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Class Cephalaspidomorphi
Ichthyomyzon castaneus Girard - chestnut lamprey
Ichthyomyzon fossor Reighard and Cummins - northern brook lamprey SE
Ichthyomyzon unicuspis Hubbs and Trautman - silver lamprey
Lampetra aepyptera (Abbott) - least brook lamprey ST
Lampetra appendix (DeKay) - American brook lamprey
Petromyzon marinus (Linnaeus) - sea lamprey I
Class Osteichthyes
Scaphirhynchus albus (Forbes and Richardson) - pallid sturgeon SE FE
Scaphirhynchus platorynchus (Rafinesque) - shovelnose sturgeon
Lepisosteus oculatus (Winchell) - spotted gar
Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus) - longnose gar
Lepisosteus platostomus Rafinesque - shortnose gar
Hiodon tergisus Lesueur - mooneye
Alosa chrysochloris (Rafinesque) - skipjack herring
Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson) - alewife I
Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur) - gizzard shad
Dorosoma petenense (Günther) - threadfin shad I
Campostoma oligolepis Hubbs and Greene - largescale stoneroller
Carassius auratus Linnaeus - goldfish I
Couesius plumbeus (Agassiz) - lake chub
Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes) - grass carp I
Cyprinella lutrensis (Baird and Girard) - red shiner
Cyprinella spiloptera (Cope) - spotfin shiner
Cyprinella venusta (Girard) - blacktail shiner
Cyprinella whipplei Girard - steelcolored shiner
Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus - common carp I
Ericymba buccata Cope - silverjaw minnow
Erimystax x-punctatus (Hubbs and Crowe) - gravel chub
Hybognathus argyritis Girard - western silvery minnow
Hybognathus hankinsoni Hubbs - brassy minnow
Hybognathus hayi Jordan - cypress minnow SE
Hybognathus nuchalis Agassiz - Mississippi silvery minnow
Hybognathus placitus Girard - plains minnow
Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque) - bigeye chub SE
Hybopsis amnis Hubbs and Greene - pallid shiner SE
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes) - silver carp I
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (Richardson) - bighead carp I
Luxilus chrysocephalus (Rafinesque) - striped shiner
Luxilus cornutus (Mitchill) - common shiner
Lythrurus ardens (Cope) - rosefin shiner
Lythrurus fumeus Evermann - ribbon shiner
Lythrurus umbratilis (Girard) - redfin shiner
Macrhybopsis aestivalis (Girard) - speckled chub
Macrhybopsis gelida (Girard) - sturgeon chub SE
Macrhybopsis meeki Jordan and Evermann - sicklefin chub
Macrhybopsis storeriana (Kirtland) - silver chub
Nocomis biguttatus (Kirtlandi) - hornyhead chub
Nocomis micropogon (Cope) - river chub SE
Notemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill) - golden shiner
Notropis anogenus Forbes - pugnose shiner SE
Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque - emerald shiner
Notropis blennius (Girard) - river shiner
Notropis boops Gilbert - bigeye shiner SE
Notropis buchanani Meek - ghost shiner
Notropis chalybaeus (Cope) - ironcolor shiner ST
Notropis dorsalis (Agassiz) - bigmouth shiner
Notropis heterodon (Cope) - blackchin shiner ST
Notropis heterolepis Eigenmann and Eigenmann - blacknose shiner SE
Notropis hudsonius (Clinton) - spottail shiner
Notropis ludibundus (Girard) - sand shiner
Notropis maculatus (Hay) - taillight shiner SE
Notropis nubilus (Forbes) - Ozark minnow
Notropis rubellus (Agassiz) - rosyface shiner
Notropis shumardi (Girard) - silverband shiner
Notropis texanus (Girard) - weed shiner SE
Notropis volucellus (Cope) - mimic shiner
Opsopoeodus emiliae (Hay) - pugnose minnow
Phenacobius mirabilis (Girard) - suckermouth minnow
Phoxinus erythrogaster (Rafinesque) - southern redbelly dace
Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque) - bluntnose minnow
Pimephales promelas Rafinesque - fathead minnow
Pimephales vigilax (Baird and Girard) - bullhead minnow
Platygobio gracilis (Richardson) - flathead chub SE
Pteronotropis hubbsi Baily and Robison - bluehead shiner SE
Rhinichthys atratulus (Herman) - blacknose dace
Rhinichthys cataractae (Valenciennes) - longnose dace
Scardinius erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus) - rudd I
Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill) - creek chub
Carpiodes cyprinus (Lesueur) - quillback
Carpiodes velifer (Rafinesque) - highfin carpsucker
Catostomus catostomus - longnose sucker ST
Catostomus commersoni (Lacepede) - white sucker
Cycleptus elongatus (Lesueur) - blue sucker
Erimyzon oblongus (Mitchill) - creek chubsucker
Erimyzon sucetta (Lacepede) - lake chubsucker
Hypentelium nigricans (Lesueur) - northern hog sucker
Ictiobus bubalus (Rafinesque) - smallmouth buffalo
Ictiobus cyprinellus (Valenciennes) - bigmouth buffalo
Ictiobus niger (Rafinesque) - black buffalo
Minytrema melanops (Rafinesque) - spotted sucker
Moxostoma anisurum (Rafinesque) - silver redhorse
Moxostoma carinatum (Cope) - river redhorse ST
Moxostoma duquesnei (Lesueur) - black redhorse
Moxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque) - golden redhorse
Moxostoma macrolepidotum (Lesueur) - shorthead redhorse
Moxostoma valenciennesi Jordan - greater redhorse SE
Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque) - black bullhead
Ameiurus natalis (Lesueur) - yellow bullhead
Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur) - brown bullhead
Ictalurus furcatus (Lesueur) - blue catfish
Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque) - channel catfish
Noturus eleutherus Jordan - mountain madtom
Noturus exilis Nelson - slender madtom
Noturus flavus Rafinesque - stonecat
Noturus gyrinus Mitchill - tadpole madtom
Noturus miurus Jordan - brindled madtom
Noturus nocturnus Jordan and Gilbert - freckled madtom
Noturus stigmosus Taylor - northern madtom SE
Pylodictis olivaris (Rafinesque) - flathead catfish
Esox lucius Linnaeus - northern pike
Esox masquinongy Mitchill - muskie
Coregonus clupeaformis (Mitchill) - lake whitefish X
Coregonus hoyi (Gill) - bloater
Coregonus nigripinnis (Gill) - blackfin cisco
Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum) - coho salmon I
Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum) - rainbow trout I
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum) - pink salmon I
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum) - chinook salmon FT, I
Prosopium cylindraceum (Pallas) - round whitefish
Salmo salar Linnaeus - atlantic salmon I
Salmo trutta Linnaeus - brown trout I
Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill) - brook trout
Salvelinus namaycush (Walbaum) - lake trout
Menidia beryllina (Cope) - inland siverside I
Fundulus diaphanus (Lesueur) - banded killifish ST
Fundulus dispar (Agassiz) - starhead topminnow
Fundulus notatus (Rafinesque) - blackstripe topminnow
Fundulus olivaceus (Storer) - blackspotted topminnow
Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus - threespine stickleback I
Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus) - ninespine stickleback
Cottus carolinae (Gill) - banded sculpin
Cottus cognatus Richardson - slimy sculpin
Cottus ricei Nelson - spoonhead sculpin WL
Myoxocephalus thompsoni (Girard, 1851) - deepwater sculpin
Morone mississippiensisJordan and Eigenmann - yellow bass
Morone saxatilis (Walbaum) - striped bass
Centrarchus macropterus (Lacepede) - flier
Lepomis cyanellus (Rafinesque) - green sunfish
Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus) - pumpkinseed
Lepomis gulosus (Linnaeus) - warmouth
Lepomis humilis (Girard) - orangespotted sunfish
Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque - bluegill
Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque) - longear sunfish
Lepomis microlophus (Gunther) - redear sunfish
Lepomis miniatus - spotted sunfish ST
Lepomis symmetricus Forbes - bantam sunfish ST
Micropterus dolomieu Lacepede - smallmouth bass
Micropterus punctulatus (Rafinesque) - spotted bass
Micropterus salmoides (Lacepede) - largemouth bass
Pomoxis annularis Rafinesque - white crappie
Pomoxis nigromaculatus (Lesueur) - black crappie
Ammocrypta pellucida (Putnam) - eastern sand darter ST
Crystallaria asprella (Jordan) - crystal darter
Etheostoma asprigene (Forbes) - mud darter
Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque - greenside darter
Etheostoma caeruleum Storer - rainbow darter
Etheostoma camurum (Cope) - bluebreast darter SE
Etheostoma chlorosomum (Hay) - bluntnose darter
Etheostoma exile (Girard) - Iowa darter SE
Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque - fantail darter
Etheostoma gracile (Girard) - slough darter
Etheostoma histrio Jordan and Gilbert - harlequin darter SE
Etheostoma kennicotti (Putnam) - stripetail darter
Etheostoma microperca Jordan and Gilbert - least darter
Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque - johnny darter
Etheostoma proeliare (Hay) - cypress darter
Etheostoma spectabile (Agassiz) - orangethroat darter
Etheostoma squamiceps Jordan - spottail darter
Etheostoma zonale (Cope) - banded darter
Perca flavescens (Mitchill) - yellow perch
Percina caprodes (Rafinesque) - logperch
Percina evides (Jordan and Copeland) - gilt darter
Percina maculata (Girard) - blackside darter
Percina phoxocephala (Nelson) - slenderhead darter
Percina sciera (Swain) - dusky darter
Percina shumardi (Girard) - river darter
Percina uranidea (Jordan and Gilbert) - stargazing darter
Stizostedion canadense Smith - sauger
Stizostedion vitreum (Mitchill) - walleye
(Y) = Extinct
FE = Federally Endangered
X = Extirpated from Illinois
SE = Illinois State Endangered
ST = Illinois State Threatened
WL = Illinois Watch List
I = Introduced
Maps show fish deposited in the INHS Fish Collection, 1920-1999. (.GIF format)
This
list is maintained by Mike Retzer
Updated 3/20/2006