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Fishes of Illinois

Class Cephalaspidomorphi

  • Order Petromyzontiformes
  • Family Petromyzontidae: Lampreys
  • Ichthyomyzon bdellium (Jordan) - Ohio lamprey X
    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
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    • Class Osteichthyes

  • Order Acipenseriformes
  • Family Acipenseridae: Sturgeons
  • Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque - lake sturgeon SE
    Scaphirhynchus albus (Forbes and Richardson) - pallid sturgeon SE FE
    Scaphirhynchus platorynchus (Rafinesque) - shovelnose sturgeon
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    Family Polyodontidae: Paddlefishes

  • Polyodon spathula (Walbaum) - paddlefish
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    • Order Lepisosteiformes

  • Family Lepisosteidae: Gars
  • Atractosteus spatula Lacepede - alligator gar EX
    Lepisosteus oculatus (Winchell) - spotted gar
    Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus) - longnose gar
    Lepisosteus platostomus Rafinesque - shortnose gar
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    • Order Amiiformes

  • Family Amiidae: Bowfins
  • Amia calva Linnaeus - bowfin
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    • Order Osteoglossiformes

  • Family Hiodontidae: Mooneyes
  • Hiodon alosoides (Rafinesque) - goldeye
    Hiodon tergisus Lesueur - mooneye
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    • Order Anguilliformes

  • Family Anguillidae: Freshwater Eels
  • Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur) - American eel
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    • Order Clupeiformes

  • Family Clupeidae: Herrings, Shads, Sardines, and allies
  • Alosa alabamae Jordan and Evermann - Alabama shad
    Alosa chrysochloris (Rafinesque) - skipjack herring
    Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson) - alewife
    Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur) - gizzard shad
    Dorosoma petenense (Günther) - threadfin shad
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    • Order Cypriniformes

  • Family Cyprinidae: Minnows and Carps
  • Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque) - central stoneroller
    Campostoma oligolepis Hubbs and Greene - largescale stoneroller WL-SU
    Carassius auratus Linnaeus - goldfish
    Couesius plumbeus (Agassiz) - lake chub
    Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes) - grass carp
    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
    Ericymba buccata Cope - silverjaw minnow
    Erimystax x-punctatus (Hubbs and Crowe) - gravel chub WL-SU
    Hybognathus argyritis Girard - western silvery minnow
    Hybognathus hankinsoni Hubbs - brassy minnow
    Hybognathus hayi Jordan - cypress minnow SE
    Hybognathus nuchalis Agassiz - Mississippi silvery minnow WL-SC
    Hybognathus placitus Girard - plains minnow
    Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque) - bigeye chub SE
    Hybopsis amnis Hubbs and Greene - pallid shiner SE
    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 C1
    Macrhybopsis meeki Jordan and Evermann - sicklefin chub C1
    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 WL-SC
    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 WL-SU
    Pteronotropis hubbsi Baily and Robison - bluehead shiner SE
    Rhinichthys atratulus (Herman) - blacknose dace
    Rhinichthys cataractae (Valenciennes) - longnose dace
    Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill) - creek chub
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    Family Catostomidae: Suckers

  • Carpiodes carpio (Rafinesque) - river carpsucker
    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
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    • Order Siluriformes

  • Family Ictaluridae: North American Freshwater Catfishes
  • Ameiurus catus (Linnaeus) - white catfish
    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
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    • Order Salmoniformes

  • Family Esocidae: Pikes
  • Esox americanus Gmelin - grass pickerel
    Esox lucius Linnaeus - northern pike
    Esox masquinongy Mitchill - muskie
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    Family Umbridae: Mudminnows

  • Umbra limi (Kirtland) - central mudminnow
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    Family Osmeridae: Smelts

  • Osmerus mordax - rainbow smelt
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    Family Salmonidae: Salmonides

  • Coregonus artedii Lesueur - cisco ST
    Coregonus clupeaformis (Mitchill) - lake whitefish EX
    Coregonus hoyi (Gill) - bloater
    Coregonus nigripinnis (Gill) - blackfin cisco
    Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum) - coho salmon
    Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum) - rainbow trout
    Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum) - chinook salmon FT
    Prosopium cylindraceum (Pallas) - round whitefish
    Salmo trutta Linnaeus - brown trout
    Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill) - brook trout
    Salvelinus namaycush (Walbaum) - lake trout
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    • Order Percopsiformes

  • Family Percopsidae: Trout-Perches
  • Percopsis omiscomaycus (Walbaum) - trout-perch
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    Family Aphredoderidae: Pirate Perches

  • Aphredoderus sayanus (Gilliams) - pirate perch
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    Family Amblyopsidae: Cavefishes

  • Forbesichthys agassizi (Putnam) - spring cavefish
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    • Order Gadiformes

  • Family Gadidae
  • Lota lota (Linnaeus) - burbot
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    • Order Atheriniformes

  • Family Atherinidae:Silversides
  • Labidesthes sicculus (Cope) - brook silverside
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    • Order Cyprinodontiformes

  • Family Fundulidae
  • Fundulus catenatus (Storer) - northern studfish
    Fundulus diaphanus (Lesueur) - banded killifish ST
    Fundulus dispar (Agassiz) - starhead topminnow
    Fundulus notatus (Rafinesque) - blackstripe topminnow
    Fundulus olivaceus (Storer) - blackspotted topminnow
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    Family Poeciliidae

  • Gambusia affinis (Baird and Girard) - mosquitofish
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    • Order Gasterosteiformes

  • Family Gasterosteidae: Sticklebacks and Tubesnouts
  • Culaea inconstans (Kirtland) - brook stickleback
    Gasterosteus aculeatus - threespine stickleback
    Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus) - ninespine stickleback
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    • Order Scorpaeniformes

  • Family Cottidae: Sculpins
  • Cottus bairdi Girard - mottled sculpin
    Cottus carolinae (Gill) - banded sculpin
    Cottus cognatus Richardson - slimy sculpin
    Cottus ricei Nelson - spoonhead sculpin WL
    Myoxocephalus thompsoni (Girard, 1851) - deepwater sculpin
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    • Order Perciformes

  • Family Moronidae
  • Morone chrysops (Rafinesque) - white bass
    Morone mississippiensisJordan and Eigenmann - yellow bass
    Morone saxatilis (Walbaum) - striped bass
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    Family Centrarchidae: Sunfishes and Freshwater Basses

  • Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque) - rock bass
    Centrarchus macropterus (Lacepede) - flier
    Chaenobryttus gulosus (Cuvier) - warmouth
    Lepomis cyanellus (Rafinesque) - green sunfish
    Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus) - pumpkinseed
    Lepomis gulosus (Linnaeus) - pumpkinseed
    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
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    • Order Perciformes

  • Family Percidae: Perches and Darters
  • Ammocrypta clara (Jordan and Meek) - western sand darter SE
    Ammocrypta pellucida (Putnam) - eastern sand darter ST
    Crystallaria asprella (Jordan) - crystal darter C3C
    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
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    Family Sciaenidae: Coakers and Drums

  • Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque - freshwater drum
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    Family Elassomatidae: Pygmy Sunfishes

  • Elassoma zonatum Jordan - banded pygmy sunfish
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    • (Ý) = Extinct
    FE = Federally Endangered
    X = Extirpated from Illinois
    SE = Illinois State Endangered
    ST = Illinois State Threatened
    WL = Illinois Watch List
    I = Introduced

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    This list is maintained by
    Mike Retzer
    12/31/2001