Fishes of the Connecticut River Watershed



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Fishes of the Connecticut River Watershed
(from the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Final Action Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, October, 1995, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Hadley, MA)
Common name Scientific name
Fish ‑ Amphidromous

Hickory shad Alosa mediocris

Fourspine stickleback Apeltes quadracus

Sheepshead minnow Cyprinodon variegatus

Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus

Spotfin killifish Fundulus luciae

Naked goby Gobiosoma bosc

Code goby Gobiosoma robustum

Rainwater killifish Lucania parva

Inland silverside Menidia beryllina

White perch Morone americana

Striped mullet Mugil cephalus

White mullet Mugil curema

Banded gunnel Pholis fasciata

Ninespine stickleback Pungitius pungitius

Hogchoker Trinectes maculatus



Fish ‑ Anadromous

Shortnose sturgeon Acipenser brevirostrum

Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser oxyrhynchus

Blueback herring Alosa aestivalis

Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus

American shad Alosa sapidissima

Gizzard shad Dorosoma cepedianum

Striped bass Morone saxatilis

Rainbow smelt Osmerus mordax

Sea lamprey Petromyzone marinus

Atlantic salmon Salmo salar

Fish ‑ Catadromous

American eel Anguilla rostrata


Fish ‑ Freshwater

Rock bass Ambloplites rupestris

Bowfin Amia calva

Goldfish Carassius auratus

Longnose sucker1 Catostomus catostomus

White sucker Catostomus commersoni

Slimy sculpin Cottus cognatus

Lake chub Couesius plumbeus

Grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella

Brook stickleback Culaea inconstans

Carp Cyprinus carpio

Tiger muskellunge E. lucius x E. masquinongy

Banded sunfish Enneacanthus obesus

Creek chubsucker Erimyzon oblongus

Redfin pickerel Esox americanus

Northern pike Esox lucius

Chain pickerel Esox niger

Swamp darter Etheostoma fusiforme

Johnny darter Etheostoma nigrum

Tessellated darter Etheostoma olmstedi

Cutlips minnow Exoglossum maxillingua

Banded killifish Fundulus diaphanus

Silvery minnow1 Hybognathus nuchalis

Eastern silvery minnow Hybognathus regius

White catfish Ictalurus catus

Black bullhead Ameirus melas

Yellow bullhead Ameirus natalis

Brown bullhead Ameirus nebulosus

Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus

American brook lamprey Lampetra appendix

Redbreast sunfish Lepomis auritus

Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosis

Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus

Ide Leuciscus idus

Burbot1 Lota lota

Pearl dace Margariscus margarita

Smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieui

Largemouth bass Micropterus salmoidies

Golden shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas

Pugnose shiner Notropis anogenus

Emerald shiner Notropis atherinoide

Bridle shiner Notropis bifrenatus

Common shiner Notropis cornutus

Blacknose shiner Notropis heterolepis

Spottail shiner Notropis hudsonius

Red shiner Notropis lutrensis

Mimic shiner Notropis volucellus

Tadpole madtom Noturus gyrinus

Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss

Kokanee Oncoryhnchus nerka

Yellow perch Perca flavescens

Northern redbelly dace Phoxinus eos

Finescale dace Phoxinus neogaeus

Bluntnose minnow Pimephales notatus

Fathead minnow Pimephales promelas

White crappie Pomoxis annularis

Black crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Round whitefish Prosopium cylindraceum

Blacknose dace Rhinichthys atratulus

Longnose dace Rhinichthys cataractae

Splake S. fontinalis x S. namacush

Brown trout Salmo trutta

Sunapee trout Salvelinus aureolus

Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis

Lake trout Salvelinus namaycush

Creek chub Semotilus atromaculatus

Fallfish Semotilus corporalis

Walleye Stizostedion vitreum vitreum

Tench Tinca tinca

Central mudminnow Umbra limi


1 State "species of special concern".
Fish ‑ Saltwater

American sand lance Ammodytes americanus

Bay anchovy Anchoa mitchilli

Hardhead catfish Arius felis

Silver perch Bairdiella chrysoura

Atlantic menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus

Crevalle jack Caranx hippos

Black sea bass Centropristis striata

Atlantic herring Clupea harengus

Lumpfish Cyclopterus lumpus

Weakfish Cyoscion regalis

Smallmouth flounder Etropus microstomus

Red cornetfish Fistularia petimba

Striped killifish Fundulus majalis

Threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus

Blackspotted stickleback Gasterosteus wheatlandi

Spot Leiostomus xanthurus

Goosefish Lophius americanus

Atlantic silverside Menidia menidia

Northern kingfish Menticirrhus saxatilis

Silver hake Merluccius bilinearis

Atlantic tomcod Microgadus tomcod

Smooth dogfish Mustelus canis

Grubby Myoxocephalus aenaeus

Longhorn sculpin Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus

Oyster toadfish Opsanus Tau

Summer flounder Paralichthys dentatus

Fourspot flounder Paralichthys oblongus

Butterfish Peprilus triacanthus

Rock gunnel Pholis gunnellus

Winter flounder Pleuronectes americanus

Yellowtail flounder Pleuronectes ferrugineus

Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix

Northern searobin Prionotus carolinus

Striped searobin Prionotus evolans

Clearnose skate Raja eglanteria

Little skate Raja erinacea

Atlantic mackerel Scomber scombrus

Windowpane Scophthalmus aquosus

Lookdown Selene vomer

Northern puffer Sphoeroides maculatus

Spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias

Scup Stenotomus chrysops

Atlantic needlefish Strongylura marina

Northern pipefish Syngnathus fuscus

Tautog Tautoga onitis

Cunner Tautogolabrus adspersus

Red hake Urophycis chuss



Spotted hake Urophycis regia


Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_____________ ____

Conserving the Nature of the Connecticut River Watershed www.fws.gov/r5soc


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