List of freshwater fish in California

An extensive list of the freshwater fish found in California, including both native and introduced species.[1]

Common name Scientific name Image Native Non-Native Notes
Pacific Lamprey Lampetra tridentata Y
River Lamprey Lampetra ayresl Y
Pit-Klamath Brook Lamprey Lampetra lethophaga Y
Klamath River Lamprey Lampetra simiiis Y
Kern Brook Lamprey Lampetra hubbsi Y
Western Brook Lamprey Lampetra ricchardsoni Y
White Sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus Y
Green Sturgeon Acipenser medirostris Y
American Shad Alosa sapidissima Y
Threadfin Shad Dorosoma petenense Y
Coho Salmon or Silver Salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch Y
Chinook Salmon or King Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Y
Kokanee Salmon or Sockeye Salmon Oncorhynchus nerka Y Y
Pink Salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Y
Chum Salmon Oncorhynchus keta Y
Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss Y
Coastal Rainbow Trout or Steelhead Trout Oncorhyncus mykiss irideus Y
California Golden Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita Y
Little Kern Golden Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss whitel Y
Kern River Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss gilberti Y
Sacramento Redband Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss stonei Y
Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss aquilarum Y
Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkii Y
Coastal Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii Y
Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawl Y
Paiute Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkii seleniris Y
Bull Trout Salvelinus confluentus Y
Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalls Y
Brown Trout Salmo trutta Y
Lake Trout or Mackinaw Trout Salvelinus namaycush Y
Mountain Whitefish Prosoplum williamsoni Y
Delta Smelt Hypomesus transpacificus Y
Wakasagi Hypomesus nipponensis Y
Longfin Smelt Spirinchus thalechthys Y
Eulachon Thaleichthys pacificus Y
California Roach Lavinia symmetricus Y
Hitch Lavinia exilicauda Y
Lahontan Redside Richarsonius egregius Y
Speckled Dace Rhinichthys osculus Y
Tui Chub Siphateles bicolor Y
Mojave Tui Chub Siphateles bicolor mohavensis Y
Owens Tui Chub Siphateles bicolor snyderi Y
Blue Chub Gila coerulea Y
Arroyo Chub Gila orcutti Y
Thicktail Chub Gila crassicauda Y
Bonytail Gila elegans Y
Sacramento Splittail Pogonichthys macrolepidotus Y
Clear Lake Splittail Pogonichthys ciscoldes Y
Hardhead Mylopharodon conocephalus Y
Sacramento Blackfish Orthodon microlepidotus Y
Sacramento Pikeminnow Ptychochellus grandis Y
Colorado Pikeminnow Ptychochellus luclus Y
Common Carp Cyprinus carpio Y
Goldfish Carassius auratus Y
Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas Y
Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis Y
Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas Y
Tench Tinca tinca Y
Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella Y
Sacramento Sucker Catostomus occidentalls Y
Goose Lake Sucker Catostomus occidentalis lacusanserinus Y
Tahoe Sucker Catostomus tahoensis Y
Owens Sucker Catostomus fumelventris Y
Lost River Sucker Catostomus luxatus Y
Klamath Largescale Sucker Catostomus snyderi Y
Klamath Smallscale Sucker Catostomus rimiculus Y
Modoc Sucker Catostomus microps Y
Santa Ana Sucker Catostomus santaanae Y
Razorback Sucker Xyrauchen texanus Y
Shortnose Sucker Chasmistes brevirostris Y
Brown Bullhead Amelurus nebulosus Y
Mountain Sucker Catostomus platyrhynchus Y
Black Bullhead Amelurus melas Y
Yellow Bullhead Amelurus natalls Y
Channel Catfish Ictalurus puctatus Y
Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus Y
White Catfish Ameriurus catus Y
Flathead Catfish Plyodictis olivaris Y
Amargosa Pupfish Cyprinodon nevadensis Y
Desert Pupfish Cyprinodon macularius Y
Salt Creek Pupfish Cyprinodon salinus Y
Owens Pupfish Cyprinodon radiosus Y
California Killifish Fundulus parvipinnis Y
Rainwater Killifish Lucania parva Y
Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis Y
Sailfin Molly Poecilla latipinna Y
Porthole Livebearer Poecillopsis gracilis Y
Inland Silverside Menidia beryllina Y
Threespine Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus Y
Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans Y
Striped Bass Morone saxatilis Y
White Bass Morone chrysops Y
Sacramento Perch Archoplites interruptus Y
Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus Y
Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus Y
Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus Y
Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus Y
Warmouth Lepomis gulosus Y
White Crappie Pomoxis annularis Y
Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus Y
Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides Y
Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu Y
Spotted Bass Micropterus punctulatus Y
Redeye Bass Micropterus coosae Y
Yellow Perch Perca flavescens Y
Bigscale Logperch Percina macrolepida Y
Mozambique Tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus Y
Redbelly Tilapia Tilapia zillii Y
Blue Tilapia Oreochromis aureus Y
Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus Y
Tuleperch Hysterocarpus traski Y
Shiner Perch Cymatogaster aggregata Y
Striped Mullet Mugil cephalus Y
Yellowfin Goby Acanthogoblus flavimanus Y
Shimofuri Goby Tridentiger bifasclatus Y
Tidewater Goby Eucyclogoblus newberryi Y
Prickly Sculpin Cottus asper Y
Riffle Sculpin Cottus gulosus Y
Pit Sculpin Cottus pitensis Y
Coastrange Sculpin Cottus aleuticus Y
Reticulate Sculpin Cottus perplexus Y
Marbled Sculpin Cottus klamathensis Y
Rough Sculpin Cottus asperrimus Y
Paiute Sculpin Cottus beldingi Y
Pacific Staghorn Sculpin Leptocottus armatus Y
Starry Flounder Platichthys stellatus Y
Northern Pike Esox lucius Y

References

  1. ^ McGinnis, Samuel (2006). Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of California. University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California. pp. 123–369.
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