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Fish of Wyoming

See a list of Wyoming's native and non native fish species.
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Fishes of Wyoming

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Fish of Wyoming

Common Name Game/NonGame Scientific Name
Arctic grayling Game Thymallus arcticus
Bigmouth shiner Nongame Ericymba dorsalis
Black bullhead Game Ameiurus melas
Bluehead sucker Nongame Pantosteus discobolus
Brassy minnow Nongame Hybognathus hankinsoni
Burbot Game Lota lota
Central stoneroller Nongame Campostoma anomalum
Channel catfish Game Ictalurus punctatus
Common shiner Nongame Luxilus cornutus
Creek chub Nongame Semotilus atromaculatus
Cutthroat trout Game Oncorhynchus clarkii
Fathead minnow Nongame Pimephales promelas
Finescale dace Nongame Chrosomus neogaeus
Flannelmouth sucker Nongame Catostomus latipinnis
Flathead chub Nongame Platygobio gracilis
Goldeye Nongame Hiodon alosoides
Green sucker Nongame Pantosteus virescens
Hornyhead chub Nongame Nocomis biguttatus
Iowa darter Nongame Etheostoma exile
Johnny darter Nongame Etheostoma nigrum
Lake chub Nongame Couesius plumbeus
Longnose dace Nongame Rhinichthys cataractae
Longnose sucker Nongame Catostomus catostomus
Mottled sculpin Nongame Cottus bairdii
Mountain sucker Nongame Catostomus platyrhynchus
Mountain whitefish Game Prosopium williamsoni
Northern leatherside chub Nongame Lepidomeda copei
Northern pearl dace Nongame Margariscus nachtriebi
Northern plains killifish Nongame Fundulus kansae
Orangethroat darter Nongame Etheostoma spectabile
Paiute sculpin Nongame Cottus beldingii
Plains minnow Nongame Hybognathus placitus
Plains topminnow Nongame Fundulus sciadicus
Quillback Nongame Carpiodes cyprinus
Red shiner Nongame Cyprinella lutrensis
Redside shiner Nongame Richardsonius balteatus
River carpsucker Nongame Carpiodes carpio
Roundtail chub Nongame Gila robusta
Sand shiner Nongame Miniellus stramineus
Sauger Game Sander canadensis
Shorthead redhorse Nongame Moxostoma macrolepidotum
Shovelnose sturgeon Game Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
Speckled dace Nongame Rhinichthys osculus
Stonecat Game Noturus flavus
Sturgeon chub Nongame Macrhybopsis gelida
Suckermouth minnow Nongame Phenacobius mirabilis
Utah chub Nongame Gila atraria
Utah sucker Nongame Catostomus ardens
Western silvery minnow Nongame Hybognathus argyritis
White sucker Nongame Catostomus commersonii

 

Common NameGame/NonGameScientific Name
Black crappieGamePomoxis nigromaculatus
BluegillGameLepomis macrochirus
Brook troutGameSalvelinus fontinalis
Brown troutGameSalmo trutta
Common carpNongameCyprinus carpio
Emerald shinerNongameNotropis atherinoides
Freshwater drumGameAplodinotus grunniens
Gizzard shadNongameDorosoma cepedianum
Golden shinerNongameNotemigonus crysoleucas
Golden troutGameOncorhynchus aguabonita
GoldfishNongameCarassius auratus
Grass carpNongameCtenopharyngodon idella
Green sunfishGameLepomis cyanellus
Green swordtailNongameXiphophorus hellerii
GuppyNongamePoecilia reticulata
Kokanee (lacustrine sockeye salmon)GameOncorhynchus nerka
Lake troutGameSalvelinus namaycush
Largemouth bassGameMicropterus nigricans
Northern pikeGameEsox lucius
Ohrid troutGameSalmo letnica
PumpkinseedGameLepomis gibbosus
Rainbow troutGameOncorhynchus mykiss
Rock bassGameAmbloplites rupestris
Smallmouth bassGameMicropterus dolomieu
Spottail shinerNongameHudsonius hudsonius
WalleyeGameSander vitreus
Western mosquitofishNongameGambusia affinis
White crappieGamePomoxis annularis
Yellow perchGamePerca flavescens

 

Common Name Game/Nongame Scientific Name
Brook stickleback Nongame Culaea inconstans