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Fishes of Oklahoma by Common Name:
 

Common Name

Scientific Name and Natureserve Link*

Alabama shad

Alosa alabamae

Alligator gar

Atractosteus spatula

American Eel

Anguilla rostrata

Arkansas darter

Etheostoma cragini

Arkansas River shiner

Notropis girardi

Banded darter

Etheostoma zonale

Banded pygmy sunfish 

Elassoma zonatum

Banded sculpin

Cottus carolinae

Bantam sunfish

Lepomis symmetricus

Bigeye chub

Hybopsis amblops

Bigeye shiner

Notropis boops

Bigmouth buffalo

Ictiobus cyprinellus

Black buffalo

Ictiobus niger

Black bullhead

Ameiurus melas

Black crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Black redhorse

Moxostoma duquesnei

Blackside darter

Percina maculata

Blackspot shiner

Notropis atrocaudalis

Blackspotted topminnow

Fundulus olivaceus

Blackstripe topminnow

Fundulus notatus

Blacktail shiner

Cyprinella venusta

Blue catfish

Ictalurus furcatus

Blue sucker

Cycleptus elongatus

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Bluehead shiner

Notropis hubbsi

Bluntface shiner

Cyprinella camura

Bluntnose darter

Etheostoma chlorosomum

Bluntnose minnow

Pimephales notatus

Bowfin

Amia calva

Brindled madtom

Noturus miurus

Brook silverside

Labidesthes sicculus

Brown bullhead

Ameiurus nebulosus

Brown trout

Salmo trutta

Bullhead minnow

Pimephales vigilax

Cardinal shiner

Luxilus cardinalis

Carmine shiner

Notropis percobromus

Central stoneroller

Campostoma anomalum

Chain pickerel

Esox niger

Channel catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

Channel darter

Percina copelandi

Chestnut lamprey

Ichthyomyzon castaneus

Chub shiner

Notropis potteri

Common carp

Cyprinus carpio

Common shiner

Luxilus cornutus

Creek chub

Semotilus atromaculatus

Creek Chubsucker

Erimyzon oblongus

Creole darter

Etheostoma collettei

Crystal darter

Crystallaria asprella

Cypress darter

Etheostoma proeliare

Cypress minnow

Hybognathus hayi

Dollar sunfish

Lepomis marginatus

Dusky darter

Percina sciera

Emerald shiner

Notropis atherinoides

Fantail darter

Etheostoma flabellare

Fathead minnow

Pimephales promelas

Flathead catfish

Pylodictis olivaris

Flathead chub

Platygobio gracilis

Flier

Centrarchus macropterus

Freckled madtom

Noturus nocturnus

Freshwater drum

Aplodinotus grunniens

Ghost shiner

Notropis buchanani

Gizzard shad

Dorosoma cepedianum

Golden rehorse

Moxostoma erythrurum

Golden shiner

Notemigonus crysoleucas

Golden topminnow

Fundulus chrysotus

Goldeye

Hiodon alosoides

Goldfish

Carassius auratus

Goldstripe darter

Etheostoma parvipinne

Grass pickerel

Esox americanus

Gravel chub

Erimystax x-punctatus

Green sunfish

Lepomis cyanellus

Greenside darter

Etheostoma blennioides

Harlequin darter

Etheostoma histrio

Highfin carpsucker

Carpiodes velifer

Hybrid striped bass

Morone  chrysops x saxatilis

Inland silverside

Menidia beryllina

Ironcolor shiner

Notropis chalybaeus

Johnny darter

Etheostoma nigrum

Kiamichi shiner

Notropis ortenburgeri

Lake chubsucker

Erimyzon sucetta

Largemouth bass 

Micropterus salmoides

Largescale stoneroller

Campostoma oligolepis

Least darter

Etheostoma microperca

Leopard darter

Percina pantherina

Logperch

Percina caprodes

Longear sunfish

Lepomis megalotis

Longnose darter

Percina nasuta

Longnose gar

Lepisosteus osseus

Lowland topminnow

Fundulus blairae

Mimic shiner

Notropis volucellus

Mississippi silvery minnow

Hybognathus nuchalis

Mooneye

Hiodon tergisus

Mosquito fish

Gambusia affinis

Mountain madtom

Noturus eleutherus

Mud darter

Etheostoma asprigene

Neosho madtom

Noturus placidus

Northern hogsucker

Hypentelium nigricans

Northern pike

Esox lucius

Northern studfish

Fundulus catenatus

Orangebelly darter

Etheostoma radiosum

Orangespotted sunfish

Lepomis humilis

Orangethroat darter

Etheostoma spectabile

Ouachita shiner

Lythrurus snelsoni

Ozark cavefish

Amblyopsis rosae

Ozark minnow

Dionda nubila

Paddlefish / Spoonbill

Polyodon spathula

Pallid shiner

Hybopsis amnis

Peppered shiner

Notropis perpallidus

Pirate perch

Aphredoderus sayanus

Plains killifish

Fundulus zebrinus

Plains minnow

Hybognathus placitus

Plains topminnow

Fundulus sciadicus

Prairie chub

Macrhybopsis australis

Pugnose minnow

Opsopoeodus emiliae

Quillback

Carpiodes cyprinus 

Rainbow trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Red river pupfish

Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis

Red River shiner

Notropis bairdi

Red shiner

Cyprinella lutrensis

Redbreast sunfish

Lepomis auritus

Redear sunfish

Lepomis microlophus

Redfin darter

Etheostoma whipplei

Redfin shiner

Lythrurus umbratilis

Redspot chub

Nocomis asper

Redspot darter

Etheostoma artesiae

Redspotted sunfish

Lepomis miniatus

Ribbon shiner

Lythrurus fumeus

River carpsucker

Carpiodes carpio

River darter

Percina shumardi

River redhorse

Moxostoma carinatum

River shiner

Notropis blennius

Rock bass

Ambloplites rupestris

Rocky shiner

Notropis suttkusi

Roseyface shiner

Notropis rubellus

Sand shiner

Notropis stramineus

Sauger

Stizostedion canadense

Saugeye

Stizostedion canadense x vitreum

Scaly sand darter

Ammocrypta vivax

Shadow bass

Ambloplites ariommus

Shoal chub

Macrhybopsis hyostoma

Shorthead redhorse

Moxostoma macrolepidotum

Shortnose gar

Lepisosteus platostomus

Shovelnose sturgeon

Scaphirhynchus platorynchus

Silver chub

Macrhybopsis storeriana

Silverband shiner

Notropis shumardi

Skipjack herring

Alosa chrysochloris

Slender madtom

Noturus exilis

Slenderhead darter

Percina phoxocephala

Slim minnow

Pimephales tenellus

Slough darter

Etheostoma gracile

Smallmouth bass

Micropterus dolomieu

Smallmouth buffalo

Ictiobus bubalus

Southern brook lamprey

Ichthyomyzon gagei

Southern redbelly dace

Phoxinus erythrogaster

Speckled darter

Etheostoma stigmaeum

Spotfin shiner

Cyprinella spiloptera

Spotted bass

Micropterus punctulatus

Spotted gar

Lepisosteus oculatus

Spotted sucker

Minytrema melanops

Steelcolor shiner

Cyprinella whipplei

Stippled darter

Etheostoma punctulatum

Stonecat

Noturus flavus

Striped bass

Morone saxatilis

Striped mullet

Mugil cephalus

Striped shiner

Luxilus chrysocephalus

Suckermouth minnow

Phenacobius mirabilis

Swamp darter

Etheostoma fusiforme

Tadpole madtom

Noturus gyrinus

Taillight shiner

Notropis maculatus

Threadfin shad

Dorosoma petenense

Walleye

Stizostedion vitreum

Warmouth

Lepomis gulosus

Wedgespot shiner

Notropis greenei

Western sand darter

Ammocrypta clara

White bass

Morone chrysops

White crappie

Pomoxis annularis

White sucker

Catostomus commersoni

Yellow bass

Morone mississippiensis

Yellow bullhead

Ameiurus natalis

Yellow perch

Perca flavescens

* Natureserve is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities of the United States and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe and its network of natural heritage programs.

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