List of fishes of Wyoming

The state of Wyoming, being a land locked state, has a wide variety of freshwater fish in its lakes, rivers, and streams.

Common Name  |  | Family  | Native  | Image

|
|
|
|

Cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarki | Salmonidae  | Yes  |
Rainbow trout | Oncorhynchus mykiss | Salmonidae  | No  |
Golden trout | Oncorhynchus aguabonita | Salmonidae  | No  |
Brown trout | Salmo trutta | Salmonidae  | No  |
Brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis | Salmonidae  | No  |
Lake trout or mackinaw  | Salvelinus namaycush | Salmonidae  | No  |
Mountain whitefish | Prosopium williamsoni | Salmonidae  | Yes  |
Kokanee salmon | Oncorhynchus nerka | Salmonidae  | No  |
Arctic grayling | Thymallus arcticus | Salmonidae  | Yes  |
Bigmouth shiner | Notropis dorsalis | Cyprinidae  | Yes  |
Black bullhead | Ameiurus melas | Ictaluridae  | Yes  |
Bluehead sucker | Catostomus discobolus | Catostomidae  | Yes  |
Brassy minnow | Hybognathus hankinsoni | Cyprinidae  | Yes  |
Burbot | Lota lota | Lotidae  | Yes  |
Central stoneroller | Campostoma anomalum | Cyprinidae  | Yes  |
Channel catfish | Ictalurus punctatus | Ictaluridae  | Yes  |
Common shiner | Luxilus cornutus | Cyprinidae  | Yes  |
Creek chub | Semotilus atromaculatus | Cyprinidae  | Yes  |
Fathead minnow | Pimephales promelas | Cyprinidae  | Yes  |
Finescale dace | Chrosomus neogaeus | Cyprinidae  | Yes  |
Flannelmouth sucker | Catostomus latipinnis | Catostomidae  | Yes  |
Flathead chub | Platygobio gracilis | Cyprinidae  | Yes  |
Goldeye | Hiodon alosoides | Hiodontidae  | Yes  |
Hornyhead chub | Nocomis biguttatus | Cyprinidae  | Yes  |
Iowa darter | Etheostoma exile | Percidae  | Yes  |
Johnny darter | Etheostoma nigrum | Percidae  | Yes  |
Lake chub | Couesius plumbeus | Cyprinidae  | Yes  |
Leatherside chub | Lepidomeda copei | Cyprinidae  | Yes  |
Longnose dace | Rhinichthys cataractae | Cyprinidae  | Yes  |
Longnose sucker | Catostomus catostomus | Catostomidae  | Yes  |
Mottled sculpin | Cottus bairdii | Cottidae  | Yes  |
Mountain sucker | Catostomus platyrhynchus | Catostomidae  | Yes  |
Northern plains killifish | Fundulus kansae | Fundulidae  | Yes  |
Orangethroat darter | Etheostoma spectabile | Percidae  | Yes  |
Paiute sculpin | Cottus beldingi | Cottidae  | Yes  |
Pearl dace | Margariscus margarita | Cyprinidae  | Yes  |
Plains minnow | Hybognathus placitus | Cyprinidae  | Yes  |
Plains topminnow | Fundulus sciadicus | Fundulidae  | Yes  |
Quillback | Carpiodes cyprinus | Catostomidae  | Yes  |
Red shiner | Cyprinella lutrensis | Cyprinidae  | Yes  |
Redside shiner | Richardsonius balteatus | Cyprinidae  | Yes  |
River carpsucker | Carpiodes carpio | Catostomidae  | Yes  |
Roundtail chub | Gila robusta | Cyprinidae  | Yes  |
Sand shiner | Notropis stramineus | Cyprinidae  | Yes  |
Sauger | Sander canadense | Percidae  | Yes  |
Shorthead redhorse | Moxostoma macrolepidotum | Catostomidae  | Yes  |
Shovelnose sturgeon | Scaphirhynchus platorynchus | Acipenseridae  | Yes  |
Speckled dace | Rhinichthys osculus | Cyprinidae  | Yes  |
Stonecat | Noturus flavus | Ictaluridae  | Yes  |
Sturgeon chub | Macrhybopsis gelida | Cyprinidae  | Yes  |
Suckermouth minnow | Phenacobius mirabilis | Cyprinidae  | Yes  |
Utah chub | Gila atrarias | Cyprinidae  | Yes  |
Utah sucker | Catostomus ardens | Catostomidae  | Yes  |
Western silvery minnow | Hybognathus argyritis | Cyprinidae  | Yes  |
White sucker | Catostomus commersoni | Catostomidae  | Yes  |
Black crappie | Pomoxis nigromaculatus | Centrarchidae  | No  |
Bluegill | Lepomis macrochirus | Centrarchidae  | No  |
Common carp | Cyprinus carpio | Cyprinidae  | No  |
Emerald shiner | Notropis atherinoides | Cyprinidae  | No  |
Freshwater drum | Aplodinotus grunniens | Sciaenidae  | No  |
Gizzard shad | Dorosoma cepedianum | Clupeidae  | No  |
Golden shiner | Notemigonus crysoleucas | Cyprinidae  | No  |
Goldfish | Carassius auratus | Cyprinidae  | No  |
Grass carp | Ctenopharyngodon idella | Cyprinidae  | No  |
Green sunfish | Lepomis cyanellus | Centrarchidae  | No  |
Green swordtail | Xiphophorus helleri | Poeciliidae  | No  |
Guppy | Poecilia reticulata | Poeciliidae  | No  |
Largemouth bass | Micropterus salmoides | Centrarchidae  | No  |
Northern pike | Esox lucius | Esocidae  | No  |
Ohrid trout | Salmo letnica | Salmonidae  | No  |
Pumpkinseed | Lepomis gibbosus | Centrarchidae  | No  |
Rock bass | Ambloplites rupestris | Centrarchidae  | No  |
Smallmouth bass | Micropterus dolomieu | Centrarchidae  | No  |
Spottail shiner | Notropis hudsonius | Cyprinidae  | No  |
Walleye | Sander vitreum | Percidae  | No  |
Western mosquitofish | Gambusia affinis | Poeciliidae  | No  |
White crappie | Pomoxis annularis | Centrarchidae  | No  |
Yellow perch | Perca flavescens | Percidae  | No  |
Arctic char | Salvelinus alpinus | Salmonidae  | No  |
|  |  |  |

## References

[edit]

* "Wyoming Fishing Network: Species of Fish in Wyoming." Accessed April 27, 2020. https://wyomingfishing.net/species.htm.
* "Wyoming Game and Fish Department - Native Fish Species of Wyoming." Accessed April 27, 2020. https://wgfd.wyo.gov/Fishing-and-Boating/Fish-of-Wyoming/Native-Fish-Species-of-Wyoming.
* "Wyoming Game and Fish Department - Non Native Fish Species of Wyoming." Accessed April 27, 2020. https://wgfd.wyo.gov/Fishing-and-Boating/Fish-of-Wyoming/Non-Native-Fish-Species-of-Wyoming.
* Accessed April 27, 2020. http://projects.warnercnr.colostate.edu/cofishguide/index.cfm?step=literature.