If you're in the throes of setting up a home aquarium, you may be curious about the types of freshwater fish you can keep as a pet. Often the first fish that springs to mind is a goldfish ...

Wesley Daniels of Pearson, Ga., reeled in a spotted sunfish last Sunday from the Suwannee River. It tied the state record of 12 ounces. “I was fishing for catfish, so the unusual thing was that ...

Guppies, catfish and different varieties of African freshwater fish were up for bid at the auction. It wasn't a religious ceremony, but it felt like one. In Allen Park Presbyterian Church on ...

The gar is a new pending world record. It’s also the heaviest freshwater fish ever landed on 2-pound test, according to the International Game Fish Association. Weston says he is now focused on ...

Weston etched his name into the record books again on April 8 after landing the largest freshwater fish on ultra-light tackle in the International Game Fish Association’s (IGFA) history.

Researchers unearthed the fossilized freshwater fish, named Ferruaspis brocksi, at the McGraths Flat site in central New South Wales, according to a study published March 17 in the Journal of ...

Hong Kong health authorities have issued a warning about the potential dangers of raw freshwater fish after 40 people contracted a deadly bacterial infection linked to the food. The Centre for ...

They are enormous — they are the biggest fish in the sea and perhaps the biggest fish to have ever lived. They are found in warm oceans all around the world. By shark standards, they are slow ...

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