Texas Freshwater Fishes
Nueces 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)
Cyprinella lepida
plateau shiner
Cyprinella
sp.
Nueces River shiner
Cyprinella lutrensis
red shiner
Cyprinella venusta
blacktail shiner
Cyprinus carpio
common carp (I)
Dionda episcopa
roundnose minnow
Notemigonus crysoleucas
golden shiner
Notropis amabilis
Texas shiner
Notropis buchanani
ghost 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
Catostomidae
Carpiodes carpio
river carpsucker
Cycleptus elongatus
blue sucker
Ictiobus bubalus
smallmouth buffalo
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
Mugilidae
Mugil cephalus
striped mullet
Mugil curema
white mullet*
Agonostomus monticola
mountain mullet
Atherinopsidae
Membras martinica
rough silverside
Menidia beryllina
inland silverside
Fundulidae
Fundulus grandis
Gulf killifish
Fundulus pulvereus
bayou killifish
Fundulus similis
longnose killifish
Fundulus zebrinus
plains killifish
Lucania parva
rainwater killifish
Poeciliidae
Gambusia affinis
western mosquitofish
Poecilia formosa
Amazon molly
Poecilia latipinna
sailfin molly
Cyprinodontidae
Cyprinodon variegatus
sheepshead minnow
Moronidae
Morone chrysops
white bass
Centrarchidae
Lepomis auritus
redbreast sunfish (I)
Lepomis cyanellus
green sunfish
Lepomis gulosus
warmouth
Lepomis macrochirus
bluegill
Lepomis megalotis
longear sunfish
Lepomis microlophus
redear sunfish
Lepomis miniatus
redspotted sunfish.
Micropterus dolomieu
smallmouth bass (I)
Micropterus salmoides
largemouth bass
Micropterus treculii
Guadalupe bass
Pomoxis annularis
white crappie
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
black crappie
Percidae
Etheostoma gracile
slough darter
Etheostoma lepidum
greenthroat darter
Sciaenidae
Aplodinotus grunniens
freshwater drum
Cichlidae
Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum
Rio Grande cichlid
