Locations
Fish species in Colorado
99 species have two or more US observation records in Colorado. Explore their habitats, families, and local records.
99 species have two or more US observation records in Colorado. ITIS calls 20 of them native to the United States, 72 native to part of the country and introduced elsewhere, and 7 introduced.
- Species
- 99
- Freshwater
- 98
- Saltwater
- 13
- Survey list
- 39
Two counts, two questions. 99 is the number of species observed in Colorado and filed with GBIF, which includes lakes, the coast, and museum records. 39 is the number the USGS stream survey caught, which samples flowing fresh water only. Neither is the other, so the site never adds them.
The statute
The official state fish of Colorado
Oncorhynchus clarkii subspecies stomias · named 1994
A state fish is a statute, not a survey. It says which fish the legislature chose, not which fish is most common. The list above links each row to the state's own record.
Most recorded
The fish of Colorado
The species with the most observation records in the state. It is the closest the open data comes to naming the fish people meet.
Groups
Types of fish in Colorado
Species
All 99 species, A–Z
A
B
- Bigmouth Shiner Notropis dorsalis
- Bigscale Logperch Percina macrolepida
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Bluehead Sucker Pantosteus discobolus
- Bluntface Shiner Cyprinella camura
- Bonytail Chub Gila elegans
- Brassy Minnow Hybognathus hankinsoni
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
C
E
F
G
H
I
J
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
- Rainbow Smelt Osmerus mordax
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Razorback Sucker Xyrauchen texanus
- Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Redside Shiner Richardsonius balteatus
- Rio Grande Chub Gila pandora
- Rio Grande Sucker Pantosteus plebeius
- River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio
- River Shiner Notropis blennius
- Roundtail Chub Gila robusta
S
- Salvelinus aureolus
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
- Shortfin Molly Poecilia mexicana
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Sockeye Salmon Oncorhynchus nerka
- Southern Redbelly Dace Chrosomus erythrogaster
- Speckled Dace Rhinichthys osculus
- Spotted Bass Micropterus punctulatus
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- Streamline Chub Erimystax dissimilis
- Suckermouth Minnow Phenacobius mirabilis
T
U
W
Y
One record only
19 more with a single record
One observation can be a stray, an aquarium release, or a mis-keyed locality, so these are kept out of the count above and listed here instead. The first 19 are shown.
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