Checklist of Freshwater Fishes of Texas - latin and common names. From Hubbs, Clark, Robert J. Edwards, and Gary P. Garrett. 1991. An Annotated Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of Texas, With Keys to Identification of Species. Texas Journal of Science, Supplement, Vol. 43, No. 4: 1-56. Provided for TNHC WWW and Gopher publication by the authors. FAMILY PETROMYZONTIDAE--lampreys Ichthyomyzon castaneus Girard--chestnut lamprey Ichthyomyzon gagei Hubbs and Trautman--southern brook lamprey FAMILY CARCHARHINIDAE--requiem sharks Carcharhinus isodon (Valenciennes)--finetooth shark Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes)--bull shark FAMILY PRISTIDAE--sawfishes Pristis pectinata Latham--smalltooth sawfish FAMILY DASYATIDAE--stingrays Dasyatis sabina (Lesueur)--Atlantic stingray FAMILY ACIPENSERIDAE--sturgeons Scaphirhynchus platorynchus (Rafinesque)--shovelnose sturgeon FAMILY POLYODONTIDAE--paddlefishes Polyodon spathula (Walbaum)--paddlefish FAMILY LEPISOSTEIDAE--gars Lepisosteus oculatus (Winchell)--spotted gar Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus)--longnose gar Lepisosteus platostomus Rafinesque--shortnose gar Atractosteus spatula Lacepede--alligator gar FAMILY AMIIDAE--bowfins Amia calva Linnaeus--bowfin FAMILY HIODONTIDAE--mooneyes Hiodon alosoides (Rafinesque)--goldeye FAMILY ELOPIDAE--Tarpons Elops saurus Linnaeus--ladyfish Tarpon atlanticus Valenciennes--tarpon FAMILY ANGUILLIDAE--freshwater eels Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur)--American eel FAMILY OPHICHTHIDAE--snake eels Myrophis punctatus Lutken--speckled worm eel FAMILY CLUPEIDAE--herrings Alosa chrysochloris (Rafinesque)--skipjack herring Brevoortia gunteri Hildebrand--finescale menhaden Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur)--gizzard shad Dorosoma petenense (Gunther)--threadfin shad Harengula jaguana Poey--scaled sardine FAMILY ENGRAULIDAE--anchovies Anchoa hepsetus (Linnaeus)--striped anchovy Anchoa mitchilli (Valenciennes)--bay anchovy FAMILY CYPRINIDAE--minnows Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque)--central stoneroller Campostoma ornatum Girard--Mexican stoneroller Carassius auratus (Linnaeus)--goldfish Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes)--grass carp Cyprinella lepida Girard--plateau shiner Cyprinella lutrensis (Baird and Girard)--red shiner Cyprinella proserpina (Girard)--proserpine shiner Cyprinella venusta Girard--blacktail shiner Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus--common carp Dionda argentosa Girard--manantial roundnose minnow Dionda diaboli Hubbs and Brown--Devils River minnow Dionda episcopa Girard--roundnose minnow Dionda serena Girard--Nueces roundnose minnow Gila pandora (Cope)--Rio Grande chub Hybognathus amarus (Girard)--Rio Grande silvery minnow Hybognathus hayi Jordan--cypress minnow Hybognathus nuchalis Agassiz--Mississippi silvery minnow Hybognathus placitus Girard--plains minnow Luxilus chrysocephalus Rafinesque--striped shiner Lythrurus fumeus (Evermann)--ribbon shiner Lythrurus umbratilis (Girard)--redfin shiner Macrhybopsis aestivalis (Girard)--speckled chub Macrhybopsis storeriana (Kirtland)--silver chub Notemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill)--golden shiner Notropis amabilis (Girard)--Texas shiner Notropis amnis Hubbs and Greene--pallid shiner Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque--emerald shiner Notropis atrocaudalis Evermann--blackspot shiner Notropis bairdi Hubbs and Ortenburger--Red River shiner Notropis blennius (Girard)--river shiner Notropis braytoni Jordan and Evermann--Tamaulipas shiner Notropis buccula Cross--smalleye shiner Notropis buchanani Meek--ghost shiner Notropis chalybaeus (Cope)--ironcolor shiner Notropis chihuahua Woolman--Chihuahua shiner Notropis girardi Hubbs and Ortenburger--Arkansas River shiner Notropis hubbsi Bailey and Robison--bluehead shiner Notropis jemezanus (Cope)--Rio Grande shiner Notropis maculatus (Hay)--taillight shiner Notropis orca Woolman--phantom shiner Notropis oxyrhynchus Hubbs and Bonham--sharpnose shiner Notropis potteri Hubbs and Bonham--chub shiner Notropis sabinae Jordan and Gilbert--Sabine shiner Notropis shumardi (Girard)--silverband shiner Notropis simus (Cope)--bluntnose shiner Notropis stramineus (Cope)--sand shiner Notropis texanus (Girard)--weed shiner Notropis volucellus (Cope)--mimic shiner Opsopoeodus emiliae Hay--pugnose minnow Phenacobius mirabilis (Girard)--suckermouth minnow Pimephales promelas Rafinesque--fathead minnow Pimephales vigilax (Baird and Girard)--bullhead minnow Platygobio gracilis (Richardson)--flathead chub Rhinichthys cataractae (Valenciennes)--longnose dace Scardinius erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus)--rudd Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill)--creek chub FAMILY CATOSTOMIDAE--suckers Carpiodes carpio (Rafinesque)--river carpsucker Cycleptus elongatus (Lesueur)--blue sucker Erimyzon oblongus (Mitchill)--creek chubsucker Erimyzon sucetta (Lacepede)--lake chubsucker Ictiobus bubalus (Rafinesque)--smallmouth buffalo Ictiobus cyprinellus (Valenciennes)--bigmouth buffalo Ictiobus niger (Rafinesque)--black buffalo Minytrema melanops (Rafinesque)--spotted sucker Scartomyzon austrinus (Bean)--Mexican jumprock Scartomyzon congestus (Baird and Girard)--gray jumprock Moxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque)--golden redhorse Moxostoma poecilurum (Jordan)--blacktail redhorse FAMILY CHARACIDAE--characins Astyanax mexicanus (Filippi)--Mexican tetra FAMILY ICTALURIDAE--bullhead catfishes Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque)--black bullhead Ameiurus natalis (Lesueur)--yellow bullhead Ictalurus furcatus (Lesueur)--blue catfish Ictalurus lupus (Girard)--headwater catfish Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque)--channel catfish Ictalurus sp.--Chihuahua catfish Noturus gyrinus (Mitchill)--tadpole madtom Noturus nocturnus Jordan and Gilbert--freckled madtom Pylodictis olivaris (Rafinesque)--flathead catfish Satan eurystomus Hubbs and Bailey--widemouth blindcat Trogloglanis pattersoni Eigenmann--toothless blindcat FAMILY ARIIDAE--sea catfishes Arius felis (Linnaeus)--hardhead catfish Bagre marinus (Mitchill)--gafftopsail catfish FAMILY LORICARIIDAE--suckermouth catfishes Hypostomus sp.--armadillo del r!o FAMILY ESOCIDAE--pikes Esox americanus vermiculatus Lesueur--grass pickerel Esox lucius Linnaeus--northern pike Esox niger Lesueur--chain pickerel FAMILY SALMONIDAE--salmons Oncorhynchus clarki (Richardson)--cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum)--rainbow trout FAMILY APHREDODERIDAE--pirate perch Aphredoderus sayanus (Gilliams)--pirate perch FAMILY BELONIDAE--needlefishes Strongylura marina (Walbaum)--Atlantic needlefish FAMILY CYPRINODONTIDAE--killifishes Adinia xenica (Jordan and Gilbert)--diamond killifish Cyprinodon bovinus Baird and Girard--Leon Springs pupfish Cyprinodon elegans Baird and Girard--Comanche Springs pupfish Cyprinodon eximius Girard--Conchos pupfish Cyprinodon pecosensis Echelle and Echelle--Pecos pupfish Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis Fowler--Red River pupfish Cyprinodon variegatus Lacepede--sheepshead minnow Fundulus chrysotus (Gunther)--golden topminnow Fundulus dispar (Agassiz)--starhead topminnow Fundulus grandis Baird and Girard--gulf killifish Fundulus jenkinsi (Evermann)--saltmarsh topminnow Fundulus notatus (Rafinesque)--blackstripe topminnow Fundulus olivaceus (Storer)--blackspotted topminnow Fundulus similis (Baird and Girard)--longnose killifish Fundulus zebrinus Jordan and Gilbert--plains killifish Lucania parva (Baird)--rainwater killifish FAMILY POECILIIDAE--livebearers Gambusia affinis (Baird and Girard)--central mosquitofish Gambusia amistadensis Peden--Amistad gambusia Gambusia gaigei Hubbs--Big Bend gambusia Gambusia geiseri Hubbs and Hubbs--largespring gambusia Gambusia georgei Hubbs and Peden--San Marcos gambusia Gambusia heterochir Hubbs--Clear Creek gambusia Gambusia nobilis (Baird and Girard)--Pecos gambusia Gambusia senilis Girard--blotched gambusia Gambusia speciosa Girard--western mosquitofish Heterandria formosa Agassiz--least killifish Poecilia formosa (Girard)--Amazon molly Poecilia latipinna (Lesueur)--sailfin molly Poecilia reticulata Peters--guppy FAMILY ATHERINIDAE--silversides Labidesthes sicculus (Cope)--brook silverside Membras martinica (Valenciennes)--rough silverside Menidia beryllina (Cope)--inland silverside Menidia clarkhubbsi Echelle and Mosier--Amazon silverside Menidia peninsulae (Goode and Bean)--tidewater silverside FAMILY SYNGNATHIDAE--pipefishes Microphis brachyurus (Bleeker)--opposum pipefish Syngnathus louisianae Gunther--chain pipefish Syngnathus scovelli (Evermann and Kendall)--gulf pipefish FAMILY CENTROPOMIDAE--snooks Centropomus parallelus Poey--fat snook Centropomus undecimalis (Bloch)--common snook FAMILY PERCICHTHYIDAE--temperate basses Morone chrysops (Rafinesque)--white bass Morone mississippiensis Jordan and Eigenmann--yellow bass Morone saxatilis (Walbaum)--striped bass FAMILY CENTRARCHIDAE--sunfishes Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque)--rock bass Centrarchus macropterus (Lacepede)--flier Elassoma zonatum Jordan--banded pygmy sunfish Lepomis auritus (Linnaeus)--redbreast sunfish Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque--green sunfish Lepomis gulosus (Cuvier)--warmouth Lepomis humilis (Girard)--orangespotted sunfish Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque--bluegill Lepomis marginatus (Holbrook)--dollar sunfish Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque)--longear sunfish Lepomis microlophus (Gunther)--redear sunfish Lepomis punctatus (Valenciennes)--spotted sunfish Lepomis symmetricus Forbes--bantam sunfish Micropterus dolomieu Lacepede--smallmouth bass Micropterus punctulatus (Rafinesque)--spotted bass Micropterus salmoides (Lacepede)--largemouth bass Micropterus treculi (Vaillant and Bocourt)--Guadalupe bass Pomoxis annularis Rafinesque--white crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus (Lesueur)--black crappie FAMILY PERCIDAE--perches Ammocrypta clara Jordan and Meek--western sand darter Ammocrypta vivax Hay--scaly sand darter Etheostoma artesiae (Hay)--eastern redfin darter Etheostoma asprigene (Forbes)--mud darter Etheostoma chlorosomum (Hay)--bluntnose darter Etheostoma fonticola (Jordan and Gilbert)--fountain darter Etheostoma fusiforme (Girard)--swamp darter Etheostoma gracile (Girard)--slough darter Etheostoma grahami (Girard)--Rio Grande darter Etheostoma histrio Jordan and Gilbert--harlequin darter Etheostoma lepidum (Baird and Girard)--greenthroat darter Etheostoma parvipinne Gilbert and Swain--goldstripe darter Etheostoma proeliare (Hay)--cypress darter Etheostoma radiosum (Hubbs and Black)--orangebelly darter Etheostoma spectabile (Agassiz)--orangethroat darter Perca flavescens (Mitchill)--yellow perch Percina caprodes (Rafinesque)--logperch Percina carbonaria (Baird and Girard)--Texas logperch Percina macrolepida Stevenson--bigscale logperch Percina maculata (Girard)--blackside darter Percina sciera (Swain)--dusky darter Percina shumardi (Girard)--river darter Stizostedion canadense (Smith)--sauger Stizostedion vitreum (Mitchill)--walleye FAMILY CARANGIDAE--jacks Caranx hippos (Linnaeus)--crevalle jack FAMILY GERREIDAE--mojarras Diapterus auratus Ranzani--Irish pompano Eucinostomus argenteus Baird and Girard--spotfin mojarra Eucinostomus melanopterus (Bleeker)--flagfin mojarra FAMILY HAEMULIDAE--grunts Conodon nobilis (Linnaeus)--barred grunt Pomadasys crocro (Cuvier)--burro grunt FAMILY SPARIDAE--porgies Archosargus probatocephalus (Walbaum)--sheepshead Lagodon rhomboides (Linnaeus)--pinfish FAMILY SCIAENIDAE--drums Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque--freshwater drum Bairdiella chrysoura (Lacepede)--silver perch Cynoscion arenarius Ginsburg--sand seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus (Cuvier)--spotted seatrout Leiostomus xanthurus Lacepede--spot Micropogonias undulatus (Linnaeus)--Atlantic croaker Pogonias cromis (Linnaeus)--black drum Sciaenops ocellatus (Linnaeus)--red drum FAMILY CICHLIDAE--cichlids Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum (Baird and Girard)--Rio Grande cichlid Tilapia aurea (Steindachner)--blue tilapia Tilapia mossambica (Peters)--Mozambique tilapia Tilapia zilli (Gervais)--redbelly tilapia FAMILY MUGILIDAE--mullets Agonostomus monticola (Bancroft)--mountain mullet Mugil cephalus Linnaeus--striped mullet Mugil curema Valenciennes--white mullet FAMILY POLYNEMIDAE--threadfins Polydactylus octonemus (Girard)--Atlantic threadfin FAMILY ELEOTRIDAE--sleepers Dormitator maculatus (Bloch)--fat sleeper Eleotris pisonis (Gmelin)--spinycheek sleeper Erotelis smaragdus (Valenciennes)--emerald sleeper Gobiomorus dormitor Lacepede--bigmouth sleeper FAMILY GOBIIDAE--gobies Awaous tajasica (Lichtenstein)--river goby Bathygobius soporator (Valenciennes)--frillfin goby Evorthodus lyricus (Girard)--lyre goby Gobioides broussonneti Lacepede--violet goby Gobionellus atripinnis Gilbert and Randall--blackfin goby Gobionellus boleosoma (Jordan and Gilbert)--darter goby Gobionellus oceanicus (Pallas)--highfin goby Gobionellus shufeldti (Jordan and Eigenmann)--freshwater goby Gobionellus stigmaticus (Poey)--marked goby Gobiosoma bosc Lacepede--naked goby Gobiosoma robustum Ginsburg--code goby Microgobius gulosus (Girard)--clown goby FAMILY BOTHIDAE--lefteye flounders Citharichthys spilopterus Gunther--bay whiff Etropus crossotus Jordan and Gilbert--fringed flounder Paralichthys lethostigma Jordan and Gilbert--southern flounder FAMILY SOLEIDAE--soles Achirus lineatus (Linnaeus)--lined sole Trinectes maculatus (Bloch and Schneider)--hogchoker FAMILY TETRAODONTIDAE--puffers Sphoeroides parvus (Shipp and Yerger)--least puffer