Fish species guide

65 North American sport fish: how to tell them apart, and where state agencies stock and record them.

65 species

Alligator Gar
Atractosteus spatula · Lepisosteidae
Freshwater
American Shad
Alosa sapidissima · Clupeidae
Fresh and saltwater
Arctic Grayling
Thymallus arcticus · Salmonidae
Freshwater
Atlantic Salmon
Salmo salar · Salmonidae
FreshwaterStocked in 50 waters
Black Crappie
Pomoxis nigromaculatus · Centrarchidae
FreshwaterStocked in 3 waters
Blue Catfish
Ictalurus furcatus · Ictaluridae
FreshwaterStocked in 16 waters
Bluegill
Lepomis macrochirus · Centrarchidae
FreshwaterStocked in 28 waters
Bowfin
Amia calva · Amiidae
Freshwater
Brook Trout
Salvelinus fontinalis · Salmonidae
FreshwaterStocked in 331 waters
Brown Bullhead
Ameiurus nebulosus · Ictaluridae
Freshwater
Brown Trout
Salmo trutta · Salmonidae
FreshwaterStocked in 398 waters
Burbot
Lota lota · Lotidae
Freshwater
Chain Pickerel
Esox niger · Esocidae
Freshwater
Channel Catfish
Ictalurus punctatus · Ictaluridae
FreshwaterStocked in 95 waters
Chinook Salmon
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha · Salmonidae
Fresh and saltwaterStocked in 67 waters
Chum Salmon
Oncorhynchus keta · Salmonidae
SaltwaterStocked in 29 waters
Cisco
Coregonus artedi · Salmonidae
FreshwaterStocked in 2 waters
Coho Salmon
Oncorhynchus kisutch · Salmonidae
Fresh and saltwaterStocked in 96 waters
Common Carp
Cyprinus carpio · Cyprinidae
Freshwater
Common Snook
Centropomus undecimalis · Centropomidae
Saltwater
Cutthroat Trout
Oncorhynchus clarkii · Salmonidae
FreshwaterStocked in 110 waters
Flathead Catfish
Pylodictis olivaris · Ictaluridae
FreshwaterStocked in 4 waters
Florida Bass
Micropterus floridanus · Centrarchidae
FreshwaterStocked in 111 waters
Freshwater Drum
Aplodinotus grunniens · Sciaenidae
Freshwater
Golden Trout
Oncorhynchus aguabonita · Salmonidae
FreshwaterStocked in 13 waters
Green Sunfish
Lepomis cyanellus · Centrarchidae
Freshwater
Guadalupe Bass
Micropterus treculii · Centrarchidae
Freshwater
Hybrid Striped Bass
Morone chrysops × Morone saxatilis · Moronidae
FreshwaterStocked in 22 waters
Kokanee
Oncorhynchus nerka · Salmonidae
FreshwaterStocked in 49 waters
Lake Sturgeon
Acipenser fulvescens · Acipenseridae
FreshwaterStocked in 10 waters
Lake Trout
Salvelinus namaycush · Salmonidae
FreshwaterStocked in 43 waters
Lake Whitefish
Coregonus clupeaformis · Salmonidae
Freshwater
Largemouth Bass
Micropterus salmoides · Centrarchidae
FreshwaterStocked in 22 waters
Longnose Gar
Lepisosteus osseus · Lepisosteidae
Freshwater
Muskellunge
Esox masquinongy · Esocidae
FreshwaterStocked in 9 waters
Northern Pike
Esox lucius · Esocidae
Freshwater
Paddlefish
Polyodon spathula · Polyodontidae
FreshwaterStocked in 1 waters
Pink Salmon
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha · Salmonidae
Saltwater
Pumpkinseed
Lepomis gibbosus · Centrarchidae
Freshwater
Rainbow Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss · Salmonidae
FreshwaterStocked in 577 waters
Red Drum
Sciaenops ocellatus · Sciaenidae
SaltwaterStocked in 3 waters
Redbreast Sunfish
Lepomis auritus · Centrarchidae
Freshwater
Redear Sunfish
Lepomis microlophus · Centrarchidae
FreshwaterStocked in 2 waters
Rock Bass
Ambloplites rupestris · Centrarchidae
Freshwater
Round Whitefish
Prosopium cylindraceum · Salmonidae
FreshwaterStocked in 10 waters
Sauger
Sander canadensis · Percidae
FreshwaterStocked in 3 waters
Saugeye
Sander vitreus × Sander canadensis · Percidae
Freshwater
Smallmouth Bass
Micropterus dolomieu · Centrarchidae
FreshwaterStocked in 8 waters
Sockeye Salmon
Oncorhynchus nerka · Salmonidae
SaltwaterStocked in 3 waters
Southern Flounder
Paralichthys lethostigma · Paralichthyidae
SaltwaterStocked in 1 waters
Splake
Salvelinus fontinalis × Salvelinus namaycush · Salmonidae
FreshwaterStocked in 10 waters
Spotted Bass
Micropterus punctulatus · Centrarchidae
Freshwater
Spotted Seatrout
Cynoscion nebulosus · Sciaenidae
SaltwaterStocked in 1 waters
Steelhead
Oncorhynchus mykiss · Salmonidae
Fresh and saltwaterStocked in 89 waters
Striped Bass
Morone saxatilis · Moronidae
Fresh and saltwaterStocked in 10 waters
Tarpon
Megalops atlanticus · Megalopidae
Saltwater
Tiger Muskellunge
Esox masquinongy × Esox lucius · Esocidae
FreshwaterStocked in 33 waters
Tiger Trout
Salmo trutta × Salvelinus fontinalis · Salmonidae
FreshwaterStocked in 40 waters
Walleye
Sander vitreus · Percidae
FreshwaterStocked in 51 waters
Warmouth
Lepomis gulosus · Centrarchidae
Freshwater
White Bass
Morone chrysops · Moronidae
Freshwater
White Catfish
Ameiurus catus · Ictaluridae
Freshwater
White Crappie
Pomoxis annularis · Centrarchidae
FreshwaterStocked in 5 waters
White Sturgeon
Acipenser transmontanus · Acipenseridae
Fresh and saltwaterStocked in 2 waters
Yellow Perch
Perca flavescens · Percidae
Freshwater