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Fish Species List

Petromyzontidae
chestnut lamprey - Ichthymyzon castaneus  
Acipensieridae
shovelnose sturgeon - Scaphirhynchus platorynchus  
Polyodontidae
paddlefish - Polyodon spathula  
Lepisosteidae
shortnose gar - Lepisosteus platostomus longnose gar - Lepisosteus osseus
spotted gar - Lepisosteus oculatus alligator gar - Atractosteus spatula
Amiidae
bowfin - Amia calva  
Anguillidae
american eel - Anguilla rostrata  
Clupeidae
skipjack herring - Alosa chrysochloris gizzard shad - Dorosoma cepedianum
threadfin shad - Dorosoma petenense  
Hiodontidae
goldeye - Hiodon alosoides  
Cyprinidae
central stoneroller - Campostoma anomalum grass carp - Ctenophaaryngodon idella
bighead carp - Hypoohthalmichthys nobilis silver carp - Hypoohthalmichthys molitrix
common carp - Cyprinus carpio goldfish - Carassisus auratus
silver chub - Hybopsis storeriana speckled chub - Hybopsis aestivalis
golden shiner - Notemigonus crysoleucas emerald shiner - Notropis atherinoides
ghost shiner - Notropis buchanani river shiner - Notropis blennius
silverband shiner - Notropis shumardi redfin shiner - Notropis umbratilis
mimic shiner - Notropis volucellus red shiner - Cyprinella lutrensis
suckermouthed minnow - Phenocobius mirabilis bullhead minnow - Pimephales vigilax
bluntnose minnow - Pimephales notatus fathead minnow - Pimephales promelas
Catastomidae
bigmouth buffalo - Ictiobus cyprinellus black buffalo - Ictiobus niger
smallmouth buffalo - Ictiobus bubalus spotted sucker - Minytrema melanops
river carpsucker - Carpiodes carpio blue sucker - Cycleptus elongatus
river redhorse - Moxostoma carinatum golden redhorse - Moxostoma erythrum
shorthead redhorse - Moxostoma macrolepidotum black redhorse - Moxostoma duquesnei
Ictaluridae
black bullhead - Ameiurus melas yellow bullhead - Ameiurus natalis
channel catfish - Ictalurus punctatus blue catfish - Ictalurus furcatus
flathead catfish - Pylodictus olivarus  
Fundulidae
blackstiped topminnow - Fundulus notatus blackspotted topminnow - Fundulus olivaceous
Poeciliidae
mosquitofish - Gambusia affinis  
Atherinidae
inland silversides - Menidia berrylina brook silversides - Labidesthes sicculus
Moronidae
striped bass - Morone saxitilis white bass - Morone chrysops
striped X white bass hybrid - Morone chrysops x saxitilis  
Centrarchidae
smallmouth bass - Micropterus dolomieui spotted bass - Micropterus punctulatus
largemouth bass - Micropterus salmoides green sunfish - Lepomis cyanellus
bluegill - Lepomis macrochirus orangespotted sunfish - Lepomis humilis
longear sunfish - Lepomis megalotis warmouth - Lepomis gulosis
redear sunfish - Lepomis microlophus white crappie - Pomoxis annularis
black crappie - Pomoxis nigromaculatus  
Percidae
logperch - Percina caprodes slenderhead darter - Percina phoxocephala
river darter - Percina shumardi sauger - Stizostedion canadense
walleye - Stizostedion vitreum  
Aplodontidae
freshwater drum - Aplodinotus grunniens