Half-spotted Goby
A small goby ranging from the Red Sea and Persian Gulf across the Pacific toward Hawaii and Japan.
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Halicampus crinitus
An Atlantic pipefish ranging from Bermuda and Florida through the Caribbean toward southern Brazil.
Halloween Darter
Favors shallow, fast-moving riffles with gravel bottoms in small and medium-sized rivers.
Hanukkah Darter
A darter native to the Savannah River drainage in Georgia and South Carolina.
Hardhead
Often stays near stream edges where thick aquatic vegetation provides cover.
Hardhead Catfish
A coastal catfish of the northwestern Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, commonly associated with saltwater rather than freshwater lakes.
Harelip Sucker
An extinct sucker formerly found in river systems of the eastern-central United States.
Harlequin Darter
Favors clean-water riffles with moderate to fast currents.
Hawaiian Sergeant
Uses quiet water over rocky bottoms around Hawaiian reefs, from the shallows into deeper coastal habitat.
Hawaiian Shrimp Goby
A small shrimp-associated goby recorded around Hawaii and the Marshall Islands.
Hawaiian Turkeyfish
Lives around seaward reefs and lagoons, with records from shallow water to several hundred feet deep.
Headwater Catfish
Native to the southwestern United States and northeastern Mexico. Its natural range is narrower than that of channel catfish.
Headwater Darter
Occurs in Kentucky and Tennessee, including parts of the Green, Cumberland and upper Salt river systems.
Hickory Shad
A migratory shad native to the Atlantic coast from Canada south to Florida.
Highback Chub
Uses sandy or rocky creeks and smaller rivers, tolerating both clear and somewhat cloudy water.
Highfin Carpsucker
Ranges from the northern Great Plains and upper Midwest south through the Mississippi drainage to Louisiana.
Highfin Goby
A goby that uses both freshwater and brackish water.
Highfin Shiner
Ranges from the lower Roanoke drainage in Virginia through southeastern river systems toward South Carolina’s Savannah River.
Highland Darter
Native to Ozark drainages of the Arkansas and upper White rivers across Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma.
Highland Rim Darter
Found naturally in the Barren River system of Kentucky and Tennessee.
Highland Shiner
Lives in tributaries of the Green, Cumberland and Tennessee rivers across parts of the Appalachian region.
Highland Stoneroller
Occurs in selected Red, Ouachita and lower Arkansas tributaries between eastern Oklahoma and central Arkansas.
Highscale Shiner
Uses sandy-bottomed tributaries of the Chattahoochee and Flint systems in Georgia and eastern Alabama.
Hitch
A freshwater minnow native to California’s inland waterways.
Hiukole Goby
A Hawaiian goby associated with freshwater mountain streams, including higher-elevation reaches.
Hogchoker
Favors brackish water and occurs in numerous Atlantic bays and estuaries.
Holiday Darter
Lives in fast streams with mixed bottoms of sand, gravel, cobbles and large boulders.
Honeycomb Cowfish
A boxfish of the western Atlantic, recognizable by its honeycomb-like body markings.
Hornyhead Chub
Uses small streams and rivers of the north-central United States and neighboring Canada.
Horse-eye Jack
Eats smaller fish, shrimp, crabs and other marine invertebrates.
Humpback Chub
Young fish use shallow, quiet shoreline pools; larger fish move into deeper, faster sections of the Little Colorado River.
Humpback Whitefish
Uses slow rivers, deltas, floodplain lakes and larger lakes, as well as brackish river mouths.
Hybrid Catfish
A channel catfish–blue catfish cross commonly raised in aquaculture and managed fisheries.
Hybrid Gar
A hybrid gar, combining ancestry from more than one gar species. Gars have elongated jaws and protective scales.
Hybrid Green Sunfish
A green sunfish hybrid with an unspecified second parent. Exact size and feeding habits depend on the cross.
Hybrid Sunfish
A green sunfish–bluegill hybrid that combines traits of two familiar freshwater panfish.
Hybrid Tilapia
A mixed tilapia cross. Parent species influence its growth, appearance and tolerance of different water conditions.