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Common Names

Scientific Name

American eel

American eel

(Freshwater eel, Common eel, Atlantic eel)

Anquilla rostrata

Bigmouh Buffalo

Bigmouth Buffalo

Ictiobus cyprinellus

Black Crappie

Black Crappie

(Papermouth, Specks)

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Blacknose Dace

Blacknose Dace

Rhinichthys atratulus

Black Redhose

Black Redhorse

Moxostoma duquesnei

Bluegill

Bluegill

(Sunperch, blue sunfish, copperbelly, copperhead, coppernose bream, redbreasted sunfish, yellowbelly, bluemouth sunfish, baldface, plumb granny, pumpkinseed, pond perch)

Lepomis machrochirus

Bluntnose Minnow

Bluntnose Minnow

Pimephales notatus

Bowfin

Bowfin

Amia calva

Brook Silverside

Brook Silverside

Labidesthes sicculus

Brook Stickleback

Brook Stickleback

Culaea inconstans

Brook Trout

Brook Trout

(Brookie)

Salvelinus fontinalis

  Brown Trout

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Buffalo fish

Buffalo

Ictiobus bubalus

Bullhead Catfish

Bullhead Catfish

Ameiurus spp.

Burbot

Burbot

Lota lota

Carp

Carp

(Common carp, German carp, Mirror carp, Leather carp)

Cyprinus carpio

   
Central Stoneroller

Campostoma anomalum

  Chain Pickerel

Chain Pickerel

Esox niger

  Channel Catfish

Channel Catfish

(Spotted cat)

Ictalurus punctatus

  Channel Darter

Channel Darter

Percina copelandi

  Creek Chub

Creek Chub

Semotilus atromaculatus

  Drum

Drum

Aplodinotus grunniem

  Emerald Shiner

Emerald Shiner

Notropis atherinoides

  Fathead Minnow

Fathead Minnow

Pimephales promelas

   

Flathead Catfish

(Shovelhead, Mudcat)

Pylodictis olivaris

  Gizzard Shad

Gizzard Shad

Dorosoma cepedianum

  Golden Redhorse

Golden Redhorse

Moxostoma erythurum

  Golden Shiner

Golden Shiner

Notemigonus crysoleucas

  Grass Carp

Grass Carp

Ctenopharyngodon idella

  Grass Pickerel

Grass Pickerel

Esox americanus

  Greenside Darter

Greenside Darter

Etheostoma blennioides

  Green Sunfish

Green Sunfish

Lepomis cyanellus

  Hybrid Striped Bass

Hybrid Striped Bass

Morone  chrysops x saxatilis

  Lake Trout

Lake Trout

Salvelinus namaycush

  Johnny Darter

Johnny Darter

Etheostoma nigrum

  Lake Whitefish

Lake Whitefish

Coregonus clupeaformis

  Lake Sturgeon

Lake Sturgeon

Acipenser fulvescens

Largemouth Bass

Largemouth Bass

(Bigmouth bass, bucketmouth bass, openmouth bass, hog, hawg, lineside, bigmouth trout, green trout, green bass, Oswego bass, Welshman, slough bass, lake bass)

Micropterus salmoides

Least Brook Lamprey

Least Brook Lamprey

Lampetra aepyptera

  Least Killifish

Least Killifish

Heterandria formosa

  Logperch Darter

Logperch Darter

Percina caprodes

Longear Sunfish

Longear Sunfish

Lepomis magalotis

Longnose Gar

Longnose Gar

Lepisosteus osseus

  Mosquitofish

Mosquitofish

Gambusia affinis

  Muskellunge

Muskellunge

Esox masquinongy

  Northern Hog Sucker

Northern Hog Sucker

Hypentelium nigricans

Northern Pike

Northern Pike

Esox lucius

  Oscar

Oscar

Astronotus ocellatus

Paddlefish

Paddlefish

Polyodon spathula

Pugnose Minnow

Pugnose Minnow

Opsopoeodus emiliae

Pumpkinseed Sunfish

Pumpkinseed Sunfish

Lepomis gibbosus

Quillback

Quillback

Carpiodes cyprinus

  Rainbow Darter

Rainbow Darter

Etheostoma caeruleum

  Redear Sunfish

Redear Sunfish

(shellcracker)

Lepomis microlophus

  Rock Bass

Rock Bass

Ambloplites rupestris

  Sauger

Sauger

Stizostedion canandense

   

Saugeye

Stizostedion canandense x vitreum

   

Shovelnose Sturgeon

Scaphirhynchus platorynchus

   

Silver Lamprey

Icthyomyzon unicuspis

  Silver Jaw Minnow

Silver Jaw Minnow

Notropis buccatus

  Smallmouth Bass

Smallmouth Bass

Micropterus dolomieui

  Southern Redbelly Dace

Southern Redbelly Dace

Phoxinus erythrogaster

  Spotted Bass

Spotted Bass

Micropterus punctulatus

  Spotted Sunfish

Spotted Sunfish

(stump-knocker)

Lepomis punctatus

  Steelhead Trout

Steelhead Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

  Stonecat

Stonecat

Noturus flavus

   

Striped Bass

Morone saxatilis

  Striped Shiner

Striped Shiner

Luxilus chrysocephalus

  Stoneroller

Stoneroller

Campostoma anomalum

  Sunshine Bass

Sunshine Bass

Morone chrysops x saxatilis

Swai

Swai

Pangasius Hypophthlmus

  Trout-perch

Trout-perch

Percopsis omiscomaycus

  Walleye

Walleye

Stizostedion vitreum

  Warmouth Sunfish

Warmouth Sunfish

Lepomis gulosus

   

Western Banded Killfish

Fundulus diaphanus menona

  White Bass

White Bass

Morone chrysops

  White Sucker

White Sucker

Catasomus commersoni

  White Crappie

White Crappie

Pomoxis annularis

  White Perch

White Perch

Morone americana

  White Bass

White Bass

Morone chrysops

  Yellow Bass

Yellow Bass

Morone mississippiensis

  Yellow Perch

Yellow Perch

Perca flavescens

 

 

 

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