☰ Menu

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas

Bell Museum

Home > Biodiversity in the State of Minnesota > Fishes of Minnesota
Authors: Andrew Simons
Less Details
Locality: Minnesota
Options
Search:
Common Names
Synonyms
Filter:
Display Synonyms
Common Names
Display as Images
Notes & Vouchers
Taxon Authors
Show Taxa Alphabetically
Families: 27
Genera: 78
Species: 157
Total Taxa (details): 157
Acipenser fulvescens - Lake sturgeon
Alosa chrysochloris - Skipjack shad
Ameiurus melas - Black bullhead
Ameiurus natalis - Yellow bullhead
Ameiurus nebulosus - Brown bullhead
Amia calva - Bowfin
Ammocrypta clara - Western sand darter
Ammocrypta pellucida - Eastern sand darter
Anguilla rostrata - American eel
Aphredoderus sayanus - Pirate perch
Aplodinotus grunniens - Freshwater drum
Campostoma oligolepis - Largescale stoneroller
Carpiodes carpio - River carpsucker
Carpiodes velifer - Highfin carpsucker
Catostomus catostomus - Longnose sucker
Chrosomus eos - Northern redbelly dace
Chrosomus erythrogaster - Southern redbelly dace
Chrosomus neogaeus - Finescale dace
Coregonus clupeaformis - Lake whitefish
Coregonus nipigon - †Nipigon cisco
Coregonus reighardi - Shortnose cisco
Coregonus zenithicus - Shortjaw cisco
Cottus bairdii - Mottled sculpin
Cottus cognatus - Slimy sculpin
Cottus ricei - Spoonhead sculpin
Crystallaria asprella - Crystal darter
Culaea inconstans - Brook stickleback
Cyprinella spiloptera - Spotfin shiner
Cyprinus carpio - Common carp
Dorosoma cepedianum - American gizzard shad
Esox lucius - Northern pike
Esox masquinongy - Muskellunge
Etheostoma caeruleum - Rainbow darter
Etheostoma chlorosoma - Bluntnose darter
Etheostoma exile - Iowa darter
Etheostoma flabellare - Fantail darter
Etheostoma nigrum - Johnny darter
Etheostoma zonale - Banded darter
Fundulus diaphanus - Banded killifish
Fundulus sciadicus - Plains topminnow
Gasterosteus aculeatus - Three-spined stickleback
Hybognathus nuchalis - Mississippi Silvery minnow
Hypentelium nigricans - Northern hogsucker
Ichthyomyzon fossor (ammocoetes) - Northern brook lamprey
Ichthyomyzon gagei - Southern brook lamprey
Ichthyomyzon unicuspis - Silver lamprey
Ictalurus punctatus - Channel catfish
Ictiobus bubalus - Smallmouth buffalo
Ictiobus cyprinellus - Bigmouth buffalo
Ictiobus niger - Black buffalo
Labidesthes sicculus - Brook silverside
Lampetra appendix - American brook lamprey
Lepisosteus osseus - Longnose gar
Lepomis humilis - Orangespotted sunfish
Lepomis peltastes - Northern sunfish
Lota lota - Burbot
Lythrurus umbratilis - Redfin shiner
Micropterus dolomieu - Smallmouth bass
Micropterus salmoides - Largemouth bass
Minytrema melanops - Spotted sucker
Morone americana - White perch
Morone chrysops - White bass
Moxostoma anisurum - Silver redhorse
Moxostoma carinatum - River redhorse
Moxostoma duquesnei - Black redhorse
Moxostoma erythrurum - Golden redhorse
Moxostoma macrolepidotum - Shorthead redhorse
Moxostoma valenciennesi - Greater redhorse
Myoxocephalus thompsonii - Deepwater sculpin
Nocomis biguttatus - Hornyhead chub
Notropis anogenus - Pugnose shiner
Notropis atherinoides - Emerald shiner
Notropis blennius - River shiner
Notropis dorsalis - Bigmouth shiner
Notropis heterodon - Blackchin shiner
Notropis heterolepis - Blacknose shiner
Notropis hudsonius - Spottail shiner
Notropis nubilus - Ozark minnow
Notropis percobromus - Carmine shiner
Notropis texanus - Weed shiner
Notropis topeka - Topeka shiner
Notropis volucellus - Mimic shiner
Notropis wickliffi - Channel shiner
Noturus exilis - Slender madtom
Noturus flavus - Stonecat
Noturus gyrinus - Tadpole madtom
Oncorhynchus mykiss - Rainbow trout
Oncorhynchus nerka - Sockeye salmon
Opsopoeodus emiliae - Pugnose minnow
Osmerus mordax - Rainbow smelt
Perca flavescens - Yellow perch
Percina caprodes - Common logperch
Percina evides - Gilt darter
Percina hybrid - Percina hybrid
Percina maculata - Blackside darter
Percina phoxocephala - Slenderhead darter
Percina shumardi - River darter
Petromyzon marinus - Sea lamprey
Phenacobius mirabilis - Suckermouth minnow
Pimephales notatus - Bluntnose minnow
Pimephales promelas - Fathead minnow
Pimephales vigilax - Bullhead minnow
Platygobio gracilis - Fathead chub
Polyodon spathula - American paddlefish
Pomoxis annularis - White crappie
Prosopium cylindraceum - Round whitefish
Pungitius pungitius - Ninespine stickleback
Pylodictis olivaris - Flathead catfish
Rhinichthys atratulus - Blacknose dace
Salmo salar - Atlantic salmon
Salmo trutta - Brown trout
Salvelinus siscowet - Siscowet Lake trout
Scaphirhynchus platorynchus - Shovelnose sturgeon
Umbra limi - Central mudminnow
© Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved. The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer. Privacy Statement