Texas Freshwater Fishes

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Guadalupe River Drainage
     
Lepisosteidae Atractosteus spatula  alligator gar
  Lepisosteus oculatus  spotted gar
  Lepisosteus osseus  longnose gar
Anguillidae  Anguilla rostrata  American eel
Clupeidae  Dorosoma cepedianum  gizzard shad
  Dorosoma petenense  threadfin shad
Cyprinidae  Campostoma anomalum  central stoneroller
  Carassius auratus  goldfish (I)
  Ctenopharyngodon idella  grass carp (I)
  Cyprinella lepida plateau shiner
  Cyprinella lutrensis  red shiner
  Cyprinella venusta  blacktail shiner
  Cyprinus carpio  common carp (I)
  Dionda episcopa roundnose minnow
  Hybopsis amnis pallid shiner
  Macrhybopsis marconis burrhead chub
  Notemigonus crysoleucas  golden shiner
  Notropis amabilis  Texas shiner
  Notropis buchanani  ghost shiner
  Notropis chalybaeus   ironcolor shiner
  Notropis shumardi  silverband shiner
  Notropis stramineus  sand shiner
  Notropis texanus  weed shiner
  Notropis volucellus  mimic shiner
  Opsopoeodus emiliae  pugnose minnow
  Pimephales promelas  fathead minnow
  Pimephales vigilax  bullhead minnow
  Scardinius erythrophthalmus rudd (I)
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
  Noturus nocturnus  freckled madtom
  Pylodictis olivaris  flathead catfish
  Satan eurystomus widemouth blindcat
  Trogloglanis pattersoni toothless blindcat
Loricariidae  Hypostomus plecostomus  suckermouth catfish (I)
  Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus vermiculated sailfin catfish (I)
Salmonidae  Oncorhynchus mykiss  rainbow trout
  Salmo trutta brown trout (I)
Mugilidae  Mugil cephalus  striped mullet
  Agonostomus monticola mountain mullet
Atherinopsidae  Menidia beryllina  inland silverside
Fundulidae  Fundulus chrysotus  golden topminnow
  Fundulus grandis  Gulf killifish
  Fundulus notatus  blackstripe topminnow
  Lucania goodei bluefin killifish
Poeciliidae Belonesox belizanus pike killifish *
  Gambusia affinis  western mosquitofish
  Gambusia geiseri  largespring gambusia
  Poecilia formosa  Amazon molly
  Poecilia latipinna  sailfin molly
  Poecilia reticulata guppy (I)
  Xiphophorus helleri green swordtail (I)
Cyprinodontidae  Cyprinodon variegatus sheepshead minnow
Moronidae  Morone chrysops  white bass
  Morone saxatilis  striped bass (I)
Centrarchidae  Ambloplites rupestris  rock bass (I)
  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.
  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 fonticola  fountain darter
  Etheostoma gracile  slough darter
  Etheostoma lepidum  greenthroat darter
  Etheostoma spectabile  orangethroat darter
  Percina apristis Guadalupe darter
  Percina carbonaria  Texas logperch
  Percina macrolepida  bigscale logperch
  Percina shumardi river darter
  Sander vitreus walleye (I)
Sciaenidae Aplodinotus grunniens freshwater drum
Cichlidae  Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum  Rio Grande cichlid
  Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum convict cichlid (I)
  Oreochromis aureus  blue tilapia (I)
  Oreochromis mossambicus  Mozambique tilapia (I)
  Psuedotropheus sp. African lake cichlid (I)
  Tilapia zilli redbelly tilapia (I)