FishDatabase

Migration

SemiAnadromous fish

32 species are semianadromous: spawns in fresh water, grows in an estuary.

For 15 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 32 species are recorded in each state.
0
24
How many of the 32 species are recorded in each state.

Species

All 32 species

American Gizzard Shad41 states
Dorosoma cepedianumClupeidaeNative and introducedFreshSaltBrackish
Atlantic Needlefish23 states
Strongylura marinaBelonidaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Atlantic Silverside17 states
Menidia menidiaAtherinopsidaeNativeSaltBrackish
Atlantic Tomcod10 states
Microgadus tomcodGadidaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Bay Anchovy17 states
Anchoa mitchilliEngraulidaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Black Drum16 states
Pogonias cromisSciaenidaeNativeSaltBrackish
Broad-striped Anchovy16 states
Anchoa hepsetusEngraulidaeNativeSaltBrackish
Common Snook8 states
Centropomus undecimalisCentropomidaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Cutthroat Trout18 states
Oncorhynchus clarkiiSalmonidaeNative and introducedFreshSaltBrackish
Delta Smelt1 states
Hypomesus transpacificusOsmeridaeNativeFreshBrackish
Gafftopsail Catfish14 states
Bagre marinusAriidaeNativeSaltBrackish
Graceful Mojarra5 states
Eucinostomus gracilisGerreidaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Hardhead Catfish9 states
Ariopsis felisAriidaeNativeSaltBrackish
Irish Pompano8 states
Diapterus auratusGerreidaeNativeSaltBrackish
Jewsharp Drummer13 states
Menticirrhus americanusSciaenidaeNativeSaltBrackish
Lake Trout29 states
Salvelinus namaycushSalmonidaeNative and introducedFresh
Peamouth5 states
Mylocheilus caurinusLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFreshBrackish
Red Drum15 states
Sciaenops ocellatusSciaenidaeNative and introducedSaltBrackish
Round Whitefish12 states
Prosopium cylindraceumSalmonidaeNative and introducedFreshBrackish
Sacramento Splittail1 states
Pogonichthys macrolepidotusLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFreshBrackish
Shortnose Sturgeon8 states
Acipenser brevirostrumAcipenseridaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Silver Jenny12 states
Eucinostomus gulaGerreidaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Silver Perch16 states
Bairdiella chrysouraSciaenidaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Spot17 states
Leiostomus xanthurusSciaenidaeNativeSaltBrackish
Striped Mojarra3 states
Eugerres plumieriGerreidaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Tarpon10 states
Megalops atlanticusMegalopidaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Tidewater Mojarra13 states
Eucinostomus harengulusGerreidaeNativeSaltBrackish
Tidewater Silverside6 states
Menidia peninsulaeAtherinopsidaeNativeSaltBrackish
White Bass37 states
Morone chrysopsMoronidaeNative and introducedFresh
White Perch33 states
Morone americanaMoronidaeNative and introducedFreshSaltBrackish
White Sturgeon6 states
Acipenser transmontanusAcipenseridaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Yellow Bass19 states
Morone mississippiensisMoronidaeNative and introducedFresh