Endemic Fish of the US by State

Name all the freshwater fish that are endemic to only one state

Only extant species considered (sorry F. albolineatus)

Species only found in one state but present in other countries excluded

Anadromous and catadromous species included

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Alabama
Speoplatyrhinus	Alabama Cavefish
Etheostoma	Alabama Darter
Percina	Bankhead Darter
Micropterus	Cahaba Bass
Notropis	Cahaba Shiner
Percina	Coal Darter
Pteronotropis	Orangetail Shiner
Cottus	Pygmy Sculpin
Etheostoma	Rush Darter
Notropis	Skygazer Shiner
Elassoma	Spring Pygmy Sunfish
Etheostoma	Tuscumbia Darter
Nothonotus	Tuskaloosa Darter
Etheostoma	Vermilion Darter
Micropterus	Warrior Bass
Etheostoma	Warrior Darter
Lythrurus	Warrior Shiner
Etheostoma	Watercress Darter

Arizona
Lepidomeda	Little Colorado Spinedace

Arkansas
Noturus	Caddo Madtom
Noturus	Ouachita Madtom
Etheostoma	Paleback Darter
Etheostoma	Strawberry Darter
Nothonotus	Yellowcheek Darter

California
Gila	Arroyo Chub
Lavinia	California Roach
Lavinia	Coastal Roach
Hypomesus	Delta Smelt
Lavinia	Gualala Roach
Mylopharodon	Hardhead
Lavinia	Hitch
Lampetra	Kern Brook Lamprey
Lavinia	Navarro Roach
Lavinia	Southern Coastal Roach
Cyprinodon	Owens River Pupfish
Catostomus	Owens Sucker
Cottus	Rough Sculpin
Orthodon	Sacramento Blackfish
Archoplites	Sacramento Perch
Ptychocheilus	Sacramento Pikeminnow
Catostomus	Santa Ana Sucker
Pogonichthys	Splittail
Hysterocarpus	Tule Perch

Florida
Jordanella	Flagfish
Etheostoma	Okaloosa Darter
Fundulus	Seminole Killifish

Georgia
Cyprinella	Altamaha Shiner
Micropterus	Chattahoochee Bass
Cottus	Chattahoochee Sculpin
Etheostoma	Cherokee Darter
Percina	Etowah Bridled Darter
Etheostoma	Etowah Darter
Cyprinella	Ocmulgee Shiner

Idaho
Cottus	Shoshone Sculpin
Cottus	Wood River Sculpin

Kentucky
Etheostoma	Kentucky Arrow Darter
Etheostoma	Kentucky Darter
Etheostoma	Relict Darter
Etheostoma	Shawnee Darter

Michigan
Coregonus	Ives Lake Cisco

Mississippi
Nothonotus	Bayou Darter
Etheostoma	Yazoo Darter
Notropis	Yazoo Shiner
Etheostoma	Yoknapatawpha Darter

Missouri
Percina	Bluestripe Darter
Etheostoma	Brook Darter
Etheostoma	Meramec Saddled Darter
Etheostoma	Missouri Saddled Darter
Etheostoma	Niangua Darter

Nevada
Chasmistes	Cui-ui
Eremichthys	Desert Dace

Cyprinodon	Devil's Hole Pupfish
Moapa	Moapa Dace
Empetrichthys	Pahrump Poolfish
Crenichthys	Railroad Valley Springfish
Relictus	Relict Dace
Lepidomeda	White River Spinedace
Crenichthys	White River Springfish
Cyprinodon	White Sands Pupfish

North Carolina
Notropis	Cape Fear Shiner
Noturus	Carolina Madtom
Lythrurus	Pinewoods Shiner
Etheostoma	Waccamaw Darter
Fundulus	Waccamaw Killifish
Menidia	Waccamaw Silverside

Oregon
Siphateles	Borax Lake Chub
Cottus	Klamath Lake Sculpin
Entosphenus	Miller Lake Lamprey
Lavinia	Northern Roach
Oregonichthys	Oregon Chub
Cottus	Slender Sculpin
Rhinichthys	Umpqua Dace
Oregonichthys	Umpqua Chub
Ptychocheilus	Umpqua Pikeminnow

South Carolina
Elassoma	Bluebarred Pygmy Sunfish
Etheostoma	Saluda Darter

Tennessee
Etheostoma	Barrens Darter
Fundulus	Barrens Topminnow
Notropis	Bedrock Shiner
Etheostoma	Bluemask Darter
Nothonotus	Caney Fork Darter
Etheostoma	Cherry Darter
Etheostoma	Chickasaw Darter
Noturus	Chucky Madtom
Etheostoma	Citico Darter
Nothonotus	Coppercheek Darter
Etheostoma	Corrugated Darter
Etheostoma	Duck Darter
Etheostoma	Egg-mimic Darter
Chrosomus	Laurel Dace
Etheostoma	Marbled Darter
Noturus	Pygmy Madtom
Etheostoma	Redband Darter
Noturus	Saddled Madtom
Noturus	Smoky Madtom
Etheostoma	Sooty Darter
Etheostoma	Spangled Darter
Etheostoma	Striated Darter
Percina	Tennessee Logperch

Texas
Macrhybopsis	Burrhead Chub
Gambusia	Clear Creek Gambusia
Cyprinodon	Comanche Springs Pupfish
Etheostoma	Fountain Darter
Micropterus	Guadalupe Bass
Dionda	Guadalupe Roundnose Minnow
Gambusia	Largespring Gambusia
Cyprinodon	Leon Springs Pupfish
Dionda	Manantial Roundnose Minnow
Dionda	Nueces Roundnose Minnow
Cyprinella	Plateau Shiner
Gambusia	San Felipe Gambusia
Notropis	Sharpnose Shiner
Notropis	Smalleye Shiner
Percina	Texas Logperch
Trogloglanis	Toothless Blindcat
Satan	Widemouth Blindcat

Utah
Chasmistes	June Sucker
Lepidomeda	Southern Leatherside Chub

Virginia
Etheostoma	Duskytail Darter
Notropis	Roughhead Shiner

Washington
Novumbra	Olympic Mudminnow