Home›Fish›Where It Lives›North AmericaBrowse ByNorth AmericaWhere it lives names the country or region a species actually calls home. Wikipedia describes the giant panda as a species "endemic to China," found nowhere else in the wild. This dimension lets a visitor find every species native to the same part of the world.FactsNorth AmericaSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonReproductive ModeWell-attestedOviparous (Egg-Laying) 1North AmericaFilter Results44 entriesCommon GroupAllAncient And Relict Fish (Coelacanth, Lungfish) (5)Carp And Minnows (Cypriniformes) (5)Catfish (Siluriformes) (2)Cichlids, Anemonefish And Damselfish (3)Eels (Anguilliformes) (1)Other Bony Fish (13)Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes) (4)Salmon And Trout (Salmoniformes) (10)Sharks, Rays And Chimaeras (1)Everyday GroupAllAncient And Relict Fish (Coelacanth, Lungfish) (5)Carp And Minnows (Cypriniformes) (5)Catfish (Siluriformes) (2)Cichlids, Anemonefish And Damselfish (3)Eels (Anguilliformes) (1)Other Bony Fish (13)Perch-Like Fishes (Perciformes) (4)Salmon And Trout (Salmoniformes) (10)Sharks, Rays And Chimaeras (1)HabitatAllDesert (1)Estuary (3)Freshwater (16)Intertidal Zone (2)Lake (12)Mangrove Forest (1)Marine (3)Neritic Zone (1)Open Ocean (3)River (17)Conservation StatusAllExtinct (3)Least Concern (33)Near Threatened (1)Vulnerable (6)DietAllCarnivore (21)Detritivore or Scavenger (1)Filter Feeder (2)Herbivore (2)Omnivore (12)Parasitic (4)Piscivore (2)System (Realm)AllFreshwater (36)Marine (15)Marine and Freshwater (3)Terrestrial and Freshwater (1)Living or ExtinctAllNo (2)Yes (42)Population TrendAllStable (1)ThreatsAllInvasive and Other Problematic Species, Genes and Diseases (3)Relationship to PeopleAllFarmed or Commercially Raised (4)Hunted or Fished (22)Invasive or Introduced Species (19)Kept as Pets (8)Used in Traditional Medicine (1)CITES AppendixAllAppendix II (3)Not Listed (39)NatureServe RankAllG1 Critically Imperiled (2)G3 Vulnerable (2)G4 Apparently Secure (1)G5 Secure (31)GNR Unranked (2)GX Presumed Extinct (3)EcosystemAllArctic Ocean (2)Black Forest (1)Caspian Sea (1)Coral Reef Systems (1)Great Barrier Reef (1)Great Lakes (20)Kruger National Park (1)Mojave Desert (1)Svalbard (1)Yellowstone (1)TaxonomyAllActinopterygii (5)Agnatha (2)Astronotus (1)Carassius (1)Carcharhinus (1)Characiformes (1)Cichlidae (1)Clarias (1)Cyprinidae (2)Cypriniformes (2)Cyprinodontiformes (2)Cyprinus (1)Danio (1)Esociformes (4)Gasterosteiformes (2)Lepomis (1)Oncorhynchus (4)Oreochromis (1)Perciformes (3)Salmo (2)Salmonidae (4)Siluriformes (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 44Alaska blackfishNorth AmericaAlligator GarNorth AmericaAmargosa River pupfishNorth AmericaAmerican PaddlefishNorth AmericaAmerican pickerelNorth AmericaArctic GraylingNorth AmericaAtlantic SalmonNorth AmericaAtlantic TarponNorth AmericaBigmouth buffaloNorth AmericaBluegillNorth AmericaBowfin (Amia calva)North AmericaBrown TroutNorth AmericaBull SharkNorth AmericaChain pickerelNorth AmericaChannel CatfishNorth AmericaChinook SalmonNorth AmericaClear Lake hitchNorth AmericaCommon CarpNorth AmericaDeepwater ciscoNorth AmericaGoldfishNorth AmericaGreat BarracudaNorth AmericaLake whitefishNorth AmericaLongnose GarNorth AmericaMexican tetraNorth AmericaMozambique TilapiaNorth AmericaNorthern PikeNorth AmericaOscar (fish)North AmericaPetromyzon MarinusNorth AmericaPink SalmonNorth AmericaRainbow TroutNorth AmericaSacramento pikeminnowNorth AmericaSea LampreyNorth AmericaSeahorseNorth AmericaSilver troutNorth AmericaSmallmouth buffaloNorth AmericaSockeye SalmonNorth AmericaSpotted tilapiaNorth AmericaTecopa pupfishNorth AmericaThreespine SticklebackNorth AmericaThree-spined SticklebackNorth AmericaWalking CatfishNorth AmericaWalleyeNorth AmericaYellow PerchNorth AmericaZebrafish (Danio rerio)North AmericaSources1. Wikipedia: Fishtier 2WikipediaFish, Reproduction and life-cycle sectionQuote, Fish, Reproduction and life-cycle sectionOver 97% of fish, including salmon and goldfish, are oviparous, meaning that the eggs are shed into the water and develop outside the mother's body.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.