**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 name Scientific name

**Fish ‑ Amphidromous**

Hickory shad *Alosa mediocris*

Fourspine stickleback *Apeltes quadracus*

Sheepshead minnow *Cyprinodon variegatus*

Mummichog *Fundulus heteroclitus*

Spotfin killifish *Fundulus luciae*

Naked goby *Gobiosoma bosc*

Code goby *Gobiosoma robustum*

Rainwater killifish *Lucania parva*

Inland silverside *Menidia beryllina*

White perch *Morone americana*

Striped mullet *Mugil cephalus*

White mullet *Mugil curema*

Banded gunnel *Pholis fasciata*

Ninespine stickleback *Pungitius pungitius*

Hogchoker *Trinectes maculatus*

**Fish ‑ Anadromous**

Shortnose sturgeon *Acipenser brevirostrum*

Atlantic sturgeon *Acipenser oxyrhynchus*

Blueback herring *Alosa aestivalis*

Alewife *Alosa pseudoharengus*

American shad *Alosa sapidissima*

Gizzard shad *Dorosoma cepedianum*

Striped bass *Morone saxatilis*

Rainbow smelt *Osmerus mordax*

Sea lamprey *Petromyzone marinus*

Atlantic salmon *Salmo salar*

**Fish ‑ Catadromous**

American eel *Anguilla rostrata*

**Fish ‑ Freshwater**

Rock bass *Ambloplites rupestris*

Bowfin *Amia calva*

Goldfish *Carassius auratus*

Longnose sucker^1^ *Catostomus catostomus*

White sucker *Catostomus commersoni*

Slimy sculpin *Cottus cognatus*

Lake chub *Couesius plumbeus*

Grass carp *Ctenopharyngodon idella*

Brook stickleback *Culaea inconstans*

Carp *Cyprinus carpio*

Tiger muskellunge *E. lucius x E. masquinongy*

Banded sunfish *Enneacanthus obesus*

Creek chubsucker *Erimyzon oblongus*

Redfin pickerel *Esox americanus*

Northern pike *Esox lucius*

Chain pickerel *Esox niger*

Swamp darter *Etheostoma fusiforme*

Johnny darter *Etheostoma nigrum*

Tessellated darter *Etheostoma olmstedi*

Cutlips minnow *Exoglossum maxillingua*

Banded killifish *Fundulus diaphanus*

Silvery minnow^1^ *Hybognathus nuchalis*

Eastern silvery minnow *Hybognathus regius*

White catfish *Ictalurus catus*

Black bullhead *Ameirus melas*

Yellow bullhead *Ameirus natalis*

Brown bullhead *Ameirus nebulosus*

Channel catfish *Ictalurus punctatus*

American brook lamprey *Lampetra appendix*

Redbreast sunfish *Lepomis auritus*

Pumpkinseed *Lepomis gibbosis*

Bluegill *Lepomis macrochirus*

Ide *Leuciscus idus*

Burbot^1^ *Lota lota*

Pearl dace *Margariscus margarita*

Smallmouth bass *Micropterus dolomieui*

Largemouth bass *Micropterus salmoidies*

Golden shiner *Notemigonus crysoleucas*

Pugnose shiner *Notropis anogenus*

Emerald shiner *Notropis atherinoide*

Bridle shiner *Notropis bifrenatus*

Common shiner *Notropis cornutus*

Blacknose shiner *Notropis heterolepis*

Spottail shiner *Notropis hudsonius*

Red shiner *Notropis lutrensis*

Mimic shiner *Notropis volucellus*

Tadpole madtom *Noturus gyrinus*

Rainbow trout *Oncorhynchus mykiss*

Kokanee *Oncoryhnchus nerka*

Yellow perch *Perca flavescens*

Northern redbelly dace *Phoxinus eos*

Finescale dace *Phoxinus neogaeus*

Bluntnose minnow *Pimephales notatus*

Fathead minnow *Pimephales promelas*

White crappie *Pomoxis annularis*

Black crappie *Pomoxis nigromaculatus*

Round whitefish *Prosopium cylindraceum*

Blacknose dace *Rhinichthys atratulus*

Longnose dace *Rhinichthys cataractae*

Splake *S. fontinalis x S. namacush*

Brown trout *Salmo trutta*

Sunapee trout *Salvelinus aureolus*

Brook trout *Salvelinus fontinalis*

Lake trout *Salvelinus namaycush*

Creek chub *Semotilus atromaculatus*

Fallfish *Semotilus corporalis*

Walleye *Stizostedion vitreum vitreum*

Tench *Tinca tinca*

Central mudminnow *Umbra limi*

^1^ ~State\ \"species\ of\ special\ concern\".~

**Fish ‑ Saltwater**

American sand lance *Ammodytes americanus*

Bay anchovy *Anchoa mitchilli*

Hardhead catfish *Arius felis*

Silver perch *Bairdiella chrysoura*

Atlantic menhaden *Brevoortia tyrannus*

Crevalle jack *Caranx hippos*

Black sea bass *Centropristis striata*

Atlantic herring *Clupea harengus*

Lumpfish *Cyclopterus lumpus*

Weakfish *Cyoscion regalis*

Smallmouth flounder *Etropus microstomus*

Red cornetfish *Fistularia petimba*

Striped killifish *Fundulus majalis*

Threespine stickleback *Gasterosteus aculeatus*

Blackspotted stickleback *Gasterosteus wheatlandi*

Spot *Leiostomus xanthurus*

Goosefish *Lophius americanus*

Atlantic silverside *Menidia menidia*

Northern kingfish *Menticirrhus saxatilis*

Silver hake *Merluccius bilinearis*

Atlantic tomcod *Microgadus tomcod*

Smooth dogfish *Mustelus canis*

Grubby *Myoxocephalus aenaeus*

Longhorn sculpin *Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus*

Oyster toadfish *Opsanus Tau*

Summer flounder *Paralichthys dentatus*

Fourspot flounder *Paralichthys oblongus*

Butterfish *Peprilus triacanthus*

Rock gunnel *Pholis gunnellus*

Winter flounder *Pleuronectes americanus*

Yellowtail flounder *Pleuronectes ferrugineus*

Bluefish *Pomatomus saltatrix*

Northern searobin *Prionotus carolinus*

Striped searobin *Prionotus evolans*

Clearnose skate *Raja eglanteria*

Little skate *Raja erinacea*

Atlantic mackerel *Scomber scombrus*

Windowpane *Scophthalmus aquosus*

Lookdown *Selene vomer*

Northern puffer *Sphoeroides maculatus*

Spiny dogfish *Squalus acanthias*

Scup *Stenotomus chrysops*

Atlantic needlefish *Strongylura marina*

Northern pipefish *Syngnathus fuscus*

Tautog *Tautoga onitis*

Cunner *Tautogolabrus adspersus*

Red hake *Urophycis chuss*

Spotted hake *Urophycis regia*