Tadpole Madtom
Uses cloudy water over mud, sand or gravel, with thick vegetation helping it stay hidden.
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Tahoe Sucker
A western sucker associated with freshwater habitats of the Great Basin.
Tail-jet Frogfish
A frogfish ranging from Christmas Island and Indonesia toward Hawaii, the Society Islands and southern Japan.
Taillight Shiner
Recorded in the lower Mississippi basin, coastal Texas and North Carolina waters, and throughout Florida.
Tallapoosa Bass
A bass native to the Tallapoosa River drainage in Alabama and northwestern Georgia.
Tallapoosa Darter
Uses bedrock pools and rocky riffles in creeks and small rivers.
Tallapoosa Shiner
Native to the Tallapoosa River system in Alabama and Georgia.
Tamaulipas Shiner
Lives in the Rio Grande drainage of Texas and northern Mexico.
Tan Worm Goby
A slender goby recorded between the Mariana Islands and Japan’s Pacific coast.
Tangerine Darter
Young fish eat mayflies and midges; adults mainly take mayflies and caddisflies.
Tarpon
Uses warm coastal waters, estuaries, lagoons and rivers, especially around Florida, the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean.
Tarpon Snook
An Atlantic snook ranging from Florida through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico toward southern Brazil.
Telescope Shiner
A shiner recorded in the White and Black river systems of Arkansas and Missouri.
Tench
Favors slow freshwater habitats, especially lowland rivers and lakes.
Tennessee Dace
Lives in small spring-fed eastern Tennessee streams, often using silty pools, fine gravel and undercut banks.
Tennessee Logperch
Native to Tennessee’s Duck River system and Whiteoak Creek in the Western Highland Rim.
Tennessee Shiner
Found throughout much of the Tennessee drainage and in the Cumberland and Green river systems.
Tentacled Goby
A goby ranging from southeastern Africa and Madagascar toward the tropical western Pacific.
Tessellated Darter
A freshwater darter with native populations in Canada and the United States.
Texas Logperch
Native to several Texas drainages, including the Brazos, Colorado, Concho, Guadalupe and San Antonio rivers.
Texas Shiner
A freshwater shiner recorded from the Colorado River region of Texas toward the Rio Grande drainage.
Texas Silverside
A coastal silverside native to the Gulf of Mexico.
Thamnaconus garretti
A marine filefish whose natural distribution is associated with Hawaii.
Thicklip Chub
Uses Blue Ridge foothill and Piedmont waters in the Pee Dee and Santee drainages of the Carolinas.
Threadfin Goosefish
An eastern Pacific anglerfish ranging from central California toward Chile, including the Gulf of California and Galapagos Islands.
Threadfin Shad
Forms large schools, sometimes mixing with gizzard shad. Often visible near the surface around dawn and dusk.
Threespine Stickleback
A small fish widely distributed in northern inland and coastal waters.
Threestripe Fusilier
A fusilier recorded from eastern Africa and Indian Ocean islands toward the western Pacific, Fiji and southern Japan.
Tidewater Goby
Native to lagoons, marshes and creek mouths along California’s coast.
Tidewater Mojarra
A coastal mojarra ranging from Chesapeake Bay and Bermuda through the Caribbean toward southeastern Brazil.
Tidewater Silverside
A coastal silverside recorded around Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.
Tiger Muskie
A muskellunge–northern pike cross, combining two large freshwater predators that hunt smaller fish.
Tiger Trout
A usually sterile brown trout–brook trout hybrid with striking, maze-like markings across its body.
Tigerfish
Uses habitats ranging from marine coasts and lagoons to estuaries and freshwater.
Tilapia
A tilapia with its exact species unconfirmed. Tilapias include plant grazers and more broadly feeding freshwater fish.
Timucu
A needlefish ranging from southern Florida and the Bahamas through the Caribbean toward southern Brazil.
Tippecanoe Darter
A small river darter recorded in Illinois’s Vermilion River and other parts of its inland range.
Tombigbee Darter
Native to the Tombigbee River system in northeastern Mississippi and Alabama.
Tonguetied Minnow
A stream minnow recorded in Ohio’s Great Miami and Little Miami river systems.
Toothless Blindcat
An underground catfish with a natural range restricted to Texas.
Topeka Shiner
A small prairie-stream minnow associated with freshwater systems of the central United States.
Torrent Sculpin
Favors swift rivers with stable gravel or rubble bottoms, and also uses rocky lake shores.
Torrent Sucker
A freshwater sucker native to Virginia and West Virginia.
Tricolor Shiner
Lives in the Alabama River drainage across Alabama, northwestern Georgia and southeastern Tennessee.
Triplewart Seadevil
A deep-ocean anglerfish found below the brightly lit surface layers.
Trispot Darter
Recorded in the Conasauga River and its tributaries, with historical populations elsewhere in the Alabama River system.
Tropical Sand Goby
An Indo-Pacific sand goby that uses freshwater, brackish and marine habitats.
Tropical Two-wing Flyingfish
Lives near the surface both offshore and close to tropical coastlines.
Trout-Perch
Uses lakes and rivers with clear to somewhat cloudy water across North America.
Trunkfish
Associated with coral rubble, seagrass beds and offshore reef habitats.
Tubenose Goby
Native to brackish parts of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov along eastern European and nearby coasts.
Tuberculated Frogfish
A tropical frogfish recorded in the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Tuckasegee Darter
Uses fast, rocky riffles in creeks and small rivers.
Tui Chub
Occupies many freshwater habitats, from fast little streams and springs to meandering rivers, ponds and lakes.
Tule Perch
Lives in streams, rivers, lakes and estuaries of northern and central California.
Turquoise Darter
A stream darter that uses rocky riffles in smaller flowing waterways.
Tuscumbia Darter
Native to well-vegetated springs along the Tennessee River in Alabama.
Tuskaloosa Darter
Uses rocky creek and river riffles within its southeastern freshwater range.
Tuxedo Darter
Native to the Cumberland River system in the southeastern United States.
Twoscale Goby
A small goby native to the northern Gulf of Mexico.
Twostripe Sweetlips
A marine sweetlips native to the Indian Ocean and western Pacific.
Tyee Sucker
A sucker native to coastal streams and lakes of Oregon.