Fish

Authored By: P. A. Flebbe, A. B. Jones

These fish species are known or likely to occur in Virginia mountain areas.

For each species, there is an online "booklet". To access a booklet, highlight and copy the common name from the list below click here and paste into the species name box. [NB: The first time you click, you may get a welcome page. You can close that page and click again, which should put you on the correct page. Or you can navigate to the correct page by selecting the Species Information option and then the Species Booklet option.]

Common Name	Scientific name	Status*
Alewife	Alosa pseudoharengus
Bass, Roanoke	Ambloplites cavifrons	FSSS
Bass, largemouth	Micropterus salmoides
Bass, rock	Ambloplites rupestris
Bass, smallmouth	Micropterus dolomieu
Bass, spotted	Micropterus punctulatus
Bass, striped	Morone saxatilis
Bass, white	Morone chrysops
Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus
Bowfin	Amia calva
Bullhead, brown	Ameiurus nebulosus
Bullhead, flat	Ameiurus platycephalus
Bullhead, yellow	Ameiurus natalis
Carp, common	Cyprinus carpio
Catfish, channel	Ictalurus punctatus
Catfish, flathead	Pylodictis olivaris
Catfish, white	Ameiurus catus
Chub, bigeyed	Notropis amblops
Chub, bigmouth	Nocomis platyrhynchus
Chub, blotched	Erimystax insignis
Chub, bluehead	Nocomis leptocephalus
Chub, bull	Nocomis raneyi
Chub, creek	Semotilus atromaculatus
Chub, highback	Notropis hypsinotus
Chub, river	Nocomis micropogon
Chub, slender	Erimystax cahni	FTST
Chub, spotfin (= turquoise shiner)	Cyprinella monacha	FTST
Chub, streamline	Erimystax dissimilis
Chub, thicklip	Cyprinella labrosa	FS
Chubsucker, creek	Erimyzon oblongus
Crappie, black	Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Crappie, white	Pomoxis annularis
Dace, Tennessee	Phoxinus tennesseensis	FSSE
Dace, blacknose	Rhinichthys atratulus
Dace, longnose	Rhinichthys cataractae
Dace, mountain redbelly	Phoxinus oreas
Dace, pearl	Margariscus margarita
Darter, Appalachia	Percina gymnocephala	FS
Darter, Kanawha	Etheostoma kanawhae	FS
Darter, Roanoke	Percina roanoka
Darter, Snubnose	Etheostoma simoterum
Darter, Swannanoa	Etheostoma swannanoa
Darter, Tippecanoe	Etheostoma tippecanoe	ST
Darter, ashy	Etheostoma cinereum	FS
Darter, banded	Etheostoma zonale
Darter, blackside	Percina maculata
Darter, bluebreast	Etheostoma camurum	SS
Darter, blueside	Etheostoma jessiae
Darter, candy	Etheostoma osburni	FSSS
Darter, channel	Percina copelandi	SS
Darter, dusky	Percina sciera
Darter, duskytail	Etheostoma percnurum	FESE
Darter, fantail	Etheostoma flabellare
Darter, gilt	Percina evides
Darter, glassy	Etheostoma vitreum
Darter, greenfin	Etheostoma chlorobranchium	ST
Darter, greenside	Etheostoma blennioides
Darter, johnny	Etheostoma nigrum
Darter, longfin	Etheostoma longimanum
Darter, longhead	Percina macrocephala	FSST
Darter, rainbow	Etheostoma caeruleum
Darter, redline	Etheostoma rufilineatum
Darter, riverweed	Etheostoma podostemone	FS
Darter, sharphead	Etheostoma acuticeps	FSSE
Darter, sharpnose	Percina oxyrhynchus
Darter, shield	Percina peltata
Darter, speckled	Etheostoma stigmaeum
Darter, stripeback	Percina notogramma
Darter, tangerine	Percina aurantiaca
Darter, variegate	Etheostoma variatum	SE
Darter, western sand	Ammocrypta clara	ST
Darter, wounded	Etheostoma vulneratum	FS
Drum, freshwater	Aplodinotus grunniens
Eel, American	Anguilla rostrata
Fallfish	Semotilus corporalis
Gar, longnose	Lepisosteus osseus
Goldfish	Carassius auratus
Herring, blueback	Alosa aestivalis
Jumprock, bigeye	Scartomyzon ariommus	FS
Jumprock, black	Moxostoma cervinum
Killifish, banded	Fundulus diaphanus
Lamprey, Ohio	Ichthyomyzon bdellium
Lamprey, mountain brook	Ichthyomyzon greeleyi	FS
Logperch	Percina caprodes
Logperch, Roanoke	Percina rex	FESE
Logperch, blotchside	Percina burtoni	FSSS
Madtom, margined	Noturus insignis
Madtom, orangefin	Noturus gilberti	FSST
Madtom, yellowfin	Noturus flavipinnis	FTST
Minnow, Kanawha	Phenacobius teretulus	FS
Minnow, bluntnose	Pimephales notatus
Minnow, bullhead	Pimephales vigilax
Minnow, cutlips	Exoglossum maxillingua
Minnow, eastern silvery	Hybognathus regius
Minnow, fathead	Pimephales promelas
Minnow, fatlips	Phenacobius crassilabrum	FSSS
Minnow, silverjaw	Notropis buccatus
Minnow, stargazing	Phenacobius uranops
Minnow, suckermouth	Phenacobius mirabilis
Minnow, tonguetied	Exoglossum laurae
Muskellunge	Esox masquinongy
Paddlefish	Polyodon spathula	FSST
Perch, white	Morone americana
Perch, yellow	Perca flavescens
Pickerel, chain	Esox niger
Pickerel, redfin	Esox americanus americanus
Pike, northern	Esox lucius
Pumpkinseed	Lepomis gibbosus
Quillback	Carpiodes cyprinus
Redhorse, black	Moxostoma duquesnei
Redhorse, golden	Moxostoma erythrurum
Redhorse, river	Moxostoma carinatum	SS
Redhorse, shorthead	Moxostoma macrolepidotum
Redhorse, silver	Moxostoma anisurum
Redhorse, smallfin	Moxostoma robustum
Redhorse, v-lip	Moxostoma pappillosum
Sauger	Stizostedion canadense	SS
Sculpin, Bluestone	Cottus sp.	FS
Sculpin, banded	Cottus carolinae
Sculpin, black	Cottus baileyi
Sculpin, mottled	Cottus bairdi
Sculpin, slimy	Cottus cognatus
Shad, American	Alosa sapidissima
Shad, gizzard	Dorosoma cepedianum
Shad, threadfin	Dorosoma petenense
Shiner, New River	Notropis scabriceps
Shiner, Tennessee	Notropis leuciodus
Shiner, bridle	Notropis bifrenatus	SS
Shiner, comely	Notropis amoenus
Shiner, common	Luxilus cornutus
Shiner, crescent	Luxilus cerasinus
Shiner, emerald	Notropis atherinoides	ST
Shiner, golden	Notemigonus crysoleucas
Shiner, highfin	Notropis altipinnis
Shiner, mimic	Notropis volucellus
Shiner, mirror	Notropis spectrunculus	SS
Shiner, mountain	Lythrurus lirus
Shiner, popeye	Notropis ariommus	FSSS
Shiner, redlip	Notropis chiliticus
Shiner, rosefin	Lythrurus ardens
Shiner, rosyface	Notropis rubellus
Shiner, roughhead	Notropis semperasper	FSSS
Shiner, saffron	Notropis rubricroceus
Shiner, sand	Notropis stramineus
Shiner, satinfin	Cyprinella analostana
Shiner, silver	Notropis photogenis
Shiner, spotfin	Cyprinella spiloptera
Shiner, spottail	Notropis hudsonius
Shiner, steelcolor	Cyprinella whipplei	ST
Shiner, striped	Luxilus chrysocephalus
Shiner, swallowtail	Notropis procne
Shiner, telescope	Notropis telescopus
Shiner, warpaint	Luxilus coccogenis
Shiner, white	Luxilus albeolus
Shiner, whitetail	Cyprinella galactura
Silverside, brook	Labidesthes sicculus	SS
Stonecat	Noturus flavus	SS
Stoneroller, central	Campostoma anomalum
Studfish, northern	Fundulus catenatus
Sucker, Roanoke hog	Hypentelium roanokense	FS
Sucker, harelip	Lagochila lacera
Sucker, northern hog	Hypentelium nigricans
Sucker, rustyside	Thoburnia hamiltoni	FSSS
Sucker, torrent	Moxostoma rhothoecum
Sucker, white	Catostomus commersoni
Sunfish, bluespotted	Enneacanthus gloriosus
Sunfish, green	Lepomis cyanellus
Sunfish, longear	Lepomis megalotis
Sunfish, redbreast	Lepomis auritus
Sunfish, redear	Lepomis microlophus
Trout, brook	Salvelinus fontinalis
Trout, brown	Salmo trutta
Trout, rainbow	Oncorhynchus mykiss
Walleye	Stizostedion vitreum vitreum
Warmouth	Lepomis gulosus

* Status Definitions:

FE - Endangered on the Federal listing
FT - Threatened on the Federal listing
FP - Proposed for the Federal listing
FC - Candidate for the Federal listing
FS - Species of Special Concern for Federal agencies
SE - Endangered on the Virginia listing
ST - Threatened on the Virginia listing
SC - Candidate for the Virginia listing
SS - Species of Special Concern for Virginia agencies

Encyclopedia ID: p1473

Fish

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