Texas Freshwater Fishes

Neches River Drainage

Petromyzontidae	Ichthyomyzon castaneus	chestnut lamprey
	Ichthyomyzon gagei	southern brook lamprey
Polyodontidae	Polyodon spathula	paddlefish
Lepisosteidae	Atractosteus spatula	alligator gar
	Lepisosteus oculatus	spotted gar
	Lepisosteus osseus	longnose gar
Amiidae	Amia calva	bowfin
Anguillidae	Anguilla rostrata	American eel
Clupeidae	Dorosoma cepedianum	gizzard shad
	Dorosoma petenense	threadfin shad
Cyprinidae	Carassius auratus	goldfish (I)
	Cyprinella lutrensis	red shiner
	Cyprinella venusta	blacktail shiner
	Cyprinus carpio	common carp (I)
	Hybognathus nuchalis	Mississippi silvery minnow
	Hybopsis amnis	pallid shiner
	Lythrurus fumeus	ribbon shiner
	Lythrurus umbratilis	redfin shiner
	Macrhybopsis hyostoma	shoal chub
	Notemigonus crysoleucas	golden shiner
	Notropis atherinoides	emerald shiner
	Notropis atrocaudalis	blackspot shiner
	Notropis buchanani	ghost shiner
	Notropis chalybaeus	ironcolor shiner
	Notropis sabinae	Sabine shiner
	Notropis shumardi	silverband shiner
	Notropis texanus	weed shiner
	Notropis volucellus	mimic shiner
	Opsopoeodus emiliae	pugnose minnow
	Phenacobius mirabilis	suckermouth minnow
	Pimephales vigilax	bullhead minnow
	Semotilus atromaculatus	creek chub
Catostomidae	Carpiodes carpio	river carpsucker
	Cycleptus elongatus	blue sucker
	Erimyzon oblongus	creek chubsucker
	Erimyzon sucetta	lake chubsucker
	Ictiobus bubalus	smallmouth buffalo
	Minytrema melanops	spotted sucker
	Moxostoma poecilurum	blacktail redhorse
Ictaluridae	Ameiurus melas	black bullhead
	Ameiurus natalis	yellow bullhead
	Ictalurus furcatus	blue catfish
	Ictalurus punctatus	channel catfish
	Noturus gyrinus	tadpole madtom
	Noturus nocturnus	freckled madtom
	Pylodictis olivaris	flathead catfish
Esocidae	Esox americanus	redfin pickerel
Salmonidae	Oncorhynchus mykiss	rainbow trout
Aphredoderidae	Aphredoderus sayanus	pirate perch
Mugilidae	Mugil cephalus	striped mullet
Atherinopsidae	Labidesthes sicculus	brook silverside
	Menidia beryllina	inland silverside
Belonidae	Strongylura marina	Atlantic needlefish *
Fundulidae	Fundulus chrysotus	golden topminnow
	Fundulus blairae	western starhead topminnow
	Fundulus grandis	Gulf killifish
	Fundulus notatus	blackstripe topminnow
	Fundulus olivaceus	blackspotted topminnow
	Fundulus pulvereus	bayou topminnow *
Poeciliidae	Gambusia affinis	western mosquitofish
Cyprinodontidae	Cyprinodon variegatus	sheepshead minnow
Moronidae	Morone chrysops	white bass
Centrarchidae	Centrarchus macropterus	flier
	Lepomis auritus	redbreast sunfish (I)
	Lepomis cyanellus	green sunfish
	Lepomis gulosus	warmouth
	Lepomis humilis	orangespotted sunfish
	Lepomis macrochirus	bluegill
	Lepomis marginatus	dollar sunfish
	Lepomis megalotis	longear sunfish
	Lepomis microlophus	redear sunfish
	Lepomis miniatus	redspotted sunfish.
	Lepomis symmetricus	bantam sunfish
	Micropterus punctulatus	spotted bass
	Micropterus salmoides	largemouth bass
	Pomoxis annularis	white crappie
	Pomoxis nigromaculatus	black crappie
Percidae	Ammocrypta vivax	scaly sand darter
	Ammocrypta clara	western sand darter
	Etheostoma artesiae	redspot darter
	Etheostoma asprigene	mud darter
	Etheostoma chlorosoma	bluntnose darter
	Etheostoma fusiforme	swamp darter
	Etheostoma gracile	slough darter
	Etheostoma histrio	harlequin darter
	Etheostoma parvipinne	goldstripe darter
	Etheostoma proeliare	cypress darter
	Percina macrolepida	bigscale logperch
	Percina sciera	dusky darter
	Percina shumardi	river darter
Sciaenidae	Aplodinotus grunniens	freshwater drum
Elassomatidae	Elassoma zonatum	banded pygmy sunfish