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Wisconsin List. - reliably reported to occur (or to have occurred in the past) in waters. Parentheses around the common name indicates that the species is believed extirpated from Wisconsin. An asterisk (*) indicates that the species is not originally native to the state. An (E, T, or SC) after the common name indicates a species that is either endangered, threatened, or of special concern in Wisconsin.

PETROMYZONTIDAE - LAMPREYS Lampreys unsp., Petromyzontidae Lampreys, Ichthyomyzon spp. Chestnut lamprey Ichthyomyzon castaneus Girard Northern brook lamprey Ichthyomyzon fossor Reighard and Cummins Silver lamprey Ichthyomyzon unicuspis Hubbs and Trautman American brook lamprey Lampetra appendix (DeKay) * Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus Southern brook lamprey (SC) Ichthyomyzon sp. cf. gagei

ACIPENSERIDAE - STURGEONS Sturgeons unsp Acipenseridae sturgeon (SC) Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque Shovelnose sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus (Rafinesque)

POLYODONTIDAE - PADDLEFISHES Paddlefish (T) Polyodon spathula (Walbaum)

LEPISOSTEIDAE - Gars unsp. Lepisosteidae Longnose osseus (Linnaeus) Lepisosteus platostomus Rafinesque

AMIIDAE - BOWFINS Bowfin Amia calva Linnaeus

ANGUILLIDAE - FRESHWATER EELS American eel (SC) Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur)

CLUPEIDAE - Herrings unsp. Clupeidae * Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson) Gizzard shad cepedianum (Lesueur) Skipjack (E) Alosa chrysochloris (Rafinesque)

HIODONTIDAE - MOONEYES Hiodons unsp. Hiodontidae Goldeye (E) Hiodon alosoides (Rafinesque) Mooneye Hiodon tergisus Lesueur Wisconsin Fish Species List

SALMONIDAE - Salmons Oncorhynchus spp. Trouts Salvelinus spp., Salmo spp., Oncorhynchus mykiss Ciscoes and Whitefishes spp. and spp. (Longjaw ) Coregonus alpenae (Koelz) Cisco or Lake herring (SC) Coregonus artedii Lesueur Coregonus clupeaformis (Mitchill) Bloater (SC) (Gill) () Coregonus johannae (Wagner) (SC) Coregonus kiyi (Koelz) () Coregonus nigripinnis (Gill) () (SC) Coregonus reighardi (Koelz) (SC) Coregonus zenithicus (Jordon and Evermann) Pink salmon* Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum) Chum salmon* Oncorhynchus keta (Walbaum) Coho salmon* Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum) Kokanee (Sockeye salmon)* Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum) Chinook salmon* Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum) Pygmy whitefish (SC) Prosopium coulteri (Elgenmann and Elgenmann) Round whitefish Prosopium cylindraceum (Pallas) Rainbow * Oncorhynchus mykiss Richardson Atlantic salmon* Salmo salar Linnaeus Brown trout* Salmo trutta Linnaeus (coaster - SC) Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill) Salvelinus namaycush namaycush (Walbaum) Siscowet Salvelinus namaycush siscowet (Agassiz) Tiger trout, (brook trout x brown trout) S. fontinalis x S. trutta Splake (brook trout x lake trout) S. fontinalis x S. namaycush

OSMERIDAE - SMELTS * Osmerus mordax (Mitchill)

UMBRIDAE - MUDMINNOWS Central mudminnow Umbra limi (Kirtland)

ESOCIDAE - PIKES Pikes unsp. Esocidae Grass pickerel, americanus vermiculatus Lesueur Esox lucius Linnaeus Esox masquinongy Mitchill Northern pike x grass pickerel Esox lucius x Esox americanus Tiger musky (n. pike x muskellunge) Esox lucius x Esox masquinongy

CYPRINIDAE - AND Minows and Carps unsp. Chubs (Couesius plumbeau, Macrohybopsis spp., Erimystax x-punctata, Nocomis biguttatus, and atromaculatus) Daces (Clinostomus elongatus, Phoxinus spp., Rhinichthys spp., and Margariscus margarita) Redbelly dace (Phoxinus eos and P. erythrogaster)

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Shiners (Notemigonus crysoleucas, Luxilus spp., spp., Lythrurus umbratilis, and all Notropis spp. except N. nubilus) Stonerollers spp. Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque) Largescale stoneroller Campostoma oligolepis Hubbs and Greene Goldfish* Carassius auratus (Linnaeus) Redside dace (SC) Clinostomus elongatus (Kirtland) Lake chub Couesius plumbeus (Agassiz) Grass * Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes) Common carp* Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus Brassy Hybognathus hankinsoni Hubbs silvery minnow Hybognathus nuchalis Agassiz Speckled chub (T) Macrhybopsis aestivalis (Girard) Silver chub (SC) Macrhybopsis storeriana (Kirtland) Gravel chub (E) Erimystax x-punctata (hubs and Crowe Hornyhead chub Nocomis biguttatus (Kirtland) Golden shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill) Pallid shiner (E) Notropis amnis Hubbs and Greene Pugnose shiner (T) Notropis anogenus Forbes Emerald shiner Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque shiner Notropis blennius (Girard) (Ghost shiner ) Notropis buchanani Meek (Ironcolor shiner) Notropis chalybaeus (Cope) Striped shiner (E) Luxilus chrysocephalus (Rafinesque) Common shiner Luxilus cornutus (Mitchill) Bigmouth shiner Notropis dorsalis (Agassiz) Pugnose minnow (SC) Opsepoeodus emiliae (Hay) Blackchin shiner Notropis heterodon (Cope) Blacknose shiner Notropis heterolepis Eigenmann and Eigenmann Spottail shiner Notropis hudsonius (Clinton) Ozark minnow (T) Notropis nubilus (Forbes) Rosyface shiner Notropis rubellus (Agassiz) Spotfin shiner (Cope) Notropis stramineus (Cope) Weed shiner (SC) Notropis texanus (Girard) Redfin shiner (T) Lythrurus umbratillis (Girard) Mimic shiner Notropis volucellus (Cope) Suckermouth minnow mirabilis (Girard) Northern redbelly dace Phoxinus eos Cope Southern redbelly dace Phoxinus erythrogaster (Rafinesque) Finescale dace Phoxinus neogaeus Cope promelas Rafinesque Pimephales promelas (Rafinesque) Bullhead minnow Pimephales vigilax (Baird and Girard) Blacknose dace Rhinichthys atratulus (Hermann) Longnose dace Rhinichthys cateractae (Valenciennes) Creek chub Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill) Pearl dace Margariscus margarita (Cope) (Red shiner )(SC) Cyprinella lutrensis (Baird and Girard) Rudd* Scardinius erythrophthalmus Channel shiner (SC) Notropis wickliffi

CATOSTOMIDAE - SUCKERS

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Carpsuckers spp. Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio and C. velifer Suckers (Catostomus spp., Cycleptus elongatus, Erimyzon spp., Hypentelium nigricans, and Minytrema melanops) Buffalos lctiobus spp. Redhorses Moxostoma spp. River carpsucker Carpiodes carpio (Rafinesque) Carpiodes cyprinus (Lesueur) Highfin carpsucker Carpiodes velifer (Rafinesque) Longnose sucker Catostomus catostomus (Forster) White sucker Catostomus commersoni (Lacepede) Blue sucker (T) Cycleptus elongatus (Lesueur) (Creek chubsucker) Erimyzon oblongus (Mitchill)* Lake chubsucker (SC) Erimyzon sucetta (Lacepede) Northern hog sucker Hypentelium nigricans (Lesueur) Smallmouth buffalo bubalus (Rafinesque) Bigmouth buffalo Ictiobus cyprinellus (Valenciennes) Black buffalo (T) Ictiobus niger (Rafinesque) Spotted sucker Minytrema melanops (Rafinesque) Silver redhorse Moxostoma anisurum (Rafinesque) River redhorse (T) Moxostoma carinatum (Cope) Black redhorse (E) Moxostoma duquesnei (Lesueur) Golden redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque) Shorthead redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum (Lesueur) Greater redhorse (T) Moxostoma valenciennesi Jordan

ICTALURIDAE - BULLHEAD Bullhead catfishes unsp. Catfishes (Ictalurus furcatus, I. punctatus, and Pylodictis olivaris) Bullheads ( melas, A. natalis, and A. nebulosus) Noturus spp. (Blue ) Ictalurus furcatus (Lesueur) Black bullhead Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque) Yellow bullhead Ameiurus natalis (Lesueur) Brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur) Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque) Slender (E) Nelson Stonecat Rafinesque Tadpole madtom Noturus gyrinus (Mitchill) Flathead catfish Pylodictis olivaris (Rafinesque)

APHREDODERIDAE - PIRATE Pirate (SC) Aphredoderus sayanus (Gilliams)

PERCOPSIDAE - TROUT-PERCHES Trout-perch omiscomaycus (Walbaum)

GADIDAE - CODFISHES Lota lota (Linnaeus)

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CYPRINODONTIDAE - KILLIFISHES Killifishes unsp. Cyprinodontidae Banded killifish (SC) Fundulus diaphanus (Lesueur) Blackstripe topminnow Fundulus notatus (Rafinesque) Starhead topminnow (E) Fundulus dispar (Agassiz)

ATHERINIDAE - SILVERSIDES Brook silverside Labidesthes sicculus (Cope)

GASTEROSTEIDAE - Sticklebacks unsp. Gasterosteidae Brook Culaea inconstans (Kirtland) Ninespine stickleback Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus) Threespine stickleback* Gasterosteus aculeatus

PERCICHTHYIDAE (MORONIDAE) - TEMPERATE BASSES Temperate basses unsp. Percichthyidae (Moronidae) White Morone chrysops (Rafinesque) Yellow bass Morone mississippiensis Jordan and Eigenmann * Morone americana Hybrid striped bass M. chrysops x M. saxatilis

CENTRARCHIDAE - SUNFISHES Sunfishes unsp. Basses Micropterus spp. Crappies Pomoxis spp. Sunfishes Lepomis spp. and Ambloplites rupestris Rock bass Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque) Green sunfish Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus) Warmouth Lepomis gulosus (Cuvier) Orangespotted sunfish Lepomis humilis (Girard) Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque Longear sunfish (T) Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque) Micropterus dolomieu (Lacepede) Micropterus salmoides (Lacepede) Pomoxis annularis Rafinesque Pomoxis nigromaculatus (Lesueur)

PERCIDAE - PERCHES Perches unsp Darters ( spp., spp., and spp.) or Sauger Stizostedion spp. (E) Ammocrypta asprella (Jordan) (SC) Ammocrypta clara Jordan and Meek (SC) Etheostoma asprigene (Forbes) () Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque Etheostoma caeruleum Storer (E) Etheostoma chlorosomum (Hay)

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Iowa darter (Girard) Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque (SC) Etheostoma microperca Jordan and Gilbert Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque (Orangethroated darter) Etheostoma spectabile (Agassiz) Banded darter (Cope) Perca flavescens (Mitchill) Percina caprodes (Rafinesque) (T) Percina evides (Jordan and Copeland) Blackside darter (Girard) Slenderhead darter (Nelson) River darter (Girard) Sauger Stizostedion canadense (Smith) Walleye Stizostedion vitreum vitreum (Mitchill) Blackside darter x darter Percina maculata x Etheostoma exile Blackside darter x logperch Percina maculata x Percina caprodes Saugeye Stizostedion vitreum x Stizostedion canadense * cernuus

SCIAENIDAE - DRUMS Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque

COTTIDAE - ( bairdi and C. cognatus) Cottus bairdi Girard Cottus cognatus Richardson Cottus ricei (Nelson) Deepwater sculpin Myoxocephalus thompsoni (Girard) Mottled sculpin x slimy sculpin Cottus bairdi x Cottus cognatus

GOBIIADE - GOBIES Roundy goby * Neogobius melanostomus Tubenose goby* Proterorhinus marmoratus

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