FishMap.org

This site is designed to help anglers, aquarium hobbyists, scientific researchers, and anyone with a passion for fish to learn about the species near them and to visually explore their ranges. Dedicated to spreading knowledge and respect for all fish species.

FishMap.org is sponsored by The North American Native Fishes Association and we will be coordinating our efforts and resources in the future.

This site pulls external data from multiple sources and combines it together into one easy to use view. You may also submit your own data to the portal to help map species information.

Find Watershed

There are four options for searching watersheds.

Enter your 5 digit U.S. postal code to find your watershed. For example 30008

Or - Click any spot on the map to load watershed.

Or - browse all watersheds.
Or - search by watershed name.

Find Species

There are three options for searching for a species.

Search by species common or scientific name.

Or - find species by genus.

Or - browse all species.

Call for Public Collection Data!

The site is now taking submissions of collection data from the public. Please submit your data and help our community get an updated and timely view of species distributions. We have a crack team of NANFA specialist who will verify your submission, so don't worry about misidentification. If you have a large amount of records you would like to submit, please contact us instead.

27043 records submitted to date!

FishMap.org Links

Change Log

02/05/2024 10:01:04
Fixed issue with GBIF data being returned in eventDate field.

11/20/2018 11:35:34
Added iDigBio.org collection data to species maps.

11/15/2018 15:19:23
Added GBIF.org collection data to species maps.

09/20/2018 21:25:13
Started caching Fish Net 2 data. Hopefully this helps with some of the performance issues and loads.

09/14/2017 11:15:00
Fixed an issue preventing users from submitting records. Sorry for the inconvience! Please try again.

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