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Subject: List of freshwater fish in north america
Category: Sports and Recreation > Outdoors
Asked by: grizz100-ga
List Price: $30.00
Posted: 01 May 2006 12:27 PDT
Expires: 31 May 2006 12:27 PDT
Question ID: 724446
Hi,

I require a complete list of all the freshwater fish species that are
in North America. I believe that there are over 200 varieties. Please
format the list starting with each major fish specie and then list all
other varieties below it, like this (all in lowercase letters, use an
empty line to separate each specie group as shown below):

trout
rainbow trout
brown trout
brook trout
lake trout

pike
blue pike
northern pike

Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 01 May 2006 13:59 PDT
Griz100,

I can provide you with a list of over 900 freshwater fish in the United States.

Here is an example of the first 88 names on the list.

mud sunfish
yellowfin goby
shortnose sturgeon
lake sturgeon
green sturgeon
gulf sturgeon
atlantic sturgeon
white sturgeon
chiselmouth
diamond killifish
mountain mullet
blueback shad
alabama shad
skipjack shad
hickory shad
alewife
american shad
shadow bass
roanoke bass
ozark bass
rock bass
ozark cavefish
northern cavefish
snail bullhead
white catfish
black bullhead
yellow bullhead
brown bullhead
flat bullhead
spotted bullhead
bowfin
naked sand darter
florida sand darter
western sand darter
southern sand darter
eastern sand darter
scaly sand darter
midas cichlid
climbing perch
european eel
american eel
fourspine stickleback
pirate perch
freshwater drum
convict cichlid
sacramento perch
bighead carp
oscar
mexican tetra
alligator gar
river goby
sand fish
silver croaker
topminnow
central stoneroller
largescale stoneroller
mexican stoneroller
bluefin stoneroller
goldfish
crucian carp
bull shark
river carpsucker
quillback
highfin carpsucker
utah sucker
yaqui sucker
longnose sucker
desert sucker
bridgelip sucker
white sucker
bluehead sucker
zuni bluehead sucker
owens sucker
sonora sucker
flannelmouth sucker
largescale sucker
modoc sucker
goose lake sucker
sacramento sucker
mountain sucker
rio grande sucker
jenny creek sucker
santa ana sucker
klamath largescale sucker
tahoe sucker
warner sucker
flier
swordspine snook

Please let me know if this format would suit your purpose?

Thank you, 
Bobbie7
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Subject: Re: List of freshwater fish in north america
Answered By: bobbie7-ga on 01 May 2006 16:55 PDT
 
Griz100,

Below you will find the listing of freshwater fish in North America.
The format of the list starts with fish specie with the other
varieties below it.

centrarchidae	
mud sunfish

achiridae	
hogchoker

acipenseridae	
shortnose sturgeon
lake sturgeon
green sturgeon
gulf sturgeon
atlantic sturgeon
white sturgeon
pallid sturgeon
shovelnose sturgeon
alabama sturgeon
shortnose sturgeon
lake sturgeon
green sturgeon
atlantic sturgeon
white sturgeon

adrianichthyidae	
japanese rice fish

amblyopsidae	
ozark cavefish
northern cavefish
swampfish
spring cavefish
alabama cavefish
southern cavefish

amiidae	
bowfin

anabantidae	
climbing perch
twospot climbing perch

anguillidae	
european eel
american eel

aphredoderidae	
pirate perch

ariidae	
white baggar

atherinopsidae	
brook silverside
inland silverside
texas silverside
waccamaw silverside
brook silverside

belonidae	
atlantic needlefish
redfin needlefish

carcharhinidae	
bull shark

catostomidae	
alabama hog sucker
bigeye jumprock
bigmouth buffalo
black buffalo
black redhorse
blackfin sucker
blacktail redhorse
blacktip jumprock
blue sucker
bluehead sucker
bridgelip sucker
bridgelip sucker
copper redhorse
creek chubsucker
cui-ui
desert sucker
flannelmouth sucker
golden redhorse
goose lake sucker
gray redhorse
greater jumprock
greater redhorse
harelip sucker
highfin carpsucker
jasper longnose sucker
jenny creek sucker
june sucker
klamath largescale sucker
lake chubsucker
largescale sucker
longnose sucker
lost river sucker
mexican redhorse
modoc sucker
mountain sucker
northern hog sucker
notchlip redhorse
owens sucker
pealip redhorse
quillback
razorback sucker
rio grande sucker
river carpsucker
river redhorse
roanoke hog sucker
rustyside sucker
sacramento sucker
santa ana sucker
sharpfin chubsucker
shorthead redhorse
shortnose sucker
silver redhorse
silver redhorse
smallfin redhorse
smallmouth buffalo
smallmouth redhorse
snake river sucker
sonora sucker
southeastern blue sucker
spotted sucker
striped jumprock
tahoe sucker
torrent sucker
utah sucker
v-lip redhorse
warner sucker
white sucker
yaqui sucker
zuni bluehead sucker

centrarchidae	
banded sunfish
bantam sunfish
black crappie
blackbanded sunfish
bluegill
bluespotted sunfish
dollar sunfish
flier
green sunfish
guadalupe bass
largemouth bass
longear sunfish
orangespotted sunfish
ozark bass
pumpkinseed
redbreast sunfish
redear sunfish
redeye bass
redspotted sunfish
roanoke bass
rock bass
sacramento perch
shadow bass
shoal bass
smallmouth bass
spotted bass
spotted sunfish
suwannee bass
warmouth
white crappie

centropomidae	
swordspine snook
fat snook
tarpon snook
common snook

channidae	
snakehead
great snakehead
snakehead murrel

characidae	
mexican tetra
pirambeba

cichlidae	
midas cichlid
convict cichlid
oscar
peacock cichlid
speckled pavon
black acara
jack dempsey
yellow belly cichlid
three spot cichlid
mexican mojarra
redstriped eartheater
rio grande cichlid
banded cichlid
blue tilapia
mozambique tilapia
nile tilapia
wami tilapia
rufigi tilapia
guapote tigre
mango fish
blackchin tilapia
firemouth cichlid
spotted tilapia
redbelly tilapia
jewelfish

clariidae	
walking catfish

clupeidae	
blueback shad
alabama shad
skipjack shad
hickory shad
alewife
american shad
american gizzard shad
threadfin shad
blueback shad
alewife
american shad
pacific herring

cobitidae	
oriental weatherfish

cottidae	
banded sculpin
bear lake sculpin
black sculpin
blue ridge sculpin
coastrange sculpin
deepwater sculpin
fourhorn sculpin
klamath lake sculpin
marbled sculpin
margined sculpin
mottled sculpin
ozark sculpin
paiute sculpin
pit sculpin
potomac sculpin
prickly sculpin
prickly sculpin
pygmy sculpin
reticulate sculpin
riffle sculpin
rough sculpin
shorthead sculpin
shoshone sculpin
slender sculpin
slimy sculpin
spoonhead sculpin
torrent sculpin
utah lake sculpin
wood river sculpin

cyprinidae	
alabama shiner
altamaha shiner
alvord chub
amur bitterling
apalachee shiner
arkansas river shiner
arroyo chub
bandfin shiner
bannerfin shiner
beautiful shiner
bedrock shiner
bigeye chub
bigeye shiner
bighead carp
bigmouth chub
bigmouth shiner
black carp
blackchin shiner
blackmouth shiner
blacknose dace
blacknose shiner
blackside dace
blackspot shiner
blacktail shiner
blacktip shiner
bleeding shiner
blotched chub
blue chub
blue shiner
bluefin stoneroller
bluehead chub
bluehead shiner
bluenose shiner
bluestripe shiner
bluntface shiner
bluntnose minnow
bluntnose shiner
bonytail
borax lake chub
brassy minnow
bridle shiner
broadstripe shiner
bull chub
bullhead minnow
burrhead chub
burrhead shiner
cahaba shiner
california roach
cape fear shiner
cardinal shiner
carmine shiner
central stoneroller
channel shiner
cheat minnow
cherryfin shiner
chihuahua chub
chihuahua shiner
chiselmouth
chub shiner
clear chub
clear lake splittail
coastal shiner
colorado pikeminnow
comely shiner
common carp
common shiner
coosa shiner
creek chub
crescent shiner
crucian carp
cutlips minnow
cypress minnow
desert dace
devils river minnow
dixie chub
dusky shiner
duskystripe shiner
eastern silvery minnow
emerald shiner
fallfish
fathead minnow
fatlips minnow
fieryblack shiner
finescale dace
flagfin shiner
flame chub
flathead chub
fluvial shiner
ghost shiner
gila chub
golden shiner
goldfish
grass carp
gravel chub
greenfin shiner
greenhead shiner
guadalupe roundnose minnow
hardhead
headwater chub
highback chub
highfin shiner
highland shiner
highscale shiner
hitch
hornyhead chub
humpback chub
ide
ironcolor shiner
kanawha minnow
kiamichi shiner
lahontan redside
lake chub
largescale stoneroller
las vegas dace
laurel dace
least chub
leatherside chub
leopard dace
lined chub
little colorado spinedace
loach minnow
longfin dace
longnose dace
longnose shiner
manantial roundnose minnow
mexican stoneroller
mimic shiner
mirror shiner
mississippi silvery minnow
moapa dace
mountain redbelly dace
mountain shiner
new river shiner
northern pikeminnow
northern redbelly dace
nueces roundnose minnow
ocmulgee shiner
orangefin shiner
orangetail shiner
oregon chub
ouachita shiner
ozark chub
ozark minnow
ozark shiner
pahranagat spinedace
palezone shiner
pallid shiner
peamouth
peamouth
pearl dace
peppered chub
peppered shiner
phantom shiner
pinewoods shiner
plains minnow
plateau shiner
popeye shiner
prairie chub
pretty shiner
proserpine shiner
pugnose minnow
pugnose shiner
rainbow shiner
red river shiner
red shiner
redeye chub
redfin shiner
redlip shiner
redside dace
redside shiner
redspot chub
redtail chub
relict dace
ribbon shiner
riffle minnow
rio grande chub
rio grande shiner
rio grande silvery minnow
river chub
river shiner
rocky shiner
rosefin shiner
rosyface chub
rosyface shiner
rosyside dace
rough shiner
roughhead shiner
roundnose minnow
roundtail chub
rudd
sabine shiner
sacramento blackfish
sacramento pikeminnow
saffron shiner
sailfin shiner
sand shiner
sandbar shiner
sandhills chub
santee chub
satinfin shiner
scarlet shiner
sharpnose shiner
shoal chub
sicklefin chub
silver carp
silver chub
silver shiner
silverband shiner
silverjaw minnow
silverside shiner
silverstripe shiner
skygazer shiner
slender chub
slim minnow
smalleye shiner
sonora chub
southern redbelly dace
speckled chub
speckled dace
spikedace
splittail
spotfin chub
spotfin shiner
spotfin shiner
spottail shiner
stargazing minnow
steelcolor shiner
streamline chub
striped shiner
sturgeon chub
suckermouth minnow
swallowtail shiner
taillight shiner
tallapoosa shiner
tamaulipas shiner
telescope shiner
tench
tennessee dace
tennessee shiner
texas shiner
thicklip chub
thicktail chub
tonguetied minnow
topeka shiner
tricolor shiner
tui chub
umatilla dace
umpqua dace
umpqua pikeminnow
umpquachub
utah chub
virgin chub
virgin spinedace
warpaint shiner
warrior shiner
wedgespot shiner
weed shiner
western blacknose dace
western silvery minnow
white river spinedace
white shiner
whitefin shiner
whitemouth shiner
whitetail shiner
woundfin
yaqui chub
yazoo shiner
yellowfin shiner
zebra danio

cyprinodontidae	
santa cruz pupfish
leon springs pupfish
devils hole pupfish
comanche springs pupfish
sonoyta pupfish
conchos pupfish
lake eustis minnow
desert pupfish
amargosa pupfish
pecos pupfish
palomas pupfish
owens pupfish
red river pupfish
cottonball marsh pupfish
salt creek pupfish
white sands pupfish
sheepshead minnow
flagfish

dasyatidae	
atlantic stingray

elassomatidae	
spring pygmy sunfish
carolina pygmy sunfish
everglades pygmy sunfish
bluebarred pygmy sunfish
okefenokee pygmy sunfish
banded pygmy sunfish

eleotridae	pacific fat sleeper
fat sleeper
spotted sleeper
spinycheek sleeper
sandwich island sleeper
bigmouth sleeper

elopidae	
ladyfish

embiotocidae	
shiner perch
russian river tule perch
tule perch
trahira

esocidae	
redfin pickerel
grass pickerel
northern pike
muskellunge
chain pickerel
redfin pickerel
grass pickerel
northern pike
muskellunge
chain pickerel

fundulidae	
diamond killifish
whiteline topminnow
stippled studfish
western starhead topminnow
northern studfish
golden topminnow
banded topminnow
marsh killifish
banded killifish
starhead topminnow
russetfin topminnow
broadstripe topminnow
gulf killifish
mummichog
barrens topminnow
northern plains killifish
lined topminnow
blackstripe topminnow
bayou topminnow
blackspotted topminnow
speckled killifish
plains topminnow
seminole killifish
southern studfish
waccamaw killifish
plains killifish
pygmy killifish
bluefin killifish
rainwater killifish
mummichog
blackstripe topminnow

gadidae	
atlantic tomcod
gadidae	
saffron cod

gasterosteidae	
fourspine stickleback
brook stickleback
santa ana stickleback
unarmored threespine stickleback
ninespine stickleback
three-spined stickleback

gerreidae	
silver mojarra
striped mojarra

gobiidae	
yellowfin goby
river goby
sand fish
slashcheek goby
american freshwater goby
highfin goby
clown goby
round goby
tubenose goby
chameleon goby
tubenose goby

goodeidae	
white river springfish
railroad valley springfish
raycraft poolfish
pahrump killifish
pahrump ranch poolfish
ash meadows killifish

hemiramphidae	
american halfbeak

hiodontidae	
goldeye
mooneye

ictaluridae	
black bullhead
black madtom
blue catfish
brindled madtom
brown bullhead
brown madtom
caddo madtom
carolina madtom
channel catfish
checkered madtom
chucky madtom
elegant madtom
flat bullhead
flathead catfish
frecklebelly madtom
freckled madtom
headwater catfish
least madtom
margined madtom
mountain madtom
neosho madtom
northern madtom
orangefin madtom
ouachita madtom
ozark madtom
pygmy madtom
saddled madtom
scioto madtom
slender madtom
smoky madtom
snail bullhead
speckled madtom
spotted bullhead
stonecat
tadpole madtom
toothless blindcat
white catfish
widemouth blindcat
yaqui catfish
yellow bullhead
yellowfin madtom

lepisosteidae	
alligator gar
spotted gar
longnose gar
shortnose gar
florida gar

loricariidae	
suckermouth catfish
sailfin catfish

lotidae	
burbot

megalopidae	
tarpon

moronidae	
white perch
white bass
yellow bass
striped sea-bass

mugilidae	
mountain mullet
bobo mullet
flathead mullet
white mullet
fantail mullet
liza

osmeridae	
japanese smelt
delta smelt
atlantic rainbow smelt
pigmy smelt
longfin smelt
eulachon
pond smelt
arctic rainbow smelt
eulachon

osphronemidae	
banded gourami
dwarf gourami
paradise fish
croaking gourami

percidae	
alabama darter
amber darter
appalachia darter
arkansas darter
arkansas saddled darter
arrow darter
ashy darter
backwater darter
banded darter
bandfin darter
barcheek darter
barrens darter
bayou darter
bigscale logperch
black darter
blackbanded darter
blackfin darter
blackside darter
blenny darter
bloodfin darter
blotchside darter
bluebreast darter
blueside darter
bluestripe darter
bluntnose darter
boulder darter
brighteye darter
bronze darter
brook darter
brown darter
candy darter
carolina darter
chainback darter
channel darter
cherokee darter
cherry darter
chickasaw darter
choctawhatchee darter
christmas darter
coal darter
coastal darter
coldwater darter
conasauga logperch
coosa darter
coppercheek darter
corrugated darter
creole darter
crown darter
crystal darter
cumberland darter
cumberland snubnose darter
current darter
cypress darter
dusky darter
duskytail darter
eastern sand darter
egg-mimic darter
emerald darter
etowah darter
fantail darter
firebelly darter
florida sand darter
fountain darter
frecklebelly darter
freckled darter
fringed darter
gilt darter
glassy darter
golden darter
goldline darter
goldstripe darter
greenbreast darter
greenfin darter
greenside darter
greenthroat darter
guardian darter
gulf darter
gulf logperch
harlequin darter
headwater darter
highland rim darter
holiday darter
iowa darter
johnny darter
kanawha darter
kentucky darter
least darter
leopard darter
lipstick darter
logperch
lollipop darter
longfin darter
longhead darter
longnose darter
maryland darter
missouri saddled darter
mobile logperch
mud darter
naked sand darter
niangua darter
okaloosa darter
olive darter
orangebelly darter
orangefin darter
orangethroat darter
ozark logperch
paleback darter
pearl darter
piedmont darter
pinewoods darter
rainbow darter
redband darter
redfin darter
redline darter
redspot darter
relict darter
rio grande darter
river darter
riverweed darter
roanoke darter
roanoke logperch
rock darter
ruffe
rush darter
saddleback darter
saffron darter
saluda darter
sauger
savannah darter
sawcheek darter
scaly sand darter
seagreen darter
sharphead darter
sharpnose darter
shawnee darter
shield darter
slabrock darter
slackwater darter
slenderhead darter
slough darter
smallscale darter
snail darter
snubnose darter
sooty darter
southern logperch
southern sand darter
speckled darter
splendid darter
spottail darter
spotted darter
stargazing darter
stippled darter
stone darter
strawberry darter
striated darter
stripeback darter
striped darter
stripetail darter
swamp darter
swannanoa darter
tallapoosa darter
tangerine darter
teardrop darter
tessellated darter
texas logperch
tippecanoe darter
tombigbee darter
trispot darter
tuckasegee darter
turquoise darter
tuscumbia darter
tuskaloossa darter
variegate darter
vermilion darter
waccamaw darter
walleye
warrior darter
watercress darter
western sand darter
wounded darter
yazoo darter
yellow perch
yellowcheek darter
yoke darter
zander

percopsidae	
trout-perch
sand roller

petromyzontidae	
alaskan brook lamprey
american brook lamprey
arctic lamprey
brook lamprey
chestnut lamprey
kern brook lamprey
klamath river lamprey
least brook lamprey
miller lake lamprey
modoc brook lamprey
mountain brook lamprey
northern brook lamprey
ohio lamprey
pacific brook lamprey
pacific lamprey
pit-klamath brook lamprey
river lamprey
sea lamprey
silver lamprey
southern brook lamprey
vancouver lamprey
western brook lamprey

pleuronectidae	
arctic flounder
flounder

poeciliidae	
topminnow
mosquitofish
amistad gambusia
big bend gambusia
largespring gambusia
san marcos gambusia
clear creek gambusia
eastern mosquitofish
pecos gambusia
blotched gambusia
tex-mex gambusia
least killifish
amazon molly
sailfin molly
shortfin molly
guppy
porthole livebearer
gila topminnow
green swordtail
southern platyfish
variable platyfish
sailfin molly

polyodontidae	
mississippi paddlefish

pristidae	
largetooth sawfish

rivulidae	
hart's rivulus

salmonidae	
alaska whitefish
apache trout
arctic cisco
arctic grayling
atlantic salmon
atlantic whitefish
bear lake whitefish
blackfin cisco
bloater
bonneville cisco
bonneville whitefish
broad whitefish
brook trout
bull trout
charr
cherry salmon
chinook salmon
chum salmon
cisco
coho salmon
colorado river cutthroat
cutthroat trout
deepwater cisco
dolly varden
gila trout
golden trout
humpback whitefish
inconnu
kiyi
lake trout
lake whitefish
longjaw cisco
mountain whitefish
pink salmon
pygmy whitefish
rainbow trout
round whitefish
sardine cisco
sea trout
shortjaw cisco
shortnose cisco
silver trout
sockeye salmon

sciaenidae	
freshwater drum
silver croaker

sparidae	
pinfish

synbranchidae	
swamp eel
northern pipefish
gulf pipefish

umbridae	
olympic mudminnow
central mudminnow
eastern mudminnow



Sources:

Fishbase
http://www.fishbase.org/search.php

List of freshwater fish Canada   
http://www.fishbase.org/country/countryresultlist.cfm?country=124&group=freshwater
List of freshwater fish United States 
http://www.fishbase.org/country/countryresultlist.cfm?country=840&group=freshwater


Search terms used: 
Fishbase freshwater fish 


I hope the information provided is helpful!

Best regards,
bobbie7
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