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Regional Field Guides

Region-first fish exploration - the Great Lakes, Amazon, Red Sea, Mediterranean, Gulf of Mexico and beyond. Endemic species, seasons, conservation status, fishing notes and cultural significance for each region.

🗺️ 26 guides 🌊 8 region types

Delta 1 guide

Florida Everglades

The vast subtropical wetland of southern Florida - a slow-flowing river of grass hosting bass, tarpo...

Brackish Subtropical

Great Lake 1 guide

The five largest freshwater lakes in North America - Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario -...

Freshwater Temperate

Lake 4 guides

The third-largest African lake and biological wonder - home to 700+ endemic cichlid species, more th...

Freshwater Tropical

The oldest, deepest, and most voluminous freshwater lake on Earth - a 25-million-year-old rift lake...

Freshwater Temperate

Lake Tanganyika

The second-deepest and second-oldest lake in the world - a rift lake in East Africa with 240+ endemi...

Freshwater Tropical

Africas largest lake by surface area - once home to 500+ cichlid species before the tragic Nile perc...

Freshwater Tropical

Reef 2 guides

Great Barrier Reef

The largest coral reef system on Earth - 2,300 km of Australias northeast coast, home to 1,500 fish...

Saltwater Tropical

The global epicenter of marine biodiversity - Indonesian, Philippine, and Papuan waters holding 76%...

Saltwater Tropical

River 7 guides

Amazon River Basin

The largest and most biodiverse river system on Earth - source of over 2,500 fish species and countl...

Freshwater Tropical

Mississippi River

The great river of North America - 3,730 km from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, hosting 375+ fish...

Freshwater Temperate

The longest river in the world (or second, disputed with Amazon) - 6,650 km supporting Nile perch, t...

Freshwater Tropical

The worlds deepest river and second-largest by discharge - home to over 700 fish species, many still...

Freshwater Tropical

Europes second-longest river, flowing 2,850 km through 10 countries - historically home to beluga st...

Freshwater Temperate

Southeast Asias great river - biodiversity second only to the Amazon among freshwater systems, home...

Freshwater Tropical

The longest river in Asia - historically home to the Chinese paddlefish, Yangtze finless porpoise, a...

Freshwater Temperate

Bay 1 guide

The largest estuary in the United States - a nursery for striped bass, blue crabs, oysters, and rock...

Brackish Temperate

Gulf 2 guides

The largest gulf in the world - a warm, productive body of water critical to US and Mexican commerci...

Saltwater Subtropical

The hot, hypersaline gulf between Iran and Arabia - the warmest sea on Earth. Home to pearl oysters,...

Saltwater Tropical

Sea 8 guides

The worlds largest brackish sea - low salinity, cold water, and a mix of marine and freshwater speci...

Brackish Temperate

The largest anoxic body of water on Earth - 90% of its depths lack oxygen. Home to anchovy, sturgeon...

Saltwater Temperate

The tropical sea of the Americas - the second-largest coral reef system, extraordinary biodiversity,...

Saltwater Tropical

Mediterranean Sea

The great inland sea of the ancient world - fished, sailed, and mythologized for over 5,000 years. O...

A shallow, productive northern European sea - historically one of the most important commercial fish...

Saltwater Temperate

A narrow tropical sea between Africa and Arabia - among the worlds warmest and saltiest, home to ove...

Saltwater Tropical

The Gulf of California - Jacques Cousteaus "aquarium of the world" - 900+ fish species between Baja...

Saltwater Subtropical

A marginal sea between Japan and the Asian mainland - home to yellowtail, mackerel, salmon, and the...

Saltwater Temperate