Lacefin Filefish
A filefish recorded across the Indo-West Pacific, including Hawaii, Japan, Australia and Christmas Island.
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Ladyfish
A coastal Atlantic fish ranging from Massachusetts to Florida and into the Gulf of Mexico.
Lafa Glassfish
Known from a small number of coastal localities in northern Queensland, Australia.
Lahontan Cutthroat Trout
Native to cold-water habitats of Nevada and neighboring parts of southeastern Oregon and northeastern California.
Lahontan Redside
Lives in Great Basin waters of eastern California, western Nevada and far southern Oregon.
Lake Chub
A small northern minnow with populations across Canada and parts of the United States.
Lake Chubsucker
A North American sucker ranging from the Great Lakes and southern Ontario toward the Mississippi basin and Gulf Coast.
Lake Eustis Minnow
A small freshwater pupfish native to central Florida’s Ocklawaha headwater lakes, including the Lake Eustis region.
Lake Sturgeon
A freshwater sturgeon native from the Hudson Bay region south into the eastern-central United States.
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Lake Trout
A cold-water trout native to North America and introduced to additional lakes elsewhere.
Lake Whitefish
Found across much of Canada and the northern United States, including every Great Lake.
Lane Snapper
A snapper ranging from Bermuda and North Carolina through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico toward southern Brazil.
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Largemouth Bass
Try plastic worms, spinnerbaits or jigs around shoreline cover. Native to eastern and central North America and widely introduced elsewhere.
Largemouth x Smallmouth Bass
A largemouth–smallmouth bass hybrid, combining two well-known North American freshwater predators.
Largemouth x Spotted Bass
A cross between largemouth and spotted bass, both native to North American freshwater systems.
Largescale Stoneroller
Favors upland streams above the fall line, where terrain changes from coastal plain to higher ground.
Largescale Sucker
Uses lakes and the slower-moving sections of streams and rivers.
Largespring Gambusia
A livebearing fish native to spring habitats in Texas and Durango, Mexico.
Laurel Dace
Native to a handful of small streams on Tennessee’s Walden Ridge in the Cumberland Plateau.
Lavender Snapper
A Pacific snapper whose range extends toward Hawaii and Japan.
Least Brook Lamprey
A nonparasitic lamprey found in the Mississippi watershed and portions of the Atlantic drainage.
Least Chub
A small western chub associated mainly with Utah, with additional populations reported in Idaho.
Least Cisco
Uses Arctic-basin rivers, estuaries and coastal waters, as well as some larger northern lakes.
Least Darter
A tiny darter recorded in northeastern United States lakes and streams and the Mississippi River system.
Least Madtom
Uses creek and small-river pools and riffles over sand or mixed rock.
Leatherjack
Ranges from Baja California and the Gulf of California toward Ecuador, including the Galapagos and Malpelo islands.
Lemon Shark
A shark of shallow subtropical waters that returns to particular nursery areas to reproduce.
Leon Springs Pupfish
A desert pupfish associated with Diamond Y Draw, a tributary of the Pecos River in Texas.
Leopard Dace
Lives in the Fraser and Columbia drainages across British Columbia and parts of the northwestern United States.
Leopard Darter
Eats small invertebrates from the riverbed. Spawning takes place mainly during March and April.
Lepomis solis
A freshwater sunfish native to the southeastern United States.
Level-finned Eel
An Indo-Pacific eel ranging from western Indian Ocean islands toward Southeast Asia, New Guinea and northern Australia.
Lined Arrowfin Goby
A goby recorded across the Indo-West Pacific and western-central Pacific.
Lined Chub
Feeds on midge larvae, pupae and larger aquatic insects in its native river habitats.
Lined Sole
Eats worms, crustaceans and small fish over sandy or muddy coastal bottoms, including estuaries and salty lagoons.
Lined Topminnow
Uses swamps and quiet backwaters between southern Virginia and Florida’s Lake Okeechobee region.
Lipstick Darter
Lives in rocky riffles of creeks and small to medium-sized rivers.
Little Colorado Spinedace
Favors open, unshaded pools, using rocks and undercut banks for shelter.
Liza
A coastal mullet of the western Atlantic and Caribbean, where it is also commercially harvested.
Loach Minnow
Native to the Gila River system in Arizona, New Mexico and Sonora, Mexico.
Logperch
Lives in clear streams and lakes with gravel bottoms, reaching roughly seven inches long.
Lollypop Darter
Uses shallow, clear water with little or no current.
Longear Sunfish
Favors plant-filled shallows in ponds, lakes and slow streams.
Longfin Dace
Native to desert waters in Arizona, New Mexico and northern Mexico, including Sonora and Sinaloa.
Longfin Darter
A darter of the upper James River drainage in Virginia and West Virginia.
Longfin Smelt
Native to the North Pacific and nearby freshwater systems, including connected streams and lakes.
Longfin Tilapia
An African tilapia native to the Zambezi basin and lakes Mweru and Bangweulu.
Longhead Darter
Lives in the Ohio River basin, from the Appalachian states west toward Kentucky and Tennessee.
Longjaw Minnow
A southeastern United States minnow with a regional freshwater distribution.
Longjaw Mudsucker
Found along the Pacific coasts of California and Baja California.
Longnose Dace
Uses moderately cool streams, rivers and lakes, feeding opportunistically on available small foods.
Longnose Darter
Occurs in Ozark and Ouachita river systems across southern Missouri, Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma.
Longnose Gar
Uses freshwater lakes, swamps and slow river backwaters, and also enters brackish coastal water.
Longnose Killifish
A Gulf Coast killifish ranging from the Florida Keys west and south toward Tampico, Mexico.
Longnose Lancetfish
An open-ocean predator found worldwide in tropical through cold temperate seas.
Longnose Shiner
A small shiner usually less than two and a half inches long, with a pale yellow back and sides.
Longnose Sucker
Native across northern North America, extending from the northern United States into Arctic regions.
Lophiodes miacanthus
A deep-water anglerfish ranging from the eastern Indian Ocean toward Hawaii, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna.
Lost River Sucker
A large sucker associated with deep lakes and river pools in the Klamath basin.
Lowland Shiner
Lives in southeastern river systems between South Carolina’s Pee Dee and Georgia’s Satilla River.
Lucifuga simile
A Cuban cavefish recorded in both fresh and brackish water.
Lyre Goby
A coastal goby ranging from New York through the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean toward southern Brazil.