List of fishes of Missouri

Found in the table below are fish found in Missouri separated by the Family that they are in. The list is not complete as there are over 200 species of fish found in Missouri.

Common name	Scientific name	Picture	Habitat	Notes
	Acipenseridae (family)
Lake sturgeon	Acipenser fulvescens	File:Acipenser fulvescens GLERL.jpg	Bottom of lakes and big rivers over sand, gravel, or rock bottom	Endangered
	Amiidae (family)
Bowfin	Amia calva	File:Amia calva 4.jpg	Sloughs, sluggish rivers to medium rivers with moderate flow
	Anguillidae (family)
American eel	Anguilla rostrate	File:Anguilla rostrata GLERL 1.jpg	Large rivers w/ moderate flow
	Atherinidae (family)
Brook silverside	Labidesthes sicculus	File:Brook silverside.jpg	Clear, warm waters without current, backwaters, overflow pools of large streams
	Catostomidae (family)
River carpsucker	Carpiodes carpio	File:River carpsucker fish carpoides carpio.jpg	Lakes, reservoirs, large sluggish rivers
Quillback	Carpiodes cyprinus	File:Carpiodes cyprinus.jpg	Large to medium sized rivers with swift flow, lakes
Highfin carpsucker	Carpiodes velifer		Lakes, reservoirs, large sluggish rivers
White sucker	Catostomus commersonii	File:FMIB 51346 White Sucker Catostomus commersonii.jpeg	Rocky pools of small cool streams or big rivers, lakes
Blue sucker	Cycleptus elongates	File:Blue Sucker.jpg	Deep channels of large rivers with swift flow	ENDANGERED
Northern hogsucker	Hypentelium nigricans	File:Hypentelium nigricans.jpg	Rocky riffles, flowing pools of cool small to medium streams
Bigmouth buffalo	Ictiobus cyprinellus	File:Ictiobus cyprinellus.jpg	Streams, rivers, bayous, backwaters, lakes
Black buffalo	Ictiobus niger	File:Ictiobus niger.jpg	Deep waters of medium to large-sized rivers, lakes
Smallmouth buffalo	Ictiobus bubalus	File:FMIB 33324 Ictiobus Bubalus (Ravinesque).jpeg	Medium to large-sized rivers, lakes
Spotted sucker	Minytrema melanops	File:FMIB 51348 Spotted Sucker Minytrema melanops.jpeg	Large rivers, streams with deep pools, sloughs, backwaters
Silver redhorse	Moxostoma anisurum	File:Moxostoma anisurum.jpg	Muddy to rocky bottom pools, small streams to big rivers
River redhorse	Moxostoma carinatum		Small streams, rivers with moderate current over gravel bottom
Black redhorse	Moxostoma duquesnei	File:Black redhorse.jpg	Lakes, river pools with sand or rock bottom
Golden redhorse	Moxostoma erythrurum	File:Moxostoma erythrurum.jpg	Clear pools of large rivers, moderate flowing small streams with sandy or gravel bottom
Shorthead redhorse	Moxostoma macrolepidotum	File:Moxostoma macrolepidotum.jpg	Rocky pools and riffles, small streams, large rivers
	Centrarchidae (family)
Shadow bass	Ambloplites ariommus	File:Ambloplites ariommus.jpg	Cool clear streams with moderate flow, logs, roots of live trees
Ozark bass	Ambloplites constellatus	File:Ambloplites constellatus FWS 20925.jpg	Cool clear streams with moderate flow, logs, roots of live trees
Rock bass	Ambloplites rupestris	File:Rock Bass.jpg	Cool clear streams with moderate flow, logs, roots of live trees
Flier	Centrarchus macropterus	File:Centrarchus macropterus.jpg	Sluggish streams, ditches, wetlands with heavy vegetation
Green sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus	File:Lepomis cyanellus Gratwicke.jpg	Clear to muddy water, small streams and big rivers, lakes, reservoirs
Warmouth	Lepomis gulosus	File:Warmouth (Lepomis gulosus) from Kickapoo State Park, east-central Illinois.jpg	Sluggish streams, ponds, lakes, wetlands with vegetation, flooded trees
Orangespotted sunfish	Lepomis humilis	File:Orangespottednctc.png	Sluggish, slow flowing rivers and streams with muddy bottom
Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	File:Lepomis macrochirus.jpg	Pools in warm, clear streams with moderate flow, ditches, ponds, lakes
Dollar sunfish	Lepomis marginatus	File:Lepomis marginatus.jpg	Sluggish streams, backwaters, bayous
Longear sunfish	Lepomis megalotis	File:Lepomis megalotis UMFS 2015.JPG	Slow pools in moderate flowing small to large streams with rocky bottoms, lakes
Redear sunfish	Lepomis microlophus	File:Redear sunfish FWS 1.jpg	Pools in slow moving warm streams, ponds, lakes with vegetation
Redspotted sunfish	Lepomis miniatus	File:Redspotted Sunfish - Lepomis miniatus (2352520241).jpg	Small to moderate flowing streams with slow current, oxbows, swamps
Smallmouth bass	Micropterus dolomieu	File:Smallmouth bass.png	Cool, clear, rocky streams with moderate flow, deep reservoirs
Spotted bass	Micropterus punctulatus	File:CoosaRiverSpottedBass.JPG	Warm creeks and rivers with pools, deep reservoirs
Largemouth bass	Micropterus salmoides	File:Largemouth bass 2006.jpg	Slow moving streams, farm ponds, lakes, reservoirs
White crappie	Pomoxis annularis	File:FMIB 41910 Crappie (Pomoxis annularis).jpeg	Lakes, reservoirs, large ponds, moderate streams
Black crappie	Pomoxis nigromaculatus	File:Black crappie fish.jpg	Lakes, reservoirs, large ponds, clear streams
	Clupeidae (family)
Gizzard shad	Dorosoma cepedianum	File:Dorosoma cepedianum GLERL.jpg	Quiet water habitats, lowland lakes, pounds, pools, backwaters of streams and rivers
	Cottidae (family)
Banded sculpin	Cottus carolinae	File:Banded sculpin.jpg	Quiet water habitats, lowland lakes, pounds, pools, backwaters of streams and rivers
Grotto sculpin	Cottus specus		Found in 5 caves and one stream in Perry County	ENDANGERED
	Cyprinidae (family)
Central stoneroller	Campostoma pullum		Small to medium sized streams with moderate to high gradients and rocky or bedrock substrates in or near riffles
Common carp	Cyprinus carpio	File:Common carp.jpg	Lakes, reservoirs, ponds, ditches, rivers, creeks	INVASIVE
Grass carp	Clenopharyngodon idella	File:Ctenopharyngodon idella 01 Pengo.jpg	Large rivers, streams, ponds, lakes	INVASIVE
Cypress minnow	Hybognathus hayi		Backwaters of large, sluggish rivers, oxbow	ENDANGERED
Silver carp	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	File:Hypophthalmichthys molitrix adult.jpg	Large rivers and lakes	INVASIVE
Bighead carp	Hypophthalmichthys nobilis	File:Bighead carp.gif	Large rivers and lakes	INVASIVE
Common shiner	Luxilus cornutus		Small, moderately clear streams, gravel and rubble bottoms, bedrock pools
Duskystripe shiner	Luxilus pilsbryi		Stream pools with clean gravel bottoms
Bleeding shiner	Luxilus zonatus		Midwaters, small creeks, large rivers, clean, gravelly or rocky bottoms, near riffles or in pools
Black carp	Mylopharyngodon piceus	File:Mylopharyngodon piceus.jpg	Lakes, rivers, streams – escaped from a fish farm during a high water event	INVASIVE
Hornyhead chub	Nocomis biguttatus	File:Horned Chub.JPG	Clear streams with permanent flow and clean gravel
Golden shiner	Notemigonus crysoleucas	File:Golden shiner fish notemigonus crysoleucas.jpg	Sloughs, ponds, lakes, quiet pools of streams
Fathead minnow	Pimephales promelas	File:Pimephales promelas.jpg	Mid water or near bottom, streams, pools
Flathead chub	Platygobio gracilis		Big rivers, bottom composed of sand and fine gravel	ENDANGERED
Creek chub	Semotilus atromaculatus	File:Creek Chub, Semotilus atromaculatus.jpg	Pools in headwater streams, large rivers with rocky bottom
	Esocidae (family)
Grass pickerel	Esox americanus vermiculatus	File:Esox americanus UMFS 2014.jpg	Small headwater streams
Northern pike	Esox lucius	File:Northern Pike at Umwelt Garten.jpg	Lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams with vegetation
Muskellunge	Esox masquinongy	File:Muskellunge USFWS.jpg	Clear waters of weedy lakes and medium rivers
Chain pickerel	Esox niger	File:Pickerel.jpg	Lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams with vegetation
	Fundulidae (family)
Blackspotted topminnow	Fundulus olivaceus	File:Fundulus olivaceus UMFS 2014 2.JPG	Large lowland rivers, pools of streams
Blackstripe topminnow	Fundulus notatus		Large lowland rivers, pools of streams
	Hiodontidae (family)
Goldeye	Hiodon alosoides		Large rivers, backwaters, lake
	Ictaluridae (family)
Black bullhead	Ameiurus melas	File:Black bullhead fish.jpg	Slow flowing streams, oxbows, backwaters with mud bottom
Brown bullhead	Ameiurus nebulosus	File:Ictalurus nebulosus GLERL 1.jpg	Oxbows, backwaters with mud bottom, slow flowing streams
Yellow bullhead	Ameiurus natalis	File:Yellow bullhead fish ameiurus natalis.jpg	Slow flowing streams, backwaters, vegetated ponds, lakes
White bullhead	Ameiurus catus	File:Ameiurus catus.jpg	Clear streams, dam tail waters
Blue catfish	Ictalurus furcatus	File:Blue catfish.jpg	Rivers and large creeks with fast water over sandy or rocky bottoms
Channel catfish	Ictalurus punctatus	File:Channelcat.jpg	Ponds, lakes, moderate-flowing rivers and creeks with sandy or gravel bottoms
Mountain madtom	Noturus eleutherus		Large, moderately clear rivers	ENDANGERED
Stonecat	Noturus flavus	File:Noturus flavus.jpg	Clear, gravel-bottom streams
Neosho madtom	Noturus placidus	File:Noturus placidus (Neosho madtom) FWS.jpg	Medium to large stream, clear waters	ENDANGERED
Flathead catfish	Pylodictis olivaris	File:Flathead catfish.jpg	Large rivers and creeks with flow near logs, roots, rocks, and debris
	Lepisosteidae (family)
Alligator gar	Atractosteus spatula	File:Alligator Gar 01.jpg	Large slow flowing rivers, lakes, bayous, reservoirs
Shortnose gar	Lepisosteus platostomus	File:Shortnose Gar (Lepisosteus platostomus).jpg	Muddy rivers, oxbows, backwaters, lakes
Longnose gar	Lepisosteus osseus	File:Longnose gar.png	Bayous, backwaters, oxbows, large creeks, rivers, lakes
	Moronidae (family)
Hybrid striped bass	Morone chrysops x Morone saxatilis	File:HybridBassCoosaRiver.jpg	Large streams with moderate flow, sandy or rocky bottom, reservoirs
White bass	Morone chrysops	File:Morone chrysops.jpg	Large streams with moderate flow, sandy or rocky bottom, reservoirs
Striped bass	Morone saxatilis	File:Morone saxatilis.png	Large deep reservoirs
	Percidae (family)
Crystal darter	Crystallaria asprella	File:FMIB 51989 Crystal Darter, Crystallaria asprella (Jordan) Wabash River.jpeg	Open channels of large, clear streams	ENDANGERED
Greenside darter	Etheostoma blennioides	File:Etheostoma blennioides.jpg	Swift to moderate current streams and rivers
Arkansas darter	Etheostoma cragini		Shallow, spring branches and spring-fed creeks with sandy bottoms – found in Spring River system of the southwestern Ozarks
Harlequin darter	Etheostoma histrio	File:Harlequin darter (Etheostoma histrio).jpg	Streams and ditches, prefers sandy bottoms where logs, sticks, and other organic debris are present	ENDANGERED
Johnny darter	Etheostoma nigrum	File:FMIB 51449 Johnny Darter Boleosoma nigrum.jpeg	Pools, slow moving riffles in sandy streams
Goldstripe darter	Etheostoma parvipinne		Small, shallow, spring fed streams, with low to moderate gradient	ENDANGERED
Logperch	Percina caprodes	File:Percina caprodes.jpg	Deep riffles and silt free pools, small to medium sized rivers
Sauger	Sander canadensis	File:Saugernctc.jpg	Turbid water in streams and rivers with moderate or fast flow, large lakes, reservoirs
Walleye	Sander vitreus	File:Walleye Fishing (8423020401).jpg	Deep water of large streams, lakes, reservoirs with sandy or rocky bottom
	Petromyzontidae (family)
Chestnut lamprey	Ichthyomyzon castaneus		Large streams and small rivers, large reservoirs
	Polyodontidae (family)
Paddlefish	Polyodon spathula	File:Paddlefish Polyodon spathula.jpg	Channels in large rivers to medium rivers with moderate flow
	Sciaenidae (family)
Freshwater drum	Aplodinotus grunniens	File:FMIB 50985 Fresh-Water Drum or Gaspergou.jpeg	Medium to large rivers, lakes, reservoirs with deep water
	Salmonidae (family)
Rainbow trout	Oncorhynchus mykiss	File:Rainbow Trout.jpg	Large rivers to small streams, lakes, below dams
Brown trout	Salmo trutta	File:Brown trout Salmo trutta.jpg	Lakes, small streams, large rivers
	Umbridae (family)
Central mudminnow	Umbra limi	File:FMIB 35951 Mud Minnow (Umbra limi).jpeg	Bogs, sloughs, swamps, sluggish streams	ENDANGERED