Fishing
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Both marine and freshwater killifishes are distributed throughout Central and Eastern North America from southern Canada to the Yucatan, including Cuba and Bermuda.
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Hybrids are more common in unfished or lightly fished waters, most likely because they are easier to catch than the parent species and are thus removed more quickly from heavily fished waters.
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Learn more about this primitive family of fishes that have a sucking disc in place of a jaw.
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Also known as “tidewater” silverside. They are less common than and very difficult to distinguish from the Atlantic silverside without magnification.
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The state's only parasitic fish to enter freshwater, the sea lamprey gets a bad reputation. Learn more about this fascinating fish.
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Due to their hard-fighting abilities, smallmouths are considered by many to be superior gamefish to largemouths.
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Learn about the shortnose sturgeon, a state and federally endangered species that call the CT River home.
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Rock bass have relatively large mouths, so are commonly caught by anglers seeking larger gamefish.
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The sheepshead minnow is a standard for use in many laboratory toxicity and genetics studies.
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Sculpins are sensitive to environmental degradation, requiring good-quality, coldwater streams to survive.
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Not yet found in Connecticut, the Rudd has established populations in neighboring states.
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Two estuarine/marine species of silversides exist in Connecticut. Both are schooling fish that occasionally enter freshwater areas of coastal rivers and streams.
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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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The northern pike is Connecticut’s largest strictly freshwater gamefish.
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Looking a lot like other shiners gave the mimic shiner its name.