List of freshwater fish in California
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An extensive list of the freshwater fish found in California, including both native and introduced species.[1]
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Common Name | Scientific Name | Image | Native | Non-Native | Notes |
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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 | |||
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