Ecology of Freshwater Fish is a fish biology journal publishing fundamental fish ecology research. We support conservation of fishes and their habitats. Published research includes studies from all freshwater environments - lakes, reservoirs, rivers, and streams.

Our journal seeks to advance or test knowledge of the behavioral ecology, community ecology, evolutionary ecology, historical ecology, and population ecology of freshwater fishes, including articles specifically addressing conservation, development, genetics, life history, physiology, and host-parasite interactions. We publish original articles, perspectives, and reviews - some of which comprise the proceedings of conferences and symposia. Authors are encouraged to read further details in the Aims and Scope and the Editorial Practices of the journal.

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The cover image is based on the Original Article Piscine predation on juvenile salmon in sub-arctic Alaskan rivers: Associations with season, habitat, predator size and streamflow by Erik R. Schoen et al., https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12626. Image Credit: Ryan Hagerty, USFWS.
The cover image is based on the Original Article Habitat associations of the Threatened pugnose minnow (Opsopoeodus emiliae) at the northern edge of the species range by Karl A. Lamothe et al., https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12514.
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The cover image, by Liuyong Ding et al., is based on the Original Article Hydrogeomorphic factors drive differences in otolith morphology in fish from the Nu-Salween River DOI: 10.1111/eff.12437.
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  •  15 July 2025

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Front Cover Issue 3, 2025

The cover image is based on the article Prey availability and diet of early life stages of lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) in the Fishing Islands of Lake Huron by Issac Hébert et al., https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.70010.

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Movement Pattern and Habitat Use of the Endangered Brook Barbel (Barbus caninus) in a Mediterranean Stream

Alfredo Schiavon, Claudio Comoglio, Alessandro Candiotto, Michele Spairani, Franz Hölker, Johan Watz, Daniel Nyqvist, 
  •  15 July 2025
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Temporal and Ontogenetic Changes in Feeding Ecology of a Characid From Karst Dolines of the Neotropics

Amanda Menegante Caldatto, Rosa Maria Dias, Fernando César Paiva Dagosta, Anderson Ferreira, 
  •  5 July 2025
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Juvenile Convict Cichlids Prefer Shoals Over Potential Shelters

Karen O'Brien, Natalie A. van Breukelen, 
  •  5 July 2025
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Summer and Autumn Movement of Endemic Bartram's Bass, Invasive Alabama Bass and Hybrid Congeners in an Upper Savannah River Tributary

Tyler R. Zumwalt, Troy M. Farmer, Mark C. Scott, Daniel J. Farrae, Tanya L. Darden, Henry J. Hershey, Brandon K. Peoples, 
  •  25 June 2025
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Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L., brown trout Salmo trutta L. and Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus (L.): a review of aspects of their life histories

A. Klemetsen, P.-A. Amundsen, J. B. Dempson, B. Jonsson, N. Jonsson, M. F. O'Connell, E. Mortensen, 
  •  1-59
  •  13 February 2003
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A comparison of swimming capacity and energy use in seven European freshwater fish species

C. Tudorache, P. Viaene, R. Blust, H. Vereecken, G. De Boeck, 
  •  284-291
  •  14 November 2007
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Density‐dependent effects on salmonid populations: A review

Gary D. Grossman, Troy N. Simon, 
  •  400-418
  •  28 November 2019
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Relationship between stream temperature, thermal refugia and rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss abundance in arid-land streams in the northwestern United States

J. L. Ebersole, W. J. Liss, C. A. Frissell, 
  •  1-10
  •  20 December 2001
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Environmental and economic impact assessment of alien and invasive fish species in Europe using the generic impact scoring system

Gabriel van der Veer, Wolfgang Nentwig, 
  •  646-656
  •  9 September 2014
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