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They are sold as bait at coastal bait shops (where they are often called “killies” or “mummies”) and are popular due to their toughness and ability to survive in fresh water.
Minnows are an extremely diverse family with abundant representatives over most of the world. Learn about all the minnows who call Connecticut home!
Ninespine stickleback males build little tunnel-shaped nests out of bits of vegetation.
Mudminnows are a small family of the Northern Hemisphere that look similar to killifish and minnows, but are actually more closely related to pike.
Mullets are torpedo-shaped fishes with horizontal mouths.
The pupfishes and killifishes are very similar and were once included in the same family.
Both marine and freshwater killifishes are distributed throughout Central and Eastern North America from southern Canada to the Yucatan, including Cuba and Bermuda.
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.
Also known as “tidewater” silverside. They are less common than and very difficult to distinguish from the Atlantic silverside without magnification.
Learn about goldfish in Connecticut, an introduced species that is native to Asia and common in urban ponds.
Hearing Officer Reports Hearing Officer Reports are not final decisions of the Office of Adjudications. The reports summarize an Informational Public Hearing that was held on an application. For additional information on the matters listed below, the public is encouraged to contact the Applicant or DEEP staff identified in the Report.
United States Army Corps of Engineers, State-wide
Notice of tentative determination for applications submitted by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to reissue and modify 56 of its 57 Nationwide Permits (NWPs). This activity will affect inland and coastal water resources of the State of Connecticut. Written comments due by November 12, 2025.
Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) encourages you to be “Air Aware” by learning more about air quality and how it affects your health as ozone season kicks off with National Air Quality Awareness Week which begins today, May 1, 2017.
Become a Citizen Scientist and Map Your World Using the Map of Life App
Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) invites people of all ages to join professional naturalists at the Kellogg Environmental Center, Derby, on Saturday, May 27, from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. to explore the wonder of plants in the fields and forest.