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Fishes Found in Fresh Waters of the
Pacific Northwest
This
page shows the species of fishes present in fresh waters of the
states and Canadian province of the
Pacific Northwest. Several species are mainly marine but
sometimes are found in fresh waters. The tables are arranged on
the page
alphabetically according to Latin family name. Species are
arranged alphabetically by Latin name within each table. The
letters in the "State/Province where present" columns of the tables
indicate where the occurrence information came from. For example,
a capital 'A' means the information is from Inland Fishes of
Washington, Second edition. by Richard S.
Wydoski, and Richard R. Whitney The list of
references used is at the bottom of this page. Unless
otherwise noted, Latin
names are from Common and Scientific
Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth
Edition from the American Fisheries Society and the American
Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Latin names from
the Integrated Taxonomic Information
System
(as of August 2004) are also included where they do not agree with, or
add detail to, the AFS/ASIH names. However we recommend using the
Latin name from AFS/ASIH where the two conflict.
Click a Family name to jump to that family.
Acipenseridae (sturgeons)
Atherinopsidae (New World
silversides)
Catostomidae (suckers)
Centrarchidae (sunfishes)
Cichlidae (cichlids)
Clupeidae (herrings)
Cobitidae (loaches)
Cottidae (sculpins)
Cyprinidae (carps and minnows)
Embiotocidae (surfperches)
Esocidae (pikes)
Fundulidae (topminnows, killifishes)
Gadidae (cods)
Gasterosteidae (sticklebacks)
Gobiidae (gobies)
Hiodontidae (mooneyes)
Ictaluridae (North American catfishes)
Lepisosteidae (gars)
Moronidae (temperate basses)
Osmeridae (smelts)
Percidae (perches)
Percopsidae (trout-perches)
Petromyzontidae (lampreys)
Pholidae (gunnels)
Pleuronectidae (righteye flounders)
Poeciliidae (livebearers)
Polyodontidae (paddlefishes)
Salmonidae (trout, salmon, char,
whitefish, grayling)
Sciaenidae (drums, croakers)
Umbridae (mudminnows)
| Acipenseridae
(sturgeons) |
Latin name
|
Common name
|
State/Province
where present |
| ID |
MT |
OR |
WA |
BC |
Acipenser medirostris
Ayres, 1854
|
green sturgeon |
|
|
F
|
A
|
A
|
Acipenser
transmontanus Richardson, 1836
|
1) white sturgeon
2) Kootenai River white sturgeon (landlocked form in the Kootenai R.
drainage)
|
A
|
B
|
F
|
A
|
A
|
Scaphirhynchus albus (Forbes and
Richardson, 1905)
|
pallid sturgeon
|
|
B |
|
|
|
Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
(Rafinesque, 1820)
|
shovelnose sturgeon
|
|
B |
|
|
|
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| Atherinopsidae
(New World silversides) |
Latin
name
|
Common
name
|
State/Province
where present |
| ID |
MT |
OR |
WA |
BC |
Atherinops affinis
(Ayres, 1860)
|
topsmelt |
|
|
F
|
|
C
|
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| Catostomidae
(suckers) |
Latin
name
|
Common
name
|
State/Province
where present |
| ID |
MT |
OR |
WA |
BC |
Carpiodes carpio (Rafinesque, 1820)
|
river carpsucker
|
|
B |
|
|
|
Catostomus ardens
Jordan and Gilbert, 1881
|
Utah sucker |
A
|
|
|
|
|
Catostomus catostomus
(Forster, 1773)
|
1) longnose sucker
2)
Salish sucker (dwarf form that occurs in western WA and southwestern BC)
|
A
|
B |
|
A
|
A
|
Catostomus
columbianus (Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1893)
|
bridgelip sucker |
A
|
|
F
|
A
|
A
|
Catostomus commersonii
(Lacepède, 1803)
|
white sucker |
|
B |
|
|
A
|
Catostomus fumeiventris Miller, 1973
|
Owens
sucker
|
|
|
|
|
|
Catostomus
macrocheilus Girard, 1856
|
largescale sucker |
A
|
B |
F
|
A
|
A
|
Catostomus microps Rutter, 1908
|
Modoc
sucker
|
|
|
F |
|
|
Catostomus
occidentalis Ayres, 1854
|
Sacramento sucker |
|
|
A
|
|
|
Catostomus
occidentalis lacusanserius
[Not recognized by AFS or ITIS]
|
Goose Lake sucker
|
|
|
F |
|
|
Catostomus
platyrhynchus (Cope, 1874)
|
mountain sucker |
A
|
B |
F
|
A
|
A
|
| Catostomus rimiculus
Gilbert and Snyder, 1898 [AFS/ASIH]
----------
Catostomus rimiculus Gilbert and Snyder in Gilbert,
1898 [ITIS]
|
Klamath smallscale
sucker |
|
|
F
|
|
|
Catostomus sp.
----------
[Undescribed (sub)species recognized by ODFW but not by AFS/ASIH or
ITIS]
|
Rogue smallscale sucker
|
|
|
F |
|
|
Catostomus santaanae (Snyder, 1908)
|
Santa
Ana sucker
|
|
|
|
|
|
Catostomus snyderi
Gilbert, 1898
|
Klamath largescale
sucker |
|
|
F
|
|
|
Catostomus tahoensis
Gill and Jordan, 1878 [AFS/ASIH]
----------
Catostomus tahoensis Gill and Jordan in Jordan,
1878 [ITIS]
|
Tahoe sucker |
|
|
F
|
|
|
Catostomus
tsiltcoosenesis
----------
[Species recognized by ODFW but not by AFS/ASIH or ITIS]
|
Coastal largescale sucker
|
|
|
F |
|
|
Catostomus
warnerensis Snyder, 1908
|
Warner sucker |
|
|
F
|
|
|
Chasmistes
brevirostris Cope, 1879
|
shortnose sucker |
|
|
F
|
|
|
Cycleptus elongatus
(Lesueur, 1817)
|
blue sucker |
A
|
B |
|
|
|
Deltistes luxatus
(Cope, 1879)
|
Lost River sucker |
|
|
F
|
|
|
Ictiobus bubalus (Rafinesque, 1818)
|
smallmouth buffalo
|
|
B |
|
|
|
Ictiobus cyprinellus (Valenciennes,
1844) [AFS/ASIH]
----------
Ictiobus cyprinellus
(Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1844) [ITIS]
|
bigmouth buffalo
|
|
B |
|
|
|
Moxostoma macrolepidotum (Lesueur,
1817)
|
Shorthead redhorse
|
|
B |
|
|
|
Xyrauchen texanus (Abbott, 1860)
|
razorback
sucker
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| Centrarchidae
(sunfishes) |
Latin
name
|
Common
name
|
State/Province
where present |
| ID |
MT |
OR |
WA |
BC |
Ambloplites rupestris
(Rafinesque, 1817)
|
rock bass |
|
B |
|
A
|
|
Archoplites
interruptus (Girard, 1854)
|
Sacramento perch |
|
|
A
|
|
|
Lepomis gulosus
(Cuvier, 1829) [AFS/ASIH]
----------
Chaenobryttus gulosus (Cuvier in Cuvier and
Valenciennes, 1829) [ITIS]
|
warmouth |
A
|
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Lepomis cyanellus
Rafinesque, 1819
|
green sunfish |
A
|
B |
A
|
A
|
|
Lepomis gibbosus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
|
pumpkinseed |
A
|
B |
A
|
A
|
A
|
Lepomis macrochirus
Rafinesque, 1819
|
bluegill |
A
|
B |
A
|
A
|
C
|
Lepomis microlophus
(Günther, 1859) [AFS/ASIH]
----------
Lepomis microlophus (Guenther, 1859) [ITIS]
|
redear sunfish |
|
|
A
|
|
|
Micropterus dolomieu
Lacepède, 1802
|
smallmouth bass |
A
|
B |
A
|
A
|
A
|
Micropterus salmoides
(Lacepède, 1802)
|
largemouth bass |
A
|
B |
A
|
A
|
A
|
Pomoxis annularis
Rafinesque, 1818
|
white crappie |
A
|
B |
A
|
A
|
|
Pomoxis
nigromaculatus (Lesueur, 1829) [AFS/ASIH]
----------
Pomoxis nigromaculatus (Lesueur in Cuvier and
Valenciennes, 1829) [ITIS]
|
black crappie |
A
|
B |
A
|
A
|
A
|
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| Cichlidae
(cichlids) |
Latin
name
|
Common
name
|
State/Province
where present |
| ID |
MT |
OR |
WA |
BC |
Cichlasoma
nigrofasciatum (Günther, 1867) [AFS/ASIH]
----------
Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum (Guenther, 1867) [ITIS]
|
convict cichlid |
A
|
|
|
|
|
Oreochromis
mossambicus (Peters, 1852)
|
Mozambique tilapia |
A
|
|
|
|
|
Tilapia zillii
(Gervais, 1848)
|
1) redbelly tilapia
2) Zill's tilapia
|
A
|
|
|
|
|
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| Clupeidae
(herrings) |
Latin
name
|
Common
name
|
State/Province
where present |
| ID |
MT |
OR |
WA |
BC |
| Alosa sapidissima
(Wilson, 1811) |
American shad |
A
|
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Clupea pallasii
Valenciennes, 1847
|
Pacific herring |
|
|
F
|
|
C
|
Dorosoma petenense (Günther,
1867)
|
threadfin
shad
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| Cobitidae
(loaches) |
Latin
name
|
Common
name
|
State/Province
where present |
| ID |
MT |
OR |
WA |
BC |
Misgurnus
anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842)
|
Oriental weatherfish |
A
|
|
A
|
A
|
|
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| Cottidae
(sculpins) |
Latin
name
|
Common
name
|
State/Province
where present |
| ID |
MT |
OR |
WA |
BC |
Clinocottus acuticeps
(Gilbert, 1896)
|
sharpnose sculpin
|
|
|
|
|
C
|
Cottus aleuticus
Gilbert, 1896
|
coastrange sculpin |
|
|
F
|
A
|
A
|
Cottus asper
Richardson, 1836
|
prickly sculpin |
|
|
F
|
A
|
A
|
Cottus bairdii
Girard, 1850
|
mottled sculpin |
A
|
B |
A
|
A
|
A
|
Cottus beldingii
Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1891
|
Paiute sculpin |
A
|
|
F
|
A
|
|
Cottus bendirei (Bean
1881)
|
Malheur sculpin
|
|
|
F |
|
|
Cottus cognatus
Richardson, 1836
|
slimy sculpin |
A
|
B |
|
A
|
A
|
Cottus confusus
Bailey and Bond, 1963
|
shorthead sculpin |
A
|
|
F
|
A
|
A
|
Cottus extensus
Bailey and Bond, 1963
|
Bear Lake sculpin |
A
|
|
|
|
|
Cottus greenei
(Gilbert and Culver, 1898) [AFS/ASIH]
----------
Cottus greenei (Gilbert and Culver in Jordan and
Evermann, 1898) [ITIS]
|
Shoshone sculpin |
A
|
|
|
|
|
Cottus gulosus
(Girard, 1854)
|
riffle sculpin |
|
|
F
|
A
|
|
Cottus hubbsi Bailey &
Dimick 1949
|
Columbia sculpin
|
|
|
F |
F |
|
Cottus klamathensis
Gillbert, 1898
|
marbled sculpin |
|
|
F
|
|
|
Cottus leiopomus
Gilbert and Evermann, 1894
|
Wood River sculpin |
A
|
|
|
|
|
Cottus marginatus
(Bean, 1881)
|
margined sculpin |
|
|
F
|
A
|
|
Cottus perplexus
Gilbert and Evermann, 1894
|
reticulate sculpin |
|
|
F
|
A
|
|
Cottus pitensis
Bailey and Bond, 1963
|
Pit sculpin |
|
|
F
|
|
|
Cottus princeps
Gilbert, 1898
|
Klamath Lake sculpin |
|
|
F
|
|
|
Cottus rhotheus
(Smith, 1882)
|
torrent sculpin |
A
|
B |
F
|
A
|
A
|
Cottus ricei
(Nelson, 1876)
|
spoonhead sculpin |
|
B
|
|
|
A
|
Cottus tenuis
(Evermann and Meek, 1898)
|
slender sculpin |
|
|
F
|
|
|
Leptocottus armatus
Girard, 1854
|
Pacific staghorn sculpin |
|
|
F
|
A
|
A
|
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| Cyprinidae
(carps and minnows) |
Latin
name
|
Common
name
|
State/Province
where present |
| ID |
MT |
OR |
WA |
BC |
Acrocheilus alutaceus
Agassiz and Pickering, 1855 [AFS/ASIH]
----------
Acrocheilus alutaceus Agassiz and Pickering in
Agassiz, 1855 [ITIS]
|
chiselmouth |
A
|
|
F
|
A
|
A
|
Carassius auratus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
|
goldfish |
A
|
B
|
A
|
A
|
A
|
Couesius plumbeus
(Agassiz, 1850)
|
lake chub |
A
|
B |
|
A
|
A
|
Ctenopharyngodon
idella (Valenciennes, 1844) [AFS/ASIH]
----------
Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes in Cuvier and
Valenciennes, 1844) [ITIS]
|
grass carp |
A
|
|
A
|
A
|
|
Cyprinella lutrensis (Baird &
Girard, 1853)
|
red
shiner
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cyprinus carpio
Linnaeus, 1758 |
1) common carp
2) koi
|
A
|
B |
A
|
A
|
A
|
Gila alvordensis Hubbs and Miller,
1972
|
Alvord chub
|
|
|
F |
|
|
Gila atraria
(Girard, 1856)
|
Utah chub |
A
|
B |
D
|
|
|
Gila bicolor
(Girard, 1856)
|
tui chub
[there are many described and undescribed subspecies of tui chub]
|
A
|
|
F
|
A
|
|
Gila boraxobius
Williams and Bond,
1980
|
Borax Lake chub
|
|
|
F |
|
|
Gila coerulea
(Girard, 1856)
|
blue chub |
|
|
F
|
|
|
Gila orcuttii (Eigenmann &
Eigenmann, 1890)
|
arroyo
chub
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hesperoleucus
symmetricus (Baird and Girard, 1854)
|
California roach
|
|
|
F
|
|
|
Hybognathus argyritis Girard, 1856
|
western silvery minnow
|
|
B |
|
|
|
Hybognathus
hankinsoni Hubbs, 1929 [AFS/ASIH]
----------
Hybognathus hankinsoni Hubbs in Jordan, 1929 [ITIS]
|
brassy minnows |
|
B |
|
|
A
|
Hybognathus placitus Girard, 1856
|
plains minnow
|
|
B |
|
|
|
Lavinia exilicauda Baird &
Girard, 1854 [AFS/ASIH]
----------
Lavinia exilicauda Baird and Girard in Girard, 1854 [ITIS] |
hitch
|
|
|
|
|
|
Macrhybopsis gelida (Girard, 1856)
|
sturgeon chub
|
|
B |
|
|
|
Macrhybopsis meeki (Jordan and
Evermann, 1896)
|
sicklefin chub
|
|
B |
|
|
|
Margariscus margarita
(Cope, 1867) [AFS/ASIH]
----------
Margariscus margarita (Cope, 1868) [ITIS]
|
pearl dace |
|
B |
|
|
A
|
Mylocheilus caurinus
(Richardson, 1836)
|
peamouth |
A
|
B |
F
|
A
|
A
|
Mylopharodon conocephalus (Baird
& Girard, 1854) [AFS/ASIH]
----------
Mylopharodon conocephalus
(Baird and Girard in Girard, 1854) [ITIS] |
hardhead
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notemigonus
crysoleucas (Mitchill, 1814)
|
golden shiner |
|
B |
D
|
A
|
|
Notropis atherinoides
Rafinesque, 1818
|
emerald shiner |
|
B |
|
|
A
|
Notropis hudsonius
(Clinton, 1824)
|
spottail shiner |
A
|
B |
|
|
A
|
Notropis stramineus (Cope, 1865)
|
sand shiner
|
|
B |
|
|
|
Oregonichthys crameri
(Snyder, 1908)
|
Oregon chub |
|
|
F
|
|
|
Oregonichthys
kalawatseti Markle, Pearsons, and Bills, 1991
|
Umpqua chub |
|
|
F
|
|
|
Orthodon microlepidotus (Ayres,
1854)
|
Sacramento
blackfish
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phoxinus eos
(Cope, 1862)
|
northern redbelly dace |
|
B |
|
|
A
|
| Phoxinus eos x Phoxinus
neogaeus |
northern redbelly dace
X finescale dace hybrid (unisexual all-female clones reproductively
parasitic on male northern redbelly dace)
|
|
B |
|
|
|
Phoxinus neogaeus
Cope, 1867 [AFS/ASIH]
----------
Phoxinus neogaeus Cope, 1868 [ITIS]
|
finescale dace |
|
|
|
|
A
|
Pimephales promelas
Rafinesque, 1820
|
fathead minnow |
A
|
B |
|
A
|
A
|
| Pogonichthys macrolepidotus (Ayres,
1854) |
1)
splittail
2) Sacramento splittail
|
|
|
|
|
|
Platygobio gracilis
(Richardson, 1836)
|
flathead chub |
|
B |
|
|
A
|
Ptychocheilus grandis (Ayres, 1854)
|
Sacramento
pikeminnow
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ptychocheilus
oregonensis (Richardson, 1836)
|
northern pikeminnow |
A
|
B |
F
|
A
|
A
|
Ptychocheilus umpquae
Snyder, 1908
|
Umpqua pikeminnow
|
|
|
F
|
|
|
Ptychocheilus sp.
----------
[Undescribed (sub)species recognized by ODFW but not by AFS/ASIH or
ITIS]
|
Siuslaw pikeminnow
|
|
|
F
|
|
|
Rhinichthys
cataractae (Valenciennes, 1842) [AFS/ASIH]
----------
Rhinichthys cataractae (Valenciennes in Cuvier and
Valenciennes, 1842) [ITIS]
|
1) longnose dace
2) Nooksack dace (a form
found along Puget Sound in WA and into BC) |
A
|
B |
F
|
A
|
A
|
Rhinichthys
cataractae ssp.
----------
[Undescribed (sub)species endemic to Coos Basin
recognized by ODFW but not by AFS/ASIH or ITIS] |
Millicoma dace
|
|
|
F
|
|
|
Rhinichthys evermanni
Snyder, 1908
|
Umpqua dace |
|
|
F
|
|
|
Rhinichthys falcatus
(Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1893)
|
leopard dace |
A
|
|
F
|
A
|
A
|
Rhinichthys osculus
(Girard, 1856)
|
speckled dace |
A
|
|
F
|
A
|
A
|
| Rhinichthys osculus klamathensis (Evermann and Meek,
1989) [ITIS] |
Klamath speckled dace
|
|
|
F |
|
|
Rhinichthys osculus nubilis.
----------
[Subspecies recognized by ODFW but not by AFS/ASIH or ITIS]
|
1) blackside speckled dace
2) coastal speckled dace
|
|
|
F |
|
|
Rhinichthys osculus
osculus
(Girard, 1856)
|
speckled dace |
|
|
F
|
|
|
Rhinichthys osculus ssp.
----------
[Undescribed (sub)species recognized by ODFW but not by AFS/ASIH or
ITIS]
|
Foskett speckled dace
|
|
|
F |
|
|
Rhinichthys umatilla
(Gilbert and Evermann, 1894)
|
Umatilla dace |
|
|
F
|
A
|
A
|
Richardsonius
balteatus (Richardson, 1836)
|
redside shiner
|
A
|
B |
F
|
A
|
A
|
Richardsonius
balteatus balteatus
----------
[Subspecies recognized by ODFW but not by AFS/ASIH or ITIS] |
redside shiner
|
|
|
F |
|
|
Richardsonius
balteatus hydrophlox
----------
[Subspecies recognized by ODFW but not by AFS/ASIH or ITIS] |
Bonneville redside shiner
|
|
|
F |
|
|
Richardsonius
egregius (Girard, 1858)
|
Lahontan redside
|
|
|
F
|
|
|
Richardsonius siuslawi
----------
[Species recognized by ODFW but not by AFS/ASIH or ITIS] |
coastal redside shiner
|
|
|
F |
|
|
Richardsonius thermophilus
----------
[Species recognized by ODFW but not by AFS/ASIH or ITIS] |
hotspring redside shiner
|
|
|
F |
|
|
Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill,
1818)
|
creek chub
|
|
B |
|
|
|
Snyderichthys copei
(Jordan and Gilbert, 1881)
|
leatherside chub |
A
|
|
|
|
|
Tinca tinca
(Linnaeus, 1758)
|
tench |
A
|
|
|
A
|
A
|
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| Embiotocidae
(surfperches) |
Latin
name
|
Common
name
|
State/Province
where present |
| ID |
MT |
OR |
WA |
BC |
Cymatogaster
aggregata Gibbons, 1854
|
shiner perch |
|
|
F
|
A
|
A
|
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| Esocidae
(pikes) |
Latin
name
|
Common
name
|
State/Province
where present |
| ID |
MT |
OR |
WA |
BC |
Esox americanus
vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846
|
grass pickerel |
|
|
|
A
|
|
Esox lucius
Linnaeus, 1758
|
northern pike |
A
|
B |
|
A
|
A
|
| Esox lucius x E.
masquinongy |
tiger muskellunge |
A
|
B |
|
A
|
|
|
