List of fishes of Minnesota

• Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar • Bloater, Coregonus hoyi • Brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis • Brown trout, Salmo trutta • Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha • Cisco, Coregonus artedi commonly called tulibee or lake herring • Coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch • Kiyi, Coregonus kiyi (special concern) • Lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush • Lake whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis • Pink salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha • Pygmy whitefish, Prosopium coulterii • Rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax (regulated invasive) • Rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss • Round whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum • Shortjaw cisco, Coregonus zenithicus (special concern) ==legal game fish MN==

• American paddlefish, Polyodon spathula (threatened) • Black bullhead, Ameiurus melas • Black crappie, Pomoxis nigromaculatus • Blue catfish, Ictalurus furcatus • Bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus • Blue sucker, Cycleptus elongatus (special concern) • Brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus • Burbot, Lota lota may be referred to as eelpout, ling, or lawyer • Channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus • Flathead catfish, Pylodictis olivaris • Green sunfish, Lepomis cyanellus • Lake sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens (special concern) • Largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides • Longear sunfish, Lepomis megalotis • Muskellunge, Esox masquinongy • Northern pike, Esox lucius • Pumpkinseed, Lepomis gibbosus • Rock bass, Ambloplites rupestris • Sauger, Sander canadense • Shovelnose sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorynchus • Smallmouth bass, Micropterus dolomieu • Walleye, Sander vitreus • Warmouth, Lepomis gulosus • White bass, Morone chrysops • White crappie, Pomoxis annularis • White perch, Morone americana (prohibited invasive) • Yellow bass, Morone mississippiensis (special concern) • Yellow bullhead, Ameiurus natalis • Yellow perch, Perca flavescens ==Other sport fish==

• American eel, Anguilla rostrata • Bigmouth buffalo, Ictiobus cyprinellus • Black buffalo, Ictiobus niger (special concern) • Black redhorse, Moxostoma duquesnei • Bowfin, Amia calva sometimes call dogfish • Common carp, Cyprinus carpio (regulated invasive) • Creek chub, Semotilus atromaculatus • Freshwater drum, Aplodinotus grunniens often called sheepshead • Gizzard shad, Dorosoma cepedianum • Golden redhorse, Moxostoma erythrurum • Goldeye, Hiodon alosoides • Goldfish, Carassius auratus (regulated invasive) • Greater redhorse, Moxostoma valenciennesi • Highfin carpsucker, Carpiodes velifer • Longnose gar, Lepisosteus osseus • Longnose sucker, Catostomus catostomus • Mooneye, Hiodon tergisus • Northern hogsucker, Hypentelium nigricans • Quillback, Carpiodes cyprinus • River carpsucker, Carpiodes carpio • River redhorse, Moxostoma carinatum • Shorthead redhorse, Moxostoma macrolepidotum • Shortnose gar, Lepisosteus platostomus • Silver redhorse, Moxostoma anisurum • Smallmouth buffalo, Ictiobus bubalus • Spotted sucker, Minytrema melanops • White sucker, Catostomus commersoni ==Non-game fish==

• Alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus (prohibited invasive) • Allegheny pearl dace, Margariscus margarita • American brook lamprey, Lampetra appendix • Banded darter, Etheostoma zonale • Banded killifish, Fundulus diaphanus • Bighead carp, Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (prohibited invasive) • Bigmouth shiner, Notropis dorsalis • Blackchin shiner, Notropis heterodon • Blacknose shiner, Notropis heterolepis • Blackside darter, Percina maculata • Bluntnose darter, Etheostoma chlorosoma • Bluntnose minnow, Pimephales notatus • Brassy minnow, Hybognathus hankinsoni • Brook silverside, Labidesthes sicculus • Brook stickleback, Culaea inconstans • Bullhead minnow, Pimephales vigilax • Central mudminnow, Umbra limi • Central stoneroller, Campostoma anomalum • Chestnut lamprey, Ichthyomyzon castaneus • Common logperch, Percina caprodes • Common shiner, Luxilus cornutus • Crystal darter, Crystallaria asprella (special concern) • Deepwater sculpin, Myoxocephalus thompsoni • Eastern blacknose dace, Rhinichthys atratulus • Emerald shiner, Notropis atherinoides • Fantail darter, Etheostoma flabellare • Fathead minnow, Pimephales promelas • Finescale dace, Phoxinus neogaeus • Flathead chub, Platygobio gracilis • Fourspine stickleback, Apeltes quadracus • Gilt darter, Percina evides (special concern) • Golden shiner, Notemigonus crysoleucas • Grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella (prohibited invasive) • Gravel chub, Erimystax x-punctatus (special concern) • Hornyhead chub, Nocomis biguttatus • Iowa darter, Etheostoma exile • Lake chub, Couesius plumbeus • Largescale stoneroller, Campostoma oligolepis • Johnny darter, Etheostoma nigrum • Least darter, Etheostoma microperca (special concern) • Longnose dace, Rhinichthys cataractae • Mimic shiner, Notropis volucellus • Mississippi silvery minnow, Hybognathus nuchalis • Mottled sculpin, Cottus bairdi sometimes called muddler minnow • Mud darter, Etheostoma asprigene • Ninespine stickleback, Pungitius pungitius • Northern brook lamprey, Ichthyomyzon fossor (special concern) • Northern pearl dace, Margariscus nachtriebi • Northern redbelly dace, Phoxinus eos • Orangespotted sunfish, Lepomis humilis • Ozark minnow, Notropis nubilus (special concern) • Pallid shiner, Hybopsis amnis (special concern) • Pirate perch, Aphredoderus sayanus (special concern) • Plains topminnow, Fundulus sciadicus (special concern) • Pugnose minnow, Opsopoeodus emiliae (special concern) • Pugnose shiner, Notropis anogenus • Rainbow darter, Etheostoma caeruleum • Redfin shiner, Lythrurus umbratilis • Red shiner, Cyprinella lutrensis • Redside dace, Clinostomus elongatus • River darter, Percina shumardi • River shiner, Notropis blennius • Rosyface shiner, Notropis rubellus • Round goby, Neogobius melanostomus (prohibited invasive) • Ruffe, Gymnocephalus cernuus (prohibited invasive) • Sand shiner, Notropis stramineus • Sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus (prohibited invasive) • Silver carp, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (prohibited invasive) • Silver chub, Macrhybopsis storeriana or Hybopsis storeriana • Silver lamprey, Ichthyomyzon unicuspis • Skipjack herring, Alosa chrysochloris (special concern) • Slenderhead darter, Percina phoxocephala • Slender madtom, Noturus exilis (Endangered) • Slimy sculpin, Cottus cognatus • Southern brook lamprey, Ichthyomyzon gagei (special concern) • Southern redbelly dace, Phoxinus erythrogaster • Speckled chub, Macrhybopsis aestivalis or Hybopsis aestivalis • Spoonhead sculpin, Cottus ricei • Spotfin shiner, Cyprinella spiloptera • Spottail shiner, Notropis hudsonius • Starhead topminnow, Fundulus dispar • Stonecat, Noturus flavus • Suckermouth minnow, Phenacobius mirabilis • Tadpole madtom, Noturus gyrinus • Threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus • Topeka shiner, Notropis topeka (special concern) • Trout-perch, Percopsis omiscomaycus • Weed shiner, Notropis texanus • Western blacknose dace, Rhinichthys obtusus • Western sand darter, Ammocrypta clara • Western tubenose goby, Proterorhinus semilunaris ==Invasive species not currently in Minnesota==

According to the DNR, these prohibited or regulated invasive fish species threaten Minnesota natural resources but are not currently known to be in Minnesota public waters. • Black carp, Mylopharyngodon piceus (prohibited invasive) • Rudd, Scardinius erythrophthalmus (prohibited invasive) • Tilapia, Oreochromis, Sarotherodon, and Tilapia spp. (regulated invasive) • Zander, Stizostedion lucioperca (prohibited invasive) ==See also==