Freshwater Sunfish
Spiny fins, sunny colors, fierce parents
Conservation Threats
Overfishing
Unsustainable fishing practices depleting marine and freshwater species
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Overfishing Animals
Arctic Char
Built for ice-cold waters
Sea Snake
Elapids that learned to breathe the sea
Sheepshead Fish
Built to bite shells off the dock
American Paddlefish
Paddle-snouted plankton hunter
Green Sunfish
Big mouth. Bold stripes. Tough fish.
Giant Isopod
The deep sea's armored scavenger
Common Carp
Tough fish, muddy footprint.
Buffalo Fish
Big bodies, subtle mouths, ancient lives
Dragon Eel
Spots, horns, and fangs after dark
Belted Kingfisher
Bank-burrower. Perch-watcher. Plunge-diver.
Thresher Shark
The shark that hunts with a whip
Common Angelshark
Ray-shaped, shark-built, seabed hunter
Oceanic Whitetip Shark
White-tipped wings of the high seas
Lemon Shark
Twin dorsal fins, coastal king
Hawk
Built to see, swoop, and soar
Flathead Catfish
The mottled, flat-headed night hunter
Scallops
The clapping swimmers of the seafloor
Chiton
Eight plates. One unstoppable grip.
Sand Dollar
Coins of the seafloor, built to burrow
White Catfish
Fork-tailed forager of tidal waters
Snowflake Eel
Spotted night hunter of the reef cracks
American Eel
Born at sea, raised in rivers.
Atlantic Sturgeon
Armored river giant of the Atlantic