| Family |
Species |
Author |
Info |
Occurrence |
Common names |
Abundance |
Max length |
Maturity |
Remark |
Photo |
| Sparidae |
Lagodon rhomboides
|
(Linnaeus, 1766) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Pinfish (English), Bream (English), Red porgy (English), Sailor's choice (English), Chopa espina (Spanish), Sargo (Spanish), Porgy (English) | | 40.00 cm TL male/unsexed | 13.2 SL | Present inshore south of Cape Hatteras (Ref. 37512). Also Ref. 3815, 26340. |  |
| Lepisosteidae |
Lepisosteus oculatus
|
Winchell, 1864 | Fr, Br
| native | Spotted gar (English) | | 150 cm TL male/unsexed | 28.5 SL | Recorded from the Mississippi River basin and southern Great Lakes, and Gulf Coastal drainages from Apalachicola drainage to Guadalupe River of Texas (Ref. 10294). |  |
| Lepisosteidae |
Lepisosteus platyrhincus
|
DeKay, 1842 | Fr
| native | Florida gar (English) | | 132 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 276. |  |
| Centrarchidae |
Lepomis auritus
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr
| native | Redbreast sunfish (English), Redbreast (English) | | 30.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Atlantic Coast drainages from central New Brunswick south, and eastward in Gulf through Apalachicola drainage (Ref. 10294); also from Oglethorpe, Georgia (Ref. 276). |  |
| Centrarchidae |
Lepomis cyanellus
|
Rafinesque, 1819 | Fr, Sp
| native | Green sunfish (English) | | 31.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Common to abundant; one of the most common North American fishes (Ref. 5723). |  |
| Centrarchidae |
Lepomis gulosus
|
(Cuvier, 1829) | Fr, Sp
| native | Warmouth (English) | | 31.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Mississippi River and Great Lakes basins, and in Atlantic and Gulf coastal drainages, above and below the Fall Line, from Chesapeake Bay through the Rio Grande (Ref. 10294). Introduced elsewhere, including lower Colorado River drainage, where common. Common in lowlands areas; uncommon in uplands. Considered an excellent small sport fish in the country (Ref. 52559). |  |
| Centrarchidae |
Lepomis macrochirus
|
Rafinesque, 1819 | Fr, Sp
| native | Bluegill (English) | | 41.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 10294. |  |
| Centrarchidae |
Lepomis marginatus
|
(Holbrook, 1855) | Fr
| native | Dollar sunfish (English) | | 12.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality: St. Johns River, Florida (Ref. 79012). Recorded from Atlantic and Gulf coastal drainages, mostly below Fall Line (Ref. 10294). Common in southeastern USA, especially Florida; generally uncommon in western part of range (Ref. 5723). |  |
| Centrarchidae |
Lepomis megalotis
|
(Rafinesque, 1820) | Fr, Sp
| native | Longear sunfish (English), Creek perch (English), Great lakes longear (English), Northern longear (English), Pumpkinseed (English) | | 24.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the southern portion of Hudson Bay drainage (rare), Mississippi Basin, tributaries to lakes Huron, Michigan, and Erie, and Gulf Coastal drainages from Apalachicola River west through Rio Grande drainage in Mexico (Ref. 10294). |  |
| Centrarchidae |
Lepomis microlophus
|
(Günther, 1859) | Fr, Sp
| native | Redear sunfish (English) | common (usually seen) | 43.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality: St. Johns River, Florida (Ref. 79012). Known from Savannah River in South Carolina to Nueces River in Texas, north in Mississippi River basin to southern Indiana and Illinois. Now widely transplanted in eastern USA as far north as Pennsylvania and northern Illinois (Ref. 5723). Also Ref. 10294. |  |
| Fundulidae |
Leptolucania ommata
|
(Jordan, 1884) | Fr
| endemic | Pygmy killifish (English) | common (usually seen) | 3.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Common; locally abundant (Ref. 5723). |  |
| Fundulidae |
Lucania goodei
|
Jordan, 1880 | Fr
| endemic | Bluefin killifish (English) | common (usually seen) | 6.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | |  |
| Fundulidae |
Lucania parva
|
(Baird & Girard, 1855) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Rainwater killifish (English) | | 6.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Beesley's point, New Jersey (Ref. 79012). Fish introduction attributed to ballast-water transport (including attributions to transport in bilge water or other seawater systems) in Oregon and Sna Francisco Bay, California (Ref. 37896); Reported from Chesapeake Bay (Ref. 27549, 93252). |  |
| Leuciscidae |
Luxilus chrysocephalus
|
Rafinesque, 1820 | Fr
| introduced | Striped shiner (English) | common (usually seen) | 24.00 cm TL male/unsexed | 6.7 SL | Known from the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins from western New York and Wisconsin, south to Alabama, Louisiana and eastern Texas, USA; Gulf Coast drainages from Mobile Bay in Georgia and Alabama, to Sabine River in Louisiana, USA. Introduced to Escambia River system in Florida and Alabama (Ref. 86798). Common to abundant (Ref. 86798); abundant in northern part of the range, common in the southern part (Ref. 5723). Recorded from the southern Great Lakes drainage and in eastern Mississippi River tributaries from northern Illinois south through the Ohio, Cumberland, and Tennessee drainages, and in the upper Mobile Basin; also found in western Mississippi River tributaries from northeastern Missouri south through the White and middle Arkansas river systems of Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma (Ref. 10294). |  |
| Leuciscidae |
Luxilus zonistius
|
Jordan, 1880 | Fr
| native | Bandfin shiner (English) | fairly common (chances are about 50%) | 10.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Apalachicola River drainage in Georgia, Alabama and Florida; adjacent tributaries of Savannah, Altamaha, and Coosa rivers in Georgia, and Tallapoosa River in Georgia and Alabama. Possibly introduced into Hiwassee River system in Georgia (Ref. 86798). |  |
| Leuciscidae |
Lythrurus atrapiculus
|
(Snelson, 1972) | Fr
| native | Blacktip shiner (English) | fairly common (chances are about 50%) | 6.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Apalachicola (including upper Flint River), Choctawhatchee, Yellow and Escambia river drainages in western Georgia, southeastern Alabama and Florida. Introduced into Old Town Creek (Tallapoosa River system), Bullock County in Alabama. Found above Fall Line only in Apalachicola drainage (Ref. 86798). Also Ref. 5723. |  |
| Leuciscidae |
Macrhybopsis aestivalis
|
(Girard, 1856) | Fr, Thr
| error | Speckled chub (English) | | 12.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Rio Grande drainage in Texas and New Mexico (Ref. 86798). Usually found in central Rio Grande; absent in the upper; rare in the lower drainage (Ref. 86798). Also Ref. 5723, 10294.
Status of threat: threatened. Criteria: 1,3 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264). |  |
| Leuciscidae |
Macrhybopsis pallida
|
Gilbert & Mayden, 2017 | Fr
| native | Pallid chub (English) | occasional (usually not seen) | 3.75 cm SL male/unsexed ;5.15 cm SL female | | Known only from Escambia, Blackwater, and Choctawhatchee river drainages of southeastern Alabama and western panhandle Florida (Ref. 116539). | No picture yet. |
| Osphronemidae |
Macropodus opercularis
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr
| extirpated | Paradisefish (English), Forktail fightingfish (English), Paradise fish (English) | | 6.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | |  |
| Cichlidae |
Mayaheros urophthalmus
|
(Günther, 1862) | Fr, Br
| introduced | Mayan cichlid (English), Orange tiger (English) | | 39.40 cm TL male/unsexed | | Established in Everglades National Park and just outside its boundaries in southern Florida (Ref. 5723). |  |
| Megalopidae |
Megalops atlanticus
|
Valenciennes, 1847 | Fr, Br, M
| native | Tarpon (English), Silverfish (English), Silverking (English), Sábalo (Spanish) | | 250 cm TL male/unsexed | 117.5 FL | Found in Chesapeake Bay (Ref. 4639); also from Choptank River (Ref. 93252). |  |
| Atherinopsidae |
Menidia beryllina
|
(Cope, 1867) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Inland silverside (English), Mississippi silverside (English) | common (usually seen) | 15.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Potomac River, Washington D.C. (Ref. 79012). From Massachusetts to Rio Grande drainage in Texas and southeastern New Mexico; north in Mississippi River and major tributaries (mainly Arkansas and Red rivers) to southern Illinois and eastern Oklahoma (Ref 5723). Also Ref. 27549, 93252. |  |
| Gobiidae |
Microgobius gulosus
|
(Girard, 1858) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Clown goby (English) | | 7.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Chesapeake Bay to Florida; Gulf of Mexico to Corpus Christi, Texas (Ref, 91780). Also Ref. 11344. |  |
| Syngnathidae |
Microphis lineatus
|
(Kaup, 1856) | Fr, Br, M, Thr
| native | Opossum pipefish (English) | | 19.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 5521.
Status of threat: vulnerable. Criteria: 1 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264). |  |
| Centrarchidae |
Micropterus cataractae
|
Williams & Burgess, 1999 | Fr, Thr
| native | Shoal bass (English), Shoal bass (English) | | 61.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Apalachicola ecoregion (Ref. 81264). Type locality: Chipola R., ca. 1.5 mi. downstream of bridge on State rte 278, 0.7 mi. west of intersection with State rte 71, Jackson Co., Florida, U.S.A (Ref. 36656).
Status of threat: vulnerable; status same as 1989. Criteria: 1,4 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264). |  |
| Centrarchidae |
Micropterus floridanus
|
(Lesueur, 1822) | Fr
| native | | | | | Type locality, E. Florida (Ref. 54621). |  |
| Centrarchidae |
Micropterus notius
|
Bailey & Hubbs, 1949 | Fr
| endemic | Suwannee bass (English), Bass (English) | | 40.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Fairly common in Suwannee River drainage, Florida; uncommon in Ochlockonee River drainage, Florida and Georgia (Ref. 5723). |  |
| Centrarchidae |
Micropterus punctulatus
|
(Rafinesque, 1819) | Fr
| native | Spotted bass (English), Bass (English) | | 63.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Transplanted onto Atlantic Slope in Virginia and North Carolina, in lower Pecos River in New Mexico, and Consumnes and Feather rivers in California. Possibly introduced to Chattahoochee in Georgia (Ref. 5723). Also Ref. 10294. |  |
| Centrarchidae |
Micropterus salmoides
|
(Lacepède, 1802) | Fr, Lf, Sp
| native | Largemouth bass (English), Green trout (English), Bass (English) | common (usually seen) | 97.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basin from Minnesota and south to Gulf; Atlantic and Gulf drainages from North Carolina (probably Tar River) to Florida and to Texas. Widely introduced in the country (Ref. 86798). A popular fish sold in live fish markets. Found in 2 out of 6 live fish markets near the Lakes Erie and Ontario (Ref. 53249). Also Ref. 276, 1998, 10294, 38738. |  |
| Moronidae |
Morone chrysops
|
(Rafinesque, 1820) | Fr, Sp
| native | White bass (English), Bass (English) | common (usually seen) | 45.00 cm TL male/unsexed | 21 TL | Known from New York to South Dakota and south to Louisiana; Mississippi River in Louisiana to Rio Grande in Texas and New Mexico (Ref. 86798). Type locality: Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky (Ref. 79012). Recorded from southern Great Lakes, Mississippi River basin, and Gulf Coastal drainages from Mississippi River west through Rio Grande (Ref. 10294). Widely transplanted to several drainages (Ref. 5723, 86798). |  |
| Moronidae |
Morone saxatilis
|
(Walbaum, 1792) | Fr, Br, M, Fi, Lf, Sp, Thr
| native | Striped bass (English), Linesider (English), Roccus (English), Rock (English), Rockfish (English) | fairly common (chances are about 50%) | 200 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality, New York (Ref. 79012). Introduced into Pacific coast drainages and freshwater impoundments far inland (Ref. 5723). Uncommon south of Monterey Bay (Ref. 11545) and north of Coos, Bay, Oregon (Ref. 6885). Most stocks on the east coast are reserved for recreational fishing; little interest for consumption on the west coast (Ref. 9988). Present inshore north of Cape Hatteras (East Coast) (Ref. 37512). A popular fish sold in live fish markets. Found in 2 out of 6 live fish markets near the Lakes Erie and Ontario (Ref. 53249). Fairly common, but less so than before due to pollution of major spawning grounds (Ref. 86798). Hybridized with Morone chrysops. The hybrids known as "wipers" are common where Morone saxatilis have been introduced (Ref. 86798). Also Ref. 1998, 6885, 10294, 37512.
Status of threat: 1). Gulf of Mexico populations: vulnerable. Criteria: 1,4; 2). Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence population: threatened. Criteria: 1; 3). St. Lawrence Estuary population: possibly extinct. Criteria: 1 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264). |  |
| Catostomidae |
Moxostoma carinatum
|
(Cope, 1870) | Fr, Sp
| native | River redhorse (English) | | 77.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Mississippi Basin above the Fall Line, Great Lakes tributaries, and eastern Gulf Coast drainages east to the Escambia River (Ref. 10294). |  |
| Catostomidae |
Moxostoma poecilurum
|
Jordan, 1877 | Fr
| native | Blacktail redhorse (English) | common (usually seen) | 51.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Tangipahoa River, Louisiana (Ref. 79012). Locally common; rare in Kentucky and Tennessee (Ref. 5723). Also Ref. 10294. |  |
| Mugilidae |
Mugil cephalus
|
Linnaeus, 1758 | Fr, Br, M, Fi
| native | Striped mullet (English), Black mullet (English), Callifaver mullet (English), Common mullet (English), Grey mullet (English) | | 100.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Most important commercial mullet in the eastern coast (Ref. 7251). Known from Upper Banana river, Cape Canaveral, Florida (Ref. 38975). Also Ref. 9761. |  |
| Mugilidae |
Mugil curema
|
Valenciennes, 1836 | Fr, Br, M
| native | White mullet (English), Silver mullet (English), Mullet (English) | | 91.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from San Diego, California, USA (Ref. 3814). Also Ref. 13442, 26340. |  |
| Mugilidae |
Mugil liza
|
Valenciennes, 1836 | Fr, Br, M
| native | Liza (English), Mullet (English) | | 80.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;69.00 cm TL female | | |  |
| Leuciscidae |
Notemigonus crysoleucas
|
(Mitchill, 1814) | Fr, Br, Fi, Aq, B
| native | Golden shiner (English) | common (usually seen) | 32.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Atlantic and Gulf slope drainages from Maine to south Texas, Great Lakes, and Mississippi River basins west to Montana, and west Oklahoma and Texas (Ref. 86798). Recorded from the Coastal Plain (Ref. 10294). Type locality: New York (Ref. 79012). Introduced elsewhere in the country via bait buckets (Ref. 86798). Bred in Arkansas for bait (Ref. 26870). Common, except in uplands (Ref. 86798).
Chesapeake Bay: common to abundant in all tributaries of Chesapeake Bay. Occasionally enters brackish areas with salinities as high as 17% (Ref. 93252). |  |
| Leuciscidae |
Notropis baileyi
|
Suttkus & Raney, 1955 | Fr
| native | Rough shiner (English) | common (usually seen) | 9.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | |  |
| Leuciscidae |
Notropis cummingsae
|
Myers, 1925 | Fr
| native | Dusky shiner (English) | | 7.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Generally common on Coastal Plain; uncommon on Piedmont (Ref. 5723). |  |
| Leuciscidae |
Notropis harperi
|
Fowler, 1941 | Fr
| native | Redeye chub (English) | common (usually seen) | 6.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Locally common but absent from some drainages within range; abundant in prime habitat (Ref. 5723). |  |
| Leuciscidae |
Notropis longirostris
|
(Hay, 1881) | Fr
| native | Longnose shiner (English) | common (usually seen) | 6.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | Locally abundant (Ref. 5723). |  |
| Leuciscidae |
Notropis maculatus
|
(Hay, 1881) | Fr
| native | Taillight shiner (English) | | 7.60 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Atlantic Coastal drainages from Cape Fear River south through Florida peninsula, and west in Gulf Coast drainages through Mississippi River; extends north in Mississippi River basin to southern Illinois (Ref. 10294). Locally common in southeastern USA; uncommon in Mississippi basin (Ref. 5723). |  |
| Leuciscidae |
Notropis melanostomus
|
Bortone, 1989 | Fr, Thr
| endemic | Blackmouth shiner (English) | occasional (usually not seen) | 3.80 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 3881.
Status of threat: threatened; status same as 1989. Criteria: 1,5 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264). |  |
| Leuciscidae |
Notropis petersoni
|
Fowler, 1942 | Fr, Fi, B
| native | Coastal shiner (English) | abundant (always seen in some numbers) | 8.20 cm TL male/unsexed | | Restricted to Coastal Plain on Gulf Slope; more widespread on Atlantic Slope (Ref. 5723). |  |
| Leuciscidae |
Notropis texanus
|
(Girard, 1856) | Fr
| native | Weed shiner (English) | | 8.60 cm TL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Salado Creek, Texas (Ref. 79012). Recorded from the Suwannee River drainage of Florida west through the Neuces River drainage of central Texas, mostly below the Fall Line, and extends northward through Arkansas and Missouri into the lower Wabash River system, the Illinois River system, the upper Mississippi River drainage, the central Great Lakes drainage, and the southern portion of the Hudson Bay drainage in northwestern Minnesota (Ref. 10294). |  |
| Ictaluridae |
Noturus funebris
|
Gilbert & Swain, 1891 | Fr
| endemic | Black madtom (English) | common (usually seen) | 15.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Locally common (Ref. 5723). |  |
| Ictaluridae |
Noturus leptacanthus
|
Jordan, 1877 | Fr
| endemic | Speckled madtom (English) | common (usually seen) | 9.40 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 10294. |  |
| Leuciscidae |
Opsopoeodus emiliae
|
Hay, 1881 | Fr
| native | Pugnose minnow (English) | common (usually seen) | 6.60 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Edisto River drainage in South Carolina to southern Florida and across Gulf Slope to Nueces River drainage in Texas; north in Mississippi River and Great Lakes basins to southeastern Kansas and southeastern Minnesota (Ref. 86798). Generally confined to lowlands and common but declining in parts of range (Ref. 86798). Also Ref. 5723, 10294. |  |
| Cichlidae |
Oreochromis aureus
|
(Steindachner, 1864) | Fr, Br, Sp
| introduced | Blue tilapia (English) | | 45.70 cm TL male/unsexed | | Established in the lower Colorado River drainage (Arizona and California), in a cooling impoundment in Buncombe County (North Carolina), in the North Canadian River drainage (Ref. 5723) and the Arkansas River (Oklahoma)(Ref. 54350), and in Texas (Ref. 3, 5723). Also know from peninsular Florida (Ref. 5723), where it is the most abundant fish in the nearshore area of Lake Apopka (Ref. 42273). Reared in geothermal water in Colorado (Ref. 3). Also Ref. 2, 3, 86, 38693. |  |
| Cichlidae |
Oreochromis mossambicus
|
(Peters, 1852) | Fr, Br, Sp
| introduced | Mozambique mouthbrooder (English), Mozambique tilapia (English), Java tilapia (English), Largemouth kurper (English) | | 39.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from southern parts of the USA (Ref. 52307), including California, Texas (Ref. 2), Florida and Idaho (Ref. 3). Also Ref. 36683, 57426. |  |