Freshwater Fish of the Northeast

David A. Patterson taught high school biology for thirty-four years in Billerica, Massachusetts. Matt Patterson is a professional illustrator who trained at the Art Institute of Boston. He illustrated The Snake and the Salamander by Alvin R. Breisch and The Book of Turtles and Of Time and Turtles, both by Sy Montgomery.

• Introduction Family, Centrarchidae (Sunfish and Bass) Bluegill Pumpkinseed Longear Sunfish Redbreast SunfishBanded Sunfish Rock Bass Black Crappie White Crappie Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass Family Percidae (Perch and Darters) Yellow Perch Walleye Johnny Darter Eastern Sand Darter Family Percichthyidae (Temperate Bass) White Perch, Family Sciaenidae (Drums) Freshwater Drum Family Salmonidae (Salmon, Trout, Char, and Whitefish) Brook Trout Brown Trout Rainbow Trout Lake Trout Blueback Trout Atlantic Salmon Coho Salmon Kokanee Salmon Lake Whitefish Round Whitefish Family Osmeridae (Smelt) American Smelt Family Ictaluridae (Bullheads and Catfish) Brown BullheadYellow BullheadChannel Catfish Tadpole Madtom, Family Cyprinidae (Carp and Minnows), Common Carp, Common Shiner, Blacknose Dace, Longnose Dace, Northern Redbelly Dace, Fallfish, Golden Shiner, Spottail Shiner, Creek Chub Family Catostomidae (Suckers) White Sucker Greater RedhorseCreek ChubsuckerQuillbackFamily Clupeidae (Herring) AlewifeBlueback HerringFamily Anguillidae (Eels)American EelFamily Hiodontidae (Mooneyes) MooneyeFamily Amiidae (Bowfins)BowfinFamily Acipenseridae (Sturgeons)Lake SturgeonFamily Gasterosteidae (Sticklebacks)Brook SticklebackFamily Cottidae (Sculpin)Slimy SculpinFamily Cyprinodontidae (Killifish)Banded KillifishFamily Gadidae (Cod and Burbot) BurbotFamily Percopsidae (Trout-Perch)Trout-PerchFamily Lepisosteidae (Gars) Longnose GarFamily Esocidae (Pike and Pickerel)Chain PickerelRedfin PickerelNorthern PikeMuskellungeFamily Petromyzontidae (Lampreys)Sea LampreyGlossary of Fish Terminology References and Recommended ReadingSuggested Web Sites

“What a job Matt Patterson did with the illustrations. He knows his fish and he knows his art. The illustrations are absolutely splendid: accurately rendered and artistically striking. Moreover, the book’s designer created a handsome blend of art and text, and in places, even creates the appearance of fish migrating through the book. If you’re a serious fisher in the Northeast, or if serious anglers come to visit, this is a book you'll want lying on the coffee table.”