# List of freshwater fishes of Maryland

This is a list of freshwater fish living wild in the US state of Maryland.

## Bowfin (Amiidae)

* Bowfin (Amia calva)

## Catfishes (Ictaluridae)

* White catfish (Ameiurus catus)
* Yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis)
* Brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus)
* Blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus)
* Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
* Stonecat (Noturus flavus)
* Tadpole madtom (Noturus gyrinus)
* Margined madtom (Noturus insignis)
* Flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris)

## Eels (Anguillidae)

* American eel (Anguilla rostrata)

## Gars (Lepisosteidae)

* Longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus)

## Herrings (Clupeidae)

* Blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis)
* Hickory shad (Alosa mediocris)
* Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)
* American shad (Alosa sapidissima)
* Gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum)
* Threadfin shad (Dorosoma petenense)

## Killifishes (Fundulidae)

* Banded killifish (Fundulus diaphanus)
* Mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus)
* Spotfin killifish (Fundulus luciae)
* Striped killifish (Fundulus majalis)
* Rainwater killifish (Lucania parva)

## Lampreys (Petromyzontidae)

* Least brook lamprey (Lampetra aepyptera)
* American brook lamprey (Lampetra appendix)
* Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)

## Lotids (Lotidae)

* Burbot (Lota lota)

## Minnows (Cyprinidae)

* Central stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum)
* Goldfish (Carassius auratus) (introduced)
* Koi (Cyprinus rubrofuscus) (introduced)
* Redside dace (Clinostomus elongatus)
* Rosyside dace (Clinostomus funduloides)
* Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)
* Satinfin shiner (Cyprinella analostana)
* Spotfin shiner (Cyprinella spiloptera)
* Common carp (Cyprinus carpio)
* Cutlips minnow (Exoglossum maxillingua)
* Eastern silvery minnow (Hybognathus regius)
* Striped shiner (Luxilus chrysocephalus)
* Common shiner (Luxilus cornutus)
* Allegheny pearl dace (Margariscus margarita)
* River chub (Nocomis micropogon)
* Golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas)
* Comely shiner (Notropis amoenus)
* Emerald shiner (Notropis atherinoides)
* Bridle shiner (Notropis bifrenatus)
* Silverjaw minnow (Notropis buccatus)
* Ironcolor shiner (Notropis chalybaeus)
* Spottail shiner (Notropis hudsonius)
* Swallowtail shiner (Notropis procne)
* Rosyface shiner (Notropis rubellus)
* Cheat minnow (Pararhinichthys bowersi)
* Bluntnose minnow (Pimephales notatus)
* Fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas)
* Eastern blacknose dace (Rhinichthys atratulus)
* Longnose dace (Rhinichthys cataractae)
* Common rudd (Scardinius erythropthalmus) (introduced)
* Creek chub (Semotilus atromaculatus)
* Fallfish (Semotilus corporalis)
* Tench (Tinca tinca) (introduced)

## Mudminnows (Umbridae)

* Eastern mudminnow (Umbra pygmaea)

## Perches (Percidae)

* Greenside darter (Etheostoma blennioides)
* Rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum)
* Fantail darter (Etheostoma flabellare)
* Swamp darter (Etheostoma fusiforme)
* Johnny darter (Etheostoma nigrum)
* Tessellated darter (Etheostoma olmstedi)
* Maryland darter (Etheostoma sellare)
* Glassy darter (Etheostoma vitreum)
* Banded darter (Etheostoma zonale)
* Yellow perch (Perca flavescens)
* Common logperch (Percina caprodes)
* Stripeback darter (Percina notogramma)
* Shield darter (Percina peltata)
* Walleye (Sander vitreum) (introduced)

## Percopsids (Percopsidae)

* Trout-perch (Percopsis omiscomaycus)

## Pikes (Esocidae)

* Redfin pickerel (Esox americanus)
* Northern pike (Esox lucius)
* Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy)
* Tiger muskellunge (Esox masquinongy X Esox lucius)
* Chain pickerel (Esox niger)

## Pirate perch (Aphredoderidae)

* Pirate perch (Aphredoderus sayanus)

## Poeciliids (Poeciliidae)

* Eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki)

## Pupfish (Cyprinodontidae)

* Sheepshead minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus)

## Sculpins (Cottidae)

* Mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdii)
* Blue Ridge sculpin (Cottus caeruleomentum)

## Silversides (Atherinopsidae)

* Rough silverside (Membras martinica)
* Inland silverside (Menidia beryllina)
* Atlantic silverside (Menidia menidia)

## Smelts (Osmeridae)

* Rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax)

## Snakeheads (Channidae)

* Northern snakehead (introduced)

## Sticklebacks (Gasterosteidae)

* Fourspine stickleback (Apeltes quadracus)
* Brook stickleback (Culaea inconstans)
* Threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

## Sturgeons (Acipenseridae)

* Shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)
* Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhinchus)

## Suckers (Catostomidae)

* Quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus)
* Longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus)
* White sucker (Catostomus commersoni)
* Creek chubsucker (Erimyzon oblongus)
* Northern hogsucker (Hypentelium nigricans)
* Golden redhorse (Moxostoma erythrurum)
* Shorthead redhorse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum)

## Sunfishes (Centrarchidae)

* Mud sunfish (Acantharcus pomotis)
* Rock bass (Amblopites rupestris)
* Flier (Centrarchus macropterus)
* Blackbanded sunfish (Enneacanthus chaetodon)
* Bluespotted sunfish (Enneacanthus gloriosus)
* Banded sunfish (Enneacanthus obesus)
* Redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus)
* Green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus)
* Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus)
* Pumpkingill (Lepomis gibbosus x macrochirus)
* Warmouth (Lepomis gulosus)
* Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)
* Greengill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus x cyanellus)
* Longear sunfish (Lepomis megalotis)
* Redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus)
* Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu)
* Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)
* White crappie (Pomoxis annularis)
* Black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus)

## Temperate basses (Moronidae)

* White perch (Morone americana)
* Striped bass (Morone saxatilis)

## Trout and whitefish (Salmonidae)

* Cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki)
* Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
* Brown trout (Salmo trutta)
* Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
* Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush)
* Lake herring (Coregonus artedi)