List of fishes of Wyoming
Appearance
The state of Wyoming, being a land locked state, has a wide variety of freshwater fish in its lakes, rivers, and streams.
Common Name | Family | Native | Image | |
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Cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarki | Salmonidae | Yes | ![]() |
Rainbow trout | Oncorhynchus mykiss | Salmonidae | No | ![]() |
Golden trout | Oncorhynchus aguabonita | Salmonidae | No | ![]() |
Brown trout | Salmo trutta | Salmonidae | No | ![]() |
Brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis | Salmonidae | No | ![]() |
Lake trout or mackinaw | Salvelinus namaycush | Salmonidae | No | ![]() |
Mountain whitefish | Prosopium williamsoni | Salmonidae | Yes | ![]() |
Kokanee salmon | Oncorhynchus nerka | Salmonidae | No | ![]() |
Arctic grayling | Thymallus arcticus | Salmonidae | Yes | ![]() |
Bigmouth shiner | Notropis dorsalis | Cyprinidae | Yes | ![]() |
Black bullhead | Ameiurus melas | Ictaluridae | Yes | ![]() |
Bluehead sucker | Catostomus discobolus | Catostomidae | Yes | ![]() |
Brassy minnow | Hybognathus hankinsoni | Cyprinidae | Yes | |
Burbot | Lota lota | Lotidae | Yes | ![]() |
Central stoneroller | Campostoma anomalum | Cyprinidae | Yes | ![]() |
Channel catfish | Ictalurus punctatus | Ictaluridae | Yes | ![]() |
Common shiner | Luxilus cornutus | Cyprinidae | Yes | ![]() |
Creek chub | Semotilus atromaculatus | Cyprinidae | Yes | ![]() |
Fathead minnow | Pimephales promelas | Cyprinidae | Yes | ![]() |
Finescale dace | Chrosomus neogaeus | Cyprinidae | Yes | ![]() |
Flannelmouth sucker | Catostomus latipinnis | Catostomidae | Yes | |
Flathead chub | Platygobio gracilis | Cyprinidae | Yes | |
Goldeye | Hiodon alosoides | Hiodontidae | Yes | |
Hornyhead chub | Nocomis biguttatus | Cyprinidae | Yes | ![]() |
Iowa darter | Etheostoma exile | Percidae | Yes | ![]() |
Johnny darter | Etheostoma nigrum | Percidae | Yes | ![]() |
Lake chub | Couesius plumbeus | Cyprinidae | Yes | ![]() |
Leatherside chub | Lepidomeda copei | Cyprinidae | Yes | ![]() |
Longnose dace | Rhinichthys cataractae | Cyprinidae | Yes | ![]() |
Longnose sucker | Catostomus catostomus | Catostomidae | Yes | ![]() |
Mottled sculpin | Cottus bairdii | Cottidae | Yes | ![]() |
Mountain sucker | Catostomus platyrhynchus | Catostomidae | Yes | ![]() |
Northern plains killifish | Fundulus kansae | Fundulidae | Yes | |
Orangethroat darter | Etheostoma spectabile | Percidae | Yes | ![]() |
Paiute sculpin | Cottus beldingi | Cottidae | Yes | |
Pearl dace | Margariscus margarita | Cyprinidae | Yes | ![]() |
Plains minnow | Hybognathus placitus | Cyprinidae | Yes | |
Plains topminnow | Fundulus sciadicus | Fundulidae | Yes | ![]() |
Quillback | Carpiodes cyprinus | Catostomidae | Yes | ![]() |
Red shiner | Cyprinella lutrensis | Cyprinidae | Yes | |
Redside shiner | Richardsonius balteatus | Cyprinidae | Yes | ![]() |
River carpsucker | Carpiodes carpio | Catostomidae | Yes | ![]() |
Roundtail chub | Gila robusta | Cyprinidae | Yes | |
Sand shiner | Notropis stramineus | Cyprinidae | Yes | ![]() |
Sauger | Sander canadense | Percidae | Yes | ![]() |
Shorthead redhorse | Moxostoma macrolepidotum | Catostomidae | Yes | ![]() |
Shovelnose sturgeon | Scaphirhynchus platorynchus | Acipenseridae | Yes | ![]() |
Speckled dace | Rhinichthys osculus | Cyprinidae | Yes | ![]() |
Stonecat | Noturus flavus | Ictaluridae | Yes | ![]() |
Sturgeon chub | Macrhybopsis gelida | Cyprinidae | Yes | ![]() |
Suckermouth minnow | Phenacobius mirabilis | Cyprinidae | Yes | ![]() |
Utah chub | Gila atrarias | Cyprinidae | Yes | ![]() |
Utah sucker | Catostomus ardens | Catostomidae | Yes | ![]() |
Western silvery minnow | Hybognathus argyritis | Cyprinidae | Yes | |
White sucker | Catostomus commersoni | Catostomidae | Yes | ![]() |
Black crappie | Pomoxis nigromaculatus | Centrarchidae | No | ![]() |
Bluegill | Lepomis macrochirus | Centrarchidae | No | ![]() |
Common carp | Cyprinus carpio | Cyprinidae | No | ![]() |
Emerald shiner | Notropis atherinoides | Cyprinidae | No | ![]() |
Freshwater drum | Aplodinotus grunniens | Sciaenidae | No | ![]() |
Gizzard shad | Dorosoma cepedianum | Clupeidae | No | ![]() |
Golden shiner | Notemigonus crysoleucas | Cyprinidae | No | ![]() |
Goldfish | Carassius auratus | Cyprinidae | No | |
Grass carp | Ctenopharyngodon idella | Cyprinidae | No | ![]() |
Green sunfish | Lepomis cyanellus | Centrarchidae | No | ![]() |
Green swordtail | Xiphophorus helleri | Poeciliidae | No | ![]() |
Guppy | Poecilia reticulata | Poeciliidae | No | ![]() |
Largemouth bass | Micropterus salmoides | Centrarchidae | No | ![]() |
Northern pike | Esox lucius | Esocidae | No | ![]() |
Ohrid trout | Salmo letnica | Salmonidae | No | ![]() |
Pumpkinseed | Lepomis gibbosus | Centrarchidae | No | ![]() |
Rock bass | Ambloplites rupestris | Centrarchidae | No | ![]() |
Smallmouth bass | Micropterus dolomieu | Centrarchidae | No | ![]() |
Spottail shiner | Notropis hudsonius | Cyprinidae | No | ![]() |
Walleye | Sander vitreum | Percidae | No | ![]() |
Western mosquitofish | Gambusia affinis | Poeciliidae | No | ![]() |
White crappie | Pomoxis annularis | Centrarchidae | No | ![]() |
Yellow perch | Perca flavescens | Percidae | No | ![]() |
Arctic char | Salvelinus alpinus | Salmonidae | No | ![]() |
References
[edit]- “Wyoming Fishing Network: Species of Fish in Wyoming.” Accessed April 27, 2020. https://wyomingfishing.net/species.htm.
- “Wyoming Game and Fish Department - Native Fish Species of Wyoming.” Accessed April 27, 2020. https://wgfd.wyo.gov/Fishing-and-Boating/Fish-of-Wyoming/Native-Fish-Species-of-Wyoming.
- “Wyoming Game and Fish Department - Non Native Fish Species of Wyoming.” Accessed April 27, 2020. https://wgfd.wyo.gov/Fishing-and-Boating/Fish-of-Wyoming/Non-Native-Fish-Species-of-Wyoming.
- Accessed April 27, 2020. http://projects.warnercnr.colostate.edu/cofishguide/index.cfm?step=literature.