Locations
Fish species in Indiana
205 species have two or more US observation records in Indiana. Explore their habitats, families, and local records.
205 species have two or more US observation records in Indiana. ITIS calls 84 of them native to the United States, 113 native to part of the country and introduced elsewhere, and 8 introduced.
- Species
- 205
- Freshwater
- 202
- Saltwater
- 19
- Survey list
- 153
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Two counts, two questions. 205 is the number of species observed in Indiana and filed with GBIF, which includes lakes, the coast, and museum records. 153 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
Indiana and the official state fish
Indiana recognises no official state fish. The legislature has named other state symbols and has not named a fish.
Most recorded
The fish of Indiana
The species with the most observation records in the state. It is the closest the open data comes to naming the fish people meet.
Bluegill903 records
Lepomis macrochirusCentrarchidaeNative and introducedFresh
Bluntnose Minnow872 records
Pimephales notatusLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Creek Chub759 records
Semotilus atromaculatusLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Longear Sunfish715 records
Lepomis megalotisCentrarchidaeNative and introducedFresh
Johnny Darter678 records
Etheostoma nigrumPercidaeNative and introducedFresh
Spotfin Shiner639 records
Cyprinella spilopteraLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Central Stoneroller571 records
Campostoma anomalumLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Striped Shiner570 records
Luxilus chrysocephalusLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Green Sunfish506 records
Lepomis cyanellusCentrarchidaeNative and introducedFresh
Rainbow Darter499 records
Etheostoma caeruleumPercidaeNative and introducedFresh
Smallmouth Bass444 records
Micropterus dolomieuCentrarchidaeNative and introducedFresh
Rock Bass397 records
Ambloplites rupestrisCentrarchidaeNative and introducedFresh
Groups
Types of fish in Indiana
Species
All 205 species, A–Z
A
B
- Banded Darter Etheostoma zonale
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Banded Sculpin Cottus carolinae
- Bigeye Chub Hybopsis amblops
- Bigeye Shiner Notropis boops
- Bighead Carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
- Bigmouth Buffalo Ictiobus cyprinellus
- Bigmouth Shiner Notropis dorsalis
- Black Buffalo Ictiobus niger
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Blackchin Shiner Notropis heterodon
- Blacknose Shiner Notropis heterolepis
- Blackside Darter Percina maculata
- Blackstripe Topminnow Fundulus notatus
- Bloater Coregonus hoyi
- Blotchside Logperch Percina burtoni
- Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus
- Blue Sucker Cycleptus elongatus
- Bluebreast Darter Nothonotus camurus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Bowfin Amia calva
- Brindled Madtom Noturus miurus
- Brook Silverside Labidesthes sicculus
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Bullhead Minnow Pimephales vigilax
- Burbot Lota lota
C
- Carmine Shiner Notropis percobromus
- Carolina Madtom Noturus furiosus
- Central Greenside Darter Etheostoma pholidotum
- Central Mudminnow Umbra limi
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Channel Darter Percina copelandi
- Channel Shiner Notropis wickliffi
- Chestnut Lamprey Ichthyomyzon castaneus
- Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
- Cisco Coregonus artedi
- Coho Salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch
- Common Carp Cyprinus carpio
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Creek Chubsucker Erimyzon oblongus
- Crystal Darter Crystallaria asprella
- Cypress Minnow Hybognathus hayi
D
E
F
G
- Ghost Shiner Notropis buchanani
- Gilt Darter Percina evides
- Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Goldeye Hiodon alosoides
- Goldfish Carassius auratus
- Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella
- Grass Pickerel Esox americanus
- Gravel Chub Erimystax x-punctatus
- Greater Redhorse Moxostoma valenciennesi
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Greenside Darter Etheostoma blennioides
H
I
J
K
L
- Lake Chubsucker Erimyzon sucetta
- Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens
- Lake Trout Salvelinus namaycush
- Lake Whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Largescale Stoneroller Campostoma oligolepis
- Least Brook Lamprey Lampetra aepyptera
- Least Darter Etheostoma microperca
- Logperch Percina caprodes
- Longear Sunfish Lepomis megalotis
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
- Longnose Sucker Catostomus catostomus
M
N
- Ninespine Stickleback Pungitius pungitius
- Northern Brook Lamprey Ichthyomyzon fossor
- Northern Cavefish Amblyopsis spelaea
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Northern Madtom Noturus stigmosus
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Northern Starhead Topminnow Fundulus dispar
- Northern Studfish Fundulus catenatus
- Northern Sunfish Lepomis peltastes
O
P
Q
R
- Rainbow Darter Etheostoma caeruleum
- Rainbow Smelt Osmerus mordax
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Redfin Shiner Lythrurus umbratilis
- Redspotted Sunfish Lepomis miniatus
- Ribbon Shiner Lythrurus fumeus
- River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- River Darter Percina shumardi
- River Redhorse Moxostoma carinatum
- River Shiner Notropis blennius
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Rosefin Shiner Lythrurus ardens
- Rosyface Shiner Notropis rubellus
- Round Goby Neogobius melanostomus
- Round Whitefish Prosopium cylindraceum
S
- Saddleback Darter Percina vigil
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
- Sauger Sander canadensis
- Scarlet Shiner Lythrurus fasciolaris
- Sea Lamprey Petromyzon marinus
- Shoal Chub Macrhybopsis hyostoma
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Shortjaw Cisco Coregonus zenithicus
- Shortnose Cisco Coregonus reighardi
- Shortnose Gar Lepisosteus platostomus
- Shovelnose Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
- Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
- Silver Chub Macrhybopsis storeriana
- Silver Lamprey Ichthyomyzon unicuspis
- Silver Redhorse Moxostoma anisurum
- Silver Shiner Notropis photogenis
- Silverband Shiner Notropis shumardi
- Silverjaw Minnow Ericymba buccata
- Skipjack Shad Alosa chrysochloris
- Slenderhead Darter Percina phoxocephala
- Slough Darter Etheostoma gracile
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Smallmouth Buffalo Ictiobus bubalus
- Smallmouth Redhorse Moxostoma breviceps
- Southern Cavefish Typhlichthys subterraneus
- Southern Redbelly Dace Chrosomus erythrogaster
- Speckled Chub Macrhybopsis aestivalis
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- Spottail Darter Etheostoma squamiceps
- Spottail Shiner Notropis hudsonius
- Spotted Bass Micropterus punctulatus
- Spotted Darter Nothonotus maculatus
- Spotted Gar Lepisosteus oculatus
- Spotted Sucker Minytrema melanops
- Spotted Sunfish Lepomis punctatus
- Stargazing Darter Percina uranidea
- Steelcolor Shiner Cyprinella whipplei
- Stippled Darter Etheostoma punctulatum
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- Streamline Chub Erimystax dissimilis
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
- Striped Shiner Luxilus chrysocephalus
- Suckermouth Minnow Phenacobius mirabilis
T
V
W
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Weed Shiner Notropis texanus
- Western Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys obtusus
- Western Creek Chubsucker Erimyzon claviformis
- Western Sand Darter Ammocrypta clara
- White Bass Morone chrysops
- White Crappie Pomoxis annularis
- White Perch Morone americana
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
Y
One record only
21 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 21 are shown.
Banded Pygmy Sunfish15 states
Elassoma zonatumElassomatidaeNativeFresh
Blackfin Cisco6 states
Coregonus nigripinnisSalmonidaeNativeFresh
Blue Shiner4 states
Cyprinella caeruleaLeuciscidaeNativeFresh
Blueside Darter9 states
Etheostoma jessiaePercidaeNativeFresh
Bridle Shiner22 states
Notropis bifrenatusLeuciscidaeNativeFresh
Brook Trout40 states
Salvelinus fontinalisSalmonidaeNative and introducedFreshSaltBrackish
Checkered Puffer5 states
Sphoeroides testudineusTetraodontidaeNativeSaltBrackish
Chesapeake Fantail Darter24 states
Etheostoma barrattiPercidaeNativeFresh
Coosa Shiner9 states
Notropis xaenocephalusLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Inland Silverside29 states
Menidia beryllinaAtherinopsidaeNative and introducedFreshSaltBrackish
Muskellunge25 states
Esox masquinongyEsocidaeNative and introducedFresh
Oscar17 states
Astronotus ocellatusCichlidaeIntroducedFresh
Pink Salmon12 states
Oncorhynchus gorbuschaSalmonidaeNative and introducedFreshSaltBrackish
Red Shiner28 states
Cyprinella lutrensisLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Redside Dace16 states
Clinostomus elongatusLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Rio Grande Longear Sunfish11 states
Lepomis aquilensisCentrarchidaeNative
Rosyface Chub4 states
Hybopsis rubrifronsLeuciscidaeNativeFresh
Stripeback Darter10 states
Percina notogrammaPercidaeNativeFresh
Swamp Darter24 states
Etheostoma fusiformePercidaeNative and introducedFresh
Texas Shiner10 states
Notropis amabilisLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
White Bullhead32 states
Ameiurus catusIctaluridaeNative and introducedFreshBrackish
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