Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of Virginia

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Preliminary pencil drawing

Preliminary pencil drawing

Swampfish© Val Kells 2019

How to use this guideIntroduction to Virginia’s freshwater fishesFish watching, photography, catching fish, keeping fishManagement and conservationFish anatomyKey to familySpecies accountsGlossaryBibliographyAbout the authors

Organized phylogenetically by family according to Fishes of the World

We used the California Academy of Sciences for scientific names

We incorporated common names

HUC 8 Units

Major Watersheds of VA

Physiographic Provinces of VA

Rivers of Virginia

Isaac Szabo

Isaac Szabo