Fishes present in the Ichthyology Collection
Biodiversity Research Collections, EEB Dept. University of Connecticut
List compiled in 1993 by Al Basile, Graduate Assistant, Department of Natural Resources Management & Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, January 2017
NB: 702 species listed here
! notes by Schultz (at end)
^ missing
* species located in jar off shelves **LIS Species
| Acipenseridae – sturgeons | |
| * Acipenser brevirostrum Lesueur, 1818 | shortnose sturgeon |
| A. oxyrhynchus Mitchell, 1814 | Atlantic sturgeon |
| A. transmontanus Richardson, 1836 | white sturgeon |
| ^ Scaphirhynchus platorynchus (Rafinesque, 1820) | shovelnose sturgeon |
| Agonidae – poachers | |
| Agonopsis vulsa (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) | northern spearnose |
| Bathyagonus infraspinatus (Gilbert, 1904) | spinycheek starsnout |
| B. nigripinnis Gilbert, 1890 | blackfin poacher |
| Odontopyxis trispinosa Lockington, 1880 | pygmy poacher |
| Pallasina barbata (Steindachner, 1876) | tubenose poacher |
| Podothecus acipenserinus Tilesius, 1813 | sturgeon poacher |
| Amblyopsidae – cavefishes | |
| Chologaster cornuta Agassiz, 1853 | swampfish |
| Amiidae – bowfins | |
| Amia calva Linnaeus, 1766 | bowfin |
| Ammodytidae – sand lances | |
| ** Ammodytes americanus DeKay, 1842 | American sand lance |
| A. hexapterus Pallas, 1814 | Pacific sand lance |
| A. tobianus ?? | ?? |
| Anguillidae – freshwater eels | |
| ** Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817) | American eel |
| Antennariidae – frogfishes | |
| Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758) | sargassumfish |
| Aphredoderidae – pirate perches | |
| Aphredoderus sayanus (Gilliams, 1824) | pirate perch |
| Ariidae – sea catfishes | |
| Arius felis (Linnaeus, 1766) | hardhead catfish |
| Bagre marinus (Mitchell, 1815) | gafftopsail catfish |
| Atherinidae – silversides | |
| Atherinomorus stipes (Muller & Troschel, 1847) | hardhead silverside |
| Labidesthes sicculus (Cope, 1865) | brook silverside |
| Membras martinica (Valenciennes, 1835) | rough silverside |
| ** Menidia beryllina (Cope, 1866) | inland silverside |
| M. extensa Hubbs & Raney, 1946 | Waccamaw silverside |
| ** M. menidia (Linnaeus, 1766) | Atlantic silverside |
| Bagridae – bagrid catfishes | |
| Auchenoglanis biscutatus (Geoffroy Saint-Hillaire) | ?? |
| Bagrus bajad (Forsskal, 1775) | bayad |
| Balistidae – leatherjackets | |
| ** Aluterus schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792) | orange filefish |
| ** Monacanthus hispidus (Linnaeus, 1766) | planehead filefish |
| Bathymasteridae – ronquils | |
| Bathymaster signatus Cope, 1873 | searcher |
| Batrachoididae – toadfishes | |
| ** Opsanus tau (Linnaeus, 1766) | oyster toadfish |
| Porichthys notatus Girard, 1854 | plainfin midshipman |
| Belonidae – needlefishes | |
| ** Strongylura marina (Walbaum, 1792) | Atlantic needlefish |
| S. timucu (Walbaum, 1792) | timucu |
| Blenniidae – combtooth blennies | |
| Chasmodes bosquianus (Lacepede, 1800) | striped blenny |
| Bothidae – lefteye flounders | |
| Etropus crossotus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | fringed flounder |
| Paralichthys albigutta Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | gulf flounder |
| P. californicus (Ayres, 1859) | California halibut |
| ** P. dentatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | summer flounder |
| ** P. oblongus (Mitchell, 1815) | fourspot flounder |
| Pleuronectes ferrugineus (Storer, 1839) | yellowtail flounder |
| ** Scophthalmus aquosus (Mitchell, 1815) | windowpane |
| Carangidae – jacks | |
| Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787) | African pompano |
| Caranx bartholomaei Cuvier, 1833 | yellow jack |
| C. crysos (Mitchell, 1815) | blue runner |
| ** C. hippos (Linnaeus, 1766) | crevalle jack |
| ^** Decapterus punctatus (Cuvier, 1829) | round scad |
| Oligoplites saurus (Schneider, 1801) | leatherjacket |
| Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793) | bigeye scad |
| Selene setapinnis (Mitchell, 1815) | Atantic moonfish |
| ^** Seriola zonata (Mitchell, 1815) banded rudderfish | banded rudderfish |
| ** Trachinotus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1766) | Florida pompano |
| T. falcatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | permit |
| Trachurus lathami Nichols, 1920 | rough scad |
| Carcharhinidae – requiem sharks | |
| Mustelus canis (Mitchell, 1815) | smooth dogfish |
| Catostomidae – suckers | |
| Carpiodes carpio (Rafinesque, 1820) | river carpsucker |
| C. cyprinus (Lesueur, 1817) | quillback |
| C. velifer (Rafinesque, 1820) | highfin carpsucker |
| Catostomus catostomus (Forster, 1773) | longnose sucker |
| C. clarki Baird & Girard, 1854 | desert sucker |
| C. columbianus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1893) | bridgelip sucker |
| C. commersoni (Lacepede, 1803) | white sucker |
| C. discobolus Cope, 1872 | bluehead sucker |
| C. fumeiventris Miller, 1973 | Owens sucker |
| C. insignis Baird & Girard, 1854 | Sonora sucker |
| C. latipinnis Baird & Girard, 1853 | flannelmouth sucker |
| C. macrocheilus Girard, 1856 | largescale sucker |
| C. occidentalis Ayres, 1854 | Sacramento sucker |
| C. platyrhynchus (Cope, 1874) | mountain sucker |
| C. tahoensis Gill & Jordan, 1878 | Tahoe sucker |
| * Cycleptus elongatus (Lesueur, 1817) | blue sucker |
| Erimyzon oblongus (Mitchell, 1814) | creek chubsucker |
| E. sucetta (Lacepede, 1803) | lake chubsucker |
| E. tenuis (Agassiz, 1855) | sharpfin chubsucker |
| Hypentelium etowanum (Jordan, 1877) | Alabama hog sucker |
| H. nigricans (Lesueur, 1817) | northern hog sucker |
| H. roanokense Raney & Lachner, 1947 | Roanoke hog sucker |
| Ictiobus bubalus (Rafinesque, 1818) | smallmouth buffalo |
| I. cyprinellus (Valenciennes, 1844) | bigmouth buffalo |
| Minytrema melanops (Rafinesque, 1820) | spotted sucker |
| Moxostoma anisurum (Rafinesque, 1820) | silver redhorse |
| M. ariommum Robins & Raney, 1956 | bigeye jumprock |
| M. atripinne Bailey, 1959 | blackfin sucker |
| M. carinatum (Cope, 1870) | river redhorse |
| M. cervinum (Cope, 1868) | black jumprock |
| M. duquesnei (Lesueur, 1817) | black redhorse |
| M. erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818) | golden redhorse |
| M. hamiltoni (Raney & Lachner, 1946) | rustyside sucker |
| M. lachneri Robins & Raney, 1956 | greater jumprock |
| M. macrolepidotum (Lesueur, 1817) | shorthead redhorse |
| M. pappillosum (Cope, 1870) | suckermouth redhorse |
| M. poecilurum (Jordan, 1877) | blacktail redhorse |
| M. rhothoecum (Thoburn, 1896) | torrent sucker |
| M. robustum (Cope, 1870) | smallfin redhorse |
| M. rupiscartes Jordan & Jenkins 1889 | striped jumprock |
| Centrarchidae – sunfishes | |
| Acantharchus pomotis (Baird, 1855) | mud sunfish |
| Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817) | rock bass |
| Archoplites interruptus (Girard, 1854) | Sacramento perch |
| Centrarchus macropterus (Lacepede, 1801) | flier |
| Elassoma evergladei Jordan, 1884 | Everglades pygmy sunfish |
| E. okefenokee Bohlke, 1956 | Okefenokee pygmy sunfish |
| E. zonatum Jordan, 1877 | banded pygmy sunfish |
| Enneacanthus chaetodon (Baird, 1855) | blackbanded sunfish |
| E. gloriosus (Holbrook, 1855) | bluespotted sunfish |
| E. obesus (Girard, 1854) | banded sunfish |
| Lepomis auritus (Linnaeus, 1758) | redbreast sunfish |
| L. cyanellus Rafinesque, 1819 | green sunfish |
| L. gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758) | pumpkinseed |
| L. gulosus (Cuvier, 1829) | warmouth |
| L. humilus (Girard 1858) | orangespotted sunfish |
| L. macrochirus Rafinesque, 1819 | bluegill |
| L. marginatus (Holbrook, 1855) | dollar sunfish |
| L. megalotis (Rafinesque, 1820) | longear sunfish |
| L. microlophus (Gunther, 1859) | redear sunfish |
| L. punctatus (Valenciennes, 1831) | spotted sunfish |
| Micropterus coosae Hubbs & Bailey, 1940 | redeye bass |
| M. dolomieu Lacepede, 1802 | smallmouth bass ! |
| M. notius Bailey & Hubbs, 1949 | Suwannee bass |
| M. punctulatus (Rafinesque, 1819) | spotted bass |
| M. salmoides (Lacepede, 1802) | largemouth bass |
| Pomoxis annularis Rafinesque, 1818 | white crappie |
| P. nigromaculatus (Lesueur, 1829) | black crappie |
| Centropomidae – snooks | |
| Lates niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Nile perch |
| Characidae – characins | |
| Alestes baremoze (Joannis) | ?? |
| A. nurse (Ruppell, 1832) | nurse tetra |
| Astyanax mexicanus (Filippi) | mexican tetra |
| Hyphessobrycan arnoldi (??) | ?? |
| Chimaeridae – chimaeras | |
| Hydrolagus colliei (Lay & Bennett, 1839) | spotted ratfish |
| Cichlidae – cichlids | |
| Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum (Baird & Girard, 1854) | RioGrande cichlid |
| C. steindachneri (Jordan & Snyder) | ?? |
| Tilapia aurea (Steindachner, 1864) | blue tilapia |
| T. galilaea (Linnaeus) | Galilee cichlid |
| T. nilotica (Linnaeus) | Nile-mouth brooder |
| T. zilli (Gervais) | redbelly tilapia |
| Clariidae – labyrinth catfishes | |
| Clarias anguillaris (Linnaeus) | ?? |
| C. batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758) | walking catfish |
| Clinidae – clinids | |
| Labrisomus nuchipinnis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) | hairy blenny |
| Clupeidae – herrings | |
| Alosa aestivalis (Mitchell, 1814) | blueback herring |
| A. alabamae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 | Alabama shad |
| A. chrysochloris (Rafinesque, 1820) | skipjack herring |
| A. mediocris (Mitchell, 1814) | hickory shad |
| A. pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811) | alewife |
| ** A. sapidissima (Wilson, 1811) | American shad |
| ** Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe, 1802) | Atlantic menhaden |
| ** Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 | Atlantic herring |
| Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur, 1818) | gizzard shad |
| D. petenense (Gunther, 1867) | threadfin shad |
| ^ ** Etrumeus teres (DeKay, 1842) | round herring |
| Opisthonema oglinum (Lesueur, 1817) | Atlantic thread herring |
| Cobitidae – loaches | |
| Cobitis aurata Karaman | ?? |
| Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor) | Oriental weatherfish |
| Nemachilus barbatulus Linnaeus | ?? |
| Congridae – conger eels | |
| ^ ** Conger oceanicus (Mitchell, 1814) | conger eel |
| Cottidae – sculpins | |
| Artedius fenestralis Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 | padded sculpin |
| Ascelichthys rhodorus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 | rosylip sculpin |
| Blepsias cirrhosus (Pallas, 1814) | silver spotted sculpin |
| Chitonotus pugetensis (Steindachner, 1876) | roughback sculpin |
| Clinocottus globiceps (Girard, 1857) | mosshead sculpin |
| Cottus aleuticus Gilbert, 1896 | coastrange sculpin |
| C. baileyi Robins, 1961 | black sculpin |
| C. bairdi Girard, 1850 | mottled sculpin |
| C. beldingi Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1891 | Paiute sculpin |
| C. carolinae (Gill, 1861) | banded sculpin |
| C. cognatus Richardson, 1836 | slimy sculpin |
| C. gulosus (Girard, 1854) | riffle sculpin |
| C. perplexus Gilbert & Evermann, 1894 | reticulate sculpin |
| C. pygmaeus Williams, 1968 | Pygmy sculpin |
| C. rhotheus (Smith, 1882) | torrent sculpin |
| Dasycottus setiger Bean, 1890 | spinyhead sculpin |
| Enophrys bison (Girard, 1854) | buffalo sculpin |
| ** Hemitripterus americanus (Gmelin, 1789) | sea ravem |
| H. bolini (Myers, 1934) | bigmouth sculpin |
| Icelinus borealis Gilbert, 1896 | northern sculpin |
| Icelus spiniger Gilbert, 1896 | thorny sculpin |
| Leptocottus armatus Girard, 1854 | Pacific staghorn sculpin |
| ** Myoxocephalus aenaeus (Mitchell, 1814) | grubby |
| ** M. octodecemspinosus (Mitchell, 1814) | longhorn sculpin |
| M. polyacanthocephalus (Pallas, 1814) | great sculpin |
| M. quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758) | fourhorn sculpin |
| ** M. scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758) | shorthorn sculpin |
| Nautichthys oculofasciatus (Girard, 1857) | sailfin sculpin |
| Oligocottus maculosus Girard, 1856 | tidepool sculpin |
| Psychrolutes paradoxus Gunther, 1861 | tadpole sculpin |
| Radulinus asprellus Gilbert, 1890 | slim sculpin |
| ^ Scorpaenichthys marmoratus (Ayres, 1854) | cabezon |
| Triglops macellus (Bean, 1883) | roughspine sculpin |
| Cryptacanthodidae – wrymouths | |
| Cryptacanthodes aleutensis (Gilbert, 1896) | dwarf wrymouth |
| Cyclopteridae – snail fishes | |
| Liparis atlanticus (Jordan & Evermann, 1898) | Atlantic seasnail |
| L. florae (Jordan & Starks, 1895) | tidepool snailfish |
| Cyprinidae – carps and minnows | |
| Abramis bjoerkna (Linnaeus, 1758) | silver bream |
| Acrocheilus alutaceus Agassiz & Pickering, 1855 | chiselmouth |
| Agosia chrysogaster Girard, 1856 | longfin dace |
| Alburnoides bipunctatus (Bloch, 1782) | schneider |
| Alburnus alburnus (Linnaeus, 1758) | bleak |
| Barbus barbus (Linnaeus, 1758) | barbel |
| Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque, 1820) | central stoneroller |
| Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) | goldfish |
| Chelaethiops brevanalis Daget | ?? |
| Chondrostoma nasus (Linnaeus, 1758) | nasling |
| Clinostomus elongatus (Kirtland, 1838) | redside dace |
| C. funduloides Girard, 1856 | rosyside dace |
| Couesius plumbeus (Agassiz, 1850) | lake chub |
| Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844) | grass carp |
| Cyprinella analostana Girard, 1859 | satinfin shiner |
| Cyprinella caerulea (Jordan, 1877) | blue shiner |
| Cyprinella callistia (Jordan, 1877) | Alabama shiner |
| Cyprinella camura (Jordan & Meek, 1884) | bluntface shiner |
| Cyprinella galactura (Cope, 1868) | whitetail shiner |
| Cyprinella labrosa (Cope, 1870) | thicklip chub |
| Cyprinella leedsi (Fowler, 1942) | bannerfin shiner |
| Cyprinella lutrensis (Baird & Girard, 1853) | red shiner |
| Cyprinella nivea (Cope, 1870) | whitefin shiner |
| Cyprinella pyrrhomelas (Cope, 1870) | fieryblack shiner |
| Cyprinella spiloptera (Cope, 1868) | spotfin shiner |
| Cyprinella trichroistia (Jordan & Gilbert, 1878) | tricolor shiner |
| Cyprinella venusta Girard, 1856 | blacktail shiner |
| Cyprinella whipplei Girard, 1856 | steelcolor shiner |
| Cyprinella xaenura (Jordan, 1877) | Altamaha shiner |
| Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758 | common carp |
| Erimystax dissimilis (Kirtland, 1840) | streamline chub |
| E. insignis (Hubbs & Crowe, 1956) | blotched chub |
| E. x-punctatus (Hubbs & Crowe, 1956) | gravel chub |
| Exoglossum laurae (Hubbs, 1931) | tonguetied minnow |
| E. maxillingua (Lesueur, 1817) | cutlips minnow |
| Gila atraria (Girard, 1856) | Utah chub |
| G. copei (Jordan & Gilbert, 1881) | leatherside chub |
| G. ditaenia Miller, 1945 | Sonora chub |
| G. pandora (Cope, 1872) | Rio Grande chub |
| G. robusta Baird & Girard, 1853 | roundtail chub |
| Gobio gobio (Linnaeus, 1758) | gudgeon |
| Hemitremia flammea (Jordan & Gilbert, 1878) | flame chub |
| Hesperoleucus symmetricus (Baird & Girard, 1854) | California roach |
| Hybognathus hankinsoni Hubbs, 1929 | brassy minnow |
| H. hayi Jordan, 1885 | cypress minnow |
| H. nuchalis Agassiz, 1855 | Mississippi silvery minnow |
| H. placitus Girard, 1856 | plains minnow |
| Labeo chariensis Pellegrin | ?? |
| L. senegalensis Cuvier & Vallenciennes | ?? |
| Lavinia exilicauda Baird & Girard, 1854 | hitch |
| Leuciscus cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) | European chub |
| L. idus Linnaeus, 1758 | ide |
| Luxilus albeolus (Jordan, 1899) | white shiner |
| L. cerasinus (Cope, 1868) | crescent shiner |
| L. chrysocephalus Rafinesque, 1820 | striped shiner |
| L. coccogenis (Cope, 1868) | warpaint shiner |
| L. cornutus (Mitchell, 1817) | common shiner |
| L. pilsbryi (Fowler, 1904) | duskystripe shiner |
| L. zonistius Jordan, 1880 | bandfin shiner |
| Lythrurus ardens (Cope, 1868) | rosefin shiner |
| L. fumeus (Evermann, 1892) | ribbon shiner |
| L. lirus (Jordan, 1877) | mountain shiner |
| L. roseipinnis (Hay, 1885) | cherryfin shiner |
| L. umbratilis (Girard, 1856) | redfin shiner |
| Macrhybopsis aestivalis (Girard, 1856) | speckled chub |
| M. storeriana (Kirtland, 1847) | silver chub |
| Margariscus margarita Cope, 1868 | pearl dace |
| Meda fulgida Girard, 1856 | spikedace |
| Mylocheilus caurinus (Richardson, 1836) | peamouth |
| Nocomis asper Lachner & Jenkins, 1971 | redspot chub |
| N. biguttatus (Kirtland, 1840) | hornyhead chub |
| N. leptocephalus (Girard, 1856) | bluehead chub |
| N. micropogon (Cope, 185) | river chub |
| Notemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchell, 1814) | golden shiner |
| Notropis alborus Hubbs & Raney, 1947 | whitemouth shiner |
| N. altipinnis (Cope, 1870) | highfin shiner |
| N. amblops (Rafinesque, 1820) | bigeye chub |
| N. amoenus (Abbott, 1874) | comely shiner |
| N. ariommus (Cope, 1868) | popeye shiner |
| N. asperifrons Suttkus & Raney, 1955 | burrhead shiner |
| N. atherinoides Rafinesque, 1818 | emerald shiner |
| N. bifrenatus (Cope, 1869) | bridle shiner |
| N. blennius (Girard, 1856) | river shiner |
| N. boops Gilbert, 1884 | bigeye shiner |
| N. buccatus (Cope, 1865) | silverjaw minnow |
| N. buchanani Meek, 1896 | ghost shiner |
| N. chalybaeus (Cope, 1869) | ironcolor shiner |
| N. chihuahua Woolman, 1892 | Chihuahua shiner |
| N. chiliticus (Cope, 1870) | redlip shiner |
| N. chlorocephalus (Cope, 1870) | greenhead shiner |
| N. chrosomus (Jordan, 1877) | rainbow shiner |
| N. cummingsae Myers, 1925 | dusky shiner |
| N. dorsalis (Agassiz, 1854) | bigmouth shiner |
| N. girardi Hubbs & Ortenburger, 1929 | Arkansas River shiner |
| N. greenei Hubbs & Ortenburger, 1929 | wedgespot shiner |
| N. harperi Fowler, 1941 | redeye chub |
| N. heterodon (Cope, 1865) | blackchin shiner |
| N. heterolepsis Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1893 | blacknose shiner |
| N. hudsonius (Clinton, 1824) | spottail shiner |
| N. hypselopterus (Gunther, 1868) | sailfin shiner |
| N. hypsilepis Suttkus & Raney, 1955 | highscale shiner |
| N. hypsinotus (Cope, 1870) | highback chub |
| N. leuciodus (Cope, 1868) | Tennessee shiner |
| N. lineapunctatus (Clemmer & Suttkus, 1971) | lined chub |
| N. longirostris (Hay, 1881) | longnose shiner |
| N. lutipinnis (Jordan & Brayton, 1878) | yellowfin shiner |
| N. maculatus (Hay, 1881) | taillight shiner |
| N. nubilus (Forbes, 1878) | ozark minnow |
| N. ortenburgeri Hubbs, 1927 | Kiamichi shiner |
| N. petersoni Fowler, 1942 | coastal shiner |
| N. photogenis (Cope, 1865) | silver shiner |
| N. procne (Cope, 1865) | swallowtail shiner |
| N. rubellus (Agassiz, 1850) | rosyface shiner |
| N. rubescens Bailey, 1991 | rosyface chub |
| N. rubricroceus (Cope, 1868) | saffron shiner |
| N. sabinae Jordan & Gilbert, 1886 | Sabine shiner |
| N. scabriceps (Cope, 1868) | New River shiner |
| N. scepticus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883) | sandbar shiner |
| N. shumardi (Girard, 1856) | silverband shiner |
| N. signipinnis Bailey & Suttkus, 1952 | flagfin shiner |
| N. spectrunculus (Cope, 1868) | mirror shiner |
| N. stilbius (Jordan, 1877) | silverstripe shiner |
| N. stramineus (Cope, 1865) | sand shiner |
| N. telescopus (Cope, 1868) | telescope shiner |
| N. texanus (Girard, 1856) | weed shiner |
| N. topeka (Gilbert, 1884) | Topeka shiner |
| N. volucellus (Cope, 1865) | mimic shiner |
| N. xaenocephalus (Jordan, 1877) | Coosa shiner |
| Opsopoeodus emiliae (Hay, 1881) | pugnose minnow |
| Orthodon microlepidotus (Ayres, 1854) | Sacramento blackfish |
| Phenacobius catostomus Jordan, 1877 | riffle minnow |
| P. crassilabrum Minckley & Craddock, 1962 | fatlips minnow |
| P. mirabilis (Girard, 1856) | suckermouth minnow |
| P. teretulus Cope, 1867 | Kanawha minnow |
| P. uranops Cope, 1867 | stargazing minnow |
| Phoxinus cumberlandensis Starnes & Starnes, 1978 | blackside dace |
| P. eos (Cope, 1862) | northern redbelly dace |
| P. erythrogaster (Rafinesque, 1820) | southern redbelly dace |
| P. neogaeus Cope, 1868 | finescale dace |
| P. oreas (Cope, 1868) | mountain redbelly dace |
| P. phoxinus Linnaeus | ?? |
| Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque, 1820) | bluntnose minnow |
| P. promelas Rafinesque, 1820 | fathead minnow |
| P. tenellus (Girard, 1856) | slim minnow |
| P. vigilax (Baird & Girard, 1853) | bullhead minnow |
| Platygobio gracilis (Richardson, 1836) | flathead chub |
| Pogonichthys macrolepidotus (Ayres, 1854) | splittail |
| Ptychocheilus grandis (Ayres, 1854) | Sacramento squawfish |
| P. oregonensis (Richardson, 1836) | northern squawfish |
| Rhinichthys atratulus (Hermann, 1804) | blacknose dace |
| R. cataractae (Valenciennes, 1842) | longnose dace |
| R. osculus (Girard, 1856) | speckled dace |
| Rhodeus sericeus (Pallas, 1776) | bitterling |
| Richardsonius balteatus (Richardson, 1836) | redside dace |
| R. egregius (Girard, 1858) | Lahonton redside |
| Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill, 1818) | creek chub |
| S. corporalis (Mitchill, 1817) | fallfish |
| Vimba vimba (Linnaeus, 1758) | vimba |
| Cyprinodontidae – Killifishes | |
| Adinia xenica (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | diamond killifish |
| Cyprinodon macularius Baird & Girard, 1853 | desert pupfish |
| C. nevadensis Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 | Amargosa pupfish |
| C. salinus Miller, 1943 | Salt Creek pupfish |
| ** C. variegatus Lacepede, 1803 | sheepshead minnow |
| Fundulus catenatus (Storer, 1846) | northern studfish |
| F. chrysotus (Gunther, 1866) | golden topminnow |
| F. confluentes Goode & Bean, 1879 | marsh killifish |
| ** F. diaphanus (Lesueur, 1817) | banded killifish |
| F. grandis Baird & Girard, 1853 | gulf killifish |
| ** F. heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766) | mummichog |
| F. jenkinsi (Evermann, 1892) | saltmarsh topminnow |
| ** F. luciae (Baird, 1855) | spotfin killifish |
| ** F. majalis (Walbaum, 1792) | striped killifish |
| F. notatus (Rafinesque, 1820) | blackstripe topminnow |
| F. notti (Agassiz, 1854) | bayou topminnow |
| F. olivaceus (Storer, 1845) | blackspotted topminnow |
| F. pulvereus (Evermann, 1892) | bayou killifish |
| F. rathbuni Jordan & Meek, 1889 | speckled killifish |
| F. sciadicus Cope, 1865 | plains topminnow |
| F. seminolis Girard, 1859 | Seminole killifish |
| F. similis (Baird & Girard, 1853) | longnose killifish |
| F. stellifer (Jordan, 1877) | southern studfish |
| F. waccamensis Hubbs & Raney, 1946 | Waccamaw killifish |
| F. zebrinus Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 | plains killifish |
| Jordanella floridae Goode & Bean, 1879 | flagfish |
| Lucania goodei Jordan, 1880 | bluefin killifish |
| ** L. parva (Baird & Girard, 1855) | rainwater killifish |
| Dasyatidae – stingrays | |
| Urolophus halleri Cooper, 1863 | round stingray |
| Diodontidae – porcupinefishes | |
| ** Chilomycterus schoepfi (Walbaum, 1792) | striped burrfish |
| Echeneidae – remoras | |
| ** Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758 | sharksucker |
| Eleotridae – sleepers | |
| Dormitator maculatus (Bloch, 1785) | fat sleeper |
| Elopidae – tarpons | |
| ** Elops saurus Linnaeus, 1766 | ladyfish |
| Embiotocidae – surfperches | |
| Amphistichus argenteus Agassiz, 1854 | barred surfperch |
| Cymatogaster aggregata Gibbons, 1854 | shiner perch |
| Embiotoca lateralis Agassiz, 1854 | striped seaperch |
| Hyperprosopon argenteum Gibbons, 1854 | walleye surfperch |
| Micrometrus minimus (Gibbons, 1854) | dwarf perch |
| Phanerodon furcatus Girard, 1854 | white seaperch |
| Rhacochilus vacca (Girard, 1855) | pile perch |
| Engraulidae – achovies | |
| Anchoa compressa (Girard, 1858) | deepbody anchovy |
| ** A. hepsetus (Linnaeus, 1758) | striped anchovy |
| ** A. mitchilli (Valenciennes, 1848) | bay anchovy |
| Engraulis mordax Girard, 1854 | northern anchovy |
| Ephippidae – spadefishes | |
| Chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet, 1782) | Atlantic spadefish |
| Esocidae – pikes | |
| Esox americanus vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846 | grass pickerel |
| E. lucius Linnaeus, 1758 | northern pike |
| E. niger Lesueur, 1818 | chain pickerel |
| Exocoetidae – flying fishes | |
| Hyporhamphus unifasciatus (Ranzini, 1842) | silverstripe halfbeak |
| Gadidae – codfishes | |
| Boreogadus saida (Lepechin, 1774) | Arctic cod |
| ** Enchelyopus cimbrius (Linnaeus, 1766) | fourbeard rockling |
| Gadus macrocephalus Tilesius, 1810 | Pacific cod |
| * **G. morhua Linnaeus, 1758 | Atlantic cod |
| Lota lota (Linnaeus, 1758) | burbot |
| * Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1758) | haddock |
| ** Merluccius bilinearis (Mitchill, 1814) | silver hake |
| ** Microgadus tomcod (Walbaum, 1792) | Atlantic tomcod |
| ** Pollachius virens (Linnaeus, 1758) | pollock |
| Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1814) | walleye pollock |
| ** Urophycis chuss (Walbaum, 1792) | red hake |
| U. floridana (Bean & Dresel, 1884) | southern hake |
| ** U. regia (Walbaum, 1792) | spotted hake |
| Gasterosteidae – sticklebacks | |
| ** Apeltes quadracus (Mitchill, 1815) | fourspine stickleback |
| Aulorhynchus flavidus Gill, 1861 | tube-snout |
| Culaea inconstans (Kirtland, 1841) | brook stickleback |
| ** Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 | threespine stickleback |
| ** Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758) | ninespine stickleback |
| Gerreidae – mojarras | |
| Diapterus plumieri (Cuvier, 1830) | striped mojarra |
| Eucinostomus argenteus Baird & Girard, 1855 | spotfin mojarra |
| E. gula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) | silver jenny |
| Gobiesocidae – clingfishes | |
| Gobiesox maeandricus (Girard, 1858) | northern clingfish |
| Gobiidae – gobies | |
| Clevelandia ios (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | arrow goby |
| ** Gobiosoma bosc (Lacepede, 1800) | naked goby |
| Microgobius gulosus (Girard, 1858) | clown goby |
| Haemulidae – grunts | |
| Anisotremus davidsoni (Steindachner, 1875) | sargo |
| Haemulon flavolineatum (Desmarest, 1823) | French grunt |
| Orthopristis chrysoptera (Linnaeus, 1766) | pigfish |
| Hexagrammidae – greenlings | |
| Hexagrammos decagrammus (Pallas, 1810) | Kelp greenling |
| Ophiodon elongatus Girard, 1854 | lingcod |
| Hiodontidae – mooneyes | |
| Hiodon alosoides (Rafinesque, 1819) | goldeye |
| Ictaluridae – bullhead catfishes | |
| Ameiurus brunneus (Jordan, 1877) | snail bullhead |
| A. catus (Linnaeus, 1758) | white catfish |
| A. melas (Rafinesque, 1820) | black bullhead |
| A. natalis (Lesueur, 1819) | yellow bullhead |
| A. nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819) | brown bullhead |
| A. platycephalus (Girard, 1859) | flat bullhead |
| Ictalurus furcatus (Lesueur, 1840) | blue catfish |
| I. punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818) | channel catfish |
| Noturus albater Taylor, 1969 | Ozark madtom |
| N. eleutherus Jordan, 1877 | mountain madtom |
| N. exilis Nelson, 1876 | slender madtom |
| N. flavus Rafinesque, 1818 | stonecat |
| N. gilberti Jordan & Evermann, 1889 | orangefin madtom |
| N. gyrinus (Mitchill, 1817) | tadpole madtom |
| N. hildebrandi (Bailey & Taylor, 1950) | least madtom |
| N. insignis (Richardson, 1836) | margined madtom |
| N. leptacanthus Jordan, 1877 | speckled madtom |
| N. miurus Jordan, 1877 | brindled madtom |
| N. nocturnus Jordan & Gilbert, 1886 | freckled madtom |
| Plyodictis olivaris (Rafinesque, 1818) | flathead catfish |
| Labridae – wrasses | |
| Halichoeres bivittatus (Bloch, 1791) | slippery dick |
| ** Tautoga onitis (Linnaeus, 1758) | tautog |
| ** Tautogolabrus adspersus (Walbaum, 1792) | cunner |
| Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch, 1791) | bluehead |
| Lepisosteidae – gars | |
| Lepisosteus oculatus (Winchell, 1864) | spotted gar |
| L. osseus (Linnaeus, 1758) | longnose gar |
| * L. platostomus Rafinesque, 1820 | shortnose gar |
| L. spathula Lacepede, 1803 | allgator gar |
| Lophiidae – goosefishes | |
| ** Lophius americanus Valenciennes, 1837 | goosefish |
| Lutjanidae – snappers | |
| Lutjanus analis (Cuvier, 1828) | mutton snapper |
| L. griseus (Linnaeus, 1758) | gray snapper |
| L. mahogoni (Cuvier, 1828) | mahogany snapper |
| Malapteruridae – electric catfishes | |
| Malapterurus electricus (Gmelin, 1789) | electric catfish |
| Mochokidae – squeakers | |
| Synodontis batensoda (Ruppel) | ?? |
| S. clarias (Linnaeus) | ?? |
| S. nigrita (Cuvier & Valenciennes) | ?? |
| S. schall (Schneider, 1801) | wahrindi |
| Mormyridae – elephantfishes | |
| Gnathonemus cyprinoides (Linnaeus) | ?? |
| Hyperopisus bebe (Lacepede) | ?? |
| Marcusenius brachistus Gill | ?? |
| M. isidori (Cuvier & Valenciennes) | ?? |
| Mormyrus rume Cuvier & Valenciennes | ?? |
| Petrocephalus bovei (Cuvier & Valenciennes ?) | ?? |
| Moronidae – temperate basses | |
| Morone americana (Gmelin, 1789) | white perch |
| M. chrysops (Rafinesque, 1820) | white bass |
| M. mississippiensis Jordan & Eigenmann, 1887 | yellow bass |
| M. saxatilis (Walbaum, 1792) | striped bass |
| Mugilidae – mullets | |
| Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 | striped mullet |
| ** M. curema Valenciennes, 1836 | white mullet |
| Mullidae – goatfishes | |
| ** Mullus auratus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | red goatfish |
| Nemichthyidae – snipe eels | |
| Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson, 1848 | slender snipe eel |
| Ogcocephalidae – batfishes | |
| Ogcocephalus radiatus (Mitchill, 1818) | polka-dot batfish |
| Osmeridae – smelts | |
| Hypomesus pretiosus (Girard, 1855) | surf smelt |
| ** Osmerus mordax (Mitchill, 1814) | rainbow smelt |
| Spirinchus thaleichthys (Ayres, 1860) | longfin smelt |
| Thaleichthys pacificus (Richardson, 1836) | eulachon |
| Percidae – perches | |
| Ammocrypta asprella (Jordan, 1878) | crystal darter |
| A. beani Jordan, 1877 | naked sand darter |
| A. pellucida (Putnam, 1863) | eastern sand darter |
| A. vivax Hay, 1882 | scaly sand darter |
| Etheostoma artesiae ?? | ?? |
| E. asprigene (Forbes, 1878) | mud darter |
| E. blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | greenside darter |
| E. caeruleum Storer, 1845 | rainbow darter |
| E. camurum (Cope, 1870) | bluebreast darter |
| E. chlorobranchium Zorach, 1972 | greenfin darter |
| E. chlorosomum (Hay, 1881) | bluntnose darter |
| E. cinereum Storer, 1845 | ashy darter |
| E. collettei Birdsong & Knapp, 1969 | creole darter |
| E. coosae (Fowler, 1945) | Coosa darter |
| E. duryi Henshall, 1889 | black darter |
| E. edwini (Hubbs & Cannon, 1935) | brown darter |
| E. euzonum (Hubbs & Black, 1940) | Arkansas saddled darter |
| E. exile (Girard, 1859) | Iowa darter |
| E. flabellare Rafinesque, 1819 | fantail darter |
| E. fonticola (Jordan & Gilbert, 1886) | fountain darter |
| E. fusiforme (Girard, 1854) | swamp darter |
| E. gracile (Girard, 1859) | slough darter |
| E. histrio Jordan & Gilbert, 1887 | harlequin darter |
| E. jessiae (Jordan & Brayton, 1878) | blueside darter |
| E. jordani Gilbert, 1891 | greenbreast darter |
| E. juliae Meek, 1891 | yoke darter |
| E. kanawhae (Raney, 1941) | Kanawha darter |
| E. kennicotti (Putnam, 1863) | stripetail darter |
| E. maculatum Kirtland, 1841 | spotted darter |
| E. mariae (Fowler, 1947) | pinewoods darter |
| E. microperca Jordan & Gilbert, 1888 | least darter |
| E. nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | johnny darter |
| E. nuchale Howell & Caldwell, 1965 | watercress darter |
| E. obeyense Kirsch, 1892 | barcheek darter |
| E. olmstedi Storer, 1842 | tessellated darter |
| E. parvipinne Gilbert & Swain, 1887 | goldstripe darter |
| E. perlongum (Hubbs & Raney, 1946) | Waccamaw darter |
| E. podostemone Jordan & Jenkins, 1889 | riverweed darter |
| E. proeliare (Hay, 1881) | cypress darter |
| E. punctulatum (Agassiz, 1854) | stippled darter |
| E. radiosum (Hubbs & Black, 1941) | orangebelly darter |
| E. rufilineatum (Cope, 1870) | redline darter |
| E. rupestre Gilbert & Swain, 1887 | rock darter |
| E. sellare (Radcliffe & Welsh, 1913) | Maryland darter |
| E. serrifer (Hubbs & Cannon, 1935) | sawcheek darter |
| E. simoterum (Cope, 1868) | snubnose darter |
| E. spectabile (Agassiz, 1854) | orangethroat darter |
| E. stigmaeum (Jordan, 1877) | speckled darter |
| E. swaini (Jordan, 1884) | gulf darter |
| E. swannanoa Jordan & Evermann, 1889 | Swannanoa darter |
| E. thalassinum (Jordan & Brayton, 1878) | seagreen darter |
| E. trisella Bailey & Richards, 1963 | trispot darter |
| E. tuscumbia Gilbert & Swain, 1887 | Tuscumbia darter |
| E. virgatum (Jordan, 1880) | striped darter |
| E. vitreum (Cope, 1870) | glassy darter |
| E. whipplei (Girard, 1859) | redfin darter |
| E. zonale (Cope, 1868) | banded darter |
| Perca flavescens (Mitchill, 1814) | yellow perch |
| Percina antesella Williams & Etnier, 1977 | amber darter |
| P. aurantiaca (Cope, 1868) | tangerine darter |
| P. burtoni Fowler, 1945 | blotchside darter |
| P. caprodes (Rafinesque, 1818) | logperch |
| P. copelandi (Jordan, 1877) | channel darter |
| P. crassa Jordan & Brayton, 1878 | Piedmont darter |
| P. evides (Jordan & Copeland, 1877) | gilt darter |
| P. jenkinsi Thompson, 1985 | Conasauga logperch |
| P. macrocephala (Cope, 1869) | longhead darter |
| P. maculata (Girard, 1859) | blackside darter |
| P. nigrofasciata (Agassiz, 1854) | blackbanded darter |
| P. notogramma (Raney & Hubbs, 1948) | stripeback darter |
| P. palmaris (Bailey, 1940) | bronze darter |
| P. peltata (Stauffer, 1864) | shield darter |
| P. phoxocephala (Nelson, 1876) | slenderhead darter |
| P. rex (Jordan & Evermann, 1889) | Roanoke logperch |
| P. roanoka (Jordan & Jenkins, 1889) | Roanoke darter |
| R. sciera (Swain, 1883) | dusky darter |
| P. shumardi (Girard, 1859) | river darter |
| P. uranidea (Jordan & Gilbert, 1887) | stargazing darter |
| Stizostedion canadense (Smith, 1834) | sauger |
| S. vitreum (Mitchell, 1818) | walleye |
| Percopsidae – trout-perches | |
| Percopsis omiscomaycus (Walbaum, 1792) | trout-perch |
| Petromyzontidae – lampreys | |
| Ichthyomyzon castaneus Girard, 1858 | chestnut lamprey |
| I. fossor Reighard & Cummins, 1916 | northern brook lamprey |
| I. gagei Hubbs & Trautman, 1937 | southern brook lamprey |
| I. greeleyi Hubbs & Trautman, 1937 | mountain brook lamprey |
| I. unicuspis Hubbs & Trautman, 1937 | silver lamprey |
| Lampetra aepyptera (Abbott, 1860) | least brook lamprey |
| L. appendix (DeKay, 1842) | American brook lamprey |
| L. japonica (Martens, 1868) | Arctic lamprey |
| L. tridentata (Gairdner, 1836) | Pacific lamprey |
| ** Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus, 1758 | sea lamprey |
| Pholidae – gunnels | |
| Apodichthys flavidus Girard, 1854 | penpoint gunnel |
| ** Pholis gunnellus (Linnaeus, 1758) | rock gunnel |
| P. laeta (Cope, 1873) | crescent gunnel |
| P. ornata (Girard, 1854) | saddleback gunnel |
| Pleuronectidae – righteye flounders | |
| Atheresthes stomias (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) | arrowtooth flounder |
| Errex zachirus (Lockington, 1879) | rex sole |
| Hippoglossoides elassodon Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 | flathead sole |
| H. platessoides (Fabricius, 1780) | American plaice |
| Hypsopsetta guttalata (Girard, 1856) | diamond turbot |
| Microstomus pacificus (Lockington, 1879) | Dover sole |
| Platichthys stellatus (Pallas, 1787) | starry flounder |
| ** Pleuronectes americanus Walbaum, 1792 | winter flounder |
| P. bilineatus (Ayres, 1855) | rock sole |
| P. ferrugineus (Storer, 1839) | yellowtail flounder |
| P. vetulus (Girard, 1854) | English sole |
| Pleuronichthys ritteri Starks & Morris, 1907 | spotted turbot |
| P. verticalis Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 | hornyhead turbot |
| Poeciliidae – livebearers | |
| Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853) | mosquitofish |
| G. vittata Hubbs | ?? |
| Heterandria formosa Agassiz, 1855 | least killifish |
| Poecilia latipinna (Lesueur, 1821) | sailfin molly |
| P. sphenops Cuvier & Valenciennes | ?? |
| Poeciliopsis lucida Miller | ?? |
| ^ P. monacha Miller | ?? |
| Polyodontidae – paddlefishes | |
| Polyodon spathula (Walbaum, 1792) | paddlefish |
| Polypteridae – bichirs | |
| Polypterus senegalus Cuvier, 1829 | gray bichir |
| Pomacentridae – damselfishes | |
| Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) | sergeant major |
| ^ Microspathodon chrysurus (Cuvier, 1830) | yellowtail damselfish |
| Pomacentrus fuscus Cuvier, 1830 | dusky damselfish |
| Pomatomidae – bluefishes | |
| ** Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) | bluefish |
| Priacanthidae – bigeyes | |
| Pristigenys alta (Gill, 1862) | short bigeye |
| Protopteridae – African lungfishes | |
| Protopterus annectens (Owen, 1839) | West African lungish |
| Rajidae – skates | |
| * ** Raja eglanteria Bosc, 1802 | clearnose skate |
| ** R. erinacea (Mitchell, 1825) | little skate |
| Rhinobatidae – guitarfishes | |
| Rhinobatos productus (Ayres, 1854) | shovelnose guitarfish |
| Salmonidae – trouts | |
| Coregonus artedi Lesueur, 1818 | cisco or lake herring |
| C. hoyi (Gill, 1872) | bloater |
| C. sardinella Valenciennes, 1848 | least cisco |
| Oncorhynchus aquabonita (Jordan, 1893) | golden trout |
| O. clarki (Richardson, 1836) | cutthroat trout |
| O. gorbuscha (Walbaum, 1792) | pink salmon |
| O. keta (Walbaum, 1792) | chum salmon |
| O. kisutch (Walbaum, 1792) | coho salmon |
| O. mykiss (Walbaum, 1792) | rainbow trout |
| O. nerka (Walbaum, 1792) | sockeye salmon |
| O. tshawytscha (Walbaum, 1792) | chinook salmon |
| Prosopium coulteri (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1892) | pygmy whitefish |
| P. cylindraceum (Pallas, 1784) | round whitefish |
| P. spilonotus (Snyder, 1919) | Bonneville whitefish |
| P. williamsoni (Girard, 1856) | mountain whitefish |
| ** Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 | Atlantic salmon |
| ** S. trutta Linnaeus, 1758 | brown trout |
| Salvelinus aureolus Bean | sunapee |
| S. fontinalis (Mitchill, 1814) | brook trout |
| S. fontinalis x Salmo trutta | brook/brown hybrid |
| S. malma (Walbaum, 1792) | Dolly varden |
| S. namaycush (Walbaum, 1792) | lake trout |
| Thymallus arcticus (Pallas, 1776) | Arctic grayling |
| Scaridae – parrotfishes | |
| Scarus guacamaia Cuvier, 1829 | rainbow parrotfish |
| Scatophagidae – scats | |
| Selenotoca papuensis ? | half-banded scat |
| Schilbidae – schilbid catfishes | |
| Physailia pellucida Boulenger | African glass catfish |
| Schilbe mystus (Linnaeus) | butler barbel |
| Siluranodon auritus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire) | ?? |
| Sciaenidae – drums | |
| Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 1819 | freshwater drum |
| Atractoscion nobilis (Ayres, 1860) | white seabass |
| ** Bairdiella chrysoura (Lacepede, 1802) | silver perch |
| B. icistia (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | bairdiella |
| Cynoscion nebulosus (Cuvier, 1830) | spotted seatrout |
| ** C. regalis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | weakfish |
| Genyonemus lineatus (Ayres, 1855) | white croaker |
| Larimus fasciatus Holbrook, 1855 | banded drum |
| ** Leiostomus xanthurus Lacepede, 1802 | spot |
| Menticirrhus littoralis (Holbrook, 1855) | gulf kingfish |
| ** M. saxatilis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | northern kingfish |
| M. undulatus (Girard, 1854) | California corbina |
| Micropogonias undulatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | Atlantic croaker |
| Sciaenops ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | red drum |
| Scomberesocidae – sauries | |
| Scomberesox saurus (Walbaum, 1792) | Atlantic saury |
| Scombridae – mackerels | |
| Sarda sarda (Bloch, 1793) | Atlantic bonito |
| ** Scomber japonicus Houttuyn, 1782 | chub mackerel |
| ** S. scombrus Linnaeus, 1758 | Atlantic mackerel |
| Scorpaenidae – scorpionfishes | |
| Scorpaena guttata Girard, 1854 | California scorpionfish |
| Serranidae – sea basses | |
| ** Centropristis striata (Linnaeus, 1758) | black sea bass |
| Epinephelus morio (Valenciennes, 1828) | red grouper |
| E. niveatus (Valenciennes, 1828) | snowy grouper |
| Mycteroperca bonaci (Poey, 1860) | black grouper |
| Soleidae – soles | |
| Achirus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | lined sole |
| Symphurus plagiusa (Linnaeus, 1766) | blackcheek tonguefish |
| ** Trinectes maculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | hogchoker |
| Sparidae – porgies | |
| Archosargus probatocephalus (Walbaum, 1792) | sheepshead |
| Diplodus argenteus (Valenciennes, 1830) | silver porgy |
| D. holbrooki (Bean, 1878) | spottail pinfish |
| Lagodon rhomboides (Linnaeus, 1766) | pinfish |
| ** Stenotomus chrysops (Linnaeus, 1766) | scup |
| Sphyraenidae – barracudas | |
| Sphyraena argentea Girard, 1854 | Pacific barracuda |
| ^ ** S. borealis DeKay, 1842 | northern sennet |
| Squalidae – dogfish sharks | |
| ** Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758 | spiny dogfish |
| Stichaeidae – pricklebacks | |
| Anoplarchus purpurescens Gill, 1861 | high cockscomb |
| Cebidichthys violaceus (Girard, 1854) | monkeyface prickleback |
| Chirolophis nugator (Jordan & Williams, 1895) | mosshead warbonnet |
| Lumpenella longirostris (Evermann & Goldsborough, 1907) | longsnout prickleback |
| Lumpenus fabricii (Valenciennes, 1836) | slender eelblenny |
| L. lumpretaeformis (Walbaum, 1792) | snakeblenny |
| Phytichthys chirus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) | ribbon prickleback |
| Poroclinus rothrocki Bean, 1890 | whitebarred prickleback |
| Xiphister atropurpureus (Kittlitz, 1858) | black prickleback |
| X. mucosus (Girard, 1858) | rock prickleback |
| Stromateidae – butterfishes | |
| ** Peprilus triacanthus (Peck, 1804) | butterfish |
| Syngnathidae – pipefishes | |
| Hippocampus erectus Perry, 1810 | lined seahorse |
| Syngnathus floridae (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | dusky pipefish |
| ** S. fuscus Storer, 1839 | northern pipefish |
| S. leptorhynchus Girard, 1854 | bay pipefish |
| S. louisianae Gunther, 1870 | chain pipefish |
| S. scovelli (Evermann & Kendall, 1896) | gulf pipefish |
| Synodontidae – lizardfishes | |
| ^ ** Synodus foetens (Linnaeus, 1766) | inshore lizardfish |
| Tetraodontidae – puffers | |
| ** Sphoeroides maculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | northern puffer |
| S. nephelus (Goode & Bean, 1882) | southern puffer |
| Trichodontidae – sandfishes | |
| Trichodon trichodon (Tilesius, 1813) | Pacific sandfish |
| Triglidae – searobbins | |
| Peristedion miniatum Goode, 1880 | armored searobin |
| ** Prionotus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1771) | northern searobin |
| ** P. evolans (Linnaeus, 1766) | striped searobin |
| Umbridae – mudminnows | |
| Dallia pectoralis Bean, 1880 | Alaska blackfish |
| Umbra limi (Kirtland, 1840) | central mudminnow |
| U. pygmaea (DeKay, 1842) | eastern mudminnow |
| Zoarcidae – eelpouts | |
| Lycodes brevipes Bean, 1890 | shortfin eelpout |
| Lycodopsis pacifica (Collett, 1879) | blackbelly eelpout |
| ** Macrozoarces americanus (Schneider, 1801) | ocean pout |
! M. dolomieu: Spelling change called for by Bailey and Robins, 1988. See Robins et al. P. 72 under G. cuvier