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Freshwater Fish Species
SUNFISH FAMILY SALMONIDAE (SALMON) FAMILY
Largemouth Bass Landlocked Atlantic Salmon
Florida Largemouth Bass Blueback Char
Kentucky Spotted Bass Rainbow Trout
White Bass (Sand Bass) Apache Trout—W
Smallmouth Bass California Golden Trout—W
Guadalupe Bass Bull Trout—W
Longear Sunfish Arctic grayling—W
Bluegill Gila Trout—W
PIKE FAMILY Brook Trout
Muskellunge Eastern Brook Trout
Northern Pike Southern Appalachian Brook Trout
West Virginia Golden Brook Trout
PERCH FAMILY
White Perch Cutthroat Trout
Walleye Greenback Cutthroat Trout—W
Black Spotted Cutthroat Trout
CATFISH FAMILY Lahontan Cutthroat Trout—W
Channel Catfish New Mexico (Rio Grande) Cutthroat Trout—W
Yaqui Catfish Bonneville Cutthroat Trout—W
Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout—W
GAR FAMILY Westslope Cutthroat Trout—W
Alligator Gar Colorado River Cutthroat Trout —W
Coastal Cutthroat Trout —W
CYPRINIDAE (MINNOWS & CARP) FAMILY
Bonytail Chub
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Saltwater Fish Species Anadromous Fish Species
TARPON FAMILY SALMONIDAE (Salmon) FAMILY
Fighting tarpon - GH King salmon (Chinook) - FM
DRUM FAMILY Atlantic salmon - FM
Red drum (Channel bass) - GH Steelhead trout - FM
Weakfish - GH Arctic char - FM, W
Spotted seatrout - GH Sea trout- FM Salmo trutta trutta
Caspian brown trout - FM Salmo trutta caspius
BILLFISHES FAMILY Brown trout - FM Salmo Trutta
Atlantic sailfish - GH Taimen - FM Hucho taimen
White marlin - GH Japanese huchen - FM Hucho perryi
Atlantic blue marlin - GH Chum salmon- FM Oncorhynchus keta
Arctic cisco - FM Coregonus autumnalis
TRIGGERFISH FAMILY
Humuhumunukunukuapua’a - GH HERRING FAMILY
American shad - FM
COD FAMILY Allis shad- FM Alosa alosa
Atlantic cod - GH Hilsa shad- FM Tenualosa ilisha
DAMSEL FISH FAMILY TEMPERATE BASS FAMILY
Garibaldi - GH Striped bass (Rockfish) - FM
DOLPHINFISH FAMILY PADDLEFISH FAMILY
Dorado (Mahi-mahi) - FM, GH American paddlefish - FM
ALESTIDAE (African tetra) FAMILY
Goliath tigerfish- FM Hydrocynus goliath
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Anadromous Fish Species (Continued)
EEL FAMILY LATIDAE (Lates perche) FAMILY
African longfin eel—FM Anguilla mossambica Nile perch - FM Lates niloticus
European eel - FM Anguilla anguilla Barramundi - FM Lates calcarifer
Longfin eel - FM Anguilla reinhardtii
Shortfin eel - FM Anguilla australis ELEOTRIDAE (Sleeper goby) FAMILY
Common bully - FM Gobiomorphus Cotidianus
Golden perch- FM Macquaria ambigua
Australian bass - FM Macquaria novemaculeata GALAXIIDAE FAMILY
Common galaxias- FM Galaxias maculatus
PIMELODIDAE (Long-whiskered Catfish) FAMILY
Piraiba—FM Brachyplatystoma filamentosum PERCICHTHYIDAE (Temperate perch) FAMILY
Pintado—FM Pseudoplatystoma corruscans Australian bass- FM Macquaria novemaculeata
Murray cod - FM Maccullochella peelii
PROCHILODONTIDAE (Flannel-mouthed characins) FAMILY
Curimbata—FM Prochilodus Lineatus NORTHERN LAMPREY FAMILY
Sea lamprey - FM Petromyzon marinus
CYPRINIDAE FAMILY
Senegalese carp - FM Labeo senegalensis STICKLEBACK FAMILY
Three-spined stickleback - FM Gasterosteus aculeatus
STURGEON FAMILY
Atlantic sturgeon - FM Acipenser sturio
Russian sturgeon - FM Acipenser gueldenstaedtii
SHARK CATFISH FAMILY
Mekong giant catfish- FM Pangasianodon gigas
Chinese pangasius catfish - FM Pangasius krempfi
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Specialty Award Key
FM— Fish Migration Award Species
GH—Guy Harvey Award Species
W—Western Native Trout Award Species