Texas Freshwater Fishes

Colorado River Drainage

Lepisosteidae	Atractosteus spatula	alligator gar
	Lepisosteus oculatus	spotted gar
	Lepisosteus osseus	longnose gar
Amiidae	Amia calva	bowfin
Anguillidae	Anguilla rostrata	American eel
Clupeidae	Alosa chrysochloris	skipjack herring *
	Dorosoma cepedianum	gizzard shad
	Dorosoma petenense	threadfin shad
Cyprinidae	Campostoma anomalum	central stoneroller
	Carassius auratus	goldfish (I)
	Ctenopharyngodon idella	grass carp (I)
	Cyprinella lutrensis	red shiner
	Cyprinella venusta	blacktail shiner
	Cyprinus carpio	common carp (I)
	Dionda episcopa	roundnose minnow
	Hybognathus placitus	plains minnow
	Hybopsis amnis	pallid shiner
	Lythrurus fumeus	ribbon shiner
	Macrhybopsis hyostoma	shoal chub
	Macrhybopsis marconis	burrhead chub
	Notemigonus crysoleucas	golden shiner
	Notropis amabilis	Texas shiner
	Notropis buccula	smalleye shiner
	Notropis buchanani	ghost shiner
	Notropis oxyrhynchus	sharpnose shiner
	Notropis potteri	chub shiner
	Notropis shumardi	silverband shiner
	Notropis stramineus	sand shiner
	Notropis texanus	weed shiner
	Notropis volucellus	mimic shiner
	Opsopoeodus emiliae	pugnose minnow
	Phenacobius mirabilis	suckermouth minnow
	Pimephales promelas	fathead minnow
	Pimephales vigilax	bullhead minnow
	Semotilus atromaculatus	creek chub
Catostomidae	Carpiodes carpio	river carpsucker
	Cycleptus elongatus	blue sucker
	Erimyzon sucetta	lake chubsucker
	Ictiobus bubalus	smallmouth buffalo
	Ictiobus niger	black buffalo
	Minytrema melanops	spotted sucker
	Moxostoma congestum	gray redhorse
Characidae	Astyanax mexicanus	Mexican tetra
Ictaluridae	Ameiurus melas	black bullhead
	Ameiurus natalis	yellow bullhead
	Ictalurus furcatus	blue catfish
	Ictalurus lupus	headwater catfish
	Ictalurus punctatus	channel catfish
	Noturus gyrinus	tadpole madtom
	Pylodictis olivaris	flathead catfish
Salmonidae	Oncorhynchus mykiss	rainbow trout
Aphredoderidae	Aphredoderus sayanus	pirate perch
Mugilidae	Mugil cephalus	striped mullet
	Mugil curema	white mullet*
Atherinopsidae	Membras martinica	rough silverside
	Menidia beryllina	inland silverside
Fundulidae	Fundulus chrysotus	golden topminnow
	Fundulus grandis	Gulf killifish
	Fundulus notatus	blackstripe topminnow
	Fundulus pulvereus	bayou topminnow *
	Fundulus zebrinus	plains killifish
	Lucania parva	rainwater killifish
Poeciliidae	Gambusia affinis	western mosquitofish
	Gambusia geiseri	largespring gambusia
	Gambusia heterochir	Clear Creek gambusia
	Poecilia latipinna	sailfin molly
	Poecilia reticulata	guppy (I)
Cyprinodontidae	Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis	Red River pupfish
	Cyprinodon variegatus	sheepshead minnow
Moronidae	Morone chrysops	white bass
	Morone saxatilis	striped bass (I)
Centrarchidae	Ambloplites rupestris	rock bass
	Lepomis auritus	redbreast sunfish (I)
	Lepomis cyanellus	green sunfish
	Lepomis gulosus	warmouth
	Lepomis humilis	orangespotted sunfish
	Lepomis macrochirus	bluegill
	Lepomis megalotis	longear sunfish
	Lepomis microlophus	redear sunfish
	Lepomis miniatus	redspotted sunfish.
	Lepomis symmetricus	bantam sunfish
	Micropterus dolomieu	smallmouth bass (I)
	Micropterus punctulatus	spotted bass
	Micropterus salmoides	largemouth bass
	Micropterus treculii	Guadalupe bass
	Pomoxis annularis	white crappie
	Pomoxis nigromaculatus	black crappie
Percidae	Etheostoma chlorosoma	bluntnose darter
	Etheostoma gracile	slough darter
	Etheostoma lepidum	greenthroat darter
	Etheostoma proeliare	cypress darter
	Etheostoma spectabile	orangethroat darter
	Percina carbonaria	Texas logperch
	Percina macrolepida	bigscale logperch
	Percina sciera	dusky darter
	Sander vitreus	walleye (I)
Sciaenidae	Aplodinotus grunniens	freshwater drum
Cichlidae	Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum	Rio Grande cichlid
	Oreochromis aureus	blue tilapia (I)