Fishes of the Connecticut River Watershed
(from the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Final Action Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, October, 1995, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Hadley, MA)
Common nameScientific name
Fish Amphidromous
Hickory shadAlosa mediocris
Fourspine sticklebackApeltes quadracus
Sheepshead minnowCyprinodon variegatus
MummichogFundulus heteroclitus
Spotfin killifishFundulus luciae
Naked gobyGobiosoma bosc
Code gobyGobiosoma robustum
Rainwater killifishLucania parva
Inland silversideMenidia beryllina
White perchMorone americana
Striped mulletMugil cephalus
White mulletMugil curema
Banded gunnelPholis fasciata
Ninespine sticklebackPungitius pungitius
HogchokerTrinectes maculatus
Fish Anadromous
Shortnose sturgeonAcipenser brevirostrum
Atlantic sturgeonAcipenser oxyrhynchus
Blueback herringAlosa aestivalis
AlewifeAlosa pseudoharengus
American shadAlosa sapidissima
Gizzard shadDorosoma cepedianum
Striped bassMorone saxatilis
Rainbow smeltOsmerus mordax
Sea lampreyPetromyzone marinus
Atlantic salmonSalmo salar
Fish Catadromous
American eelAnguilla rostrata
Fish Freshwater
Rock bassAmbloplites rupestris
BowfinAmia calva
GoldfishCarassius auratus
Longnose sucker1Catostomus catostomus
White suckerCatostomus commersoni
Slimy sculpinCottus cognatus
Lake chubCouesius plumbeus
Grass carpCtenopharyngodon idella
Brook sticklebackCulaea inconstans
CarpCyprinus carpio
Tiger muskellungeE. lucius x E. masquinongy
Banded sunfishEnneacanthus obesus
Creek chubsuckerErimyzon oblongus
Redfin pickerelEsox americanus
Northern pikeEsox lucius
Chain pickerelEsox niger
Swamp darterEtheostoma fusiforme
Johnny darterEtheostoma nigrum
Tessellated darterEtheostoma olmstedi
Cutlips minnowExoglossum maxillingua
Banded killifishFundulus diaphanus
Silvery minnow1Hybognathus nuchalis
Eastern silvery minnowHybognathus regius
White catfishIctalurus catus
Black bullheadAmeirus melas
Yellow bullheadAmeirus natalis
Brown bullheadAmeirus nebulosus
Channel catfishIctalurus punctatus
American brook lampreyLampetra appendix
Redbreast sunfishLepomis auritus
PumpkinseedLepomis gibbosis
BluegillLepomis macrochirus
IdeLeuciscus idus
Burbot1Lota lota
Pearl daceMargariscus margarita
Smallmouth bassMicropterus dolomieui
Largemouth bassMicropterus salmoidies
Golden shinerNotemigonus crysoleucas
Pugnose shinerNotropis anogenus
Emerald shinerNotropis atherinoide
Bridle shinerNotropis bifrenatus
Common shinerNotropis cornutus
Blacknose shinerNotropis heterolepis
Spottail shinerNotropis hudsonius
Red shinerNotropis lutrensis
Mimic shinerNotropis volucellus
Tadpole madtomNoturus gyrinus
Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss
KokaneeOncoryhnchus nerka
Yellow perchPerca flavescens
Northern redbelly dacePhoxinus eos
Finescale dacePhoxinus neogaeus
Bluntnose minnowPimephales notatus
Fathead minnowPimephales promelas
White crappiePomoxis annularis
Black crappiePomoxis nigromaculatus
Round whitefishProsopium cylindraceum
Blacknose daceRhinichthys atratulus
Longnose daceRhinichthys cataractae
SplakeS. fontinalis x S. namacush
Brown troutSalmo trutta
Sunapee troutSalvelinus aureolus
Brook troutSalvelinus fontinalis
Lake troutSalvelinus namaycush
Creek chubSemotilus atromaculatus
FallfishSemotilus corporalis
WalleyeStizostedion vitreum vitreum
TenchTinca tinca
Central mudminnowUmbra limi
1 State "species of special concern".
Fish Saltwater
American sand lanceAmmodytes americanus
Bay anchovyAnchoa mitchilli
Hardhead catfishArius felis
Silver perchBairdiella chrysoura
Atlantic menhadenBrevoortia tyrannus
Crevalle jackCaranx hippos
Black sea bassCentropristis striata
Atlantic herringClupea harengus
LumpfishCyclopterus lumpus
WeakfishCyoscion regalis
Smallmouth flounderEtropus microstomus
Red cornetfishFistularia petimba
Striped killifishFundulus majalis
Threespine sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus
Blackspotted sticklebackGasterosteus wheatlandi
SpotLeiostomus xanthurus
GoosefishLophius americanus
Atlantic silversideMenidia menidia
Northern kingfishMenticirrhus saxatilis
Silver hakeMerluccius bilinearis
Atlantic tomcodMicrogadus tomcod
Smooth dogfishMustelus canis
GrubbyMyoxocephalus aenaeus
Longhorn sculpinMyoxocephalus octodecemspinosus
Oyster toadfishOpsanus Tau
Summer flounderParalichthys dentatus
Fourspot flounderParalichthys oblongus
ButterfishPeprilus triacanthus
Rock gunnelPholis gunnellus
Winter flounderPleuronectes americanus
Yellowtail flounderPleuronectes ferrugineus
BluefishPomatomus saltatrix
Northern searobinPrionotus carolinus
Striped searobinPrionotus evolans
Clearnose skateRaja eglanteria
Little skateRaja erinacea
Atlantic mackerelScomber scombrus
WindowpaneScophthalmus aquosus
LookdownSelene vomer
Northern pufferSphoeroides maculatus
Spiny dogfishSqualus acanthias
ScupStenotomus chrysops
Atlantic needlefishStrongylura marina
Northern pipefishSyngnathus fuscus
TautogTautoga onitis
CunnerTautogolabrus adspersus
Red hakeUrophycis chuss
Spotted hakeUrophycis regia
Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge______
Conserving the Nature of the Connecticut River Watershed