Yaqui Catfish
A catfish native to Mexico and Arizona, associated with the Yaqui region’s freshwater systems.
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Yaqui Chub
Favors deep pools in small streams with dense underwater vegetation.
Yaqui Sucker
A desert-region sucker found in northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.
Yazoo Darter
Native only to Little Tallahatchie River tributaries in north-central Mississippi.
Yellow Bass
Eats small fish and crustaceans in freshwater habitats.
Yellow Bullhead
A catfish native to southern Canada and the central and eastern United States, with introduced populations elsewhere.
Yellow Dartfish
A yellow dartfish ranging from the Persian Gulf toward Micronesia, Fiji and southern Japan.
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Yellow Perch
Native to central North American waters, especially the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence and upper Mississippi systems.
Yellow River Goby
Uses fresh and brackish streams and rivers from the southern United States through Central America into South America.
Yellowband Fusilier
Ranges from Mozambique and the Red Sea east across the Indian Ocean.
Yellowcheek Darter
Found naturally only in Arkansas’s Little Red River system.
Yellowfin Fantail Goby
An Indo-Pacific goby ranging from India and Sri Lanka toward Vanuatu, New Caledonia and southern Japan.
Yellowfin Goby
Native to Japan, Korea, China and Russia; introduced populations now occupy several California bays.
Yellowfin Madtom
A southeastern catfish historically distributed through the Tennessee River region.
Yellowfin Menhaden
A schooling menhaden native to western Atlantic coastal waters.
Yellowfin Mojarra
A coastal mojarra that uses both saltwater and brackish environments.
Yellowfin Shiner
Native to southeastern freshwater systems in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
Yellowfin Toxic Goby
A coastal goby ranging from the Red Sea and eastern Africa across the Indo-Pacific toward southern Japan and French Polynesia.
Yellowprow Goby
A coastal goby found from North Carolina to Florida and around the Gulf of Mexico.
Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout
Native to Yellowstone-region lakes and streams, including Yellowstone Lake and its tributaries.
Yellowstone Cutthroat-Rainbow Trout Hybrid
A Yellowstone cutthroat–rainbow trout cross, produced where these trout interbreed in shared freshwater habitat.
Yellowstone-Westslope Cutthroat Trout Hybrid
A hybrid combining Yellowstone and westslope cutthroat trout, two native western cutthroat forms.
Yellowstripe Goatfish
A marine goatfish distributed across the Pacific and Indian oceans.
Yellowtail Rockclimbing Goby
A stream goby of Indonesia and the Philippines that migrates between marine and freshwater habitats.
Yellowtail Snapper (Lutjanus argentiventris)
An eastern Pacific snapper ranging from southern California toward northern Peru, including the Gulf of California and Galapagos Islands.
Yellowtail Snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus)
A western Atlantic snapper found in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean as well as nearby coastal waters.
Yoknapatawpha Darter
Native only to north-central Mississippi’s Yocona River watershed.