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
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