Master Species List

This is the full list of all the North American freshwater sportfish species. 

If you were the best angler in North America, this is what your lifelist would look like. 

If you know of a new fish which should be on this list, please let us know.  Remember, hybrids and strains are NOT species.  In order to be a sportfish, the species needs to get big enough to attain a pound in weight, preferably two pounds. 

In order to be a "freshwater" species, it must be either anadramous or catadromous, habitually spending a significant portion of its life in freshwater.  Just because you caught it in fresh water does not mean it is a freshwater species.  

• Acadian Whitefish (Coregonus huntsmani)
• Alabama Hog Sucker (Hypentelium etowanum)
• Alabama Shad (Alosa alabamae)
• Alabama Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus suttkusi)
• Alaska Whitefish (Coregonus nelsoni)
• Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)
• Alligator Gar (Lepisosteus spatula)
• American Eel (Anguilla rostrata)
• American Shad (Alosa sapidissima)
• Angayukaksurak Char (Salvelinus anaktuvukensis)
• Apache Trout (Oncorhynchus apache)
• Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus)
• Arctic Cisco (Coregonus autumnalis)
• Arctic Grayling (Thymallus arcticus)
• Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)
• Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus)
• Balsas Catfish (Ictalurus balsanus)
• Bear Lake Whitefish (Prosopium abyssicola)
• Bering Cisco (Coregonus laurettae)
• Bigeye Jumprock (Scartomyzon ariommus)
• Bighead Carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis)
• Bigmouth Buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellas)
• Black Buffalo (Ictiobus niger)
• Black Bullhead (Ictalurus melas)
• Black Crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus)
• Black Jumprock (Scartomyzon cervinus)
• Black Redhorse (Moxostoma duquesnei)
• Blackchin Tilapia (Sarotherodon melanotheron)
• Blackfin Cisco (Coregonus nigripinnis)
• Blackfin Pacu (Colossoma nigripinnis)
• Blackfin Sucker (Thoburnia atripinnis)
• Blacktail Redhorse (Moxostoma poecilurum)
• Bloater (Coregonus hoyi)
• Blue Catfish (Ictalurus furcatus)
• Blue Chub (Gila coerulea)
• Blue Sucker (Cycleptus elongatus)
• Blue Tilapia (Oreochromis aureus)
• Blueback Herring (Alosa aestivalis)
• Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)
• Bluehead Sucker (Catostomus discobolus)
• Bonneville Cisco (Prosopium gemmifer)
• Bonneville Whitefish (Prosopium spilonotus)
• Bowfin (Amia calva)
• Bonytail (Gila elegans)
• Bridgelip Sucker (Catostomus columbianus)
• Broad Whitefish (Coregonus nasus)
• Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
• Brown Bullhead (Ictalurus nebulosus)
• Brown Trout (Salmo trutta)
• Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus)
• Bullseye Snakehead (Channa marulius)
• Burbot (Lota lota)
• Cahita Sucker (Catostomus cahita)
• Chain Pickerel (Esox niger)
• Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
• Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
• Chiselmouth (Acrocheilus alutaceus)
• Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
• Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
• Colorado Squawfish (Ptychocheilus lucius)
• Common Carp (Cyprinius carpio)
• Common Pleco (Hypostomus plecostomus)
• Copper Redhorse (Moxostoma hubbsi)
• Cui-ui (Chasmistes cujus)
• Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii)
• Deepwater Cisco (Coregonus johannae)
• Desert Sucker (Catostomus clarkii)
• Dollar Sunfish (Lepomis marginatus)
• Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma)
• Fallfish (Semotilus corporalis)
• Flannelmouth Sucker (Catostomus latipinnis)
• Flat Bullhead (Ameiurus platycephalus)
• Flathead Catfish (Pylodictus olivaris)
• Fleshylip Buffalo (Ictiobus labiosus)
• Fleshylip Sucker (Catostomus leopoldi)
• Flier (Centrarchus macropterus)
• Florida Gar (Lepisosteus platyrhincus)
• Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens)
• Gila Trout (Oncorhynchus gilae)
• Gizzard Shad (Dorosoma cepedianum)
• Golden Redhorse (Moxostoma erythrurum)
• Golden Trout (Oncorhynchus aguabonita)
• Goldeye (Hiodon alosoides)
• Goldfish (Carassius auratus)
• Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)
• Grass Pickeral (Esox americanus)
• Gray Redhorse (Scartomyzon congestus)
• Greater Jumprock (Scartomyzon lachneri)
• Greater Redhorse (Moxostoma valenciennesi)
• Green Sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris)
• Green Sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus)
• Guadalupe Bass (Micropterus treculii)
• Hardhead (Mylopharodon conocephalus)
• Headwater Catfish (Ictalurus lupus)
• Hickory Shad (Alosa mediocris)
• Highfin Carpsucker (Carpoides velifer)
• Hitch (Lavinia exilicauda)
• Humpback Chub (Gila cypha)
• Humpback Whitefish (Coregonus pidschian)
• Inconnu (Stenodus leucichthys)
• Jaguar Guapote (Cichlasoma managuense)
• June Sucker (Chasmistes liorus)
• Kiyi (Coregonus kiyil)
• Klamath Largescale Sucker (Catostomus snyderi)
• Klamath Smallscale Sucker (Catostomus rimiculus)
• Lake Chubsucker (Erimyzon sucetta)
• Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)
• Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush)
• Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis)
• Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides)
• Largescale Sucker (Catostomus macrocheilus)
• Least Cisco (Coregonus sardinella)
• Lerma Catfish (Ictalurus dugesii)
• Longear Sunfish (Lepomis megalotis)
• Longnose Gar (Lepisosteus osseus)
• Longnose Sucker (Catostomus catostomus)
• Lost River Sucker (Deltistes luxatus)
• Mayan Cichlid (Cichlasoma uropthalmus)
• Mexican Golden Trout (Oncorhynchus chrysogaster)
• Midas Cichlid (Cichlasoma citrinellum)
• Modoc Sucker (Catostomus microps)
• Mooneye (Hiodon tergisus)
• Mountain Sucker (Catostomus platyrhynchus)
• Mountain Whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni)
• Mozambique Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)
• Mud Sunfish (Acantharchus pomotis)
• Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy)
• Nazas Sucker (Catostomus nebuliferus)
• Nipigon Cisco (Coregonus nipigon)
• Northern Cisco (Coregonus artedi)
• Northern Hog Sucker (Hypentelium nigricans)
• Northern Pike (Esox lucius)
• Northern Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris)
• Northern Squawfish (Ptychocheilus oregonensis)
• Notchlip Redhorse (Moxostoma collapsum)
• Opata Sucker (Catostomus wigginsi)
• Orangespotted Sunfish (Lepomis humilis)
• Oscar (Astronotus ocellatus)
• Owens Sucker (Catostomus fumeiventris)
• Ozark Bass (Ambloplites constellatus)
• Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula)
• Pallid Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus)
• Panuco Catfish (Ictalurus mexicanus)
• Peacock Bass (Cichla ocellaris)
• Peamouth (Mylocheilus caurinus)
• Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)
• Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus)
• Quillback Carpsucker (Carpoides cyprinus)
• Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
• Razorback Sucker (Xyrauchen texanus)
• Red Bellied Pacu (Colossoma bidens)
• Redbreast Sunfish (Lepomis auritus)
• Redear Sunfish (Lepomis microlophus)
• Redeye Bass (Micropterus coosae)
• Redspotted Sunfish (Lepomis miniatus)
• Rio Grande Cichlid (Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum)
• Rio Grande Sucker (Catostomus plebeius)
• River Carpsucker (Carpoides carpio)
• River Redhorse (Moxostoma carinatum)
• Roanoke Bass (Ambloplites cavifrons)
• Roanoke Hog Sucker (Hypentelium roanokense)
• Robust Redhorse (Moxostoma robustum)
• Round Whitefish (Prosopium cylindraceum)
• Roundtail Chub (Gila Robusta)
• Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)
• Rustyside Sucker (Thoburnia hamiltoni)
• Sacramento Blackfish (Orthodon microlepidotus)
• Sacramento Perch (Archoplites interruptus)
• Sacramento Squawfish (Ptychocheilus grandis)
• Sacramento Sucker (Catostomus occidentalis)
• Sailfin Pleco (Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus)
• Santa Anna Sucker (Catostomus santaanae)
• Sauger (Stizostedion canadense)
• Shadow Bass (Ambloplites ariommus)
• Shoal Bass (Micropterus cataractae)
• Shorthead Redhorse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum)
• Shortjaw Cisco (Coregonus zenithicus)
• Shortnose Cisco (Coregonus reighardi)
• Shortnose Gar (Lepisosteus platostomas)
• Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)
• Shortnose Sucker (Chasmistes brevirostris)
• Shovelnose Sturgeon (Scaphyrynchus platorynchus)
• Silver Redhorse (Moxostoma anisurum)
• Skipjack Herring (Alosa chrysochloris)
• Smallfin Redhorse (Scartomyzon robustus)
• Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieui)
• Smallmouth Buffalo (Ictiobus bubalus)
• Snail Bullhead (Ameiurus brunneus)
• Snake River Sucker (Chasmistes muriei)
• Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
• Sonora Sucker (Catostomus insignis)
• Splittail (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus)
• Spotted Bass (Micropterus punctulatus)
• Spotted Bullhead (Ameiurus serracanthus)
• Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus)
• Spotted Sucker (Minetrema melanops)
• Spotted Sunfish (Lepomis punctatus)
• Spotted Tilapia (Tilapia mariae)
• Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis)
• Striped Jumprock (Scartomyzon rupiscartes)
• Striped Mullet (Mugil cephalus)
• Suckermouth Redhorse (Moxostoma pappillosum)
• Suwannee Bass (Micropterus notius)
• Swamp Eel (Monopterus albus)
• Tahoe Sucker (Catostomus tahoensis)
• Tench (Tinca tinca)
• Torrent Sucker (Thoburnia rhothoeca)
• Tui Chub (Gila bicolor)
• Umpqua Squawfish (Ptychocheilus umpquae)
• Utah Chub (Gila atraria)
• Utah Sucker (Catostomus ardens)
• Vermiculated Pleco (Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus)
• Walking Catfish (Clarias batrachus)
• Walleye (Stizostedion vitreum)
• Warmouth (Lepomis gulosus)
• Warner Sucker (Catostomus warnerensis)
• West Mexican Redhorse (Scartomyzon austrinus)
• White Bass (Morone chrysops)
• White Catfish (Ameiurus catus)
• White Crappie (Pomoxis annularus)
• White Perch (Morone americana)
• White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus)
• White Sucker (Catostomus commersoni)
• Yaqui Catfish (Ictalurus pricei)
• Yaqui Sucker (Catostomus bernardini)

Yellow Bass (Morone mississippiensis
)Yellow Bullhead (Ictalurus natalis)
Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens)