Kansas Fish

     Below is (I hope) the complete list of all the fish one can find in Kansas waters. If I have excluded any or have made any mistakes, please me and let me know...
Lampreys Sturgeons Paddlefish
Gars Bowfin Freshwater Eels
Herrings Mooneyes Trout
Pikes North American Catfish Trout Perches
Livebearers Silversides True Basses
Sculpins Suckers Killifish
Sunfish Perches Minnows
List of Families
Lampreys - family Petromyzontidae
  • Chestnut lamprey - Ichtyomyzon castaneus
Sturgeons - family Acipenseridae
  • Lake sturgeon - Acipenser fulvescens
  • Pallid sturgeon - Scaphirhynchus albus
  • Shovelnose sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorhynchus
Paddlefish - family Polyodontidae
  • Paddlefish - Polyodon spathula
Gars - family Lepisosteidae
  • Spotted gar - Lepisosteus oculatus
  • Longnose gar - Lepisosteus osseus
  • Shortnose gar - Lepisosteus platorhynchus
Bowfin - family Amiidae
  • Bowfin - Amia calva
Freshwater Eels - family Anguillidae
  • American Eel - Anguilla rostrata
Herrings - family Clupeidae
  • Skipjack herring - Alosa chrysochloris
  • Gizzard shad - Dorosoma cepedianum
  • Threadfin shad - Dorosoma petensae
Mooneyes - family Hiodontidae
  • Goldeye - Hiodon alosoides
  • Mooneye - Hiodon tergisus
Trout - family Salmonidae
  • Rainbow trout - Salmo gairdneri
  • Brown trout - Salmo trutta
Pikes - family Esocidae
  • Grass pickerel - Esox americanus vermiculatus
  • Northern pike - Esox lucius
North American Catfish - family Ictaluridae
  • Blue catfish - Ictalurus furcatus
  • Black bullhead - Ictalurus (Ameiurus) melas
  • Yellow bullhead - Ictalurus (Ameiurus) natalis
  • Channel catfish - Ictalurus punctatus
  • Slender madtom - Noturus exilis
  • Stonecat - Noturus flavus
  • Tadpole madtom - Noturus gyrinus
  • Brindled madtom - Noturus miurus
  • Freckled madtom - Noturus nocturnus
  • Neosho madtom - Noturus placidus
  • Flathead catfish - Pylodictus olivaris
Trout Perches - family Percopsidae
  • Trout-perch - Percopsis omiscomaycus
Livebearers - family Poeciliidae
  • Mosquitofish - Gambusia affinis
Silversides - family Atherinidae
  • Brook silverside - Labidesthes sicculus
True Basses - family Percichthyidae
  • White bass- Morone chrysops
  • Yellow bass - Morone mississippiensis
  • Striped bass - Morone saxatilis
Sculpins - family Cottidae
  • Banded sculpin - Cottus carolinae
Suckers - family Catostomidae
  • River carpsucker - Carpiodes carpio
  • Quillback - Carpiodes cyprinus
  • Highfin carpsucker - Carpiodes velifer
  • White sucker - Catostomus commersoni
  • Blue sucker - Cycleptus elongatus
  • Smallmouth buffalo - Ictiobus bubalus
  • Bigmouth buffalo - Ictiobus cyprinellus
  • Black buffalo - Ictiobus niger
  • Spotted sucker - Minytrema melanops
  • River redhorse - Moxostoma carinatum
  • Black redhorse - Moxostoma duquesnei
  • Golden redhorse - Moxostoma erythrurum
  • Shorthead redhorse - Moxostoma macrolepidotum
Killifish - family Cyprinontidae
  • Blackstripe topminnow - Fundulus notatus
  • Speckled killifish - Fundulus rathbuni
  • Plains topminnow - Fundulus sciadicus
  • Plains killifish - Fundulus zebrinus
Sunfish - family Centrarchidae
  • Rock bass - Ambloplites rupestris
  • Green sunfish - Lepomis cyanellus
  • Pumpkinseed - Lepomis gibbosus
  • Warmouth - Lepomis gulosus
  • Orangespotted sunfish - Lepomis humilis
  • Bluegill - Lepomis macrochirus
  • Longear sunfish - Lepomis megalotis
  • Redear sunfish - Lepomis microlophus
  • Smallmouth bass - Micropterus dolomieui
  • Spotted bass - Micropterus punctulatus
  • Largemouth bass - Micropterus salmoides
  • White crappie - Pomixis annularis
  • Black crappie - Pomixis nigromaculatus
Perches - family Percidae
  • Greenside darter - Etheostoma blennioides
  • Bluntnose darter - Etheostoma chlorosomum
  • Arkansas darter - Etheostoma cragini
  • Fantail darter - Etheostoma flabellare
  • Slough darter - Etheostoma gracile
  • Least darter - Etheostoma microperca
  • Johnny darter - Etheostoma nigrum
  • Sunburst darter - Etheostoma species
  • Orangethroat darter - Etheostoma spectabile
  • Speckled darter - Etheostoma stigmaeum
  • Redfin darter - Etheostoma whipplei
  • Banded darter - Etheostoma zonale
  • Yellow perch - Perca flavescens
  • Logperch - Percina caprodes
  • Channel darter - Percina copelandi
  • Blackside darter - Percina maculata
  • Slenderhead darter - Percina phoxocephala
  • River darter - Percina shumardi
  • Sauger - Stizostedion canadense
  • Walleye - Stizostedion vitreum
Minnows - family Cyprinidae
  • Stoneroller - Campostoma anomalum
  • Goldfish - Carassius auratus
  • Grass carp - Ctenopharyngodon idella
  • Common carp - Cyprinus carpio
  • Western silvery minnow - Hybognathus argyritis
  • Brassy minnow - Hybognathus hankinsoni
  • Plains minnow - Hybognathus placitus
  • Speckled chub - Hybopsis (Extrarius) aestivalis
  • Bigeye chub - Hybopsis amblops
  • Sturgeon chub - Hybopsis (Macrhybopsis) gelida
  • Flathead chub - Hybopsis (Platygobio) gracilis
  • Sicklefin chub - Hybopsis (Macrhybopsis) meeki
  • Silver chub - Hybopsis (Macrhybopsis) storeriana
  • Gravel chub - Hybopsis (Erimystax) x-punctata
  • Cardinal shiner - Luxilus cardinalis
  • Redspot chub - Nocomis asper
  • Hornyhead chub - Nocomis biguttatus
  • Golden shiner - Notemigonus chrysoleucas
  • Pugnose shiner - Notropis anogenus
  • Emerald shiner - Notropis atherinoides
  • River shiner - Notropis blennius
  • Bigeye shiner - Notropis boops
  • Ghost shiner - Notropis buchanani
  • Bluntface shiner - Notropis camurus
  • Common shiner - Notropis cornutus
  • Bigmouth shiner - Notropis dorsalis
  • Arkansas River shiner - Notropis girardi
  • Blacknose shiner - Notropis heterolepis
  • Red shiner - Notropis lutrensis
  • Ozark minnow - Notropis nubilus
  • Rosyface shiner - Notropis rubellus
  • Silverband shiner - Notropis shumardi
  • Spotfin shiner - Notropis spilopterus
  • Sand shiner - Notropis stramineus
  • Topeka shiner - Notropis topeka
  • Redfin shiner - Notropis umbratilis
  • Mimic shiner - Notropis volucellus
  • Suckermouth minnow - Phenacobius mirabilis
  • Southern redbelly dace - Phoxinus erythrogaster
  • Bluntnose minnow - Pimephales notatus
  • Fathead minnow - Pimephales promelas
  • Slim minnow - Pimephales tenellus
  • Bullhead minnow - Pimephales vigilax
  • Blacknose dace - Rhinichthys atratulus
  • Creek chub - Semotilus atromaculatus