American Fish Adjectives

Can you name every adjective that is used in the common names of freshwater fishes found in the United States?

Fishes without an adjective not counted

Hawaiian and Alaskan fishes included

Extinct fishes excluded (sorry Harelip Sucker and Whiteline Topminnow fans)

My best has been done to include most splits and accepted undescribed species

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Adjective	#
Alabama Hog	1
Alabama	7
Alaskan Brook	1
Alaska	2
Alligator	1
Altamaha	1
Alvord	1
Amargosa	1
Amber	1
American Brook	1
American Freshwater	1
American	2
Amistad	1
Apalachee	1
Apalachicola	1
Appalachia	1
Arctic	3
Arkansas Greenside	1
Arkansas River Speckled	1
Arkansas River	1
Arkansas Saddled	1
Arkansas	1
Arrow	1
Arroyo	1
Ash Meadows	1
Ashy	1
Atlantic Highfin	1
Atlantic	2
Backwater	1
Banded Pygmy	1
Banded	5
Bandfin	2
Bannerfin	1
Bantam	1
Barcheek	1
Barrens	2
Bartram’s	1
Bayou	3
Bear Lake	2
Beautiful	1
Bedrock	1
Bering	1
Big Bend	1
Bigeye	3
Bigmouth	5
Black	6
Blackbanded	2
Blackchin	2
Blackfin	3
Blackmouth	1
Blacknose	1
Blackside Snubnose	1
Blackside	2
Blackspot	1
Blackspotted	1
Blackstripe Pirate	1
Blackstripe	1
Blacktail	2
Blacktip	2
Bleeding	1
Blenny	1
Bloodfin	1
Blotchcheek	1
Blotched	2
Blotchside	1
Blue Ridge	1
Blue	4
Blueback	1
Bluebarred Pygmy	1
Bluebreast	1
Blueface	1
Bluefin	2
Bluegrass	1
Bluehead	3
Bluemask	1
Bluenose	1
Blueside	2
Bluespar	1
Bluespotted	1
Bluestone	1
Bluestripe	2
Bluntface	1
Bluntnose	2
Bonneville	2
Borax Lake	1
Boulder	1
Brassy	2
Bridgelip	1
Bridle	1
Bridled	1
Brighteye	1
Brindled	1
Broadstripe	2
Broad	1
Bronze	1
Brook	4
Brown	3
Buck	1
Buffalo	1
Bull	2
Bullhead	1
Burrhead	2
Caddo	1
Cahaba	2
Calfkiller	1
California	1
Candy	1
Cane	1
Caney Fork	1
Cape Fear Broadtail	1
Cape Fear	1
Cardinal	1
Carmine	1
Carolina Fantail	1
Carolina Pygmy	1
Carolina	3
Cedar
Central Greenside	1
Central Longear	1
Central Rock	1
Central	2
Chain	1
Chainback	1
Channel	3
Chattahoochee	2
Cheat	1
Checkered	2
Cherokee	1
Cherry	1
Cherryfin	1
Chesapeake Fantail	1
Chesapeake	1
Chestnut	1
Chickasaw	1
Chihuahua	3
Chinook	1
Choctaw	1
Choctawhatchee	1
Christmas	1
Chub	1
Chucky	1
Chum	1
Citico	1
Clear Creek	1
Clear	1
Clinch	2
Clown	1
Coal	1
Coastal Cutthroat	1
Coastal	3
Coastrange	1
Coho	1
Coldwater	1
Collins	1
Colorado	1
Comanche Springs	1
Comely	1
Common	1
Conasauga	1
Conchos	2
Coosa	3
Copper	1
Coppercheek	1
Corrugated	1
Creek	1
Creole	1
Crescent	1
Crown	1
Crystal	1
Cumberland Plateau	1
Cumberland Snubnose	1
Cumberland	1
Current Saddled	1
Current	1
Cutlip	1
Cypress	2
Darter	1
Deepwater	2
Delta	1
Desert	3
Devil’s Hole	1
Devil’s River	1
Diamond	1
Dixie	1
Dollar	1
Dolly	1
Driftless	1
Duck	1
Dusky	2
Duskystripe	1
Duskytail	1
Eastern Blacknose	1
Eastern Creek	1
Eastern Ozark	1
Eastern Rock	1
Eastern Sand	1
Eastern Silvery	1
Eastern	2
Eastrim	1
Egg-mimic	1
Elegant	1
Emerald	2
Etowah Bridled	1
Etowah	2
Everglades Pygmy	1
Eyetail	1
Fantail	1
Fat	1
Fathead	1
Fatlips	1
Fieryblack	1
Finescale	1
Firebelly	1
Flagfin	1
Flame	1

Adjective	#
Flannelmouth	1
Flat	1
Flathead	2
Florida Sand	1
Florida	2
Fluvial	1
Fountain	1
Fourspine	1
Frecklebelly	1
Freckled	2
Freshwater	1
Fringed	1
Ghost	1
Gila	3
Gizzard	1
Glassy	1
Golden	4
Goldline	1
Goldstripe	1
Gravel	1
Gray	1
Greater	2
Green	2
Greenbreast	1
Greenfin	2
Greenhead	1
Greenside	1
Greenthroat	1
Grotto	1
Guadalupe Roundnose	1
Guadalupe	2
Gualala
Guardian	1
Gulf Coast Pygmy	1
Gulf	3
Gumbo	1
Halloween	1
Harlequin	1
Hawaiian Freshwater	1
Headwater	3
Hickory	2
Highback	1
Highfin	2
Highland Rim	1
Highland	2
Highlands Greenside	1
Highscale	1
Holiday	1
Holston	1
Hornyhead	1
Humpback	2
Ihiyo	1
Inland	1
Iowa	1
Ironcolor	1
Ives Lake	1
Johnny	1
June	1
Kanawha Rosyface	1
Kanawha	2
Karst
Kentucky	1
Kern Brook	1
Kiamichi	1
Klamath Lake	1
Klamath Largescale	1
Klamath Smallscale	1
Klamath	1
Knobfin	1
Lahontan Cutthroat	1
Lahontan	1
Lake	5
Largemouth	1
Largescale	2
Largescaled Spinycheek	1
Largespring	1
Laurel	1
Least Brook	1
Least	5
Leon Springs	1
Leopard	2
Lined	2
Lipstick	1
Little Colorado	2
Loach	1
Locust Fork	1
Lollypop	1
Longfin	3
Longhead	1
Longhunt	1
Longjaw	1
Longlip	1
Longnose	5
Lost River	1
Lower Coosa	1
Lowland Pirate	1
Lowland	1
Malheur	1
Mamequit	1
Manantial Roundnose	1
Mangrove	1
Marbled	2
Margined	2
Marsh	1
Meramec Saddled	1
Metallic	1
Mexican	1
Miller Lake	1
Mimic	1
Mirror	1
Mississippi Silvery	1
Mississippi	1
Missouri Saddled	1
Moapa	1
Mobile Sand	1
Mobile	1
Modoc Brook	1
Modoc	1
Mottled	1
Mountain Brook	1
Mountain Redbelly	1
Mountain	6
Mud	2
Muscadine	1
Nakea	1
Naked Sand	1
Naniha	1
Neosho	1
New River	1
Niangua	1
Ninespine	1
Nipigon	1
Nooksack	1
Nopoli Rockclimbing	1
Northern Brook	1
Northern Hog	1
Northern Leatherside	1
Northern Plains	1
Northern Redbelly	1
Northern	7
Notchlip	1
Nueces Roundnose	1
Ocmulgee	1
Ohio	1
Okaloosa	1
Okefenokee Pygmy	1
Olive	1
Olympic	1
Opossum	1
Orangebelly	1
Orangefin	3
Orangespotted	1
Orangetail	1
Orangethroat	1
Oregon	1
Ouachita	3
Owens River	1
Owens	1
Ozark Rainbow	1
Ozark	9
Pacific Staghorn	1
Pacific	1
Pahrump	1
Paiute	1
Paleback	1
Palezone	1
Pallid	2
Pealip	1
Pearl River	1
Pearl	2
Pecos	2
Pee Dee Broadtail	1
Peppered	1
Piebald	1
Piedmont	1
Pinewoods	2
Pit	1
Pit-Klamath Brook	1
Plains Longear	1
Plains	3
Plateau	2
Pond	1
Popeye	1
Potomac	1
Prairie	1
Pretty	1
Prickly	1
Proserpine	1
Pugnose	2
Pygmy	4
Railroad Valley	1
Rainbow	4
Rainwater	1
Razorback	1
Red River	2
Red	1
Redband	1
Redbreast	1
Redear	1
Redeye	2
Redface	1
Redfin	3
Redline	1
Redlip	1
Redlips	1
Redside	2
Redspot	2
Redspotted	1
Redtail	1
Relict	2
Reticulate	1
Ribbon	1
Riffle	2
Rio Grande Silvery	1

Adjective	#
Rio Grande	4
River	7
Riverweed	1
Roanoke Hog	1
Roanoke	2
Robust	1
Rock	2
Rocky Mountain Cutthroat	1
Rocky	1
Rosyface	2
Rosyside	1
Rough	2
Roughhead	2
Round	1
Roundnose	1
Roundtail	1
Ruddy	1
Rush	1
Russetfin	1
Rustyside	1
Sabine	1
Sacramento	4
Saddleback	1
Saddled	1
Saffron	2
Sailfin	2
Salish	1
Salt Creek	1
Saltmarsh	1
Saluda	1
San Felipe	1
San Marcos	1
Sand	2
Sandbar	1
Sandhills	1
Sandwich Island	1
Santa Ana	1
Santee	1
Satinfin	1
Savannah	1
Sawcheek	1
Sawfin	1
Scalyhead	1
Scaly Sand	1
Scarlet	1
Sea	1
Seagreen	1
Seminole	1
Sequatchie Blenny	1
Shadow	1
Sharpfin	1
Sharphead	1
Sharpnose	2
Shawnee	1
Sheepshead	1
Sheltowee	1
Sheltowee	1
Shield	1
Shiner	1
Shoal	2
Shorthead	2
Shortjaw	1
Shortnose	4
Shoshone	1
Shovelnose	1
Sickle	1
Sicklefin	2
Silver	5
Silverband	1
Silverjaw	1
Silverside	1
Silverstripe	1
Sipsey	1
Skipjack	1
Skygazer	1
Slabrock	1
Slackwater	1
Slashcheek	1
Slender	5
Slenderhead	1
Slim	1
Slimy	1
Slough	1
Smalleye	1
Smallmouth	3
Smallscale	1
Smallscaled Spinycheek	1
Smoky	1
Snail	2
Snake River	1
Snubnose	1
Sockeye	1
Sonora	2
Sonoyta	1
Sooty	1
Southeastern Blue	1
Southern Brook	1
Southern Leatherside	1
Southern Redbelly	1
Southern Sand	1
Southern	3
Spangled	1
Speckled	5
Splendid	1
Spoonhead	1
Spotfin	3
Spottail	3
Spotted	7
Spring Pygmy	1
Spring	1
Stargazing	2
Starhead	1
Steelcolor	1
Stippled	2
Stone	1
Strawberry	1
Streamline	1
Striated	1
Stripeback	1
Striped	5
Stripetail	1
Sturgeon	1
Suckermouth	1
Summer	1
Sunburst	1
Suwannee	1
Swallowtail	1
Swamp	1
Swampland Longear	1
Swannanoa	1
Tadpole	1
Tahoe	1
Taillight	1
Tallapoosa	4
Tamaulipas	1
Tangerine	1
Teardrop	1
Telescope	1
Tennessee	3
Tessellated	1
Texas	3
Tex-Mex	1
Thicklip	1
Thicktail	1
Thinlip	1
Threadfin	1
Threespine	1
Tippecanoe	1
Tombigee	1
Tonguetied	1
Toothless	1
Topeka	1
Torrent	2
Tricolor	1
Trispot	1
Tuckasegee	1
Tui	1
Tule	1
Turquoise	1
Tuscumbia	1
Tuskaloosa	1
Tuxedo	1
Umatilla	1
Umpqua	3
Upper Coosa	1
Utah lake	1
Utah	2
Variegate	1
Vermilion	1
Virgin river	1
Virgin	1
Volunteer	1
Waccamaw Broadtail	1
Waccamaw	3
Wall Canyon	1
Warioto	1
Warner	1
Warpaint	1
Warrior	3
Washita	1
Watercress	1
Wedgespot	1
Weed	1
West Texas	1
Western Blacknose	1
Western Brook	1
Western Creek	1
Western Creek	1
Western Gilt	1
Western Pirate	1
Western Sand	1
Western Silvery	1
Western	1
Westfalls	1
Westrim	1
Westslope Cutthroat	1
White River	3
White Sands	1
White	8
Whitefin	1
Whitemouth	1
Whitetail	1
Widemouth	1
Wildcat	1
Wood river	1
Wounded	1
Yaqui	3
Yazoo	2
Yellow	3
Yellowbelly Pirate	1
Yellowcheek	1
Yellowfin	2
Yoke	1
Yoknapatawpha	1