Steelhead parr (Oncorhynchus mykiss), a specimen from Oregon's North Umpqua in 2019.
A "chrome" or "ocean bright" steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss), as they would appear in the ocean, estuary, or having just arrived in freshwater.
This specimen from the University of Washington collection, drawn for a project on salmonids in British Columbia.
Coho salmon smolt from British Columbia. Collected from Trapping Shoal Creek on Guilford Island, 15 June 2018.
Illustration of a juvenile brown trout (Salmo trutta), Don Zaroban and I collected this specimen from Idaho's Boise River.
Northern sunfish, formerly considered as a Longear sunfish (Lepomis megalotis)
Opah (Lampris guttatus), illustrated for Fishes of the Salish Sea and Puget Sound.
Coastal cutthroat trout parr (Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii) collected in British Columbia in 2018. From
a tiny specimen, not yet 2" in length.
Bowfin (Amia calva) female. Guy Ernsting and I trot-lined this specimen from Mingo Swamp in SE Missouri in 1988.
Originally illustrated for Fishes of the Central United States.
Coastal Cutthroat trout, from Puget Sound, Washington, October 2019.
Chinook salmon (post-smolt) from Johnstone strait, British Columbia.
A Steelhead in "post-smolt" stage; i.e. fully scaled, in or migrating to the Pacific Ocean.