Fish of Wyoming
See a list of Wyoming's native and non native fish species.
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Fishes of Wyoming
Learn more about Wyoming fish species in a PDF version of the book "Fishes of Wyoming."
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 Name | Game/NonGame | Scientific Name |
|---|---|---|
| Black crappie | Game | Pomoxis nigromaculatus |
| Bluegill | Game | Lepomis macrochirus |
| Brook trout | Game | Salvelinus fontinalis |
| Brown trout | Game | Salmo trutta |
| Common carp | Nongame | Cyprinus carpio |
| Emerald shiner | Nongame | Notropis atherinoides |
| Freshwater drum | Game | Aplodinotus grunniens |
| Gizzard shad | Nongame | Dorosoma cepedianum |
| Golden shiner | Nongame | Notemigonus crysoleucas |
| Golden trout | Game | Oncorhynchus aguabonita |
| Goldfish | Nongame | Carassius auratus |
| Grass carp | Nongame | Ctenopharyngodon idella |
| Green sunfish | Game | Lepomis cyanellus |
| Green swordtail | Nongame | Xiphophorus hellerii |
| Guppy | Nongame | Poecilia reticulata |
| Kokanee (lacustrine sockeye salmon) | Game | Oncorhynchus nerka |
| Lake trout | Game | Salvelinus namaycush |
| Largemouth bass | Game | Micropterus nigricans |
| Northern pike | Game | Esox lucius |
| Ohrid trout | Game | Salmo letnica |
| Pumpkinseed | Game | Lepomis gibbosus |
| Rainbow trout | Game | Oncorhynchus mykiss |
| Rock bass | Game | Ambloplites rupestris |
| Smallmouth bass | Game | Micropterus dolomieu |
| Spottail shiner | Nongame | Hudsonius hudsonius |
| Walleye | Game | Sander vitreus |
| Western mosquitofish | Nongame | Gambusia affinis |
| White crappie | Game | Pomoxis annularis |
| Yellow perch | Game | Perca flavescens |
| Common Name | Game/Nongame | Scientific Name |
|---|---|---|
| Brook stickleback | Nongame | Culaea inconstans |