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Freshwater fish of Mississippi

Here we will talk about what freshwater fish live in the rivers and lakes of Mississippi and this will include non native fish from introduced, stocking, bait release and aquarium release. Some darters, minnows and madtoms will only be added to the list. This also includes ocean fish that can ...more ↓

Largemouth Bass 1
Micropterus nigricans
Smallmouth × Largemouth Bass
Micropterus dolomieu × Micropterus nigricans
Spotted Bass 2
Micropterus punctulatus
Bluegill 3
Lepomis macrochirus
Smallmouth Bass 4
Micropterus dolomieu
Florida Bass 5
Micropterus salmoides
Green Sunfish 6
Lepomis cyanellus
Warmouth 7
Lepomis gulosus
Longear Sunfish 8
Lepomis megalotis
Redear Sunfish 9
Lepomis microlophus
Coppernose Bluegill 10
Lepomis macrochirus purpurascens
Alabama Bass 11
Micropterus henshalli
Bantam Sunfish 12
Lepomis symmetricus
Orangespotted Sunfish 13
Lepomis humilis
Blue-spotted Sunfish 14
Enneacanthus gloriosus
Dollar Sunfish 15
Lepomis marginatus
Shadow Bass 16
Ambloplites ariommus
Channel Catfish 17
Ictalurus punctatus
White × Black Crappie 18
Pomoxis annularis × nigromaculatus
Rock Bass 19
Ambloplites rupestris
Banded Pygmy Sunfish 20
Elassoma zonatum
Black Crappie 21
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
White Crappie 13
Pomoxis annularis
Flier 12
Centrarchus macropterus
Brown Bullhead 22
Ameiurus nebulosus
Shadow Bass 16
Ambloplites ariommus
Yellow Bullhead 6
Ameiurus natalis
Blue Catfish 23
Ictalurus furcatus
Flathead Catfish 24
Pylodictis olivaris
Rainbow Trout 25
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Spotted Gar 5
Lepisosteus oculatus
Black Bullhead 26
Ameiurus melas
Greengill Sunfish 27
Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
American Paddlefish 28
Polyodon spathula
Longnose Gar 5
Lepisosteus osseus
Alligator Gar 29
Atractosteus spatula
Shortnose Gar 30
Lepisosteus platostomus
Yellow Bass 31
Morone mississippiensis
White × Striped Bass 32
Morone chrysops × saxatilis
White Bass 9
Morone chrysops
Gulf Sturgeon 33
Acipenser desotoi
Striped Bass 4
Morone saxatilis
Shovelnose Sturgeon 34
Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
Lake Sturgeon 35
Acipenser fulvescens
Pallid Sturgeon 36
Scaphirhynchus albus
Atlantic Sturgeon 37
Acipenser oxyrinchus
Mooneye 38
Hiodon tergisus
Goldeye 12
Hiodon alosoides
Alabama Shad 39
Alosa alabamae
American Gizzard Shad 40
Dorosoma cepedianum
skipjack shad 13
Alosa chrysochloris
Threadfin Shad 41
Dorosoma petenense
Muskellunge 42
Esox masquinongy
Chain Pickerel 5
Esox niger
Redfin Pickerel 13
Esox americanus americanus
Grass Pickerel 43
Esox americanus vermiculatus
Northern Pike 44
Esox lucius
Southeastern Blue Sucker
Cycleptus meridionalis
White Sucker 45
Catostomus commersonii
Northern Hog Sucker 46
Hypentelium nigricans
Blue Sucker 47
Cycleptus elongatus
Spotted Sucker 48
Minytrema melanops
River Redhorse 49
Moxostoma carinatum
Blacktail Redhorse 50
Moxostoma poecilurum
Smallmouth Redhorse 51
Moxostoma breviceps
Silver Redhorse 52
Moxostoma anisurum
Amur Carp 53
Cyprinus rubrofuscus
European Carp 54
Cyprinus carpio
Goldfish 55
Carassius auratus
Bighead Carp 56
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
Silver Carp 57
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Walleye 58
Sander vitreus
Black Carp 59
Mylopharyngodon piceus
Grass Carp 5
Ctenopharyngodon idella
Saugeye 60
Sander canadensis × vitreus
Lyre Goby 61
Evorthodus lyricus
Clown Goby 62
Microgobius gulosus
Sauger 13
Sander canadensis
Fat Sleeper 63
Dormitator maculatus
Yellow Perch 64
Perca flavescens
Highfin Goby 65
Gobionellus oceanicus
American Eel 66
Anguilla rostrata
Naked Goby 62
Gobiosoma bosc
Red Drum 67
Sciaenops
Freshwater Drum 68
Aplodinotus grunniens
Chestnut Lamprey 39
Ichthyomyzon castaneus
American Brook Lamprey 69
Lethenteron appendix
Atlantic Stingray 70
Hypanus sabinus
Southern brook lamprey 71
Ichthyomyzon gagei
Least brook lamprey 72
Lampetra aepyptera
Fathead Minnow 73
Pimephales promelas
River Chub 74
Nocomis micropogon
Creek Chub 46
Semotilus atromaculatus
Striped Shiner 75
Luxilus chrysocephalus
Sailfin Molly 76
Poecilia latipinna
Golden Shiner 77
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Flathead Chub 78
Platygobio gracilis
Largescale Stoneroller 72
Campostoma oligolepis
Central Stoneroller 79
Campostoma anomalum
Bayou Killifish 80
Fundulus pulvereus

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