Fishing
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Sculpins have a flattened head, large frog-like mouth and eyes, a scaleless body, and large fan-shaped pectoral fins.
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Striped bass grow large and are arguably the most important inshore predator and sport fish in the state.
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Striped mullet support important commercial fisheries in Southern states. Smaller fish are sold as bait.
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Due to their small size, spotfin killifish are difficult to identify and often mistaken for young mummichog.
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Four native stickleback species are found predominantly in marine and sometimes fresh waters of Connecticut. The males build and guard nests made out of aquatic vegetation, and they become darker and/or more brightly colored during the spawning season.
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Typically the most abundant fish species in larger rivers, the spottail shiner is a very important forage fish.
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This is the largest killifish species in Connecticut and the least tolerant of fresh water.
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Learn about these huge, prehistoric fishes that are threatened and endangered in Connecticut.
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Three species of suckers have been reported in Connecticut. Two are native, with the other uncertain in origin.
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Relatively small, silvery fishes with a very slender, cylindrical shape.
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This pictorial guide contains interesting and useful information about all of Connecticut's fascinating freshwater fishes.
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Five species (and one hybrid, the “tiger trout”) exist in Connecticut. Only the brook trout and Atlantic salmon are native; the rest were introduced as sport fish.
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An esteemed food and sport fish in Europe, it's unclear how the tench will affect Connecticut's freshwater ecosystems.
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Sunfishes and Freshwater Basses
There are eleven sunfish species in Connecticut, only three of which are native.
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Swamp darters are very small, camouflaged and secretive. Primarily for this reason, their distribution in Connecticut is not fully defined, nor is it clear whether their range has changed over time.