Animals - Fish

212 Species

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Subject Name Scientific Name
airbreathing catfish Bonaparte, 1846
snakeheads Fowler, 1934
bonytongues
firefishes, goblinfishes, rascasses, rockfishes, scorpènes, scorpénidés, scorpionfishes
bluechin xenocara Acanthicus dolichopterus Kner, 1854
spotty-tail Acanthochromis polyacanthus (Bleeker, 1855)
yellowspot surgeonfish Acanthurus pyroferus Kittlitz, 1834
blue acara Aequidens pulcher (Gill, 1858)
alewife Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811)
American Shad Alosa sapidissima (Wilson, 1811)
convict cichlid Amatitlania nigrofasciata (Günther, 1867)
white bullhead Ameiurus catus (Linnaeus, 1758)
black bullhead Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)
yellow bullhead Ameiurus natalis (Lesueur, 1819)
Ameiurus spp.
bowfin Amia calva Linnaeus, 1766
Midas cichlid Amphilophus citrinellus (Günther, 1864)
common clownfish Amphiprion ocellaris Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830
starlight bristlenose catfish Ancistrus dolichopterus Kner, 1854
American eel Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
Arapaima Arapaima gigas (Schinz, 1822)
eastern happy Astatotilapia calliptera (Günther, 1894)
oscar Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz in Spix and Agassiz, 1831)
alligator gar Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède, 1803)
bigspotted triggerfish Balistoides conspicillum (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
pike killifish Belonesox belizanus (Kner, 1860)
armoured catfish Callichthys callichthys (Linnaeus, 1758)
goldfish Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
crucian carp Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Prussian carp Carassius gibelio (Bloch, 1782)
peacock hind Cephalopholis argus Bloch and Schneider, 1801
redstriped butterflyfish Chaetodon lunula (Lacepède, 1802)
northern snakehead Channa argus (Cantor, 1842)
bullseye snakehead Channa marulius (Hamilton, 1822)
Asian snakeheads Channa spp. Scopoli, 1777
clown knifefish Chitala ornata (Gray, 1831)
panther grouper Chromileptes altivelis (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1828)
butterfly peacock bass Cichla ocellaris Bloch and Schneider, 1801
black acara Cichlasoma bimaculatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
chanchita Cichlasoma dimerus (Heckel, 1840)
Managua cichlid Cichlasoma managuense
yellowbelly cichlid Cichlasoma salvini (Günther, 1862)
Mayan cichlid Cichlasoma urophthalma (Günther, 1862)
cichlids Cichlidae Bonaparte, 1835
root-arm medusa Cladonema radiatum Dujardin, 1843
walking catfish Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758)
freshwater hydroid Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771)
mottled sculpin Cottus bairdii Girard, 1850
freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbyi Lankester, 1880
grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844)
red shiner Cyprinella lutrensis (Baird and Girard, 1853)
sheepshead pupfish Cyprinodon variegatus Lacepède, 1803
common carp Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758
common carp Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Amur carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus Lacepède, 1803
Cyprinus spp.
humbug damselfish Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
malabar danio Devario malabaricus (Jerdon, 1849)
mud shad Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur, 1818)
threadfin shad Dorosoma petenense (Günther, 1867)
spotted sleeper Eleotris picta Kner, 1863
white-streaked grouper Epinephelus ongus (Bloch, 1790)
northern pike Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758
chain pickerel Esox niger Lesueur, 1818
brown darter Etheostoma edwini (Hubbs and Cannon, 1935)
lined topminnow Fundulus lineolatus (Agassiz, 1854)
mosquitofish Gambusia Poey, 1854
western mosquitofish Gambusia affinis S.F. Baird & Girard, 1853
eastern mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki Girard,1859
eartheater cichlids Geophagus spp. Heckel, 1840
redstriped eartheater Geophagus surinamensis (Bloch, 1791)
bigmouth sleeper Gobiomorus dormitor Lacepède, 1800
clinging jellyfish Gonionemus vertens L. Agassiz, 1862
fairy basselet Gramma loreto Poey, 1868
ruffe Gymnocephalus cernuus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rio Grande cichlid Haplochromis callipterus (Günther, 1894)
African jewelfish Hemichromis letourneuxi Sauvage, 1880
featherfin bullfish Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
bannerfish Heniochus diphreutes Jordan, 1903
bannerfish Heniochus spp. Cuvier, 1816
lowland cichlid Herichthys carpintis (Jordan and Snyder, 1899)
Rio Grande cichlid Herichthys cyanoguttatus (Baird & Girard, 1854)
banded cichlid Heros severus Heckel, 1840
African bonytongue Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier, 1829)
mooneye Hiodon tergisus Lesueur, 1818
brown hoplo Hoplosternum littorale (Hancock, 1828)
silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844)
bighead carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis J. Richardson, 1845
Asian carp Hypophthalmichthys spp. Bleeker
suckermouth catfish Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758)
suckermouth catfishes Hypostomus spp. Lacepède, 1803
tessellated blenny Hypsoblennius invemar Smith- Vaniz & Acero P., 1980
Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus (Lesueur, 1840)
Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818)
Fuelleborn's cichlid Labeotropheus fuelleborni Ahl, 1926
slender gars Lepisosteus Lacepède, 1803
Florida gar Lepisosteus platyrhincus DeKay, 1842
green sunfish Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque 1819
warmouth Lepomis gulosus (Cuvier, 1829)
orangespotted sunfish Lepomis humilis (Girard 1858)
bluegill Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, 1819
common sunfishes Lepomis spp. Rafinesque, 1819
stonefish Leptosynanceia asteroblepa (Richardson, 1844)
peacock eel Macrognathus siamensis (Günther, 1861)
Australian redtailed rainbowfish Melanotaenia nigrans (Richardson, 1843)
inland silverside Menidia beryllina (Cope, 1867)
smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 1802
spotted bass Micropterus punctulatus (Rafinesque, 1819)
Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides (Lacepède, 1802)
weather loach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842)
sebae silverfish Monodactylus sebae (Cuvier, 1829)
jowled swamp eels Monopterus Lacepède, 1800
Asian swamp eel Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793)
white perch Morone americana (Gmelin 1789)
hybrid white perch x striped yellow bass Morone americana x mississippiensis
White Bass Morone chrysops (Rafinesque, 1820)
wiper Morone chrysops x saxatilis
yellow bass Morone mississippiensis (Jordan and Eigenmann, 1887)
Striped Bass Morone saxatilis (Walbaum, 1792)
gray mullet Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758
black carp Mylopharyngodon piceus J. Richardson, 1846
Orangespine unicornfish Naso lituratus (Forster in Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
round goby Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814)
violet demoiselle Neopomacentrus cyanomos (Bleeker, 1856)
emerald shiner Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 1818
spottail shiner Notropis hudsonius (Clinton, 1824)
mimic shiner Notropis volucellus (Cope, 1865)
redtoothed filefish Odonus niger (Rüppell, 1836)
humpbacked salmon or pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum, 1792)
silver salmon or coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum, 1792)
rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792)
coastal rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus (Gibbons, 1955)
Kokanee Salmon Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum in Artedi, 1792)
Chinook Salmon or King Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum in Artedi, 1792)
blue tilapia Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864)
Mozambique tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)
Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
blue tilapias Oreochromis spp. Günther, 1889
rainbow smelt Osmerus mordax (Mitchill, 1814)
arawana Osteoglossum bicirrhosum (Cuvier, 1829)
ripsaw catfish Oxydoras spp. Kner, 1855
common surgeon Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
snakehead fish Parachanna spp. Teugels and Daget, 1984
jaguar guapote Parachromis managuensis (Günther, 1867)
redhead cichlid Paraneetroplus synspilus (Hubbs, 1935)
yellow perch Perca flavescens (Mitchill, 1814)
logperch Percina caprodes (Rafinesque, 1818)
giant cichlid Petenia splendida Günther, 1862
redtail catfish Phractocephalus hemioliopterus (Bloch and Schneifer, 1801)
fathead minnow Pimephales promelas Rafinesque, 1820
orbiculate batfish Platax orbicularis (Forsskål, 1775)
European flounder Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
mollies Poecilia kykesis Poeser, 2002
sailfin molly Poecilia latipinna (Lesueur, 1821)
Tamesi molly Poecilia latipunctata Meek, 1904
millions fish Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859
paddlefish Polyodon spathula (Walbaum in Artedi, 1792)
barred bichir Polypterus delhezi Boulenger, 1899
emperor angelfish Pomacanthus imperator Bloch,1787
yellowbar angelfish Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål, 1775)
zebra angelfish Pomacanthus semicirculatus (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1831)
white crappie Pomoxis annularis Rafinesque, 1818
warthead blenny Protemblemaria punctata Cervigón, 1966
tubenose goby Proterorhinus marmoratus Pallas, 1814
freshwater tubenose goby Proterorhinus semilunaris Heckel 1837
pindani Pseudotropheus socolofi Johnson, 1974
lionfish Pterois
lionfish Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
freshwater angelfish Pterophyllum scalare (Schultze in Lichtenstein,1823)
southern sailfin catfish Pterygoplichthys anisitsi Eigenmann and kennedy, 1903
vermiculated sailfin catfish Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus (Weber, 1991)
Hybrid sailfin catfish Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus x pardalis
leopard pleco Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps (Kner, 1854)
Orinoco sailfin catfish Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus (Hancock, 1828)
amazon sailfin catfish Pterygoplichthys pardalis (Castelnau, 1855)
sailfin catfish Pterygoplichthys spp. Gill,1858
tiger barb Puntius tetrazona Bleeker, 1855
flathead catfish Pylodictis olivaris (Rafinesque, 1819)
bagre Rhamdia quelen (Quoy and Gaimard,1824)
striped triggerfish Rhinecanthus aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
amur goby Rhinogobius brunneus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
Jack Dempsey Rocio octofasciata (Regan, 1903)
Atlantic salmon Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758
brown trout Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758
splake Salvelinus fontinalis x namaycush
hybrid walleye Sander canadensis x vitreus
blackchin tilapia Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell, 1852
tilapia Sarotherodon occidentalis (Daget, 1962)
rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758)
scat Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Asian bonytongue Scleropages formosus (Müller & Schlegel, 1840)
blotched foxface Siganus unimaculatus (Evermann and Seale, 1907)
wels catfish Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758
stonefish Synanceia platyrhyncha Bleeker, 1874
ocellated synodontis Synodontis ocellifer Boulenger, 1900
cichlid Theraps spp. Günther, 1862
firemouth cichlid Thorichthys meeki Brind
zebra tilapia Tilapia buttikoferi (Hubrecht,1881)
spotted tilapia Tilapia mariae (Boulenger, 1899)
banded tilapia Tilapia sparrmanii Smith, 1840
redbelly tilapia Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848)
tench Tinca tinca (Linnaeus, 1758)
redhead cichlid Vieja melanura (Günther 1862)
green swordtail Xiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848
southern platyfish Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther, 1866)
swordtails Xiphophorus spp. Heckel, 1848
variable platyfish Xiphophorus variatus (Meek, 1904)
moorish idol Zanclus cornutus Linnaeus, 1758
yellow tang Zebrasoma flavescens Bennett,1828
brushtail tang Zebrasoma scopas (Cuvier, 1829)
sailfin tang Zebrasoma veliferum (Bloch, 1795)
yellowtailed tang Zebrasoma xanthurum (Blyth, 1852)





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