Freshwater Fishes of CT - Table of Contents
How to Observe and Appreciate Fishes
How to Use This Guide
Guide to Families of Connecticut Freshwater Fishes
Fish Species Photos and Descriptions
- Lampreys - Petromyzontidae
- Freshwater Eels - Anguillidae
- Sturgeons - Acipenseridae
- Bowfins - Amiidae
- Trouts and Salmons - Salmonidae
- Smelts - Osmeridae
- Suckers - Catostomidae
- Minnows and Carps - Cyprinidae
- Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio)
- Goldfish (Carassius auratus)
- Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)
- Tench (Tinca tinca)
- Fallfish (Semotilus corporalis)
- Creek Chub (Semotilus atromaculatus)
- Cutlip Minnow (Exoglossum maxillingua)
- Golden Shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas)
- Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)
- Common Shiner (Luxilus cornutus)
- Spottail Shiner (Notropis hudsonius)
- Bridle Shiner (Notropis bifrenatus)
- Mimic Shiner (Notropis volucellus)
- Bluntnose Minnow (Pimephales notatus)
- Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas)
- Blacknose Dace (Rhinichthys atratulus)
- Longnose Dace (Rhinichthys cataractae)
- Mudminnows - Umbridae
- Silversides - Atherinopsidae
- Killifishes - Fundulidae
- Pupfishes - Cyprinodontidae
- Herrings - Clupeidae
- Pike and Pickerel - Esocidae
- Codfishes - Gadidae
- Catfishes and Bullheads - Ictaluridae
- Sunfishes and Freshwater Basses - Centrarchidae
- Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides)
- Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu)
- Black Crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus)
- White Crappie (Pomoxis annularis)
- Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris)
- Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)
- Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus)
- Redbreast Sunfish (Lepomis auritus)
- Green Sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus)
- Warmouth (Lepomis gulosus)
- Hybrid Sunfish (Lepomis sp. x Lepomis sp.)
- Banded Sunfish (Enneacanthus obesus)
- Temperate Basses - Moronidae
- Perches and Darters - Percidae
- Sculpins - Cottidae
- Sticklebacks - Gasterosteidae
- American Soles - Achiridae
- Mullets - Mugilidae
Text and images adapted from Jacobs, R. P., O'Donnell, E. B., and Connecticut DEEP. (2009). A Pictorial Guide to Freshwater Fishes of Connecticut. Hartford, CT. Available for purchase at the DEEP Store.