos, and a collection of stories and facts (often bizarre or
hilarious) about fishes.
Nonindigenous
Fish Information. U.S. Geological Survey. This web site contains photographs,
information, and distributional maps of non-native species of fish in
the United States. U.S. fishes introduced from one part of the country
to another are considered to be nonindigenous. Thinking of releasing your
aquarium fishes into the wild. This site will tell you why that is a very
bad idea.
North American Native
Fishes Association. This site has a photo gallery of native fish species
and a checklist of the freshwater fishes of North America.
Reef Environment Education
Foundation. This site has technical information on the reefs of the
Florida Keys (including the Dry Tortugas) and a list of the fish species
you can find there. This general site has a wonderful gallery of pictures
of reef fish from the Caribbean area along with names, identifying features,
and short descriptions.
Catalog
of Fishes. William N. Eschmeyer, California Academy of Sciences. A
huge online searchable database of the fish genera and species of the
world and a bibliography. An incredible online resource, although highly
technical.
Fish FAQ.
Northeast Fisheries Science Center. This site has a wide range of frequently
asked questions about fish. In addition this site has a wonderful archive
of drawings and individual fact sheets on many species of northern Atlantic
marine fishes and sharks.
Ichthyology
Photo Gallery. Florida Museum of Natural History. David Snyder. A
gallery of photographs of Floridian Marine Fish.
Regulatory
Fish Encyclopedia. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. This site is
an encyclopedia of commercially valuable feshwater and marine fish from
the United States. The species are listed by common name, scientific name,
and by family. For each species there are photographs of the whole fish,
the fileted fish, and a series of molecular banding patterns.
Fish
of the Great Lakes. Sea Grant. Photographs and information on the
larger fish of the Great Lakes.
A
List of the Fishes in Illinois. Illinois Natural History Survey. Checklist
of the fishes of Illinois.
Fishes
of Iowa. Iowa Department of Natural Resources. A wonderful guide to
the fish of Iowa with figures and information, a list of species, and
a glossary of fish terms.
Warmwater
Fish of Washington. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. A
discussion of the warmwater fish of Washington, with particular emphasis
on the game fish.
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