Freshwater North American Fishes

Petromyontidae
Ichthyomyzon gagei (southern brook lamprey) Image1211

Acipenseridae
Scaphirhynchus platorynchus (shovelnose sturgeon)

Polyodontidae
Polyodon spathula (paddlefish)

Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus osseus (longnose Gar) Image762
Lepisoseus oculatus (spotted gar)
Lepisosteus spatula (alligator gar) Image1236

Amiidae
Amia calva (bowfin) Image1194

Anguillidae
Anguilla rostrata (American eel) Image974

Clupeidae
Dorosoma cepedianum (gizzard shad)
Dorosoma petenense (threadfin shad)

Cyprinidae
Campostoma anomalum (central stoneroller) Image285
Carpiodes carpio (river carpsucker)
Ctenopharyngodon idella (grass carp)
Cyprinella lutrensis (red Shiner)
Cyprinella proserpine (Proserpine shiner)
Cyprinella venusta (blacktail shiner)
Cyprinus carpio (common carp)
Dionda argentosa (manantial roundnose)
Dionda diaboli (Devils River minnow) Image1110
Dionda episcopa (roundnose minnow) Image1097
Dionda serena (Nueces minnow)
Erimyzon oblongus (creek chubsucker)
Erimyzon sucetta (lake chubsucker)
Hybognathus hayi (Cypress minnow)
Hybognathus nuchalis (Mississippi silvery minnow)
Luxilus cornutus (common Shiner)
Luxilus cardinalis (cardinal Shiner)
Luxilus pilsbryi (duskystripe shiner)
Macrhybopsis aestivalis (speckled chub)
Nocomis asper (redspot chub)
Notemigonus crysoleucas (golden shiner)
Notropis amabilis (Texas shiner)
Notropis atherinoides (emerald shiner)
Notropis atrocaudalis (blackspot shiner)
Notropis bairdi (red river shiner)
Notropis boops (bigeye shiner)
Notropis buccula (smalleye)
Notropis chalybaeus (ironcolor shiner)
Notropis girardi (Arkansas River shiner)
Notropis greenei (wedgespot shiner)
Notropis harperi (redeye chub)
Notropis hubbsi (bluehead shiner)
Notropis nubilus (Ozark minnow)
Notropis orca (phantom shiner)
Notropis oxyrhynchus (sharpnose shiner)
Notropis rubellus (rosyface shiner) Image397
Notropis telescopus (telescope shiner)
Notropis texanus (weed shiner)
Notropis topeka (Topeka shiner) Image1781
Notropis whipplei (steelcolor shiner)
Opsopoeodus emiliae (pugnose minnow)
Phenacobius mirabilis (suckermouth minnow)
Phoxinus erythrogaster (southern redbelly dace) Image309
Pimephales notatus (bluntnose minnow) Image140
Pimephales promelas (fathead minnow)
Pimephales vigilax (bullhead minnow)
Platygobio gracilis (flathead chub)
Pternotropis signipinnis (flagfin shiner)
Pteronotropis welaka (bluenose shiner)
Semotilus atromaculatus (creek chub)
Semotilus atromaculatus (creek chubsucker)

Catostomidae
Catostomus commersoni (white sucker) Image125
Hypentelium nigricans (northern hogsucker) Image1046
Ictiobus cyprinellus (bigmouth buffalo)
Ictiobus niger (black buffalo)
Ictiobus sp. (buffalo)
Minytrema melanops (spotted sucker)
Moxostoma erythrurum (golden redhorse) Image731
Moxostoma poecilurum (blacktail redhorse)
Scartomyzon congestus (gray redhorse)

Characidae
Astyanax mexicanus (Mexican Tetra) Image1318

Ictaluridae
Ameiurus natalis (yellow bullhead) Image336
Ameiurus nebulosus (brown bullhead)
Ameiurus melas (black bullhead)
Ameiurus serracanthus (spotted bullhead) Image908
Ictalurus punctatus (channel catfish)
Ictalurus lupus (headwater catfish)
Ictalurus furcatus (blue catfish)
Noturus albater (Ozark madtom)
Noturus exilis (slender madtom) Image219
Noturus nocturnus (freckled madtom)
Pylodictis olivaris (flathead catfish) Image241
Satan eurystomus (widemouth blindcat) Image1644
Trogloglonis pattersoni (toothless blindcat)

Esocidae
Esox americanus vermiculates (grass pickerel)
Esox americanus (redfin pickerel)
Esox niger (chain pickerel)

Aphredoderidae
Aphredoderus sayanus (pirate perch)

Atherinidae
Labidesthes sicculus (brook silverside)
Menidia beryllina (inland silverside) Image1424

Fundulidae
Fundulus blairae (eastern starhead topminnow)
Fundulus catenatus (northern studfish)
Fundulus chrysotus (golden topminnow)
Fundulus dispar (starhead topminnow)
Fundulus notatus (blackstripe topminnow) Image1016
Fundulus olivaceus (blackspotted topminnow)
Fundulus zebrinus (plains killifish) Image1374

Cyprinodontidae
Cyprinodon elegans (Comanche Springs pupfish) Image880
Cyprinodon eximius (Conchos pupfish)
Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis (Red River pupfish)
Cyprinodon variegatus (sheepshead minnow)
Fundulus grandis (gulf killifish)
Jordanella floridae (flagfish)

Poeciliidae
Gambusia affinis (Mosquitofish)
Gambusia amistadensis (Amistad gambusia)
Gambusia nobilis (Pecos Gambusia) Image874
Gambusia sp. (gambusia)
Gambusia sp. (New Gambusia)
Gambusia senilis (blotched gambusia)
Gambusia speciosa (western mosquitofish)
Poecilia latipinna (sailfin molly)

Cottidae
Cottus bairdi (mottled sculpin)
Cottus beldingi (Paiute sculpin) Image648
Cottus greenei (Shoshone sculpin)

Moronidae
Morone mississippiensis (yellow bass)

Centrarchidae
Ambloplites ariommus (shadow bass) Image971
Ambloplites rupestris (rock bass) Image1000
Micropterus punctulatus (spotted bass) Image419
Micropterus salmoides (largemouth bass) Image57
Micropterus dolomieu (smallmouth bass)
Micropterus notius (Suwanee bass)
Micropterus treculi (Guadalupe bass) Image1367
Lepomis symmetricus (bantam sunfish)
Lepomis marginatus (dollar sunfish) Image955
Lepomis megalotis (longear sunfish) Image547
Lepomis humilis (orangespotted sunfish) Image1054
Lepomis cyanellus (green sunfish) Image443
Lepomis macrochirus (bluegill)
Lepomis Hybrid (bluegill & Greensunfish hybrid)
Lepomis auritus (redbreast sunfish)
Lepomis gulosus (warmouth)
Pomoxis annularis (white crappie)
Pomoxis nigromaculatus (black crappie)

Cichlidae
Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum (Rio Grande cichlid) Image1080
Tilapia aurea (blue tilapia) Image1298

Percidae
Etheostoma blennioides (greenside darter)
Etheostoma caeruleum (rainbow darter)
Etheostoma davisoni? (Choctawhatchee darter)
Etheostoma fusiforme (swamp darter)
Etheostoma gracile (slough darter)
Etheostoma grahami (Rio Grande darter)
Etheostoma histrio (Harlequin darter)
Etheostoma lepidum (greenthroat darter) Image1091
Etheostoma nigrum (Johnny darter)
Etheostoma parvipinne (goldstripe darter)
Etheostoma proeliare (Cypress darter)
Etheostoma spectabile (orangethroat darter) Image1
Etheostoma whipplei (redfin darter) Image1455
Etheostoma sp. (sunburst darter) Image1009
Etheostoma sp.
Etheostoma zonale (banded darter)
Percina caprodes (logperch) Image1085
Percina carbonaria (Texas logperch)
Perca flavescens (yellow perch)
Percina macrolepida (bigscale logperch)
Percina nigrofasciata (blackbanded darter)
Percina sciera (dusky darter)
Percina sp.
Stizostedion vitreum (walleye)

Soleidae
Trinectes maculatus (hogchoker) Image915
 

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