FishDatabase

Migration

Amphidromous fish

34 species are amphidromous: moves between fresh water and the sea, but not to spawn.

For 16 of them, two published references assign different patterns. Each of those species shows every assignment on its own page.

Range

Where they live

How many of the 34 species are recorded in each state.
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How many of the 34 species are recorded in each state.

Species

All 34 species

Akupa Sleeper1 states
Eleotris sandwicensisEleotridaeNativeFreshBrackish
Asian Needlefish3 states
Xenentodon cancilaBelonidaeIntroducedFreshBrackish
Bay Anchovy17 states
Anchoa mitchilliEngraulidaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Bigmouth Sleeper3 states
Gobiomorus dormitorEleotridaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Black Bullhead46 states
Ameiurus melasIctaluridaeNative and introducedFresh
Cisco11 states
Coregonus artediSalmonidaeNative and introducedFreshSaltBrackish
Clown Goby7 states
Microgobius gulosusGobiidaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Coastrange Sculpin4 states
Cottus aleuticusCottidaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Common Snook8 states
Centropomus undecimalisCentropomidaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Crested Goby2 states
Lophogobius cyprinoidesGobiidaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Fat Sleeper12 states
Dormitator maculatusEleotridaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Fourhorn Sculpin4 states
Myoxocephalus quadricornisCottidaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Highfin Goby8 states
Gobionellus oceanicusGobiidaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Hiukole Goby1 states
Lentipes concolorGobiidaeNativeFreshBrackish
Ladyfish15 states
Elops saurusElopidaeNativeSaltBrackish
Least Cisco1 states
Coregonus sardinellaSalmonidaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Mountain Mullet7 states
Agonostomus monticolaMugilidaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Mozambique Tilapia9 states
Oreochromis mossambicusCichlidaeIntroducedFreshBrackish
Naked Goby16 states
Gobiosoma boscGobiidaeNative and introducedSaltBrackish
Naniha Goby1 states
Stenogobius hawaiiensisGobiidaeNativeFreshBrackish
Nopoli Rockclimbing Goby1 states
Sicyopterus stimpsoniGobiidaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Northern Pike39 states
Esox luciusEsocidaeNative and introducedFreshBrackish
Pacific River Goby1 states
Awaous guamensisGobiidaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Pacific Staghorn Sculpin4 states
Leptocottus armatusCottidaeNativeSaltBrackish
Prickly Sculpin5 states
Cottus asperCottidaeNative and introducedFreshSaltBrackish
Rainwater Killifish20 states
Lucania parvaFundulidaeNative and introducedFreshSaltBrackish
River Goby3 states
Awaous bananaGobiidaeIntroducedFreshBrackish
Round Goby8 states
Neogobius melanostomusGobiidaeIntroducedFreshSaltBrackish
Saffron Cod1 states
Eleginus gracilisGadidaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Shimofuri Goby1 states
Tridentiger bifasciatusGobiidaeIntroducedFreshSaltBrackish
Shortnose Sturgeon8 states
Acipenser brevirostrumAcipenseridaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Spinycheek Sleeper6 states
Eleotris pisonisEleotridaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Tarpon10 states
Megalops atlanticusMegalopidaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Yellowfin Goby1 states
Acanthogobius flavimanusGobiidaeIntroducedFreshSaltBrackish