Fish Species of Mississippi

Name every freshwater fish species found in Mississippi

Includes species that only spend part of their life in freshwater

Only includes fish whose native range includes part of MS

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Scientific Name	Species
Acipenser oxyrinchus	Atlantic Sturgeon
Adinia xenica	Diamond Killifish
Agonostomus monticola	Mountain Mullet
Alosa alabamae	Alabama Shad
Alosa chrysochloris	Skipjack Herring
Ambloplites rupestris	Rock Bass
Ambloplites ariommus	Shadow Bass
Ameiurus melas	Black Bullhead
Ameiurus nebulosus	Brown Bullhead
Ameiurus natalis	Yellow Bullhead
Amia calva	Bowfin
Ammocrypta beanii	Naked Sand Darter
Ammocrypta vivax	Scaly Sand Darter
Ammocrypta meridiana	Southern Sand Darter
Ammocrypta clara	Western Sand Darter
Anchoa mitchilli	Bay Anchovy
Anguilla rostrata	American Eel
Aphredoderus sayanus	Pirate Perch
Aplodinotus grunniens	Freshwater Drum
Atractosteus spathula	Alligator Gar
Campostoma anomalum	Central Stoneroller
Campostoma oligolepis	Largescale Stoneroller
Carpiodes velifer	Highfin Carpsucker
Carpiodes cyprinus	Quillback
Carpiodes carpio	River Carpsucker
Centrarchus macropterus	Flier
Chrosomus erythrogaster	Southern Redbelly Dace
Cottus carolinae	Banded Sculpin
Crystallaria asprella	Crystal Darter
Ctenogobius boleosoma	Darter Goby
Cycleptus elongatus	Blue Sucker
Cycleptus meridionalis	Southeastern Blue Sucker
Cyprinella callistia	Alabama Shiner
Cyprinella venusta	Blacktail Shiner
Cyprinella camura	Bluntface Shiner
Cyprinella lutrensis	Red Shiner
Cyprinella spiloptera	Spotfin Shiner
Cyprinella whipplei	Steelcolor Shiner
Cyprinella galacura	Whitetail Shiner
Cyprinodon variegatus	Sheepshead Minnow
Dormitator maculatus	Fat Sleeper
Dorosoma cepedianum	Gizzard Shad
Dorosoma petenense	Threadfin Shad
Elassoma zonatum	Banded Pygmy Sunfish
Eleotris amblyopsis	Largescaled Spinycheek Sleeper
Enneacanthus gloriosus	Bluespotted Sunfish
Erimyzon sucetta	Lake Chubsucker
Erimyzon tenuis	Sharpfin Chubsucker
Erimyzon claviformis	Western Creek Chubsucker
Esox niger	Chain Pickerel
Esox americanus	Redfin Pickerel
Etheostoma zonifer	Backwater Darter
Etheostoma zonale	Banded Darter
Etheostoma rubrum	Bayou Darter
Etheostoma nigripinne	Blackfin Darter
Etheostoma duryi	Blackside Snubnose Darter
Etheostoma chlorosoma	Bluntnose Darter
Etheostoma lynceum	Brighteye Darter
Etheostoma proeliare	Cypress Darter
Etheostoma flabellare	Fantail Darter
Etheostoma parvipinne	Goldstripe Darter
Etheostoma blennioides	Greenside Darter
Etheostoma swaini	Gulf Darter
Etheostoma histrio	Harlequin Darter
Etheostoma nigrum	Johnny Darter
Etheostoma asprigene	Mud Darter
Etheostoma caeruleum	Rainbow Darter
Etheostoma rufilineatum	Redline Darter
Etheostoma artesiae	Redspot Darter
Etheostoma rupestre	Rock Darter
Etheostoma gracile	Slough Darter
Etheostoma simoterum	Snubnose Darter
Etheostoma stigmaeum	Speckled Darter
Etheostoma kennicotti	Stripetail Darter
Etheostoma fusiforme	Swamp Darter
Etheostoma lachneri	Tombigee Darter
Etheostoma raneyi	Yazoo Darter
Fundulus pulvereus	Bayou Killifish
Fundulus nottii	Bayou Topminnow
Fundulus olivaceus	Blackspotted Topminnow
Fundulus notatus	Blackstripe Topminnow
Fundulus euryzonus	Broadstripe Topminnow
Fundulus chrysotus	Golden Topminnow
Fundulus grandis	Gulf Killifish
Fundulus blairae	Lowland Topminnow
Fundulus confluentus	Marsh Killifish
Fundulus catenatus	Northern Studfish
Fundulus jenkinsi	Saltmarsh Topminnow
Fundulus dispar	Starhead Topminnow
Gambusia holbrooki	Eastern Mosquitofish
Gambusia affinis	Western Mosquitofish
Heterandria formosa	Least Killifish
Hiodon alosoides	Goldeye
Hiodon tergisus	Mooneye
Hybognathus hayi	Cypress Minnow
Hybognathus nuchalis	Mississippi Silvery Minnow
Hybopsis amblops	Bigeye Chub
Hybopsis winchelli	Clear Chub
Hybopsis amnis	Pallid Shiner
Hypentelium etowanum	Alabama Hogsucker
Hypentelium nigricans	Northern Hogsucker
Ichthyomyzon castaneus	Chestnut Lamprey
Ichthyomyzon gagei	Southern Brook Lamprey
Ictalurus furcatus	Blue Catfish
Ictalurus punctatus	Channel Catfish
Ictiobus cyprinellus	Bigmouth Buffalo
Ictiobus niger	Black Buffalo
Ictiobus bubalus	Smallmouth Buffalo
Labidesthes sicculus	Brook Silverside
Lepisosteus osseus	Longnose Gar
Lepisosteus platostomus	Shortnose Gar
Lepisosteus oculatus	Spotted Gar
Lepomis symmetricus	Bantam Sunfish
Lepomis macrochirus	Bluegill
Lepomis marginatus	Dollar Sunfish
Lepomis cyanellus	Green Sunfish
Lepomis megalotis	Longear Sunfish
Lepomis humilis	Orangespotted Sunfish
Lepomis microlophus	Redear Sunfish
Lepomis miniatus	Redspotted Sunfish
Lepomis gulosus	Warmouth
Lucania parva	Rainwater Killifish
Luxilus chrysocephalus	Striped Shiner
Lythrurus roseipinnis	Cherryfin Shiner
Lythrurus bellus	Pretty Shiner
Lythrurus umbratilis	Redfin Shiner
Lyrthrurus fumeus	Ribbon Shiner
Lythrurus fasciolaris	Scarlet Shiner
Macrhybopsis hyostoma	Shoal Chub
Macrhybopsis meeki	Sicklefin Chub
Macrhybopsis storeriana	Silver Chub
Menidia beryllina	Inland Silverside
Menidia audens	Mississippi Silverside
Micropheris brachyurus	Opossum Pipefish
Micropterus henshalli	Alabama Bass
Micropterus salmoides	Largemouth Bass
Micropterus spp.	Pearl River Bass
Micropterus dolomieu	Smallmouth Bass
Micropterus punctulatus	Spotted Bass
Minytrema melanops	Spotted Sucker
Morone saxatilis	Striped Bass
Morone chrysops	White Bass
Morone mississippiensis	Yellow Bass
Moxostoma duquesnii	Black Redhorse
Moxostoma poeciliurum	Blacktail Redhorse
Moxostoma erythrurum	Golden Redhorse
Moxostoma carinatum	River Redhorse
Moxostoma anisurum	Silver Redhorse
Moxostoma breviceps	Smallmouth Redhorse
Mugil cephalus	Striped Mullet
Mugil curema	White Mullet
Nocomis micropogon	River Chub
Notemigonus crysoleucas	Golden Shiner
Notropis boops	Bigeye Shiner
Notropis melanostomus	Blackmouth Shiner
Notropis wickliffi	Channel Shiner
Notropis petersoni	Coastal Shiner
Notropis atherinoides	Emerald Shiner
Notropis edwardraneyi	Fluvial Shiner
Notropis buchanani	Ghost Shiner
Notropis chalybaeus	Ironcolor Shiner
Notropis amplamala	Longjaw Minnow
Notropis longirostris	Longnose Shiner
Notropis volucellus	Mimic Shiner
Notropis ammophilus	Orangefin Shiner
Notropis blennius	River Shiner
Notropis baileyi	Rough Shiner
Notropis sabinae	Sabine Shiner
Notropis shumardi	Silverband Shiner
Notropis candidus	Silverside Shiner
Notropis stilbius	Silverstripe Shiner
Notropis maculatus	Taillight Shiner
Notropis texanus	Weed Shiner
Notropis rafinesquei	Yazoo Shiner
Noturus funebris	Black Madtom
Noturus miurus	Brindled Madtom
Noturus phaeus	Brown Madtom
Noturus munitus	Frecklebelly Madtom
Noturus nocturnus	Freckled Madtom
Noturus hildebrandi	Least Madtom
Noturus gladiator	Piebald Madtom
Noturus exilis	Slender Madtom
Noturus leptacanthus	Speckled Madtom
Noturus gyrinus	Tadpole Madtom
Opsopoedus emiliae	Pugnose Minnow
Percina nigrofasciata	Blackbanded Darter
Percina sciera	Dusky Darter
Percina lenticula	Freckled Darter
Percina evides	Gilt Darter
Percina suttkusi	Gulf Logperch
Percina caprodes	Logperch
Percina kathae	Mobile Logperch
Percina aurora	Pearl Darter
Percina shumardi	River Darter
Percina vigil	Saddleback Darter
Percina phoxocephala	Slenderhead Darter
Phenacobius mirabilis	Suckermouth Minnow
Pimephales notatus	Bluntnose Minnow
Pimephales vigilax	Bullhead Minnow
Poecilia latipinna	Sailfin Molly
Polyodon spathula	Paddlefish
Pomoxis nigromaculatus	Black Crappie
Pomoxis annularis	White Crappie
Pternotropis welaka	Bluenose Shiner
Pylodictis olivaris	Flathead Catfish
Sander canadensis	Sauger
Sander vitreus	Walleye
Scaphirhynchus albus	Pallid Sturgeon
Scaphirhynchus platorynchus	Shovelnose Sturgeon
Semotilus atromaculatus	Creek Chub
Stronglyura marina	Atlantic Needlefish
Trinectes maculatus	Hogchoker