Fishes of West Virginia

Family names

Common names

ACIPENSERIDAE

(O) Lake sturgeon R; Shovelnose sturgeon R

AMIIDAE

(O) Bowfin

ANGUILLIDAE

(NOP) American eel

ATHERINIDAE

(NOP) Brook silverside

CATOSTOMIDAE

(O) Bigmouth buffalo R; Black buffalo R; Black redhorse; Blue sucker R; Highfin carpsucker R; Longnose sucker R; Quillback; River carpsucker; River redhorse; Silver redhorse; Smallmouth buffalo; Spotted sucker; (P) Creek chubsucker; (OP) Shorthead redhorse; (NOP) Golden redhorse; Torrent sucker; (JNOP) Northern hog sucker; White sucker

CENTRARCHIDAE

(O) Orange spotted sunfish; Redear sunfish; Warmouth; (NO) Spotted bass; (NOP) Black crappie; White crappie; Longear sunfish; (JNOP) Pumpkinseed; Redbreast sunfish; Bluegill; Green sunfish; Largemouth bass; Rock bass; Smallmouth bass 

CLUPEIDAE

(O) Gizzard shad; Skipjack herring; Threadfin shad; (NO) Alewife

COTTIDAE

(N) Banded sculpin R; Bluestone sculpin; (P) Potomac sculpin; Slimy sculpin R; (JNOP) Mottled sculpin

CYPRINIDAE

(O) Bigmouth chub; Kanawha minnow R; New River shiner R; Rudd minnow; (N) Bigeye chub; Bighead carp; Bigmouth shiner R; Bullhead minnow R; Central stoneroller; Channel shiner; Cheat minnow R; Comely shiner; Ghost shiner; Mississippi silvery minnow R; Popeye Shiner R; Pugnose minnow R; Redfin shiner; Redside dace R; River shiner; Rosefin shiner R; Silver chub; Southern redbelly dace; Speckled chub; Steelcolor shiner; Suckermouth minnow; (P) Eastern silvery minnow R; Fallfish; Satinfin shiner R; Swallowtail shiner; (JN) Bluehead chub; Mountain redbelly dace; (NO) Mimic shiner; Sand shiner; Silver shiner; Silverjaw minnow; Streamline chub; Striped shiner; Tonguetied minnow R; White shiner; Whitetail shiner; (OP) Pearl dace R; (JNO) Blueside shiner R; Telescope shiner; (JNP) Cutlips minnow; (JOP) River chub; Common shiner; (NOP) Bluntnose minnow; Emerald shiner; Fathead minnow; Goldfish; Grass carp; Spotfin shiner; Spottail shiner; (JNOP) Blacknose dace; Common carp; Creek chub; Golden shiner; Longnose dace; Rosyface shiner; Rosyside dace

ESOCIDAE

(O) Grass pickerel; (P) Redfin pickerel R; (NP) Chain pickerel; (OP) Northern pike; (NOP) Hybrid tiger musky; Muskellunge

FUNDULIDAE

(O) Northern studfish; (P) Mummichog; (OP) Banded killifish R

GASTEROSTEIDAE

(O) Brook stickleback

HIODONTIDAE

(O) Goldeye R; Mooneye

ICTALURIDAE

(O) Brindled madtom; Mountain madtom R; Northern madtom R; White catfish; Blue catfish R; (NO) Black bullhead; Flathead catfish; Stonecat; (NOP) Brown bullhead; Yellow bullhead; (JOP) Margined madtom; (JNOP) Channel catfish;

LEPISOSTEIDAE

(O) Longnose gar

PERCICHTHYIDAE

(O) White perch; (NO) Striped bass; White bass; (NOP) Hybrid striped bass

PERCIDAE

(O) Stripeback darter R; (J) Appalachia darter R; Snub-nosed darter; Candy darter R; (N) Banded darter; Blackside darter; Bluebreast darter; Channel darter; Crystal darter R; Dusky darter; Eastern sand darter; Gilt darter R; Longhead darter R; Sauger; Slenderhead darter; Spotted darter R; River darter R; Tippecanoe darter; Variegate darter; (P) Longfin darter R; Shield darter; Tessellated darter; (JN) Roanoke darter; (NO) Logperch; Sharpnose darter; (JNO) Johnny darter; (NOP) Greenside darter; Rainbow darter; Walleye; Yellow perch; (JNOP) Fantail darter

PERCOPSIDAE

(O) Trout perch

PETROMYZONTIDAE

(O) American brook lamprey; Northern brook lamprey; Mountain brook lamprey; Ohio lamprey R; Silver lamprey R; (NO) Least brook lamprey

POECILIIDAE

(NO) Eastern mosquitofish

POLYODONTIDAE

(O) Paddlefish

SALMONIDAE

(P) Cutthroat trout; (JNOP) Brook trout; Brown trout; Golden trout; Rainbow trout

SCIAENIDAE

(O) Freshwater drum

UMBRIDAE

(O) Central mudminnow