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There are over 177 species of
fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...
in the US state of
Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
, at least 7% of which are not native.Miller, R. J. and H. W. Robison
''Fishes of Oklahoma''.
University of Oklahoma Press. 2004.
Species include: * Alabama shad (''Alosa alabamae'') *
Alligator gar The alligator gar (''Atractosteus spatula'') is a ray-finned euryhaline fish related to the bowfin in the infraclass Holostei . It is the largest species in the gar family, and among the largest freshwater fish in North America. The fossil reco ...
(''Atractosteus spatula'') *
American eel The American eel (''Anguilla rostrata'') is a facultative catadromous fish found on the eastern coast of North America. Freshwater eels are fish belonging to the elopomorph superorder, a group of phylogenetically ancient teleosts. The America ...
(''Anguilla rostrata'') * American gizzard shad (''Dorosoma cepedianum'') *
American paddlefish The American paddlefish (''Polyodon spathula,'' also known as a Mississippi paddlefish, spoon-billed cat, or spoonbill) is a species of ray-finned fish. It is the only living species of paddlefish (Polyodontidae). This family is most closely r ...
(''Polyodon spathula'') *
Arkansas darter The Arkansas darter (''Etheostoma cragini'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches. It is endemic to the Un ...
(''Etheostoma cragini'') *
Arkansas River shiner The Arkansas River shiner (''Notropis girardi'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Notropis''. It is native to part of the central United States. Historically this shiner was widespread and abundant throughout the western portions of ...
(''Notropis girardi'') * Banded darter (''Etheostoma zonale'') *
Banded pygmy sunfish The banded pygmy sunfish, ''Elassoma zonatum'', is a species of pygmy sunfish endemic to the United States, where it is found from Indiana and Illinois to Texas to the Atlantic coast. It prefers densely vegetated bodies of slow-moving water. Th ...
(''Elassoma zonatum'') * Banded sculpin (''Cottus carolinae'') * Bantam sunfish (''Lepomis symmetricus'') *
Bigeye chub Bigeye chub (''Hybopsis amblops'') is a species of freshwater fish in the carp family ( Cyprinidae). Geographic distribution The native range of the Bigeye chub includes the Lake Ontario and Lake Erie drainages in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, ...
(''Hybopsis amblops'') *
Bigeye shiner The bigeye shiner (''Notropis boops'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Notropis''. This fish is a slender, silvery minnow with a dusky lateral stripe and a maximum total length of about 80 mm. Its distinct characteristic is it ...
(''Notropis boops'') *
Bigmouth buffalo Bigmouth may refer to: * "Bigmouth", a song by Underworld (band), Underworld * Bigmouth, List of characters in The Smurfs#The villains, an ogre in ''The Smurfs'' comics and animated cartoon series Marine life * Bigmouth buffalo, fish * Bigmouth ...
(''Ictiobus cyprinellus'') * Black buffalo (''Ictiobus niger'') * Black bullhead (''Ameiurus melas'') *
Black crappie The black crappie (''Pomoxis nigromaculatus'') is a freshwater fish found in North America, one of the two types of crappies. It is very similar to the white crappie in size, shape, and habits, except that it is darker, with a pattern of black sp ...
(''Pomoxis nigromaculatus'') * Black redhorse (''Moxostoma duquesni'') *
Blackside darter ''Percina maculata'', the blackside darter, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches. It is a widespread inhabit ...
(''Percina maculata'') * Blackspot shiner (''Notropis atrocaudalis'') * Blackspotted topminnow (''Fundulus olivaceus'') *
Blackstripe topminnow The blackstripe topminnow, ''Fundulus notatus'', is a small freshwater fish in the family Fundulidae, found in central North America. Distribution The blackstripe topminnow is found in Canada along a roughly 60 kilometre stretch of Ontario's Syd ...
(''Fundulus notatus'') *
Blacktail shiner The blacktail shiner (''Cyprinella venusta'') is a small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae native to the United States. Description and anatomy The blacktail shiner is a somewhat slender minnow with 8-9 rays on the anal fin, and a promi ...
(''Cyprinella venusta'') * Blue catfish (''Ictalurus furcatus'') *
Blue sucker The blue sucker (''Cycleptus elongatus'') is a long-lived freshwater species of fish in the sucker family that is of conservation concern. The species has an average weight of 2-3 kilograms and an average length of 76 centimeters. The record lengt ...
(''Cycleptus elongatus'') *
Bluegill The bluegill (''Lepomis macrochirus''), sometimes referred to as "bream", "brim", "sunny", or "copper nose" as is common in Texas, is a species of North American freshwater fish, native to and commonly found in streams, rivers, lakes, ponds and ...
(''Lepomis macrochirus'') * Bluehead shiner (''Pteronotropis hubbsi'') * Bluntface shiner (''Cyprinella camura'') * Bluntnose darter (''Etheostoma chlorosomum'') * Bluntnose minnow (''Pimephales notatus'') *
Bowfin The bowfin (''Amia calva'') is a bony fish, native to North America. Common names include mudfish, mud pike, dogfish, grindle, grinnel, swamp trout, and choupique. It is regarded as a relict, being the sole surviving species of the Halecomorphi ...
(''Amia calva'') * Brindled madtom (''Noturus miurus'') *
Brook silverside ''Labidesthes sicculus'', also known as the Brook silverside is a North American species of Neotropical silverside. The brook silverside lives in slow moving rivers and lakes from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi Basin and Gulf Coastal Plains. T ...
(''Labidesthes sicculus'') *
Brown bullhead The brown bullhead (''Ameiurus nebulosus'') is a fish of the family Ictaluridae that is widely distributed in North America. It is a species of bullhead catfish and is similar to the black bullhead (''Ameiurus melas'') and yellow bullhead (''Ame ...
(''Ameiurus nebulosus'') *
Brown trout The brown trout (''Salmo trutta'') is a European species of salmonid fish that has been widely introduced into suitable environments globally. It includes purely freshwater populations, referred to as the riverine ecotype, ''Salmo trutta'' morph ...
(''Salmo trutta'') * Bullhead minnow (''Pimephales vigilax'') * Cardinal shiner (''Luxilus cardinalis'') * Carmine shiner (''Notropis percobromus'') *
Central stoneroller The central stoneroller (''Campostoma anomalum'') is a fish in the family Cyprinidae endemic to North America. Biology Stonerollers have a rounded snout overhanging a crescent-shaped mouth, a hard ridge of cartilage on the lower lip, and irreg ...
(''Campostoma anomalum'') *
Chain pickerel The chain pickerel (''Esox niger'') is a species of freshwater fish in the pike family (family Esocidae) of order Esociformes. The chain pickerel and the American pickerel (''E. americanus'') belong to the ''Esox'' genus of pike. Taxonomy French ...
(''Esox niger'') *
Channel catfish The channel catfish (''Ictalurus punctatus'') is North America's most numerous catfish species. It is the official fish of Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Tennessee, and is informally referred to as a "channel cat". In the United States, the ...
(''Ictalurus punctatus'') *
Channel darter The channel darter (''Percina copelandi'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches. It is native to North Amer ...
(''Percina copelandi'') *
Chestnut lamprey The chestnut lamprey (''Ichthyomyzon castaneus'') is a species of lamprey. Description The chestnut lamprey has a maximum length of around , in Canada, with dark grey to olive skin color, blue-black after spawning, and with five to eight bicusp ...
(''Ichthyomyzon castaneus'') * Chub shiner (''Notropis potteri'') *
Common carp The Eurasian carp or European carp (''Cyprinus carpio''), widely known as the common carp, is a widespread freshwater fish of eutrophic waters in lakes and large rivers in Europe and Asia.Fishbase''Cyprinus carpio'' Linnaeus, 1758/ref>Arkive The ...
(''Cyprinus carpio'') * Common logperch (''Percina caprodes'') *
Common shiner The common shiner (''Luxilus cornutus'') is a freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, found in North America. It ranges in length between 4 and 6 inches, although they can reach lengths of up to 8 inches. Description The common shiner is ...
(''Luxilus cornutus'') *
Creek chub ''Semotilus'' is the genus of creek chubs, ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. The term "creek chub" is sometimes used for individual species, particularly the common creek chub, ''S. atromaculatus''. The creek chub species of minnows can ...
(''Semotilus atromaculatus'') *
Creek chubsucker The creek chubsucker (''Erimyzon oblongus'') is a freshwater fish of the sucker family (Catostomidae). Description The creek chubsucker is one of three species in the genus '' Erimyzon'' from the family Catostomidae present in eastern North Am ...
(''Erimyzon oblongus'') * Creole darter (''Etheostoma collettei'') * Crystal darter (''Crystallaria asprella'') * Cypress darter (''Etheostoma proeliare'') * Cypress minnow (''Hybognathus hayi'') * Dollar sunfish (''Lepomis marginatus'') * Dusky darter (''Percina sciera'') * Emerald shiner (''Notropis atherinoides'') *
Fantail darter The fantail (''Etheostoma flabellare'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches. It is widely distributed acro ...
(''Etheostoma flabellare'') *
Fathead minnow Fathead minnow (''Pimephales promelas''), also known as fathead or tuffy, is a species of temperate freshwater fish belonging to the genus ''Pimephales'' of the cyprinid family. The natural geographic range extends throughout much of North Ameri ...
(''Pimephales promelas'') * Flathead catfish (''Pylodictis olivaris'') * Flathead chub (''Platygobio gracilis'') *
Flathead mullet The flathead grey mullet (''Mugil cephalus'') is an important food fish species in the mullet family Mugilidae. It is found in coastal tropical and subtropical waters worldwide. Its length is typically . It is known with numerous English names, ...
(''Mugil cephalus'') * Flier (''Centrarchus macropterus'') * Freckled madtom (''Noturus nocturnus'') *
Freshwater drum The freshwater drum, ''Aplodinotus grunniens'', is a fish endemic to North and Central America. It is the only species in the genus ''Aplodinotus'', and is a member of the family Sciaenidae. It is the only North American member of the group that ...
(''Aplodinotus grunniens'') * Ghost shiner (''Notropis buchanani'') *
Golden redhorse The golden redhorse, ''Moxostoma erythrurum'', is a species of freshwater fish endemic to Ontario and Manitoba in Canada and the Midwestern, southern, and eastern United States. It lives in calm, often silty or sandy waters in streams, small to ...
(''Moxostoma erythrurum'') * Golden shiner (''Notemigonus crysoleucas'') *
Golden topminnow The golden topminnow (''Fundulus chrysotus'') is a fish of the genus ''Fundulus'' and is a United States native fish mostly distributed throughout the southeast, ranging from Kentucky and Ohio south into Florida. Although it has such a wide distr ...
(''Fundulus chrysotus'') *
Goldeye The goldeye (''Hiodon alosoides'') is a freshwater fish found in Canada and the northern United States. It is one of only two extant species in the family Hiodontidae, the other species being ''Hiodon tergisus''. The species name ''alosoides'' ...
(''Hiodon alosoides'') * Goldfish (''Carassius auratus auratus'') *
Goldstripe darter The goldstripe darter (''Etheostoma parvipinne'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the Family (biology), family Percidae, which also contains the perches, Gymnocephalus, ruffes and S ...
(''Etheostoma parvipinne'') *
Grass pickerel The American pickerels are two subspecies of ''Esox americanus'', a medium-sized species of North American freshwater predatory fish belonging to the pike family (genus ''Esox'' in family Esocidae of order Esociformes): * Redfin pickerel, somet ...
(''Esox americanus vermiculatus'') * Gravel chub (''Erimystax x-punctatus'') * Green sunfish (''Lepomis cyanellus'') * Greenside darter (''Etheostoma blennioides'') * Harlequin darter (''Etheostoma histrio'') *
Highfin carpsucker The highfin carpsucker (''Carpiodes velifer'') is a freshwater fish found in the southeastern and midwestern United States. Its usual habitat is medium to large-size rivers where it is mostly found beneath the surface. It is a silvery fish with ...
(''Carpiodes velifer'') * Hybrid striped bass (''Morone chrysops'' × ''M. saxatilis'') * Inland silverside (''Menidia beryllina'') * Ironcolor shiner (''Notropis chalybaeus'') * Johnny darter (''Etheostoma nigrum'') * Kiamichi shiner (''Notropis ortenburgeri'') * Lake chubsucker (''Erimyzon sucetta'') *
Largemouth bass The largemouth bass (''Micropterus salmoides'') is a carnivorous freshwater gamefish in the Centrarchidae ( sunfish) family, a species of black bass native to the eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada and northern Mexico, but ...
(''Micropterus salmoides'') * Largescale stoneroller (''Campostoma oligolepis'') * Least darter (''Etheostoma microperca'') * Leopard darter (''Percina pantherina'') *
Longear sunfish The longear sunfish (''Lepomis megalotis'') is a freshwater fish in the sunfish family, Centrarchidae, of order Perciformes. It is native to the area of eastern North America stretching from the Great Lakes down to northeastern Mexico.Berra, Tim ...
(''Lepomis megalotis'') *
Longnose darter The longnose darter (''Percina nasuta'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches. It is endemic to the Unite ...
(''Percina nasuta'') * Longnose gar (''Lepisosteus osseus'') * Lowland topminnow (''Fundulus blairae'') * Mexican tetra (''Astyanax mexicanus'') *
Mimic shiner The mimic shiner (''Notropis volucellus') is a species of North American cyprinid freshwater fish in the genus '' Notropis''. The genus '' Notropis'' is commonly known as the eastern shiners. It is native to areas of the Hudson Bay drainage, Great ...
(''Notropis volucellus'') * Mississippi silvery minnow (''Hybognathus nuchalis'') * Mooneye (''Hiodon tergisus'') *
Eastern mosquitofish The eastern mosquitofish (''Gambusia holbrooki'') is a species of freshwater fish, closely related to the western mosquitofish, ''Gambusia affinis''. It is a member of the family Poeciliidae of order Cyprinodontiformes. The eastern mosquitofish ...
(''Gambusia holbrooki'') *
Western mosquitofish The western Mosquitofish (''Gambusia affinis'') is a North American freshwater fish, also known commonly, if ambiguously, as simply Mosquitofish or by its generic name, ''Gambusia'', or by the common name gambezi. Its sister species, the easte ...
(''Gambusia affinis'') * Mountain madtom (''Noturus eleutherus'') * Mud darter (''Etheostoma asprigene'') * Neosho madtom (''Noturus placidus'') * Northern hogsucker (''Hypentelium nigricans'') *
Northern pike The northern pike (''Esox lucius'') is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus '' Esox'' (the pikes). They are typical of brackish and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere (''i.e.'' holarctic in distribution). They are known simply as a ...
(''Esox lucius'') *
Northern studfish The northern studfish (''Fundulus catenatus'') is the largest of the killifish and is native to the southcentral United States. Appearance and anatomy The mean length for adults is . Northern studfish are sexually dimorphic. Males have horizonta ...
(''Fundulus catenatus'') * Orangebelly darter (''Etheostoma radiosum'') * Orangespotted sunfish (''Lepomis humilis'') * Orangethroat darter (''Etheostoma spectabile'') *
Ouachita shiner The Ouachita shiner or Ouachita Mountain shiner (''Lythrurus snelsoni'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found only in the upper Little River system in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma in the Unite ...
(''Lythrurus snelsoni'') *
Ozark cavefish The Ozark cavefish, ''Amblyopsis rosae'', is a small subterranean freshwater fish endemic to the United States. It has been listed as a threatened species in the US since 1984; the IUCN currently lists the species as Near Threatened, though thi ...
(''Amblyopsis rosae'') * Ozark minnow (''Notropis nubilus'') * Pallid shiner (''Hybopsis amnis'') * Peppered shiner (''Notropis perpallidus'') *
Pirate perch The pirate perch (''Aphredoderus sayanus'') is a freshwater fish that commonly inhabits coastal waters along the east coast of the United States and the backwater areas of the Mississippi Valley. This species is often found towards the bottom of ...
(''Aphredoderus sayanus'') * Plains killifish (''Fundulus zebrinus'') * Plains minnow (''Hybognathus placitus'') * Plains topminnow (''Fundulus sciadicus'') * Prairie chub (''Macrhybopsis australis'') *
Pugnose minnow The pugnose minnow (''Opsopoeodus emiliae'') is a species of cyprinid fish found in the eastern North America. There are two recognized subspecies with the subspecies from Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of ...
(''Opsopoeodus emiliae'') * Quillback (''Carpiodes cyprinus'') *
Rainbow trout The rainbow trout (''Oncorhynchus mykiss'') is a species of trout native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. The steelhead (sometimes called "steelhead trout") is an anadromous (sea-run) form of the coasta ...
(''Oncorhynchus mykiss'') * Red River pupfish (''Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis'') *
Red River shiner The Red River shiner (''Notropis bairdi'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Notropis''. It is endemic to the United States, where it is found in the Red River in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, S ...
(''Notropis bairdi'') * Red shiner (''Cyprinella lutrensis'') * Redbreast sunfish (''Lepomis auritus'') *
Redear sunfish The redear sunfish (''Lepomis microlophus''), also known as the shellcracker, Georgia bream, cherry gill, chinquapin, improved bream, rouge ear sunfish and sun perch) is a freshwater fish in the family Centrarchidae and is native to the southeast ...
(''Lepomis microlophus'') * Redfin darter (''Etheostoma whipplei'') *
Redfin shiner The redfin shiner (''Lythrurus umbratilis'') is a freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. The redfin shiner is most commonly found in the Ohio and Mississippi River basins, as well as in drainages of the Great Lakes, all of which are in the Uni ...
(''Lythrurus umbratilis'') * Redspot chub (''Nocomis asper'') * Redspot darter (''Etheostoma artesiae'') * Redspotted sunfish (''Lepomis miniatus'') * Ribbon shiner (''Lythrurus fumeus'') *
River carpsucker The river carpsucker (''Carpiodes carpio'') is a freshwater fish found in the inland United States and northern Mexico. This species has a slightly arched back and is somewhat stout and compressed. While the fins are usually opaque, in older fish ...
(''Carpiodes carpio'') * River darter (''Percina shumardi'') *
River redhorse The river redhorse (''Moxostoma carinatum'') is a species of freshwater fish endemic to the eastern half of the United States and southeastern Canada. They can range from 10 to 30 inches in length and can potentially reach a weight of more than ...
(''Moxostoma carinatum'') * River shiner (''Notropis blennius'') *
Rock bass The rock bass (''Ambloplites rupestris''), also known as the rock perch, goggle-eye, red eye, and black perch, is a freshwater fish native to east-central North America. This red eyed creature is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish fa ...
(''Ambloplites rupestris'') * Rocky shiner (''Notropis suttkusi'') * Rosyface shiner (''Notropis rubellus'') *
Sand shiner The sand shiner (''Notropis stramineus'') is a widespread North American species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. Sand shiners live in open clear water streams with sandy bottoms where they feed in schools on aquatic and terrestrial i ...
(''Notropis stramineus'') * Sauger (''Sander canadensis'') * Scaly sand darter (''Ammocrypta vivax'') *
Shadow bass The shadow bass (''Ambloplites ariommus'') is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (biology), family (Centrarchidae) of order (biology), order Perciformes. It is Endemism, endemic to southeastern United States of America. Descript ...
(''Ambloplites ariommus'') * Shoal chub (''Macrhybopsis hyostoma'') * Shorthead redhorse (''Moxostoma macrolepidotum'') *
Shortnose gar The shortnose gar (''Lepisosteus platostomus'') is a primitive freshwater fish of the family Lepisosteidae. It is native to the United States where its range includes the Mississippi and Missouri River basins, ranging from Montana to the west and ...
(''Lepisosteus platostomus'') *
Shovelnose sturgeon The shovelnose sturgeon (''Scaphirhynchus platorynchus'') is the smallest species of freshwater sturgeon native to North America. It is often called "hackleback", "sand sturgeon", or "switchtail". Switchtail refers to the long filament found on ...
(''Scaphirhynchus platorynchus'') * Silver chub (''Macrhybopsis storeriana'') * Silver Redhorse (''moxostoma anisurum'') * Silverband shiner (''Notropis shumardi'') *
Skipjack shad The skipjack herring (''Alosa chrysochloris'') is a North American, migratory, fresh- and brackish water fish species in the herring family Clupeidae. The name skipjack shad comes from the fact that it is commonly seen leaping out of the water wh ...
(''Alosa chrysochloris'') * Slender madtom (''Noturus exilis'') * Slenderhead darter (''Percina phoxocephala'') * Slim minnow (''Pimephales tenellus'') * Slough darter (''Etheostoma gracile'') * Smallmouth bass (''Micropterus dolomieu'') *
Smallmouth buffalo The smallmouth buffalo (''Ictiobus bubalus'', from the Greek for "bull-fish" and "buffalo") is a catostomid fish species native to the major tributaries and surrounding waters of the Mississippi River in the United States, as well as some other w ...
(''Ictiobus bubalus'') *
Southern brook lamprey The southern brook lamprey (''Ichthyomyzon gagei'') is a lamprey found in the Southern United States including Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. It is a jawless fish with a sucking mouth on one end of it (like a leech). It ...
(''Ichthyomyzon gagei'') *
Southern redbelly dace The southern redbelly dace (''Chrosomus erythrogaster''), is a North American species of temperate freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae. The natural geographic range extends from Western New York to Minnesota, and south to Oklahoma, Arkansas ...
(''Chrosomus erythrogaster'') * Speckled darter (''Etheostoma stigmaeum'') *
Spotfin shiner The spotfin shiner (''Cyprinella spiloptera'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is a small sized freshwater fish found abundantly in many watercourses of North America. Taxonomy Edward Drinker Cope described the s ...
(''Cyprinella spiloptera'') * Spotted bass (''Micropterus punctulatus'') *
Spotted gar The spotted gar (''Lepisosteus oculatus'') is a freshwater fish native to North America that has an abundance of dark spots on its head, fins, and dart-like body.  Spotted gar have an elongated mouth with many needle-like teeth to catch other fi ...
(''Lepisosteus oculatus'') *
Spotted sucker The spotted sucker (''Minytrema melanops'') is a species of sucker (fish) that is native to eastern North America. The spotted sucker inhabits deep pools of small to medium rivers over clay, sand or gravel. They are occasionally found in creeks a ...
(''Minytrema melanops'') * Steelcolor shiner (''Cyprinella whipplei'') * Stippled darter (''Etheostoma punctulatum'') * Stonecat (''Noturus flavus'') *
Striped bass The striped bass (''Morone saxatilis''), also called the Atlantic striped bass, striper, linesider, rock, or rockfish, is an anadromous perciform fish of the family Moronidae found primarily along the Atlantic coast of North America. It has al ...
(''Morone saxatilis'') *
Striped shiner The striped shiner (''Luxilus chrysocephalus'') is a member of the family Cyprinidae.Page, L. M., H. Espinoa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, R. L. Mayden, and J. S. Nelson. 2013. Common and scientific names of the ...
(''Luxilus chrysocephalus'') *
Suckermouth minnow ''Phenacobius'', the suckermouth minnows, is a genus of cyprinid fishes endemic to the United States. Historically the suckermouth minnow was not found as far eastward as Ohio, now they seem to be a stable species living throughout the Midwest an ...
(''Phenacobius mirabilis'') * Swamp darter (''Etheostoma fusiforme'') * Tadpole madtom (''Noturus gyrinus'') * Taillight shiner (''Notropis maculatus'') *
Threadfin shad The threadfin shad (''Dorosoma petenense'') is a small pelagic fish common in rivers, large streams, and reservoirs of the Southeastern United States. Like the American gizzard shad, the threadfin shad has an elongated dorsal ray, but unlike the ...
(''Dorosoma petenense'') *
Walleye The walleye (''Sander vitreus'', synonym ''Stizostedion vitreum''), also called the yellow pike or yellow pickerel, is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the Northern United States. It is a North American close relat ...
(''Sander vitreus'') *
Warmouth The warmouth (''Lepomis gulosus'') is a freshwater fish of the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) that is found throughout the eastern United States. Other local names include molly, redeye, goggle-eye, red-eyed bream, and strawberry perch. Descript ...
(''Lepomis gulosus'') * Wedgespot shiner (''Notropis greenei'') *
Western sand darter The western sand darter (''Ammocrypta clara'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches. It is native to the ce ...
(''Ammocrypta clara'') *
White bass The white bass, silver bass, or sand bass (''Morone chrysops'') is a freshwater fish of the temperate bass family Moronidae. commonly around 12-15 inches long. The species' main color is silver-white to pale green. Its back is dark, with white s ...
(''Morone chrysops'') *
White crappie The white crappie (''Pomoxis annularis'') is a freshwater fish found in North America, one of the two species of crappies. Alternate common names for the species include goldring and silver perch. is named for the fish. The genus name ''Pomoxis ...
(''Pomoxis annularis'') *
White sucker The white sucker (''Catostomus commersonii)'' is a species of freshwater cypriniform fish inhabiting the upper Midwest and Northeast in North America, but it is also found as far south as Georgia and as far west as New Mexico. The fish is commonl ...
(''Catostomus commersonii'') * Yellow bass (''Morone mississippiensis'') *
Yellow bullhead The yellow bullhead (''Ameiurus natalis'') is a species of bullhead catfish, a ray-finned fish that lacks scales. Description The yellow bullhead is a medium-sized member of the catfish family. It is typically yellow-olive to slate black on the ...
(''Ameiurus natalis'') *
Yellow perch The yellow perch (''Perca flavescens''), commonly referred to as perch, striped perch, American perch, American river perch or preacher is a freshwater perciform fish native to much of North America. The yellow perch was described in 1814 by Samu ...
(''Perca flavescens'')


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