Fish starting with S

Sabine Shiner

A freshwater shiner native to the United States, associated with Gulf-draining river systems.

Sacramento Blackfish

A freshwater fish native to California, with introduced populations in Nevada.

Sacramento Perch

Native to California and introduced to additional waters elsewhere in the western United States.

Sacramento Pikeminnow

Native to several California basins, including the Sacramento–San Joaquin, Russian River, Clear Lake and upper Pit River.

Sacramento Sucker

Uses habitats ranging from small headwater streams to deep lakes and estuaries.

Saddleback Darter

Eats river snails and aquatic insect larvae, including caddisflies, midges and mayflies.

Saddleback Snapper

A western Pacific snapper ranging from Singapore toward Samoa, with populations around Taiwan, Japan and northeastern Australia.

Saddled Madtom

Known from two small tributaries along the lower Tennessee River.

Saddled Rockclimbing Goby

A stream goby native only to Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia.

Saddletail Snapper

Ranges through the Indian Ocean and western Pacific, extending toward Fiji and Japan.

Saffron Cod

Uses shallow coastal waters, usually less than about 200 feet deep.

Saffron Darter

Native to streams and creeks in Kentucky and Tennessee.

Saffron Shiner

Lives in cold, clear, rocky streams of the Tennessee River drainage.

Sailfin Catfish

Native to Venezuela’s Orinoco basin. Uses streams, lakes and weedy canals with muddy bottoms.

Sailfin Flyingfish

A tropical flyingfish found across the Indo-Pacific and parts of the eastern Pacific, including waters off Mexico and Ecuador.

Sailfin Molly

Uses both freshwater and brackish waterways along the eastern United States coast.

Sailfin Shiner

A small shiner native to southeastern United States freshwater habitats.

Sailor Flyingfish

An Indo-Pacific flyingfish reaching Hawaii, with additional populations in eastern Pacific waters from Mexico toward Peru.

Salt Creek Pupfish

Native to Salt Creek in California’s Death Valley, where it survives in an isolated desert waterway.

Saltmarsh Topminnow

Lives in coastal wetlands along the United States Gulf of Mexico shoreline.

Salvin’s Cichlid

Lives in Atlantic-draining rivers of southern Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.

San Marcos Gambusia

A likely extinct livebearer formerly found only around San Marcos Springs in central Texas.

Sand Roller

Native to the Columbia River drainage in the northwestern United States.

Sand Seatrout

A seatrout of the western Atlantic and Gulf coastal region.

Sand Shiner

Schools in clear, sandy streams, feeding on insects, microscopic algae and organic material near the bottom.

Sand Tiger

Uses continental-shelf habitats from sandy coastal areas to submerged reefs and deeper offshore water.

Sandbar Shiner

A shiner native to freshwater systems of the southeastern United States.

Sandhills Chub

Lives in the Carolina Sandhills, including parts of the Cape Fear, Pee Dee and Santee drainages.

Sandwich Island Sleeper

A Hawaiian sleeper found in freshwater, brackish and marine habitats around the islands’ coasts.

Santa Ana Sucker

Grazes algae and organic material from shallow streambeds covered with sand, gravel or cobbles.

Santee Chub

Native to the Cape Fear, Pee Dee and upper Santee river systems of the Carolinas.

Sargassum Triggerfish

Eats shrimp, crabs, sea urchins and tiny animals drifting in ocean water.

Sargo

Ranges from central California to Baja California, with a separate population in the Gulf of California.

Satinfin Shiner

Uses rivers and creeks from headwaters toward tidal reaches, including pools and riffles.

Saucereye Porgy

Eats bottom-dwelling animals such as mollusks, marine worms, crabs, brittle stars and sea urchins.

Sauger

A freshwater predator commonly associated with deep pools in large rivers.

Saugeye

A sauger–walleye hybrid commonly stocked in inland waters for recreational fishing.

Savannah Darter

Uses gravel riffles and sandy or gravelly runs in creeks and small rivers.

Sawcheek Darter

Native to Atlantic coastal-plain waters from Virginia’s Great Dismal Swamp toward Georgia’s Altamaha River.

Scaled Sardine

A coastal sardine ranging through the western Atlantic from the Gulf of Mexico south toward Brazil.

Scaly Sand Darter

Uses sandy, slow-current streams in the coastal-plain portion of the Mississippi River basin.

Scaly Waryfish

A deep-water North Pacific fish ranging from northern Japan and the Bering Sea toward Baja California and the Galapagos.

Scarlet Shiner

Lives in smaller streams with moderate flow over rocks, pebbles or gravel.

Schoolmaster Snapper

A western Atlantic snapper taken in coastal fisheries as a food fish.

Scioto Madtom

An extinct small catfish formerly recorded in Ohio’s Scioto River drainage.

Scrawled Cowfish

A cowfish found in western Atlantic marine habitats.

Scrawled Filefish

A tropical filefish with populations across the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.

Scrawled Sole

A coastal flatfish found from the Bahamas and Caribbean toward southeastern Brazil.

Sea Lamprey

Native Atlantic populations use coastal river systems; introduced populations have affected the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain.

Seaboard Goby

A coastal goby recorded in relatively shallow water, roughly six to thirty feet deep.

Seagreen Darter

Uses rocky riffles in creeks and smaller rivers.

Seminole Killifish

Favors open lake areas and quiet pools in freshwater streams.

Sevenband Demoiselle

An Indo-Pacific damselfish that can grow to roughly nine inches long.

Shadow Bass

Favors slow water over clean mud, sand, gravel or pebbles.

Sharksucker

A remora found in tropical and warm temperate seas, with a range excluding the eastern Pacific.

Sharpchin Flyingfish

An eastern Pacific flyingfish ranging from Baja California toward Peru, including the Galapagos and Clipperton Island.

Sharpfin Chubsucker

A southeastern sucker native to Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida.

Sharphead Darter

Native only to the Holston and Nolichucky river systems of the eastern United States.

Sharpnose Darter

Favors flowing gravel runs and riffles in smaller freshwater rivers.

Sharpnose Puffer

A small marine puffer ranging from South Carolina through the Caribbean toward Venezuela, usually under five inches long.

Sharpnose Sculpin

A marine sculpin recorded in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Sharpnose Shiner

A Texas shiner whose native range is restricted to the upper Brazos River basin.

Sharptail Mola

Eats jellyfish and other soft-bodied drifting animals, along with some fish, crustaceans and mollusks.

Shawnee Darter

Uses shallow gravel riffles and rocky pools in headwaters, creeks and small rivers.

Sheefish

A large northern whitefish found in Alaska’s rivers and connected waters. Adults mainly feed on smaller fish.

Sheepshead

Ranges through the western Atlantic from Nova Scotia south toward southern Brazil.

Sheepshead Minnow

Uses salt marshes and estuaries along the eastern coasts of North and Central America.

Shield Darter

Favors strong currents over gravel and rubble in moderately sized creeks.

Shimofuri Goby

An Asian goby that tolerates both freshwater and brackish conditions.

Shiner Perch

Uses estuaries, lagoons and coastal streams from Alaska to Baja California.

Shoal Bass

A river bass native to the southeastern United States, including waters in Florida and Georgia.

Shoal Chub

Occupies flowing runs over sand and gravel in small and large rivers.

Shortband Herring

A small herring found around southern Florida and in the Caribbean Sea.

Shortfin Molly

A livebearing molly of shallow, still or slow-moving freshwater and brackish habitats.

Shortfinned Eel

A Pacific eel ranging from eastern Australia and New Guinea toward the Tuamotu and Gambier islands.

Shorthead Redhorse

Feeds on bottom-dwelling invertebrates and also consumes plant material from the riverbed.

Shorthead Sculpin

Lives in the Columbia River drainage across the northwestern United States and British Columbia.

Shortjaw Cisco

Eats crustaceans and insect larvae, then spawns on lake bottoms in autumn.

Shortnose Cisco

A cisco formerly native to lakes Michigan, Huron and Ontario, now considered probably extinct.

Shortnose Gar

Uses quiet water in large rivers, backwaters, oxbow lakes and deep pools.

Shortnose Sturgeon

Lives in Atlantic coastal rivers and nearby waters between Canada and Florida.

Shortnose Sucker

Native to freshwater habitats in southern Oregon and northern California.

Shorttail Pipefish

A western Pacific pipefish found from Indonesia toward the Philippines, Solomon Islands and Taiwan.

Shoshone Sculpin

Lives in spring systems around Idaho’s Thousand Springs formation near Hagerman.

Shovelnose Sturgeon

A river sturgeon of the Missouri and Mississippi systems.

Shrimp Eel

Uses muddy bottoms in the shallow Gulf of Mexico and nearby high-salinity bays.

Sickle Darter

Feeds on small crayfish and mayflies, using its long snout to search for prey.

Sicklefin Chub

A river minnow recorded in the Missouri River system.

Silk Snapper

Ranges from North Carolina and Bermuda through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico toward southeastern Brazil.

Silver Anchovy

An anchovy recorded along the western Atlantic, including United States coasts, the Gulf of Mexico and northern South America.

Silver Carp

Native to China and eastern Siberia, from the Amur basin south toward the Xi Jiang system.

Silver Chub

A freshwater chub with a native distribution in the United States and Canada.

Silver Jenny

An Atlantic mojarra ranging from New Jersey and Bermuda through the Caribbean toward Argentina.

Silver Lamprey

A lamprey distributed through the northern and central United States and much of southern Canada.

Silver Perch

A small coastal fish native to the Atlantic side of North America.

Silver Redhorse

Often uses deep, sandy pools with little current in freshwater river systems.

Silver Sandfish

A small sandfish ranging from Southeast Asia toward Palau and Vanuatu, with records around Japan and northern Australia.

Silver Seatrout

A marine seatrout associated with relatively deep coastal water.

Silver Shiner

Recorded in western Lake Erie tributaries and Ontario’s Grand River system.

Silverband Shiner

Lives in the Mississippi and major tributaries, with additional populations in several Gulf-draining systems.

Silverjaw Minnow

A United States stream minnow whose populations occupy separated portions of its overall range.

Silverside Shiner

Uses flowing sand-and-gravel runs in medium and large rivers.

Silverstripe Mudskipper

Lives among mangroves and nipa palms, moving across exposed mud outside the water.

Silverstripe Shiner

Widespread in the Mobile Bay drainage across Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia.

Skipjack Herring

Uses flowing water that ranges from clear to moderately cloudy.

Skygazer Shiner

A shiner native to Alabama’s Alabama River drainage.

Slabrock Darter

Uses rocky pools in small rivers and streams, as well as rocky edges of larger waterways.

Slackwater Darter

Associated with stream bottoms of clean silt, sand and fine gravel.

Slender Chub

A freshwater chub native to the Clinch and Powell rivers in the eastern United States.

Slender Filefish

A slender marine filefish ranging from Bermuda and North Carolina through the Caribbean toward Colombia.

Slender Madtom

Uses flowing pools and riffles in smaller streams, over coarse gravel and flat rock slabs.

Slender Sculpin

Lives along lake margins and in stream riffles, runs and pools over mud, sand or gravel.

Slender Wenchman

A slender snapper ranging from the southern Caribbean Sea toward southern Brazil.

Slenderhead Darter

Eats insect larvae and other small invertebrates. Spawns during spring and early summer.

Slimstripe Dartfish

A dartfish recorded around Madagascar, the Seychelles, the Philippines, Palau, Fiji and northeastern Australia.

Slimy Sculpin

Uses cold, rocky streams and lakes across northern North America, including the Great Lakes region.

Slough Anchovy

An anchovy native to Pacific coastal waters of southern California and Baja California.

Slough Darter

Favors slow to moderate currents over soft mud, silt or sand.

Smalleye Shiner

Found naturally only in the upper Brazos River basin of Texas.

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Smallmouth Bass

Native to the upper Mississippi, Great Lakes–St. Lawrence and Hudson Bay systems, including the Champlain region.

Smallmouth Buffalo

A large freshwater sucker native to Mississippi tributaries and several surrounding river systems.

Smallmouth Flounder

A small marine flatfish with both eyes positioned on the left side of its body.

Smallmouth Redhorse

A freshwater redhorse native to the Ohio River basin.

Smallmouth x Spotted Bass

A smallmouth–spotted bass cross, combining two freshwater bass commonly associated with rocky waterways.

Smallscale Darter

Lives in shallow, gravel-bottomed riffles of small rivers.

Smallscaled Goby

A tropical coastal goby ranging from Africa across the Indian Ocean into the western Pacific, using saltwater and brackish habitats.

Smalltooth Jobfish

Recorded around western Pacific islands, including Micronesia, the Solomon Islands, Fiji and Raja Ampat.

Smoky Madtom

Uses the transitions between pools and riffles, spawning beneath large, flat rocks in summer.

Smooth Butterfly Ray

A coastal ray recorded along northern and eastern South America and the Atlantic coast of western Africa.

Smooth Clingfish

A small coastal clingfish found around the Bahamas, Caribbean islands and northern South America.

Smooth Flounder

Lives in shallow inshore saltwater and brackish habitats, extending to depths of roughly ninety feet.

Smooth Puffer

A marine puffer that feeds on fish and shrimp, using its strong mouth to handle animal prey.

Smooth Trunkfish

A boxfish of western Atlantic marine waters.

Snail Bullhead

A bullhead catfish widely distributed in southeastern United States freshwater habitats.

Snail Darter

Uses sand and gravel shoals in larger creeks, rivers and reservoirs.

Snake River Cutthroat Trout

A fine-spotted cutthroat trout form also raised in hatcheries for stocking cold-water lakes and streams.

Snakehead Gudgeon

A gudgeon recorded around Indonesia, the Philippines, Palau, the Solomon Islands and nearby southwestern Pacific islands.

Snakehead Mullet

A mullet native to northern Vietnam and Taiwan.

Snubnose Darter

Uses rocky pools and riffles in relatively clear streams.

Sockeye Salmon

A Pacific salmon native to the North Pacific and rivers that drain into it.

Sonora Chub

Eats aquatic and land insects, along with algae growing in larger stream pools.

Sonora Sucker

Tolerates varied flowing-water habitats, from cool trout streams to warm rivers.

Sooty Darter

Lives in stream and creek pools together with neighboring riffles.

Sordid Snapper

A snapper ranging from the Red Sea and western Indian Ocean islands toward the Marquesas, Pitcairn and New Caledonia.

Southeastern Blue Sucker

Native to Gulf-draining rivers of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.

Southern Brook Lamprey

A southern lamprey recorded from Arkansas and Louisiana east through Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.

Southern Cavefish

An underground fish associated with caves and limestone groundwater systems in the eastern United States.

Southern Flounder

Native to the eastern United States coast and northern Gulf of Mexico.

Southern Kingfish

Uses shallow coastal water along the western Atlantic shoreline.

Southern Leatherside Chub

A small freshwater chub whose native range is limited to Utah.

Southern Logperch

Lives in the Escambia and Choctawhatchee river systems of western Florida and southern Alabama.

Southern Puffer

A warm-water puffer recorded in the Caribbean and neighboring western Atlantic habitats.

Southern Red Snapper

A snapper native to western Atlantic and Caribbean waters.

Southern Redbelly Dace

Favors clear, flowing streams and quiet pools within creek systems.

Southern Sailfin Catfish

A South American armored catfish native to the Paraná and Uruguay drainages. Introduced populations also occur outside its home range.

Southern Sand Darter

Uses sandy, flowing habitats in Mobile Bay drainage streams and rivers.

Southern Starhead Topminnow

A freshwater topminnow native to the southern United States.

Southern Stingray

A coastal ray ranging through warm western Atlantic waters from New Jersey toward southern Brazil.

Southern Striped Raphael

An armored catfish native to South America’s Amazon, Paraguay–Paraná and lower Orinoco basins.

Southern Tidewater Goby

A coastal goby whose native range is limited to San Diego County, California.

Southwestern Mosquitofish

A small livebearing fish found in southwestern United States and Mexican freshwater systems.

Spangled Darter

Native only to Tennessee’s Duck and Buffalo rivers.

Spangled Gudgeon

A tropical gudgeon with a native distribution in the Indo-Pacific region.

Speckled Chub

A freshwater chub recorded in the United States and Mexico.

Speckled Dace

Ranges through western North American freshwater habitats from Sonora north to British Columbia.

Speckled Darter

Uses rocky or sandy pools in flowing streams and medium-sized rivers, including areas with fast currents.

Speckled Killifish

A killifish native to freshwater habitats in southern Virginia and North Carolina.

Speckled Madtom

Lives in very shallow riffles over sand, gravel or rock.

Speckled Pavon

Native to the Orinoco, Rio Negro and parts of the central Amazon across northern South America.

Speckled Worm Eel

An Atlantic worm eel ranging from North Carolina and Bermuda through the Caribbean toward southern Brazil.

Specklefin Rockclimbing Goby

A stream goby recorded from southern Japanese islands toward New Guinea and northern Australia, with a marine larval stage.

Spikedace

A small southwestern minnow recorded in Arizona and New Mexico.

Spiny Boxfish

A spiny boxfish with a broad Indo-Pacific range and additional populations along the Pacific coast of the Americas.

Spinycheek Sleeper

A coastal sleeper recorded from Venezuela and the southern Caribbean toward southern Brazil.

Splake

A brook trout–lake trout hybrid stocked in cold-water lakes for recreational fishing.

Splendid Darter

Often occupies small, rocky pools along the edges of creeks and rivers.

Splittail

Native to low-elevation waterways in California’s Central Valley.

Spoonhead Sculpin

Uses rock, rubble and submerged logs as shelter from larger predatory fish.

Spot

Lives in coastal waters and estuaries from Massachusetts to Texas. A dark mark behind each gill gives it its name.

Spot Dascyllus

A damselfish recorded in the east-central Pacific Ocean.

Spot Pom

Eats algae, tiny animals and drifting plankton in its coastal habitat.

Spotfin Chub

Uses clear, warm river stretches with steady flow resembling stream runs.

Spotfin Dragonet

A bottom-dwelling dragonet recorded from the Caribbean Sea toward northern Brazil.

Spotfin Dualspot Goby

A goby ranging from the Andaman Islands toward Palau, New Ireland, the Solomon Islands and northern Australia.

Spotfin Killifish

A killifish recorded in coastal and inland United States waters, plus Bermuda, Cuba and the Yucatán.

Spotfin Mojarra

A coastal mojarra recognizable by a dark spot on its dorsal fin.

Spotfin River Goby

A river goby ranging from India toward Japan and Oceania, using freshwater, brackish and marine habitats.

Spotfin Shiner

A shiner recorded from Quebec’s St. Lawrence drainage south toward Virginia’s Potomac River system.

Spotfin Snouted Goby

A coastal goby recorded around Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines and southern Japan.

Spotfin Spiny Eel

Favors slow backwaters, swamps, canals and ponds with sandy or muddy bottoms.

Spottail Darter

Uses rocky pools and adjacent riffles in creeks and small rivers.

Spottail Pinfish

Feeds on plants and small invertebrates over flat, vegetated coastal bottoms, especially seagrass beds.

Spottail Shiner

A small minnow recorded in northeastern United States lakes and other northern freshwater habitats.

Spotted Barb

Feeds on tiny crustaceans, insect larvae and some plants in the lower portions of shallow water.

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Spotted Bass

Eats insects, crayfish and smaller fish. Native to the Mississippi basin and Gulf-draining waters from Texas toward the Florida Panhandle.

Spotted Bullhead

Favors deeper river holes over rock or sand where currents are moderate.

Spotted Darter

Native to the Ohio River basin in the eastern United States.

Spotted Flagtail

A flagtail distributed in eastern Asia and Oceania.

Spotted Gar

A North American gar covered with dark spots across its head, fins and long, narrow body.

Spotted Seatrout

Found along Gulf of Mexico coasts and the Atlantic shoreline between Maryland and Florida.

Spotted Seatrout x Orangemouth Corvina

A cross between spotted seatrout and orangemouth corvina, combining Atlantic and Pacific members of the drum group.

Spotted Sleeper

A sleeper native to eastern Pacific coastal waters from southern California toward Peru, including the Gulf of California.

Spotted Spiny Dogfish

A cool-water shark that commonly uses temperatures of roughly 45–59°F.

Spotted Sucker

Lives in deep pools of smaller rivers over clay, sand or gravel.

Spotted Sunfish

Ranges through coastal drainages from North Carolina’s Cape Fear region toward Florida’s Apalachicola River.

Spotted Tilapia

Native to freshwater and brackish habitats in western and central Africa.

Spotted Trunkfish

Uses reefs in the Caribbean and southwestern Atlantic.

Spottedtail Goosefish

A seafloor anglerfish ranging from southern California toward Peru, including offshore islands and the Gulf of California.

Spring Cavefish

Lives in selected springs, seeps and caves from Kentucky toward south-central Tennessee.

Spring Pygmy Sunfish

A tiny sunfish associated with springs near the Tennessee River in northern Alabama.

Squaretail Mullet

An Indo-Pacific mullet ranging from eastern Africa toward Japan, Australia and remote French Polynesian islands.

Star Drum

A small coastal drum found from Virginia to northern Florida and in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

Stargazing Minnow

Lives in the Green, Cumberland and Tennessee river drainages across Kentucky and several neighboring southeastern states.

Starhead Topminnow

Favors quiet water with abundant submerged plants for shelter.

Starry Flounder

A Pacific flatfish recorded along western North America, from Canadian waters into California.

Steelcolor Shiner

Forms schools in creeks and small rivers over rock or sand.

Steelhead

An ocean-migrating form of rainbow trout that returns to freshwater rivers to spawn.

Stippled Darter

Found in Ozark portions of the Missouri and White river drainages in Missouri and Arkansas.

Stippled Studfish

Native to the Tallapoosa River system in Georgia and Alabama, including Alabama’s Sofkahatchee Creek.

Stone Darter

Uses shallow pools and riffle edges over gravel and sand, especially where flat rocks provide shelter.

Stonecat

A small catfish that uses rocky and gravelly bars, including shores exposed to wave action.

Streaked River Goby

Ranges from Sri Lanka toward New Guinea, using rivers, streams and brackish estuaries.

Streamline Chub

A freshwater chub native to eastern United States river systems.

Striated Darter

A creek darter associated with rocky pools.

Striated Frogfish

An ambush predator found over sand and around rocky or coral reefs, from shallow water into deeper habitats.

Stripeback Darter

Uses gravel riffles and flowing runs in small and medium-sized rivers.

Striped Anchovy

A western Atlantic anchovy recorded along the North American coast.

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Striped Bass

Native to eastern North American coastal and river systems, with introduced populations in western reservoirs and other inland waters.

Striped Darter

Uses rocky pools in headwater streams, creeks and smaller rivers.

Striped Fantail Darter

A striped fantail darter form recorded in small Illinois creeks, including waters near Quincy.

Striped Jumprock

Lives in river riffles and runs with sandy to rocky bottoms.

Striped Killifish

A shallow-water coastal killifish ranging from New Hampshire to Florida and into the northern Gulf of Mexico.

Striped Mojarra

A western Atlantic mojarra with a mainly continental coastal distribution.

Striped Mullet

An adaptable coastal mullet that also enters freshwater, where algae form part of its diet.

Striped Puffer

Uses shallow tropical Indo-Pacific estuaries, lagoons and sheltered reef tops.

Striped Shiner

Lives in rocky creek pools and upper or middle stream reaches, tolerating both clear and cloudy water.

Striped Snakehead

A snakehead native to South and Southeast Asia, with introduced populations on some Pacific islands.

Stripetail Darter

Lives in small rivers and streams across several central and southeastern United States states.

Stripetail Dartfish

A dartfish ranging from West Papua and New Guinea toward southern Japan, northern Australia and New Caledonia.

Sturgeon Chub

A small river chub native to the United States, associated with central North American waterways.

Sucker

A sucker with its species unconfirmed. Most suckers gather food from the bottom using a downward-facing mouth.

Suckermouth Catfish

A tropical armored catfish native to northern South America, with introduced populations elsewhere.

Suckermouth Minnow

A North American minnow associated with the Mississippi River basin.

Sufflamen bursa

A reef triggerfish of the Indo-Pacific, including waters around Japan, Australia and Hawaii.

Sufflamen chrysopterum

Uses tropical Indo-West Pacific reef habitats, including seaward reefs and nearby shallows.

Sufflamen fraenatum

Ranges from Africa’s Indian Ocean coast through Indonesia toward the Hawaiian Islands.

Summer Flounder

An Atlantic flatfish found off the eastern coasts of the United States and Canada.

Summer Sucker

A freshwater sucker associated with New York waterways.

Sunfish

An unidentified freshwater sunfish. This group includes small stream dwellers as well as familiar lake and pond panfish.

Sunfish Hybrid

A sunfish cross with unspecified parents. Color, size and growth can vary depending on the species involved.

Surf Smelt

Eats marine worms, young fish and jellyfish in coastal waters.

Suwannee Bass

A bass originally native to just two river systems in Florida and Georgia.

Swallowtail Shiner

Uses warm creeks and pools within rivers.

Swamp Darter

Recorded in Mississippi River tributaries north to Kentucky and southeastern Missouri.

Swamp Eel

A freshwater eel-like fish native to East and Southeast Asia, where it is also used as food.

Swampfish

Lives in Atlantic coastal-plain drainages from southeastern Virginia to central Georgia.

Swannanoa Darter

Favors boulder-filled riffles in cool, clear mountain streams.

Swordspine Snook

A small snook ranging from Florida through the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean toward southeastern Brazil.