List of fishes of Colorado
| Common name | Scientific name | Native? | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anguillidae (Family) | |||
| American Eel | Anguilla rostrata | No |  |
| Catastomidae (Family) | |||
| River Carpsucker | Carpiodes carpio |  | |
| Quillback | Carpiodes cyprinus |  | |
| Longnose Sucker | Catostomus catostomus | Yes |  |
| White Sucker | Catostomus commersoni | Yes |  |
| Bluehead Sucker | Catostomus discobolus | Yes | |
| Flannelmouth Sucker | Catostomus latipinnis | Yes | _(7983309822).jpg) |
| Mountain Sucker | Catostomus platyrhynchus | Yes |  |
| Rio Grande Sucker | Catostomus plebeius | Yes | |
| Smallmouth Buffalo | Ictiobus bubalus | .jpeg) | |
| Shorthead Redhorse | Moxostoma macrolepidotum |  | |
| Razorback Sucker | Xyrauchen texanus | Yes |  |
| Centrarchidae (Family) | |||
| Sacramento Perch | Archoplites interruptus | No |  |
| Rock Bass | Ambloplites rupestris | No |  |
| Green Sunfish | Lepomis cyanellus | Yes | |
| Pumpkinseed | Lepomis gibbosus | No |  |
| Warmouth | Lepomis gulosus | Yes |  |
| Orangespotted Sunfish | Lepomis humilis | Yes |  |
| Bluegill | Lepomis macrochirus | Yes |  |
| Smallmouth Bass | Micropterus dolomieu | No | |
| Largemouth Bass | Micropterus salmoides | No | |
| White Crappie | Promoxis annularis | No |  |
| Black Crappie | Pomoxis nigromaculatus | No |  |
| Clupeidae (Family) | |||
| Gizzard Shad | Dorosoma cepedianum | Yes |  |
| Threadfin Shad | Dorosoma petenense | No |  |
| Cichlidae (Family) | |||
| Tilapia | Tilapia spp. | No | |
| Cottidae (Family) | |||
| Mottled Sculpin | Cottus bairdi | Yes | |
| Paiute Sculpin | Cottus beldingi | Yes | |
| Cyprinidae (Family) | |||
| Central Stoneroller | Campostoma anomalum | Yes |  |
| Goldfish | Carassius auratus | No |  |
| Lake Chub | Couesius plumbeus | Yes |  |
| Grass Carp | Ctenopharyngodon idella | No |  |
| Red Shiner | Cyprinella lutrensis | Yes |  |
| Common Carp | Cyprinus carpio | No |  |
| Utah Chub | Gila atraria | No | .jpeg) |
| Humpback Chub | Gila cypha | Yes |  |
| Brassy Minnow | Hybognathus hankinsoni | Yes | |
| Plains Minnow | Hybognathus placitus | Yes | |
| Bonytail Chub | Gila elegans | Yes |  |
| Rio Grande Chub | Gila pandora | Yes | |
| Roundtail Chub | Gila robusta | Yes |  |
| Common Shiner | Luxilus cornutus | Yes |  |
| Speckled Chub | Macrhybopsis aestivalis | Yes |  |
| Hornyhead Chub | Nocomis biguttatus | Yes |  |
| River Shiner | Notropis blennius | No | |
| Golden Shiner | Notemigonus crysoleucas | No |  |
| Bigmouth Shiner | Notropis dorsalis | Yes |  |
| Arkansas River Shiner | Notropis girardi | No |  |
| Spottail Shiner | Notropis hudsonius | No |  |
| Sand Shiner | Notropis stramineus | Yes |  |
| Suckermouth Minnow | Phenacobius mirabilis | Yes | |
| Northern Redbelly Dace | Phoxinus eos | Yes |  |
| Southern Redbelly Dace | Phoxinus erythrogaster | Yes |  |
| Fathead Minnow | Pimephales promelas | Yes |  |
| Flathead Chub | Platygobio gracilis | Yes | |
| Colorado Pikeminnow | Ptychocheilus lucius | Yes |  |
| Bullhead Minnow | Pimephales vigilax | No |  |
| Longnose dace | Rhinichthys cataractae | Yes |  |
| Speckled Dace | Rhinichthys osculus | Yes |  |
| Redside Shiner | Richardsonius balteatus | No |  |
| Creek Chub | Semotilus atromaculatus | Yes |  |
| Tench | Tinca tinca | No |  |
| Esocidae (Family) | |||
| Northern Pike | Esox lucius | No |  |
| Tiger Muskellunge | E. lucius × E. masquinongy | No |  |
| Fundulidae (Family) | |||
| Plains Topminnow | Fundulus sciadicus | Yes |  |
| Plains Killifish | Fundulus zebrinus | Yes |  |
| Gasterosteidae (Family) | |||
| Brook Stickleback | Culaea inconstans | No |  |
| Ictaluridae (Family) | |||
| Black Bullhead | Ameiurus melas | Yes |  |
| Yellow Bullhead | Ameiurus natalis | No |  |
| Brown Bullhead | Ameiurus nebulosus | No |  |
| Blue Catfish | Ictalurus furcatus | No |  |
| Channel Catfish | Ictalurus punctatus | Yes | |
| Flathead Catfish | Pylodictus olivaris | No |  |
| Stonecat | Noturus flavus | Yes |  |
| Lotidae (Family) | |||
| Burbot | Lota lota | No |  |
| Moronidae (Family) | |||
| Wiper (Hybrid Striped Bass) | M. chrysops × M. saxatilis | No |  |
| White Bass | Morone chrysops | No |  |
| Striped Bass | Morone saxatilis | No |  |
| Osmeridae (Family) | |||
| Rainbow Smelt | Osmerus mordax | No |  |
| Percidae (Family) | |||
| Arkansas Darter | Etheostoma cragini | Yes | |
| Iowa Darter | Etheostoma exile | Yes |  |
| Johnny Darter | Etheostoma nigrum | Yes |  |
| Orangethroat Darter | Etheostoma spectabile | Yes |  |
| Logperch | Percina caprodes |  | |
| Yellow Perch | Perca flavescens | No |  |
| Sauger | Sander canadense | Yes |  |
| Walleye | Sander viterus |  | |
| Bigscale Logperch | Percina macrolepida | No | |
| Poecilidae (Family) | |||
| Western Mosquitofish | Gambusia affinis |  | |
| Salmonidae (Family) | |||
| Snake River Cutthroat Trout | Oncorhynchus clarki behnkei | No |  |
| Colorado River Cutthroat Trout | Oncorhynchus clarki pleuriticus | Yes |  |
| Greenback Cutthroat Trout | Oncorhynchus clarki stomias | Yes |  |
| Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout | Oncorhynchus clarki virginalis | Yes |  |
| Lake Whitefish | Coregonus clupeaformis | No |  |
| Rainbow Trout | Oncorhynchus mykiss | No | |
| Golden Trout | Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita | No |  |
| Sockeye Salmon | Oncorhynchus nerka | No |  |
| Mountain Whitefish | Prosopium williamsoni | Yes | |
| Arctic Char | Salvelinus alpinus | No |  |
| Brook Trout | Salvelinus fontinalis | No |  |
| Lake Trout | Salvelinus namaycush | No | |
| Splake | Salvelinus namaycush × S.fontinalis | No | |
| Brown Trout | Salmo trutta | No | |
| Arctic Grayling | Thymallus arcticus | No |  |
| Sciaenidae (Family) | |||
| Freshwater Drum | Aplodinotus grunniens | No |  |
References
Johnson, B., Nomanbhoy, N. (2005). An eField Guide to Western Fishes-Colorado and Wyoming
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https://taurus.cnr.colostate.edu/projects/cofishguide/index.cfm
Fuller, P. (2017). NAS-Nonindigenous Aquatic Species. USGS.
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