The state of Indiana is home to 208 species of fishes that inhabit its rivers, lakes, and streams that make up five watersheds. Indiana is the state with the most fish species of any state north of the Ohio River and includes Great Lakes species.
Native fishes taxa Status is determined from IUCN data in a global context. Classifications include critically endangered , endangered , vulnerable , near-threatened , and least concern .
+Common nameScientific namePictureStatusLampreys Petromyzontiformes (order) Petromyzontidae (family) Chestnut lampreyIcthyomyzon castaneusNorthern brook lampreyIcthyomyzon fossorAmerican brook lampreyLampetra appendixSturgeons and paddlefish Acipenseriformes (order) Acipenseridae (family) Lake sturgeonAcipenser fulvescensShovelnose sturgeonScaphirhynchus platorynchus Polyodontidae (family) American paddlefishPolyodon spathulaBowfin Amiiformes (order) Amiidae (family) BowfinAmia calvaMooneyes Hiodontiformes (order) Hiodontidae (family) GoldeyeHiodon alosoidesMooneyeHiodon tergisusEels Anguilliformes (order) Anguillidae (family) American eelAnguilla rostrataCarps, minnows, and relatives Cypriniformes (order) Cyprinidae (family) Southern redbelly daceChrosomus erythrogasterGizzard shadDorosoma cepedianumCypress minnowHybognathus hayiN/ABigeye chubHybopsis amblopsGolden shinerNotemigonus crysoleucasStriped shinerLuxilus chrysocephalusBlackchin shinerNotropis heterodonSilverjaw minnowNotropis buccatusBigeye shinerNotropis boopsN/APallid shinerHybopsis amnisN/AShoal chubMacrhybopsis hyostomaPugnose shinerNotropis anogenusN/AEmerald shinerNotropis atherinoidesGhost shinerNotropis buchananiIroncolor shinerNotropis chalybaeusRosyface shinerNotropis rubellusWeed shinerNotropis teanusN/AMimic shinerNotropis volucellusPopeye shinerNotropis ariommusSuckermouth minnowPhenacobius mirabilisBluntnose minnowPimphales notalusPugnose minnowOpsopoedus emiliaeFathead minnowPimephales promelasBullhead minnowPimephales vigilaxWestern blacknose daceRhinichthys obtususLongnose daceRhinichthys cataractae Catostomidae (family) White suckerCatostomus commersoniiBlue suckerCycleptus elongatusBigmouth buffaloIctiobus cyprinellusSmallmouth buffaloIctiobus bubalusBlack buffaloIctiobus nigerSpotted suckerMinytrema melanopsRiver redhorseMoxostoma carinatumHarelip suckerMoxostoma lacerumN/AExtinctCatfishes Siluriformes (order) Ictaluridae (family) Blue catfishIctalurus furcatusChannel catfishIctalurus punctatusBlack bullheadAmeiurus melasYellow bullheadAmeirus natalisStonecatNotorus flavusFlathead catfishPylodicitis olivarisPikes and Mudminnows Esociformes (order) Esocidae (family) MuskellungeEsox masquinongyNorthern pikeEsox luciusSalmon, Trout, Chars. Freshwater Whitefishes, Graylings Salmoniformes (order) Salmonidae (family) Chinook salmonOncorhynchus tshawytschaAtlantic salmonSalmo salarBrown troutSalmo truttaBrook troutSalvelinus fontinalisLake troutSalvelinus namaycushToothcarps Cyprinodontiformes (order) Fundulidae (family) Banded killifishFundulus diaphanusBlackstrip topminnowFundulus notatusN/ANorthern studfishFundulus catenatusMail-cheeked fishes Scopaeniformes (order) Cottidae (family) Banded sculpinCottus carolinaeMottled sculpinCottus bairdiiSlimy sculpinCottus cognatusDeepwater sculpinMyoxocephalus thompsoniiSunfishes and perches Perciformes (order) Centrarchidae (family) Green sunfishLepomis cyanellusOrangespotted sunfishLepomis humilisBluegillLepomis macrochirusRedspotted sunfishLepomis microlophusN/ANorthern sunfishLepomis peltastesN/ASmallmouth bassMicropterus dolomieuLargemouth bassMicropterus salmoidesBlack crappiePomoxis nigromaculatusWhite crappiePomoxis annularis Percidae (family) WalleyeSander vitreusSaugerSander canadensisYellow perchPerca flavescensLogperchPercina caprodesStargazing darterPercina uranideaN/AChannel darterPercina copelandiGilt darterPercina evidesDusky darterPercina scieraRiver darterPercina shumardiTippecanoe darterEtheostoma tippecanoeSpottail darterEtheostoma squamicepsBanded darterEtheostoma zonaleJohnny darterEtheostoma nigrumIowa darterEtheostoma exileWestern sand darterAmmocrypta claraN/AEastern sand darterAmmocrypta pellucidaMud darterEtheostoma asprigeneRainbow darterEtheostoma caeruleumFantail darterEtheostoma flabellareHarlequin darterEtheostoma histrioLeast darterEtheostoma micropercaCypress darterEtheostoma proeliareN/ABluebreast darterEtheostoma camurumBluntnose darterEtheostoma chlorosomaN/AOrangethroat darterEtheostoma spectabileVariegate darterEtheostoma variatum Moronidae (family) Yellow bassMorone mississippiensisWhite bassMorone chrysopsGobies Gobiiformes (order) Gobiidae (family) Round gobyNeogobius melanostomus
Exotic or introduced taxa +Common nameScientific namePictureStatusLamprey Petromyzontiformes (order) Petromyzontidae (family) Sea lampreyPetromyzon marinusHerring Clupeiformes (order) Clupeidae (family) AlewifeAlosa pseudoharengusThreadfin shadDorosoma petenense Carps, minnows, and relatives Cypriniformes (order) Cyprinidae (family) GoldfishCarassius auratusGrass carpCtenopharyngodon idellaRed shinerCyprinella lutrensisCarpCyprinus carpioSilver carpHypophthalmichthys molitrixBighead carpHypophthalmichthys nobilisRuddScardinius erythrophthalmusN/ACatfish Siluriformes (order) Ictaluridae (family) White catfish Ameiurus catus Salmon, trout, chars. freshwater
Whitefishes, graylings Salmoniformes (order) Osmeridae (family) Rainbow smeltOsmerus mordax Salmonidae (family) Coho salmonOncorhyncus kitsutchRainbow troutOncorhyncus mykissChinook salmonOncorhynchus tshawytschaAtlantic salmonSalmo salarBrown troutSalmo truttaSilversides Atheriniformes (order) Atherinidae (family) Inland silversideMenidia beryllinaMullets Mugiliformes (order) Mugilidae (family) Striped mulletMugil cephalus Sticklebacks Gasterosteiformes (order) Gasterosteidae (family) Threespine sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatusSunfishes and Perches Perciformes (order) Moronidae (family) White perchMorone americanaStriped bassMorone saxatilisGobies Gobiiformes (order) Gobiidae (family) Round gobyNeogobius melanostomus
References
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