OMNIDEX · FISH FIELD GUIDE

Species index

Identification cues, habitat notes, comparison checks, and conservation reminders for the shipped fishing catalog.

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Acipenseridae

Lake SturgeonAcipenser fulvescensLarge lakes White SturgeonAcipenser transmontanusBig rivers

Albulidae

BonefishAlbula vulpesTropical flats

Amiidae

BowfinAmia calvaSwamps

Anguillidae

American EelAnguilla rostrataRivers

Bryconidae

Golden DoradoSalminus brasiliensisSouth American rivers

Carangidae

Giant TrevallyCaranx ignobilisReefs Greater AmberjackSeriola dumeriliReefs PermitTrachinotus falcatusFlats

Centrarchidae

Black CrappiePomoxis nigromaculatusLakes BluegillLepomis macrochirusPonds Largemouth BassMicropterus salmoidesLakes PumpkinseedLepomis gibbosusPonds Redear SunfishLepomis microlophusWarm lakes Rock BassAmbloplites rupestrisRocky streams Smallmouth BassMicropterus dolomieuClear lakes Spotted BassMicropterus punctulatusReservoirs WarmouthLepomis gulosusSwamps White CrappiePomoxis annularisReservoirs

Centropomidae

Common SnookCentropomus undecimalisMangroves

Cichlidae

Mayan CichlidMayaheros urophthalmusMangroves Nile TilapiaOreochromis niloticusWarm ponds OscarAstronotus ocellatusWarm canals Peacock BassCichla ocellarisTropical rivers

Congridae

Conger EelConger congerWrecks

Coryphaenidae

Mahi-MahiCoryphaena hippurusOffshore

Cynodontidae

Payara (Vampire Fish)Hydrolycus scomberoidesFast tropical rivers

Cyprinidae

AspLeuciscus aspiusLarge rivers BarbelBarbus barbusFast rivers Bighead CarpHypophthalmichthys nobilisLarge rivers BleakAlburnus alburnusRivers ChubSqualius cephalusRivers Common BreamAbramis bramaSlow rivers Common CarpCyprinus carpioLakes Crucian CarpCarassius carassiusWeedy ponds DaceLeuciscus leuciscusClean rivers GoldfishCarassius auratusPonds Grass CarpCtenopharyngodon idellaLakes GudgeonGobio gobioGravel rivers Ide (Orfe)Leuciscus idusLarge rivers Mirror CarpCyprinus carpioLakes RoachRutilus rutilusRivers RuddScardinius erythrophthalmusWeedy lakes Silver CarpHypophthalmichthys molitrixLarge rivers TenchTinca tincaWeedy lakes

Esocidae

Chain PickerelEsox nigerVegetated ponds MuskellungeEsox masquinongyLarge lakes Northern PikeEsox luciusCool lakes

Gadidae

Atlantic CodGadus morhuaCold ocean Coalfish (Saithe)Pollachius virensCold ocean HaddockMelanogrammus aeglefinusCold ocean floor PollockPollachius pollachiusReefs

Hexagrammidae

LingcodOphiodon elongatusRocky reefs

Ictaluridae

Blue CatfishIctalurus furcatusBig rivers Brown BullheadAmeiurus nebulosusPonds Channel CatfishIctalurus punctatusRivers Flathead CatfishPylodictis olivarisRivers

Istiophoridae

SailfishIstiophorus platypterusOffshore ocean Striped MarlinKajikia audaxOffshore ocean

Latidae

BarramundiLates calcariferEstuaries

Lepisosteidae

Alligator GarAtractosteus spatulaBig rivers Longnose GarLepisosteus osseusRivers

Lotidae

BurbotLota lotaCold lakes

Lutjanidae

Mangrove JackLutjanus argentimaculatusMangroves

Megalopidae

TarponMegalops atlanticusCoastal flats

Moronidae

European SeabassDicentrarchus labraxEstuaries Hybrid Striped BassMorone saxatilis x chrysopsReservoirs Striped BassMorone saxatilisCoastal rivers White BassMorone chrysopsReservoirs White PerchMorone americanaEstuaries Yellow BassMorone mississippiensisRivers

Mugilidae

Striped MulletMugil cephalusEstuaries

Nematistiidae

RoosterfishNematistius pectoralisSurf

Osteoglossidae

ArapaimaArapaima gigasAmazon basin

Paralichthyidae

Southern FlounderParalichthys lethostigmaEstuaries Summer Flounder (Fluke)Paralichthys dentatusSandy bottoms

Percichthyidae

Murray CodMaccullochella peeliiAustralian rivers

Percidae

European PerchPerca fluviatilisLakes PikeperchSander luciopercaLakes RuffeGymnocephalus cernuaLakes SaugerSander canadensisTurbid rivers WalleyeSander vitreusLakes Yellow PerchPerca flavescensLakes ZanderSander luciopercaLarge rivers

Pimelodidae

Redtail CatfishPhractocephalus hemioliopterusAmazon rivers

Pleuronectidae

Pacific HalibutHippoglossus stenolepisCold ocean floor

Polyodontidae

PaddlefishPolyodon spathulaBig rivers

Pomatomidae

BluefishPomatomus saltatrixSurf

Rachycentridae

CobiaRachycentron canadumNearshore

Salmonidae

Arctic CharSalvelinus alpinusArctic lakes Arctic GraylingThymallus arcticusCold clear streams Atlantic SalmonSalmo salarCold rivers Brook TroutSalvelinus fontinalisCold streams Brown TroutSalmo truttaRivers Bull TroutSalvelinus confluentusCold rivers Chinook SalmonOncorhynchus tshawytschaPacific coast Chum SalmonOncorhynchus ketaPacific coast CiscoCoregonus artediCold lakes Coho SalmonOncorhynchus kisutchPacific coast Cutthroat TroutOncorhynchus clarkiiMountain streams Inconnu (Sheefish)Stenodus leucichthysArctic rivers KokaneeOncorhynchus nerkaCold lakes Lake TroutSalvelinus namaycushDeep cold lakes Lake WhitefishCoregonus clupeaformisCold deep lakes Mountain WhitefishProsopium williamsoniCold rivers Pink SalmonOncorhynchus gorbuschaPacific coast Rainbow TroutOncorhynchus mykissCold streams Sockeye SalmonOncorhynchus nerkaPacific coast VendaceCoregonus albulaCold deep lakes

Sciaenidae

Black DrumPogonias cromisEstuaries Freshwater DrumAplodinotus grunniensLarge rivers Red Drum (Redfish)Sciaenops ocellatusCoastal flats Spotted SeatroutCynoscion nebulosusGrass flats

Scombridae

Atlantic Bluefin TunaThunnus thynnusOpen ocean False AlbacoreEuthynnus alletteratusNearshore ocean King MackerelScomberomorus cavallaOffshore Spanish MackerelScomberomorus maculatusInshore ocean WahooAcanthocybium solandriOffshore ocean Yellowfin TunaThunnus albacaresOffshore ocean

Siluridae

Wels CatfishSilurus glanisLarge rivers