List of fishes of Wyoming

The state of Wyoming, being a land locked state, has a wide variety of freshwater fish in its lakes, rivers, and streams.

Common nameFamilyNativeImageCutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkiSalmonidaeYesRainbow troutOncorhynchus mykissSalmonidaeNoGolden troutOncorhynchus aguabonitaSalmonidaeNoBrown troutSalmo truttaSalmonidaeNoBrook troutSalvelinus fontinalisSalmonidaeNoLake trout or mackinawSalvelinus namaycushSalmonidaeNoMountain whitefishProsopium williamsoniSalmonidaeYesKokanee salmonOncorhynchus nerkaSalmonidaeNoArctic graylingThymallus arcticusSalmonidaeYesBigmouth shinerNotropis dorsalisCyprinidaeYesBlack bullheadAmeiurus melasIctaluridaeYesBluehead suckerCatostomus discobolusCatostomidaeYesBrassy minnowHybognathus hankinsoniCyprinidaeYesBurbotLota lotaLotidaeYesCentral stonerollerCampostoma anomalumCyprinidaeYesChannel catfishIctalurus punctatusIctaluridaeYesCommon shinerLuxilus cornutusCyprinidaeYesCreek chubSemotilus atromaculatusCyprinidaeYesFathead minnowPimephales promelasCyprinidaeYesFinescale daceChrosomus neogaeusCyprinidaeYesFlannelmouth suckerCatostomus latipinnisCatostomidaeYesFlathead chubPlatygobio gracilisCyprinidaeYesGoldeyeHiodon alosoidesHiodontidaeYesHornyhead chubNocomis biguttatusCyprinidaeYesIowa darterEtheostoma exilePercidaeYesJohnny darterEtheostoma nigrumPercidaeYesLake chubCouesius plumbeusCyprinidaeYesLeatherside chubLepidomeda copeiCyprinidaeYesLongnose daceRhinichthys cataractaeCyprinidaeYesLongnose suckerCatostomus catostomusCatostomidaeYesMottled sculpinCottus bairdiiCottidaeYesMountain suckerCatostomus platyrhynchusCatostomidaeYesNorthern plains killifishFundulus kansaeFundulidaeYesOrangethroat darterEtheostoma spectabilePercidaeYesPaiute sculpinCottus beldingiCottidaeYesPearl daceMargariscus margaritaCyprinidaeYesPlains minnowHybognathus placitusCyprinidaeYesPlains topminnowFundulus sciadicusFundulidaeYesQuillbackCarpiodes cyprinusCatostomidaeYesRed shinerCyprinella lutrensisCyprinidaeYesRedside shinerRichardsonius balteatusCyprinidaeYesRiver carpsuckerCarpiodes carpioCatostomidaeYesRoundtail chubGila robustaCyprinidaeYesSand shinerNotropis stramineusCyprinidaeYesSaugerSander canadensePercidaeYesShorthead redhorseMoxostoma macrolepidotumCatostomidaeYesShovelnose sturgeonScaphirhynchus platorynchusAcipenseridaeYesSpeckled daceRhinichthys osculusCyprinidaeYesStonecatNoturus flavusIctaluridaeYesSturgeon chubMacrhybopsis gelidaCyprinidaeYesSuckermouth minnowPhenacobius mirabilisCyprinidaeYesUtah chubGila atrariasCyprinidaeYesUtah suckerCatostomus ardensCatostomidaeYesWestern silvery minnowHybognathus argyritisCyprinidaeYesWhite suckerCatostomus commersoniCatostomidaeYesBlack crappiePomoxis nigromaculatusCentrarchidaeNoBluegillLepomis macrochirusCentrarchidaeNoCommon carpCyprinus carpioCyprinidaeNoEmerald shinerNotropis atherinoidesCyprinidaeNoFreshwater drumAplodinotus grunniensSciaenidaeNoGizzard shadDorosoma cepedianumClupeidaeNoGolden shinerNotemigonus crysoleucasCyprinidaeNoGoldfishCarassius auratusCyprinidaeNoGrass carpCtenopharyngodon idellaCyprinidaeNoGreen sunfishLepomis cyanellusCentrarchidaeNoGreen swordtailXiphophorus helleriPoeciliidaeNoGuppyPoecilia reticulataPoeciliidaeNoLargemouth bassMicropterus salmoidesCentrarchidaeNoNorthern pikeEsox luciusEsocidaeNoOhrid troutSalmo letnicaSalmonidaeNoPumpkinseedLepomis gibbosusCentrarchidaeNoRock bassAmbloplites rupestrisCentrarchidaeNoSmallmouth bassMicropterus dolomieuCentrarchidaeNoSpottail shinerNotropis hudsoniusCyprinidaeNoWalleyeSander vitreumPercidaeNoWestern mosquitofishGambusia affinisPoeciliidaeNoWhite crappiePomoxis annularisCentrarchidaeNoYellow perchPerca flavescensPercidaeNoArctic charSalvelinus alpinusSalmonidaeNo

References

"Wyoming Fishing Network: Species of Fish in Wyoming." Accessed April 27, 2020. https://wyomingfishing.net/species.htm. "Wyoming Game and Fish Department - Native Fish Species of Wyoming." Accessed April 27, 2020. https://wgfd.wyo.gov/Fishing-and-Boating/Fish-of-Wyoming/Native-Fish-Species-of-Wyoming. "Wyoming Game and Fish Department - Non Native Fish Species of Wyoming." Accessed April 27, 2020. https://wgfd.wyo.gov/Fishing-and-Boating/Fish-of-Wyoming/Non-Native-Fish-Species-of-Wyoming. Accessed April 27, 2020. https://projects.warnercnr.colostate.edu/cofishguide/index.cfm?step=literature.