List of freshwater fish in California

An extensive list of the freshwater fish found in California, including both native and introduced species.^[1]

Common Name	Scientific Name	Native	Non-Native
Pacific Lamprey	Lampetra tridentata	Y
River Lamprey	Lampetra ayresl	Y
Pit-Klamath Brook Lamprey	Lampetra lethophaga	Y
Klamath River Lamprey	Lampetra simiiis	Y
Kern Brook Lamprey	Lampetra hubbsi	Y
Western Brook Lamprey	Lampetra ricchardsoni	Y
White Sturgeon	Acipenser transmontanus	Y
Green Sturgeon	Acipenser medirostris	Y
American Shad	Alosa sapidissima		Y
Threadfin Shad	Dorosoma petenense		Y
Coho Salmon or Silver Salmon	Oncorhynchus kisutch	Y
Chinook Salmon or King Salmon	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	Y
Kokanee Salmon or Sockeye Salmon	Oncorhynchus nerka	Y	Y
Pink Salmon	Oncorhynchus gorbuscha	Y
Chum Salmon	Oncorhynchus keta	Y
Rainbow Trout	Oncorhynchus mykiss	Y
Coastal Rainbow Trout or Steelhead Trout	Oncorhyncus mykiss irideus	Y
California Golden Trout	Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita	Y
Little Kern Golden Trout	Oncorhynchus mykiss whitel	Y
Kern River Rainbow Trout	Oncorhynchus mykiss gilberti	Y
Sacramento Redband Trout	Oncorhynchus mykiss stonei	Y
Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout	Oncorhynchus mykiss aquilarum	Y
Cutthroat Trout	Oncorhynchus clarkii	Y
Coastal Cutthroat Trout	Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii	Y
Lahontan Cutthroat Trout	Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawl	Y
Paiute Cutthroat Trout	Oncorhynchus clarkii seleniris	Y
Bull Trout	Salvelinus confluentus	Y
Brook Trout	Salvelinus fontinalls		Y
Brown Trout	Salmo trutta		Y
Lake Trout or Mackinaw Trout	Salvelinus namaycush		Y
Mountain Whitefish	Prosoplum williamsoni	Y
Delta Smelt	Hypomesus transpacificus	Y
Wakasagi	Hypomesus nipponensis		Y
Longfin Smelt	Spirinchus thalechthys	Y
Eulachon	Thaleichthys pacificus	Y
California Roach	Lavinia symmetricus	Y
Hitch	Lavinia exilicauda	Y
Lahontan Redside	Richarsonius egregius	Y
Speckled Dace	Rhinichthys osculus	Y
Tui Chub	Siphateles bicolor	Y
Mojave Tui Chub	Siphateles bicolor mohavensis	Y
Owens Tui Chub	Siphateles bicolor snyderi	Y
Blue Chub	Gila coerulea	Y
Arroyo Chub	Gila orcutti	Y
Thicktail Chub	Gila crassicauda	Y
Bonytail	Gila elegans	Y
Sacramento Splittail	Pogonichthys macrolepidotus	Y
Clear Lake Splittail	Pogonichthys ciscoldes	Y
Hardhead	Mylopharodon conocephalus	Y
Sacramento Blackfish	Orthodon microlepidotus	Y
Sacramento Pikeminnow	Ptychochellus grandis	Y
Colorado Pikeminnow	Ptychochellus luclus	Y
Common Carp	Cyprinus carpio		Y
Goldfish	Carassius auratus		Y
Golden Shiner	Notemigonus crysoleucas		Y
Red Shiner	Cyprinella lutrensis		Y
Fathead Minnow	Pimephales promelas		Y
Tench	Tinca tinca		Y
Grass Carp	Ctenopharyngodon idella		Y
Sacramento Sucker	Catostomus occidentalls	Y
Goose Lake Sucker	Catostomus occidentalis lacusanserinus	Y
Tahoe Sucker	Catostomus tahoensis	Y
Owens Sucker	Catostomus fumelventris	Y
Lost River Sucker	Catostomus luxatus	Y
Klamath Largescale Sucker	Catostomus snyderi	Y
Klamath Smallscale Sucker	Catostomus rimiculus	Y
Modoc Sucker	Catostomus microps	Y
Santa Ana Sucker	Catostomus santaanae	Y
Razorback Sucker	Xyrauchen texanus	Y
Shortnose Sucker	Chasmistes brevirostris	Y
Brown Bullhead	Amelurus nebulosus		Y
Mountain Sucker	Catostomus platyrhynchus	Y
Black Bullhead	Amelurus melas		Y
Yellow Bullhead	Amelurus natalls		Y
Channel Catfish	Ictalurus puctatus		Y
Blue Catfish	Ictalurus furcatus		Y
White Catfish	Ameriurus catus		Y
Flathead Catfish	Plyodictis olivaris		Y
Amargosa Pupfish	Cyprinodon nevadensis	Y
Desert Pupfish	Cyprinodon macularius	Y
Salt Creek Pupfish	Cyprinodon salinus	Y
Owens Pupfish	Cyprinodon radiosus	Y
California Killifish	Fundulus parvipinnis	Y
Rainwater Killifish	Lucania parva		Y
Western Mosquitofish	Gambusia affinis		Y
Sailfin Molly	Poecilla latipinna		Y
Porthole Livebearer	Poecillopsis gracilis		Y
Inland Silverside	Menidia beryllina		Y
Threespine Stickleback	Gasterosteus aculeatus	Y
Brook Stickleback	Culaea inconstans		Y
Striped Bass	Morone saxatilis		Y
White Bass	Morone chrysops		Y
Sacramento Perch	Archoplites interruptus	Y
Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus		Y
Redear Sunfish	Lepomis microlophus		Y
Pumpkinseed	Lepomis gibbosus		Y
Green Sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus		Y
Warmouth	Lepomis gulosus		Y
White Crappie	Pomoxis annularis		Y
Black Crappie	Pomoxis nigromaculatus		Y
Largemouth Bass	Micropterus salmoides		Y
Smallmouth Bass	Micropterus dolomieu		Y
Spotted Bass	Micropterus punctulatus		Y
Redeye Bass	Micropterus coosae		Y
Yellow Perch	Perca flavescens		Y
Bigscale Logperch	Percina macrolepida		Y
Mozambique Tilapia	Oreochromis mossambicus		Y
Redbelly Tilapia	Tilapia zillii		Y
Blue Tilapia	Oreochromis aureus		Y
Nile Tilapia	Oreochromis niloticus		Y
Tuleperch	Hysterocarpus traski	Y
Shiner Perch	Cymatogaster aggregata	Y
Striped Mullet	Mugil cephalus	Y
Yellowfin Goby	Acanthogoblus flavimanus		Y
Shimofuri Goby	Tridentiger bifasclatus		Y
Tidewater Goby	Eucyclogoblus newberryi	Y
Prickly Sculpin	Cottus asper	Y
Riffle Sculpin	Cottus gulosus	Y
Pit Sculpin	Cottus pitensis	Y
Coastrange Sculpin	Cottus aleuticus	Y
Reticulate Sculpin	Cottus perplexus	Y
Marbled Sculpin	Cottus klamathensis	Y
Rough Sculpin	Cottus asperrimus	Y
Paiute Sculpin	Cottus beldingi	Y
Pacific Staghorn Sculpin	Leptocottus armatus	Y
Starry Flounder	Platichthys stellatus	Y
Northern Pike	Esox lucius		Y

References

^ McGinnis, Samuel (2006). Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of California. University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California. pp. 123–369.

[1] McGinnis, Samuel (2006). Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of California. University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California. pp. 123–369.

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