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| List of Freshwater Fishes for USA (contiguous states) n=883 | ||||
| Family | Scientific Name | FB Name | Name | Status |
| Centrarchidae | Acantharchus pomotis | Mud sunfish | endemic |
| Gobiidae | Acanthogobius flavimanus | Yellowfin goby | introduced |
| Acipenseridae | Acipenser brevirostrum | Shortnose sturgeon | Pinkster | native |
| Acipenseridae | Acipenser fulvescens | Lake sturgeon | native |
| Acipenseridae | Acipenser medirostris | Green sturgeon | native |
| Acipenseridae | Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi | Gulf sturgeon | native |
| Acipenseridae | Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus | Atlantic sturgeon | native |
| Acipenseridae | Acipenser transmontanus | White sturgeon | native |
| Cyprinidae | Acrocheilus alutaceus | Chiselmouth | native |
| Fundulidae | Adinia xenica | Diamond killifish | native |
| Mugilidae | Agonostomus monticola | Mountain mullet | native |
| Clupeidae | Alosa aestivalis | Blueback shad | Herring | native |
| Clupeidae | Alosa alabamae | Alabama shad | Gulf shad | native |
| Clupeidae | Alosa chrysochloris | Skipjack shad | Blue herring | native |
| Clupeidae | Alosa mediocris | Hickory shad | Bonejack | native |
| Clupeidae | Alosa pseudoharengus | Alewife | Bigeye herring | native |
| Clupeidae | Alosa sapidissima | American shad | Atlantic shad | native |
| Centrarchidae | Ambloplites ariommus | Shadow bass | endemic |
| Centrarchidae | Ambloplites cavifrons | Roanoke bass | Bass | endemic |
| Centrarchidae | Ambloplites constellatus | Ozark bass | Bass | endemic |
| Centrarchidae | Ambloplites rupestris | Rock bass | native |
| Amblyopsidae | Amblyopsis rosae | Ozark cavefish | endemic |
| Amblyopsidae | Amblyopsis spelaea | Northern cavefish | endemic |
| Ictaluridae | Ameiurus brunneus | Snail bullhead | endemic |
| Ictaluridae | Ameiurus catus | White catfish | Catfish | native |
| Ictaluridae | Ameiurus melas | Black bullhead | Bullhead | native |
| Ictaluridae | Ameiurus natalis | Yellow bullhead | Bullhead | native |
| Ictaluridae | Ameiurus nebulosus | Brown bullhead | native |
| Ictaluridae | Ameiurus platycephalus | Flat bullhead | Bullhead | endemic |
| Ictaluridae | Ameiurus serracanthus | Spotted bullhead | endemic |
| Amiidae | Amia calva | Bowfin | Choupique | native |
| Percidae | Ammocrypta asprella | Crystal darter | endemic |
| Percidae | Ammocrypta beani | Naked sand darter | endemic |
| Percidae | Ammocrypta bifascia | Florida sand darter | endemic |
| Percidae | Ammocrypta clara | Western sand darter | endemic |
| Percidae | Ammocrypta meridiana | Southern sand darter | endemic |
| Percidae | Ammocrypta pellucida | Eastern sand darter | native |
| Percidae | Ammocrypta vivax | Scaly sand darter | endemic |
| Cichlidae | Amphilophus citrinellus | Midas cichlid | Red devil cichlid | introduced |
| Anabantidae | Anabas testudineus | Climbing perch | extirpated |
| Anguillidae | Anguilla anguilla | European eel | Common eel | introduced |
| Anguillidae | Anguilla rostrata | American eel | Freshwater eel | native |
| Gasterosteidae | Apeltes quadracus | Fourspine stickleback | native |
| Aphredoderidae | Aphredoderus sayanus | Pirate perch | endemic |
| Sciaenidae | Aplodinotus grunniens | Freshwater drum | native |
| Cichlidae | Archocentrus nigrofasciatus | Convict cichlid | Zebra chanchito | introduced |
| Centrarchidae | Archoplites interruptus | Sacramento perch | endemic |
| Cyprinidae | Aristichthys nobilis | Bighead carp | introduced |
| Cichlidae | Astronotus ocellatus | Oscar | Marble cichlid | introduced |
| Characidae | Astyanax mexicanus | Mexican tetra | native |
| Lepisosteidae | Atractosteus spatula | Alligator gar | Gemfish | native |
| Gobiidae | Awaous banana | River goby | River goby | native |
| Gobiidae | Awaous tajasica | Sand fish | questionable |
| Ariidae | Bagre panamensis | Chilhuil sea catfish | native |
| Sciaenidae | Bairdiella chrysoura | Silver croaker | native |
| Poeciliidae | Belonesox belizanus | Topminnow | Pike livebearer | introduced |
| Cyprinidae | Campostoma anomalum | Central stoneroller | native |
| Cyprinidae | Campostoma oligolepis | Largescale stoneroller | native |
| Cyprinidae | Campostoma ornatum | Mexican stoneroller | native |
| Cyprinidae | Campostoma pauciradii | Bluefin stoneroller | native |
| Cyprinidae | Campostoma pullum | native |
| Cyprinidae | Carassius auratus auratus | Goldfish | introduced |
| Cyprinidae | Carassius carassius | Crucian carp | English carp | introduced |
| Carcharhinidae | Carcharhinus leucas | Bull shark | Cub shark | native |
| Catostomidae | Carpiodes carpio | River carpsucker | native |
| Catostomidae | Carpiodes cyprinus | Quillback | native |
| Catostomidae | Carpiodes velifer | Highfin carpsucker | endemic |
| Catostomidae | Catostomus ardens | Utah sucker | native |
| Catostomidae | Catostomus bernardini | Yaqui sucker | extirpated |
| Catostomidae | Catostomus catostomus catostomus | Longnose sucker | Kw'ekw'mús | native |
| Catostomidae | Catostomus clarkii | Desert sucker | White River sucker | native |
| Catostomidae | Catostomus columbianus | Bridgelip sucker | Pept'égpuskn | native |
| Catostomidae | Catostomus commersoni | White sucker | Black mullet | native |
| Catostomidae | Catostomus discobolus | Bluehead sucker | endemic |
| Catostomidae | Catostomus discobolus yarrowi | Zuni bluehead sucker | Zuni bluehead sucker | native |
| Catostomidae | Catostomus fumeiventris | Owens sucker | endemic |
| Catostomidae | Catostomus insignis | Sonora sucker | native |
| Catostomidae | Catostomus latipinnis | Flannelmouth sucker | endemic |
| Catostomidae | Catostomus macrocheilus | Largescale sucker | Kixwix | native |
| Catostomidae | Catostomus microps | Modoc sucker | endemic |
| Catostomidae | Catostomus occidentalis | Sacramento sucker | native |
| Catostomidae | Catostomus occidentalis lacusanserinus | Goose lake sucker | Goose Lake sucker | native |
| Catostomidae | Catostomus platyrhynchus | Mountain sucker | native |
| Catostomidae | Catostomus plebeius | Rio Grande sucker | native |
| Catostomidae | Catostomus rimiculus | Jenny creek sucker | Jenny Creek sucker | endemic |
| Catostomidae | Catostomus santaanae | Santa Ana sucker | endemic |
| Catostomidae | Catostomus snyderi | Klamath largescale sucker | endemic |
| Catostomidae | Catostomus tahoensis | Tahoe sucker | native |
| Catostomidae | Catostomus warnerensis | Warner sucker | endemic |
| Centrarchidae | Centrarchus macropterus | Flier | Flier bream | endemic |
| Centropomidae | Centropomus ensiferus | Swordspine snook | Sworspine snook | native |
| Centropomidae | Centropomus parallelus | Fat snook | Little snook | native |
| Centropomidae | Centropomus pectinatus | Tarpon snook | native |
| Centropomidae | Centropomus undecimalis | Common snook | Sergeant fish | native |
| Channidae | Channa argus argus | Snakehead | Snakehead | introduced |
| Channidae | Channa marulius | Great snakehead | introduced |
| Channidae | Channa striata | Snakehead murrel | Striped snakehead | introduced |
| Catostomidae | Chasmistes brevirostris | Shortnose sucker | endemic |
| Catostomidae | Chasmistes cujus | Cui-ui | native |
| Catostomidae | Chasmistes liorus liorus | June sucker | endemic |
| Catostomidae | Chasmistes liorus mictus | June sucker | native |
| Catostomidae | Chasmistes muriei | Snake River sucker | native |
| Amblyopsidae | Chologaster cornuta | Swampfish | endemic |
| Cichlidae | Cichla monoculus | introduced |
| Cichlidae | Cichla ocellaris | Peacock cichlid | introduced |
| Cichlidae | Cichla temensis | Speckled pavon | Painted pavon | introduced |
| Cichlidae | Cichlasoma bimaculatum | Black acara | Brown acara | introduced |
| Cichlidae | Cichlasoma octofasciatum | Jack Dempsey | introduced |
| Cichlidae | Cichlasoma salvini | Yellow belly cichlid | Salvin's Cichlid | extirpated |
| Cichlidae | Cichlasoma trimaculatum | Three spot cichlid | Red eyed cichlid | extirpated |
| Cichlidae | Cichlasoma urophthalmus | Mexican mojarra | Orange tiger | introduced |
| Clariidae | Clarias batrachus | Walking catfish | introduced |
| Cyprinidae | Clinostomus elongatus | Redside dace | native |
| Cyprinidae | Clinostomus funduloides | Rosyside dace | native |
| Belontiidae | Colisa fasciatus | Banded gourami | Giant gourami | introduced |
| Belontiidae | Colisa lalia | Dwarf gourami | Red lalia | introduced |
| Salmonidae | Coregonus artedi | Cisco | Lake herring | native |
| Salmonidae | Coregonus clupeaformis | Lake whitefish | native |
| Salmonidae | Coregonus hoyi | Bloater | native |
| Salmonidae | Coregonus johannae | Deepwater cisco | extirpated |
| Salmonidae | Coregonus kiyi | Kiyi | native |
| Salmonidae | Coregonus nigripinnis | Blackfin cisco | extirpated |
| Salmonidae | Coregonus reighardi | Shortnose cisco | Chub | native |
| Salmonidae | Coregonus zenithicus | Shortjaw cisco | Chub | native |
| Cottidae | Cottus aleuticus | Coastrange sculpin | native |
| Cottidae | Cottus asper | Prickly sculpin | native |
| Cottidae | Cottus asperrimus | Rough sculpin | endemic |
| Cottidae | Cottus baileyi | Black sculpin | endemic |
| Cottidae | Cottus bairdii | Mottled sculpin | native |
| Cottidae | Cottus beldingii | Paiute sculpin | endemic |
| Cottidae | Cottus caeruleomentum | Blue Ridge sculpin | endemic |
| Cottidae | Cottus carolinae | Banded sculpin | endemic |
| Cottidae | Cottus cognatus | Slimy sculpin | native |
| Cottidae | Cottus confusus | Shorthead sculpin | native |
| Cottidae | Cottus echinatus | Utah Lake sculpin | extirpated |
| Cottidae | Cottus extensus | Bear Lake sculpin | endemic |
| Cottidae | Cottus girardi | Potomac sculpin | endemic |
| Cottidae | Cottus greenei | Shoshone sculpin | endemic |
| Cottidae | Cottus gulosus | Riffle sculpin | native |
| Cottidae | Cottus hypselurus | Ozark sculpin | endemic |
| Cottidae | Cottus klamathensis | Marbled sculpin | endemic |
| Cottidae | Cottus leiopomus | Wood River sculpin | endemic |
| Cottidae | Cottus marginatus | Margined sculpin | endemic |
| Cottidae | Cottus paulus | Pygmy sculpin | endemic |
| Cottidae | Cottus perplexus | Reticulate sculpin | endemic |
| Cottidae | Cottus pitensis | Pit sculpin | endemic |
| Cottidae | Cottus princeps | Klamath Lake sculpin | endemic |
| Cottidae | Cottus rhotheus | Torrent sculpin | native |
| Cottidae | Cottus ricei | Spoonhead sculpin | native |
| Cottidae | Cottus tenuis | Slender sculpin | endemic |
| Cyprinidae | Couesius plumbeus | Lake chub | native |
| Goodeidae | Crenichthys baileyi | White River springfish | endemic |
| Goodeidae | Crenichthys baileyi albivallis | endemic |
| Goodeidae | Crenichthys baileyi grandis | endemic |
| Goodeidae | Crenichthys baileyi moapae | endemic |
| Goodeidae | Crenichthys baileyi thermophilus | endemic |
| Goodeidae | Crenichthys nevadae | Railroad Valley springfish | endemic |
| Gobiidae | Ctenogobius pseudofasciatus | Slashcheek goby | native |
| Cyprinidae | Ctenopharyngodon idellus | Grass carp | White amur | introduced |
| Anabantidae | Ctenopoma nigropannosum | Twospot climbing perch | Twospot climbing perch | extirpated |
| Gasterosteidae | Culaea inconstans | Brook stickleback | native |
| Catostomidae | Cycleptus elongatus | Blue sucker | native |
| Catostomidae | Cycleptus meridionalis | southeastern blue sucker | southeastern blue sucker | native |
| Embiotocidae | Cymatogaster aggregata | Shiner perch | Shiner surfperch | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinella analostana | Satinfin shiner | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinella caerulea | Blue shiner | endemic |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinella callisema | Ocmulgee shiner | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinella callistia | Alabama shiner | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinella callitaenia | Bluestripe shiner | endemic |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinella camura | Bluntface shiner | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinella chloristia | Greenfin shiner | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinella formosa | Beautiful shiner | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinella galactura | Whitetail shiner | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinella gibbsi | Tallapoosa shiner | endemic |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinella labrosa | Thicklip chub | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinella leedsi | Bannerfin shiner | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinella lepida | Plateau shiner | Edwards Plateau shiner | endemic |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinella lutrensis | Red shiner | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinella monacha | Spotfin chub | Turquoise shiner | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinella nivea | Whitefin shiner | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinella proserpina | Proserpine shiner | Prosperine shiner | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinella pyrrhomelas | Fieryblack shiner | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinella spiloptera | Spotfin shiner | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinella trichroistia | Tricolor shiner | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinella venusta | Blacktail shiner | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinella whipplii | Steelcolor shiner | native |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinella xaenura | Altamaha shiner | endemic |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinella zanema | Santee chub | native |
| Cyprinodontidae | Cyprinodon bovinus | Leon Springs pupfish |