Fish Species of Tennessee

Name every freshwater fish species found in Tennessee

Includes species that only spend part of their life in freshwater

Only includes fish whose native range includes part of TN

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Scientific Name	Species
Acipenser fulvescens	Lake Sturgeon
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
Anguilla rostrata	American Eel
Aphredoderus sayanus	Pirate Perch
Campostoma anomalum	Central Stoneroller
Campostoma oligolepis	Largescale Stoneroller
Carpiodes velifer	Highfin Carpsucker
Carpiodes cyprinus	Quillback
Carpiodes carpio	River Carpsucker
Catostomus commersonnii	White Sucker
Centrarchus macropterus	Flier
Chrosomus cumberlandensis	Blackside Dace
Chrosomus spp.	Clinch Dace
Chrosomus saylori	Laurel Dace
Chrosomus erythrogaster	Southern Redbelly Dace
Chrosomus tennesseensis	Tennessee Dace
Clinostomus funduloides	Rosyside Dace
Clinostomus spp.	Smoky Dace
Cottus carolinae	Banded Sculpin
Cottus baileyi	Black Sculpin
Cottus spp.	Clinch Sculpin
Cottus spp.	Holston Sculpin
Cottus bairdii	Mottled Sculpin
Crystallaria cincotta	Diamond Darter
Cycleptus elongatus	Blue Sucker
Cyprinella callistia	Alabama Shiner
Cyprinella venusta	Blacktail Shiner
Cyprinella caerulea	Blue Shiner
Cyprinella camura	Bluntface Shiner
Cyprinella lutrensis	Red Shiner
Cyprinella spiloptera	Spotfin Shiner
Cyprinella whipplei	Steelcolor Shiner
Cyprinella trichroistia	Tricolor Shiner
Cyrpinella galactura	Whitetail Shiner
Dorosoma cepedianum	Gizzard Shad
Dorosoma petenense	Threadfin Shad
Elassoma zonatum	Banded Pygmy Sunfish
Erimonax monacha	Spotfin Chub
Erimystax insignis	Blotched Chub
Erimystax cahni	Slender Chub
Erimystax dissimilis	Streamline Chub
Erimyzon sucetta	Lake Chubsucker
Erimyzon claviformis	Western Creek Chubsucker
Esox niger	Chain Pickerel
Esox masquinongy	Muskellunge
Esox americanus	Redfin Pickerel
Etheostoma sagitta	Arrow Darter
Etheostoma cinereum	Ashy Darter
Etheostoma zonale	Banded Darter
Etheostoma zonistium	Bandfin Darter
Etheostoma obeyense	Barcheek Darter
Etheostoma forbesi	Barrens Darter
Etheostoma nigripinne	Blackfin Darter
Etheostoma duryi	Blackside Snubnose Darter
Etheostoma blennius	Blenny Darter
Etheostoma sanguifluum	Bloodfin Darter
Etheostoma camurum	Bluebreast Darter
Etheostoma jimmycarter	Bluegrass Darter
Etheostoma akatulo	Bluemask Darter
Etheostoma jessiae	Blueside Darter
Etheostoma meadiae	Bluespar Darter
Etheostoma chlorosoma	Bluntnose Darter
Etheostoma wapiti	Boulder Darter
Etheostoma lynceum	Brighteye Darter
Etheostoma bison	Buffalo Darter
Etheostoma spp.	Caney Fork Darter
Etheostoma etnieri	Cherry Darter
Etheostoma cervus	Chickasaw Darter
Etheostoma sitikuense	Citico Darter
Etheostoma ditrema	Coldwater Darter
Etheostoma coosae	Coosa Darter
Etheostoma aquali	Coppercheek Darter
Etheostoma basilare	Corrugated Darter
Etheostoma corona	Crown Darter
Etheostoma gore	Cumberland Darter
Etheostoma susanae	Cumberland Darter
Etheostoma atripinne	Cumberland Snubnose Darter
Etheostoma proeliare	Cypress Darter
Etheostoma planasaxatile	Duck Darter
Etheostoma percnurum	Duskytail Darter
Etheostoma orientale	Eastrim Darter
Etheostoma pseudovulatum	Egg-Mimic Darter
Etheostoma baileyi	Emerald Darter
Etheostoma flabellare	Fantail Darter
Etheostoma pyrrhogaster	Firebelly Darter
Etheostoma crossopterum	Fringed Darter
Etheostoma denoncourti	Golden Darter
Etheostoma parvipinne	Goldstripe Darter
Etheostoma jordani	Greenbreast Darter
Etheostoma chlorobranchium	Greenfin Darter
Etheostoma blennioides	Greenside Darter
Etheostoma oophylax	Guardian Darter
Etheostoma histrio	Harlequin Darter
Etheostoma lawrencei	Headwater Darter
Etheostoma kantuckeense	Highland Rim Darter
Etheostoma brevirostrum	Holiday Darter
Etheostoma spp.	Ihiyo Darter
Etheostoma nigrum	Johnny Darter
Etheostoma neopterum	Lollypop Darter
Etheostoma spp.	Longhunt Darter
Etheostoma spp.	Mamequit Darter
Etheostoma marmorpinnum	Marbled Darter
Etheostoma asprigene	Mud Darter
Etheostoma bellum	Orangefin Darter
Etheostoma spectabile	Orangethroat Darter
Etheostoma caeruleum	Rainbow Darter
Etheostoma luteovinctum	Redband Darter
Etheostoma rufilineatum	Redline Darter
Etheostoma maydeni	Redlips Darter
Etheostoma rupestre	Rock Darter
Etheostoma flavum	Saffron Darter
Etheostoma acuticeps	Sharphead Darter
Etheostoma smithi	Slabrock Darter
Etheostoma boschungi	Slackwater Darter
Etheostoma gracile	Slough Darter
Etheostoma microlepidum	Smallscale Darter
Etheostoma simoterum	Snubnose Darter
Etheostoma olivaceum	Sooty Darter
Etheostoma obama	Spangled Darter
Etheostoma stigmaeum	Speckled Darter
Etheostoma barrenense	Splendid Darter
Etheostoma squamiceps	Spottail Darter
Etheostoma derivativum	Stone Darter
Etheostoma striatulum	Striated Darter
Etheostoma kennicottii	Stripetail Darter
Etheostoma swannanoa	Swannanoa Darter
Etheostoma barbouri	Teardrop Darter
Etheostoma tennesseense	Tennessee Darter
Etheostoma tippecanoe	Tippecanoe Darter
Etheostoma trisella	Trispot Darter
Etheostoma gutselli	Tuckasegee Darter
Etheostoma tuscumbia	Tuscumbia Darter
Etheostoma lemniscatum	Tuxedo Darter
Etheostoma occidentale	Westrim Darter
Etheostoma vulneratum	Wounded Darter
Forbesichthys agassizii	Spring Cavefish
Fundulus julisia	Barrens Topminnow
Fundulus notatus	Blackspotted Topminnow
Fundulus olivaceous	Blackstripe Topminnow
Fundulus chrysotus	Golden Topminnow
Fundulus catenatus	Northern Studfish
Fundulus stellifer	Southern Studfish
Fundulus dispar	Starhead Topminnow
Gambusia affinis	Western Mosquitofish
Hemitremia flammea	Flame Chub
Hiodon alosoides	Goldeye
Hiodon tergisus	Mooneye
Hybognathus hayi	Cypress Minnow
Hybognathus nuchalis	Mississippi Silvery Minnow
Hybognathus placitus	Plains Minnow
Hybopsis amblops	Bigeye Chub
Hybopsis lineapunctata	Lined Chub
Hybopsis amnis	Pallid Shiner
Hypentelium etowanum	Alabama Hogsucker
Hypentelium nigricans	Northern Hogsucker
Ichthyomyzon castaneus	Chestnut Lamprey
Ichthyomyzon greeleyi	Mountain Brook Lamprey
Ichthyomyzon bdellium	Ohio Lamprey
Ichthyomyzon unicuspis	Silver 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
Luxilus chrysocephalus	Striped Shiner
Luxilus coccogenis	Warpaint Shiner
Lythrurus lirus	Mountain Shiner
Lythrurus umbratilis	Redfin Shiner
Lythrurus 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
Micropterus henshalli	Alabama Bass
Micropterus salmoides	Largemouth Bass
Micropterus coosae	Redeye Bass
Micropterus dolomieu	Smallmouth Bass
Micropterus punctulatus	Spotted Bass
Minytrema melanops	Spotted Sucker
Morone chrysops	White Bass
Morone mississippiensis	Yellow Bass
Moxostoma duquesnii	Black Redhorse
Moxostoma poecilurum	Blacktail Redhorse
Moxostoma erythrurum	Golden Redhorse
Moxostoma carinatum	River Redhorse
Moxostoma macrolepidotum	Shorthead Redhorse
Moxostoma spp.	Sicklefin Redhorse
Moxostoma anisurum	Silver Redhorse
Moxostoma breviceps	Smallmouth Redhorse
Nocomis leptocephalus	Bluehead Chub
Nocomis effusus	Redtail Chub
Nocomis micropogon	River Chub
Notemigonus crysoleucas	Golden Shiner
Notropis rupestris	Bedrock Shiner
Notropis boops	Bigeye Shiner
Notropis asperifrons	Burrhead Shiner
Notropis wickliffi	Channel Shiner
Notropis xaenocephalus	Coosa Shiner
Notropis atherinoides	Emerald Shiner
Notropis buchanani	Ghost Shiner
Notropis micropteryx	Highland Shiner
Notropis volucellus	Mimic Shiner
Notropis spectrunculus	Mirror Shiner
Notropis ammophilus	Orangefin Shiner
Notropis albizonatus	Palezone Shiner
Notropis ariommus	Popeye Shiner
Notropis chrosomus	Rainbow Shiner
Notropis blennius	River Shiner
Notropis rubellus	Rosyface Shiner
Notropis rubricroceus	Saffron Shiner
Notropis stramineus	Sand Shiner
Notropis spp.	Sawfin Shiner
Notropis photogenis	Silver Shiner
Notropis shumardi	Silverband Shiner
Notropis stilbius	Silverstripe Shiner
Notropis maculatus	Taillight Shiner
Notropis telescopus	Telescope Shiner
Notropis leuciodus	Tennessee Shiner
Notropis texanus	Weed Shiner
Noturus miurus	Brindled Madtom
Noturus phaeus	Brown Madtom
Noturus crypticus	Chucky Madtom
Noturus elegans	Elegant Madtom
Noturus munitus	Frecklebelly Madtom
Noturus nocturnus	Freckled Madtom
Noturus hildebrandi	Least Madtom
Noturus eleutherus	Mountain Madtom
Noturus gladiator	Piebald Madtom
Noturus stanauli	Pygmy Madtom
Noturus fasciatus	Saddled Madtom
Noturus exilis	Slender Madtom
Noturus baileyi	Smoky Madtom
Noturus leptacanthus	Speckled Madtom
Noturus flavus	Stonecat
Noturus gyrinus	Tadpole Madtom
Noturus flavipinnis	Yellowfin Madtom
Opsopoedus emiliae	Pugnose Minnow
Percina antesella	Amber Darter
Percina nigrofasciata	Blackbanded Darter
Percina maculata	Blackside Darter
Percina burtoni	Blotchside Logperch
Percina kusha	Bridled Darter
Percina palmaris	Bronze Darter
Percina copelandi	Channel Darter
Percina jenkinsi	Conasauga Logperch
Percina sciera	Dusky Darter
Percina evides	Gilt Darter
Percina caprodes	Logperch
Percina macrocephala	Longhead Darter
Percina kathae	Mobile Logperch
Percina squamata	Olive Darter
Percina shumardi	River Darter
Percina vigil	Saddleback Darter
Percina williamsi	Sickle Darter
Percina phoxocephala	Slenderhead Darter
Percina tanasi	Snail Darter
Percina aurantiaca	Tangerine Darter
Percina apina	Tennessee Logperch
Phenacobius crassilabrum	Fatlips Minnow
Phenacobius catostomus	Riffle Minnow
Phenacobius uranops	Stargazing Minnow
Phenacobius mirabilis	Suckermouth Minnow
Pimephales notatus	Bluntnose Minnow
Pimephales vigilax	Bullhead Minnow
Pimephales promelas	Fathead Minnow
Polyodon spathula	Paddlefish
Pomoxis nigromaculatus	Black Crappie
Pomoxis annularis	White Crappie
Pylodictis olivaris	Flathead Catfish
Rhinichthys atratulus	Eastern Blacknose Dace
Rhinichthys cataractae	Longnose Dace
Rhinichthys obtusus	Western Blacknose Dace
Salvelinus fontinalis	Brook Trout
Sander canadensis	Sauger
Sander vitreus	Walleye
Scaphirhynchus albus	Pallid Sturgeon
Scaphirhynchus platyorynchus	Shovelnose Sturgeon
Semotilus atromaculatus	Creek Chub
Thoburnia atripinnis	Blackfin Sucker
Typhlichthys subterraneus	Southern Cavefish
Umbra limi	Central Mudminnow