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About Fishes Types: The species in the Online Field Guide are divided into type categories based on shared characteristics or relationships. A silhouette illustration shows a representative species from each type. The list below tells which species are included in each type category. Freshwater types Saltwater types
Freshwater types
	Elongate Fishes with Long Snouts gars paddlefish sturgeons pikes pickerels

	Eel-like Fishes and Catfishes lampreys eels burbots bowfins catfishes bullheads

	Minnows, Suckers, and Shadlike Fishes over 7 Inches suckers goldfish carps minnows herrings shads goldeyes smelts squawfishes daces blackfishes

	Minnows and Shiners under 7 Inches daces shiners minnows shads

	Trouts and Salmons whitefishes trouts salmons graylings

	Killifishes, Cavefishes, and Sticklebacks livebearers killifishes cavefishes sticklebacks

	Darters and Sculpins darters sculpins logperches

	Flatfishes, Sunfishes, and Perchlike Fishes flounders sunfishes perches basses crappies
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	Saltwater types
		Sharklike Fishes sharks dogfishes ratfishes

		Skates and Raylike Fishes rays mantas stingrays skates

		Eel-like Fishes and Long Dorsal-finned Fishes hagfishes morays wolffishes eelpouts midshipmen clinids blennies gobies hakes sand lances gunnels

		Drumlike Fishes, Cods, Trouts, and Catfishes cobias haddocks hakes cods tomcods pollocks croakers trouts salmons sea catfishes drums mullets snooks

		Killifishes, Livebearers, and Sticklebacks killifishes livebearers sticklebacks

		Long, Slender Fishes cutlassfishes flyingfishes needlefishes pipefishes trumpetfishes

		Seahorses seahorses

		Fishes with Spiny Rays or Tapering Bodies rockfishes scorpionfishes porgies greenlings sculpins searobins lizardfishes poachers sablefishes

		Basslike fishes, grunts, and snappers temperate basses sea basses mojarras surfperches seaperches perches grunts snappers porgies groupers

		Angelfishes and Disc-like Fishes damselfishes opaleyes angelfishes spadefishes leatherjackets surgeonfishes butterflyfishes

		Parrotfishes and Wrasses parrotfishes wrasses

		Spindle-shaped Fishes and Large, Robust Fishes jacks porgies whitefishes bluefish tunas mackerels bonitos silversides anchovies herrings tarpons bonefish dolphinfish barracudas sailfish marlins swordfish

		Flatfishes flounders soles sanddabs halibuts

		Puffers, Boxfishes, and Fishes with Lures goosefishes lumpfish puffers boxfishes filefishes
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Abbreviations Used in this Online Field Guide
SL = standard length (tip of snout to base of tail), TL = total length (tip of snout to tip of tail), FL = fork length, W = width
In range descriptions, n = north, s = south, e = east, w = west, and c = central.