Freshwater Fish Taxonomy
COMMON NAME: GENUS SPECIES- INTRODUCTION DATE- NATIIVE RANGE- INTRODUCTION RANGE
Anadromous Fish
Bass Striped: Morone saxati- 1879 Navasink River New Jersey-
Carquinez Strait, California (12 July 1879)
Lamprey Sea: Petromyzon marinus- 1921 Atlantic (western tidewater)
Great Lakes, Lake Ontario (1831)
Salmon Atlantic: Salmo salar salar- 1860 Atlantic (northern) New Zealand, Australia 1864, Tasmania 1864, Redding California June 1874
Salmon Chinook (King): Oncorhynchus tshawyt- 1880 USA Pacific Northwest- Great Lakes, Lake Ontario (1860), New Zealand (1905), Victoria Australia 1874, Tasmania 1901
Salmon Coho (Silver): Oncorhynchus kisutch- 1966 USA Pacific Northwest- Great Lakes (Michigan), Chile, New Zealand, Nova Scotia
Salmon Danube: Salmo hucho- 1864 Central Europe - New York
Salmon Kokanee (Sockeye): Oncorhynchus nerka-1941 USA Pacific Northwest- Salt Springs Reservoir (Mokelumne River) California, Great Lakes (Huron, Ontario), Lake Tahoe, Flathead Lake (MT)
Salmon Pink (Humpback): Oncorhynchus gorbusc- 1956 USA Pacific Northwest- Great Lakes (Superior), Maine
Shad American: Alosa sapidissima- 1871 USA East Coast- Sacramento River California, Washington (1885)
Freshwater Fish
Alewife: Alosa pseudoharengus-1931 east coast North America Great Lakes, Lake Ontario (1860)
Armored Catfish: Hoplosternum littorale-unknown USA
Armored Catfish cascarudo: Callichthys callichthys- unknown USA
Armored Catfish green corydo: Corydoras aeneus- unknown USA
Barb Rosy: Puntius conchonius- South America Australia
Bass Alabama Spotted: Micropterus punctulatus hensh-unknown USA
Bass Black Crappie: Pomoxis nigromaculatus-unknown USA
Bass Bluegill: Lepomis macrochirus- unknown USA
Bass Bluegill hybrid: Lepomis macrochirus x microl- unknown USA
Bass Bluespotted Sunfish: Enneacanthus gloriosus- unknown USA
Bass Flier: Centrarchus macropterus - California USA
Bass Guadalupe: Micropterus treculii - unknown USA
Bass Green Sunfish: Lepomis cyanellus- unknown USA
Bass Hybrid: Lepomis cyanellus x macrochi- unknown USA
Bass Hybrid: Micropterus salmoides floridan- unknown USA
Bass Hybrid: Morone chrysops x Morone sa- artificial hybrid North America
Bass Largemouth: Micropterus salmoides- unknown USA
Bass Largemouth: Micropterus salmoides- North America (eastern) North America (western)
Bass Longear Sunfish: Lepomis megalotis- unknown USA
Bass Northern Spotted: Micropterus punctulatus punct- unknown USA
Bass Orange-Spotted: Lepomis humilis- unknown USA
Bass Ozark: Ambloplites constellatus- unknown USA
Bass Redbreast Sunfish: Lepomis auritus- unknown USA
Bass Red-Ear Sunfish: Lepomis microlophus- unknown USA
Bass Redeye: Micropterus coosae- unknown USA
Bass Red-Spotted Sunfish: Lepomis miniatus- unknown USA
Bass Roanoke: Ambloplites cavifrons- unknown USA
Bass Rock: Ambloplites rupestris- 1874 Missisiquuoi River, Verm
Napa Creek, California
Bass Sacramento Perch: Archoplites interruptus- California USA
Bass Shoal: Micropterus cataractae- unknown USA
Bass Smallmouth: Micropterus dolomieu- unknown USA
Bass Smallmouth: Micropterus dolomieui- USA (eastern) (USA western), California
Bass Warmouth: Chaenobryttus [Lepomi- 1891 Illinois Lake Cuyamaca, San Diego County; and Feather River, Gridley, Butte County; California
Bass White: Morone chrysops- 1985 North America (eastern)? Central Valley CA
Bass White Crappie: Pomoxis annularis- unknown USA
Belut: Monopterus albus- unknown Australia
Bitterling: Rhodeus sericeus- 1925 Europe Sawmill River NY
Blenny: Parablennius thysanius- unknown USA
Blue Acra: Aequidens pulcher- unknown Australia
Bowfin: Amia calva- unknown USA
Carp: Carassius carassius- Asia (eastern) North America, Europe Australia
Carp Bighead: Aristichthys- 1980 Asia Mississippi
Carp Common (European): Cyprinus carpio- 1831 Europe Newburgh NY, Sonoma California 1872, Druid Hill Parks Baltimore MD 1877, Washington Monument reflection ponds 1878, North America, Mexico (1872), Lake Erie 1883, Colorado, Ontario (1880), Australia 1852
Catfish Black Bullhead: Ameiurus melas- USA (eastern) Little Colorado River Arizona
Catfish Blue: Ictalurus furcatus- 1879 USA (eastern) California
Catfish Bristle-Nosed: Ancistrus temminickii- 1980 South America USA
Catfish Channel: Ictalurus punctatus- USA (eastern) Colorado River basin, Hawaii, Puerto Rico
Catfish Driftwood: Parauchenipterus galeatus- unknown USA
Catfish Flathead: Pylodictus olivaris- North America (eastern) Florida, North America (western)
Catfish Suckermouth Armored: Plecostomus spp.- 1956 South America San Antonio River TX
Catfish Walking: Clarias batrachus- 1960 Asia (southeastern) Florida
Chinese Bigfoot: Macropodus opercularis- Asia (eastern) Florida
Chub Utah: Gila atraria- northwest Utah eastern Utah
Cichlid Black Acara: Cichlasoma bimaculat- 1960 South America Everglades Florida
Cichlid Blue-Eyed: Cichlasoma spilurum- 1980 South America? USA
Cichlid Convict: Cichlasoma nigrofascia- 1963 Middle America Lake Mead NV, (USA western), Australia
Cichlid Mayan: Cichlasoma uropthalm- 1980 Middle America Florida
Cichlid Niger (black mangrove): Tiliapia mariae- Africa Australia
Cichlid Yellowbelly: Cichlasoma salvini- 1980 South America? USA
Cuchia: Amphipnous cuchia- South America Australia
Danio Zebra: Brachydanio rerio- 1980 South America Grand Teton Nat For WY
Goby Chameleon: Tridentiger trigonocephalus- Asia California
Goby Round: Neogobius melanosto- 1990 Black Sea Great Lakes
Goby Tubenose: Proterorhinus marmora- 1990 Black Sea Great Lakes
Goby Yellowfin: Acanthogobius flavimanus- Asia California
Goldfish Domestic: Carassius auratus- 1843 Asia (eastern) Hudson River Newburgh NY, North America, Australia, England 1590
Gourami Banded: Colisa fasciata- unknown USA
Gourami Blue: Trichogaster trichopterus suma- unknown USA
Gourami Croaking: Trichopsis vittata- unknown USA
Gourami Dwarf: Colisa lalia- unknown USA
Gourami Paradisefish: Macropodus opercularis- unknown USA
Gourami Pearl: Trichogaster leerii- unknown USA
Gourami Siamese Fighting Fish: Betta splendens- unknown USA
Gourami Thick-Lipped: Colisa labiosa- unknown USA
Guppy: Poecilia [Lebistes] reticulata- Middle America? Australia
Ide: Leuciscus idus- 1900 Europe North America
Jaguar Guapote: Cichlasoma manaquen- 1980 South America USA
Killifish Pike: Belonesox belizianus- 1957 Middle America Florida
Killifish Rainwater: Luciana parva- New Mexico California
Leporinus Banded: Ctenopoma nigropanosum- unknown USA
Logperch Big-Scale (Texas): Percina macrolepida- Texas California
Long Tom: Strongylura kreffti- 1980 unknown USA
Medaka: Oryzias latipes- 1935 China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan
San Francisquito Creek, Santa Clara County, California; New York
Milkfish: Chanos chanos- unknown USA
Minnow Brown Darter: Etheostoma edwini- unknown Florida
Minnow Golden Shiner: Notemigonus cryoleucas- USA (eastern, central) (USA Western)
Minnow Red Shiner: Notropis lutrensis- USA (eastern, central) (USA western)
Minnow Red-Sided Shiner: Richardsonius balteatus- USA (Nevada northeast) Colorado River basin
Minnow Sacramento Pike: Ptychocheilus grandis- 1979 California (USA western)
Minnow Sheepshead: Cyprinodon variegatus- USA (northern) Texas
Molly Sailfin: Poecilia latipinna- Middle America (USA western), Australia
Molly Shortfin: Poecilia mexicana- Middle America (USA western)
Mullet Grey: Mugil spp.- 1935 Black Sea Caspian, Aral Seas
Needlefish Asian: Xenentodon cancila- unknown USA
Needlefish Atlantic: Strongylura marina- unknown USA
Notho Redtail: Nothobranchius guentheri- unknown USA
One-Spot (live-bearer): Phalloceros caudimaculatus- unknown Australia
Orf Golden: Idus Idus- 1894 Europe USA
Oscar (Quick Fish): Astronotus ocellatus- South America Florida
Panchax Striped: Aplocheilus lineatus- unknown USA
Pearlfish Argentine: Cynolebias bellottii- 1964 Argentina Riverside; Butte County; Kern County, California
Perch Bigeye: Lates mariae- 1983 Eurasia? Texas
Perch Climbing: Anabas testudineus- unknown USA
Perch European (Redfin): Perca fluviatilis- 1862 Europe Tasmania, Victoria Australia 1868
Perch Nile: Lates niloticus- 1979 Egypt Texas
Perch Pirate: Aphredoderus sayanus- unknown USA
Perch Sacramento: Archoplites interruptus- California Nevada, Utah
Perch Tanganyika: Lates angustifrons- unknown USA
Perch Twospot Climbing: Ctenopoma nigropanosum- known USA
Perch White: Morone americana- 1946 Atlantic (western tidewater)Great Lakes
Perch Yellow: Perca flaviscens- 1891 USA (eastern) California
Pike Northern: Esox lucius- North America (eastern) North America (western)
Piquito: Belonesox helizanus- Middle America San Antonio River TX
Piranha: Sarrassalmus spp.- South America Florida, Oahu
Platy: Xiphophorus maculatu- 1957 Middle America Florida, Australia
Rainbow Krib: Pelviachromis pulcher- 1980 unknown USA
Redstripe Eartheater: Geophagus surinamen- 1980 South America USA
Roach: Rutilis rutil- 1875 Europe Tasmania, Victoria Australia
Roach California: Lavinia symmetricus- California (USA western)
Rudd: Scardinius erythrophth- 1900 Europe North America
Ruffe: Gymnocephalus cernu- 1985 Europe Great Lakes
Shad Threadfin: Dorosoma petenense- USA (eastern) California, Arizona, Nevada
Silverside: Atherinops regius- unknown USA
Silverside Brook: Labidesthes sicculus- 1964 Ohio Lakeport, Lake County, California
Silverside Gulf Grunion: Leuresthes sardina- unknown USA
Silverside Inland: Menidia beryllina- 1967 eastern USA Blue and Clear Lakes, Lake County, California
Silverside Mesa: Chirostoma jordani- unknown USA
Silverside Rough: Membras martinica- unknown USA
Smelt Rainbow: Osmerus mordax- 1923 Atlantic (western tidewater) Great Lakes
Snakehead Chevron: Channa striata- unknown USA
Snakehead Giant: Channa micropeltes- unknown USA
Stickelback Four-Spine: Apeltes quadracus- 1980 USA (eastern)? Great Lakes
Stickleback: Gasterosteus aculeatus- North America (eastern) southern California
Sturgeon (Eastern): Acipenser [Scaphirhynchus] - North America USA
Sturgeon Lake: Acipenser fulvescens- North America USA
Sturgeon White: Acipenser transmontanus- North America USA
Sucker Alabama Hog: Hypentelium etowanum- unknown USA
Sucker Bigmouth Buffalo: Ictiobus cyprinellus- unknown USA
Sucker Black Buffalo: Ictiobus niger- unknown USA
Sucker Black Jumprock: Scartomyzon cervinus- unknown US
Sucker Dusky Mountain: Catostomus platyrhynchus - unknown USA
Sucker Flannelmouth: Catostomus latipinnis- unknown USA
Sucker Golden Redhorse: Moxostoma erythrurum- unknown USA
Sucker Greater Jumprock: Scartomyzon lachneri- unknown USA
Sucker Highfin Carp: Carpiodes velifer- unknown USA
Sucker Lake Chub: Erimyzon sucetta- unknown USA
Sucker Little Colorado River: Catostomus undescribed spp.- unknown USA
Sucker Longnose: Catostomus catostomus- unknown USA
Sucker Mountain Shiner: Catostomus platyrhyncus- unknown USA
Sucker Northern Hog: Hypentelium nigricans- unknown USA
Sucker Owens: Catostomus fumeiventris - unknown USA
Sucker Quillback: Carpiodes cyprinus- unknown USA
Sucker Rio Grande: Catostomus plebeius- unknown USA
Sucker River Carp: Carpiodes carpio- unknown USA
Sucker Sacramento: Catostomus occidentalis- unknown USA
Sucker Santa Ana: Catostomus santaanae- unknown USA
Sucker Shorthead Redhorse: Moxostoma macrolepidotum- unknown USA
Sucker Shortnose: Chasmistes brevirostris- unknown USA
Sucker Smallmouth Buffalo: Ictiobus bubalus- unknown USA
Sucker Spotted: Minytrema melanops- unknown USA
Sucker Striped Jumprock: Scartomyzon rupiscartes- unknown USA
Sucker Tahoe: Catostomus tahoensis- unknown USA
Sucker Torrent Jumprock: Thoburnia rhothoeca- unknown USA
Sucker Utah: Catostomus ardens- unknown USA
Sucker White: Catostomus commersoni- unknown USA
Sunfish Black Crappie: Pomoxis nigromaculatus- USA (eastern, central) (USA southwestern)
Sunfish Bluegill: Lepomis macrochirus- USA (eastern, central) (USA southwestern)
Sunfish Green: Lepomis cyanellus- New Mexico Nevada, Utah, Arizona
Swordtail Green; Xiphophorus helleri- 1957 Middle America Australia 1980, Florida
Tarpon: Tarpon atlanticus- 1937 Atlantic (western tidewater) Pacific Ocean (Panama)
Tench: Tinca tinca- 1885 Europe North America, Australia (southeastern)
Tiliapia African: Tiliapia heudeloti- 1950 Africa, Hillsborough Bay Florida
Tiliapia Blackchin: Sarotherodon malanotheron- Africa, Florida
Tiliapia Mozambique: Oreochromis mossambicus- Africa ,Florida, Australia
Tiliapia Nile : Tilapia (Oreochromis)- 1974 Nile, Senegal, Niger Congo, Auburn University AL, Brazil 1971, Blythe California 1996
Tiliapia Wami: Tilapia (Oreochromis)- 1971 Zanzibar; Wami River System
University of Arizona Tucson, Imperial-Riverside-Orange Counties California 1969?
Triggerfish Bursa: Rhinecanthus verrucosus- unknown USA
Trout Brook: Salvelinus fontenalis- 1890 North America (eastern) New South Wales Australia, (USA western), Tasmania 1905
Trout Brown: Salmo trutta- 1883 Germany, Loch Levin Scottland, New York, USA (northern), New Zealand (1864), Australia, Tasmania 1864
Trout Cutthroat: Onchorhynchus (Salmo) clarki- (USA northwestern) (USA southwestern)
Trout Golden: Onchorhynchus aguabonita- (USA western) Sierra Nevada lakes
Trout Lake: Salvelinus namayaish- USA (northern) Lake Tahoe, Yellowstone Lake
Trout Ohrid: Salmo ohrid - 1960 Yugoslavia USA
Trout Rainbow: Onchorhynchus mykis- 1883 North America (eastern) New Zealand, (USA western), New South Wales Australia 1894, Queensland 1897, Wye River Derbyshire England
Wakasagi: Hypomesus nipponensis- Japan (USA western)
Walleye: Stizostedion vitreum- USA (eastern) (USA western)
Weatherfish Oriental (Dojo): Misgurnus anguillacau- 1956 Asia Michigan, (USA western), San Antonio River TX
Zander: Stizostedion lucioperc- 1980 Europe North Dakota
Katadromous Fish
Eel American: Anguilla rostrata- 1874 Hudson River, New York;Sacramento River, Alemeda Creek, California
Eel European: Anguilla anguilla- 1977 Europe Antioch Bridge, San Pablo Bay, California
Eel Shortfin: Anguilla australis- 1978 New Zealand, Australia Puddingstone Reservoir, Los Angeles County, California