LAMPREYS - CLASS
CEPHALASPIDOMORPHI
ORDER
PETROMYZONTIFORMES
LAMPREYS - FAMILY
PETROMYZONTIDAE
Northern brook lamprey Ichthyomyzon fossor Reighard and Cummins, 1916
Silver lamprey Ichthyomyzon
unicuspis Hubbs and Trautman, 1937
American brook lamprey Lampetra
appendix (DeKay, 1842)
Sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus, 1758
BONY FISHES - CLASS OSTEICHTHYES
ORDER
ACIPENSERIFORMES
STURGEONS - FAMILY
ACIPENSERIDAE
Lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817
ORDER
LEPISOSTEIFORMES
GARS - FAMILY LEPISOSTEIDAE
Longnose gar Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)
ORDER
AMIIFORMES
BOWFINS - FAMILY AMIIDAE
Bowfin Amia
calva Linnaeus, 1766
ORDER
OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES
MOONEYES - FAMILY HIODONTIDAE
Mooneye Hiodon
tergisus Lesueur, 1818
ORDER
ANGUILLIFORMES
FRESHWATER EELS - FAMILY ANGUILLIDAE
American eel Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
ORDER
CLUPEIFORMES
HERRINGS - FAMILY CLUPEIDAE
Blueback herring Alosa
aestivalis (Mitchell, 1814)
Alewife Alosa
pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811)
American shad Alosa sapidissima (Wilson, 1811)
Gizzard shad Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur,
1818)
ORDER
CYPRINIFORMES
CARPS
AND MINNOWS - FAMILY CYPRINIDAE
Goldfish Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lake chub Couesius
plumbeus (Agassiz, 1850)
Spotfin shiner Cyprinella spiloptera (Cope, 1868)
Common Carp Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Cutlips minnow Exoglossum
maxillingua (Lesueur, 1817)
Brassy minnow Hybognathus
hankinsoni Hubbs, 1929
Eastern silvery minnow Hybognathus regius Girard, 1856
Common shiner Luxilus
cornutus (Mitchill, 1817)
Pearl dace Margariscus
margarita Cope, 1868
Golden shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill, 1814)
Emerald shiner Notropis
atherinoides Rafinesque, 1818
Bridle shiner Notropis bifrenatus (Cope, 1869)
Blackchin shiner Notropis
heterodon (Cope, 1865)
Blacknose shiner Notropis
heterolepis Eigenmann and
Eigenmann, 1893
Spottail shiner Notropis hudsonius (Clinton, 1824)
Rosyface shiner Notropis
rubellus (Agassiz, 1850)
Sand shiner Notropis stramineus (Cope, 1865)
Mimic shiner Notropis volucellus (Cope, 1865)
Northern redbelly dace Phoxinus eos (Cope, 1862)
Finescale dace Phoxinus neogaeus Cope, 1868
Bluntnose minnow Pimephales notatus
(Rafinesque, 1820)
Fathead minnow Pimephales
promelas Rafinesque, 1820
Blacknose dace Rhinichthys
atratulus (Hermann, 1804)
Longnose dace Rhinichthys
cataractae (Valenciennes, 1842)
Rudd Scardinius
erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Creek chub Semotilus
atromaculatus (Mitchill, 1818)
Fallfish Semotilus
corporalis (Mitchill, 1817)
SUCKERS
- FAMILY CATOSTOMIDAE
Quillback Carpiodes
cyprinus (Lesueur, 1817)
Longnose sucker Catostomus
catostomus (Forster, 1773)
White sucker Catostomus commersoni (Lacepède, 1803)
Silver redhorse Moxostoma
anisurum (Rafinesque, 1820)
Shorthead redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum (Lesueur, 1817)
Greater redhorse Moxostoma
valenciennesi Jordan, 1885
ORDER
SILURIFORMES
BULLHEAD CATFISHES - FAMILY ICTALURIDAE
Yellow bullhead Ameiurus
natalis (Lesueur, 1819)
Brown bullhead Ameiurus
nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819)
Channel catfish Ictalurus
punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818)
Stonecat Noturus flavus Rafinesque, 1818
ORDER
SALMONIFORMES
PIKES
- FAMILY ESOCIDAE
Redfin pickerel Esox americanus americanus Gmelin, 1788
Northern pike Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758
Muskellunge Esox masquinongy Mitchill, 1824
Chain pickerel Esox niger Lesueur, 1818
MUDMINNOWS
- FAMILY UMBRIDAE
Central
mudminnow Umbra limi (Kirtland, 1840)
SMELTS
- FAMILY OSMERIDAE
Rainbow smelt Osmerus
mordax (Mitchill, 1814)
TROUTS - FAMILY SALMONIDAE
Cisco or lake herring Coregonus artedi
Lesueur, 1818
Lake whitefish Coregonus
clupeaformis (Mitchill, 1818)
Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum,
1792)
Round whitefish Prosopium
cylindraceum (Pallas, 1784)
Atlantic salmon Salmo
salar Linnaeus, 1758
Brown trout Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758
Arctic char Salvelinus
alpinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Brook trout Salvelinus
fontinalis (Mitchill, 1814)
Lake trout Salvelinus
namaycush (Walbaum, 1792)
ORDER
PERCOPSIFORMES
TROUT-PERCHES - FAMILY PERCOPSIDAE
Trout-perch Percopsis
omiscomaycus (Walbaum, 1792)
ORDER
GADIFORMES
CODS - FAMILY GADIDAE
Burbot Lota
lota (Linnaeus, 1758)
ORDER
ATHERINIFORMES
KILLIFISHES - FAMILY CYPRINODONTIDAE
Banded killifish Fundulus
diaphanus (Lesueur, 1817)
SILVERSIDES - FAMILY ATHERINIDAE
Brook
silverside Labidesthes
sicculus (Cope, 1865)
ORDER
GASTEROSTEIFORMES
STICKLEBACKS - FAMILY GASTEROSTEIDAE
Brook stickleback Culaea
inconstans (Kirtland, 1841)
ORDER
SCORPAENIFORMES
SCULPINS
- FAMILY COTTIDAE
Mottled sculpin Cottus
bairdi Girard, 1850
Slimy sculpin Cottus cognatus Richardson, 1836
ORDER
PERCIFORMES
TEMPERATE BASSES - FAMILY PERCICHTHYIDAE
White perch Morone americana (Gmelin, 1789)
Striped bass Morone saxatilis (Walbaum, 1792)
SUNFISHES - FAMILY CENTRARCHIDAE
Rock bass Ambloplites
rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)
Redbreast sunfish Lepomis
auritus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bluegill Lepomis
macrochirus Rafinesque, 1819
Redear sunfish Lepomis microlophus
(Günther, 1859)
Smallmouth bass Micropterus
dolomieui Lacepède, 1802
Largemouth bass Micropterus
salmoides (Lacepède, 1802)
White crappie Pomoxis annularis Rafinesque, 1818
Black crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus (Lesueur, 1829)
PERCHES - FAMILY PERCIDAE
Eastern sand darter Ammocrypta pellucida
(Putnam, 1863)
Iowa darter Etheostoma
exile (Girard, 1859)
Fantail darter Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 1819
Tessellated darter Etheostoma
olmstedi Storer, 1842
Yellow perch Perca flavescens (Mitchill, 1814)
Logperch Percina
caprodes (Rafinesque, 1818)
Channel darter Percina copelandi (Jordan, 1877)
Sauger Stizostedion
canadense (Smith, 1834)
Walleye Stizostedion
vitreum (Mitchill, 1818)
DRUMS - FAMILY SCIAENIDAE
Freshwater drum Aplodinotus
grunniens Rafinesque, 1819
Compiled by: Kenneth M. Cox
District
Fisheries Biologist
Vermont
Department of Fish and Wildlife
Rev. 2/03
