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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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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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Due to their small size, spotfin killifish are difficult to identify and often mistaken for young mummichog.
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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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Smelt are important forage fish for large pelagic predators such as striped bass in estuaries and brown trout in lakes.
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Rainbow trout seldom survive the summer in Connecticut and natural reproduction is rare.
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Where numerous, rainwater killifish are thought to be an effective control of mosquito larvae.
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Striped mullet support important commercial fisheries in Southern states. Smaller fish are sold as bait.
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As with hybrids between many fish species, tiger trout tend to be more aggressive and faster-growing than either parent species.
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Although relatively feeble fighters on rod and reel, walleye are an esteemed game and food fish throughout their range.
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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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Freshwater populations exist as far south as Massachusetts, but none are known in Connecticut.
