Locations
Fish species in Kansas
161 species have two or more US observation records in Kansas. Explore their habitats, families, and local records.
161 species have two or more US observation records in Kansas. ITIS calls 58 of them native to the United States, 95 native to part of the country and introduced elsewhere, and 8 introduced.
- Species
- 161
- Freshwater
- 158
- Saltwater
- 8
- Survey list
- 111
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Two counts, two questions. 161 is the number of species observed in Kansas and filed with GBIF, which includes lakes, the coast, and museum records. 111 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 Kansas
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 Kansas
The species with the most observation records in the state. It is the closest the open data comes to naming the fish people meet.
Red Shiner1,769 records
Cyprinella lutrensisLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Central Stoneroller1,578 records
Campostoma anomalumLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Green Sunfish1,495 records
Lepomis cyanellusCentrarchidaeNative and introducedFresh
Orangethroat Darter1,141 records
Etheostoma spectabilePercidaeNativeFresh
Bluegill1,097 records
Lepomis macrochirusCentrarchidaeNative and introducedFresh
Sand Shiner1,061 records
Notropis stramineusLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Mosquitofish1,023 records
Gambusia affinisPoeciliidaeNative and introducedFreshBrackish
Bluntnose Minnow1,006 records
Pimephales notatusLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Fathead Minnow857 records
Pimephales promelasLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Creek Chub850 records
Semotilus atromaculatusLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Orangespotted Sunfish829 records
Lepomis humilisCentrarchidaeNative and introducedFresh
Suckermouth Minnow786 records
Phenacobius mirabilisLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Groups
Types of fish in Kansas
Species
All 161 species, A–Z
A
B
- Banded Darter Etheostoma zonale
- Banded Sculpin Cottus carolinae
- 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
- Blacknose Shiner Notropis heterolepis
- Blackside Darter Percina maculata
- Blackspotted Topminnow Fundulus olivaceus
- Blackstripe Topminnow Fundulus notatus
- Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus
- Blue Sucker Cycleptus elongatus
- Blue Tilapia Oreochromis aureus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Bluntface Shiner Cyprinella camura
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Bluntnose Shiner Notropis simus
- Bowfin Amia calva
- Brassy Minnow Hybognathus hankinsoni
- Brindled Madtom Noturus miurus
- Brook Silverside Labidesthes sicculus
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Bullhead Minnow Pimephales vigilax
- Burbot Lota lota
C
- Cardinal Shiner Luxilus cardinalis
- Carmine Shiner Notropis percobromus
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Channel Darter Percina copelandi
- Chestnut Lamprey Ichthyomyzon castaneus
- Common Carp Cyprinus carpio
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
D
E
F
G
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L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Red River Pupfish Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis
- Red River Shiner Notropis bairdi
- Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Redfin Darter Etheostoma whipplei
- Redfin Shiner Lythrurus umbratilis
- Redspot Chub Nocomis asper
- Rio Grande Longear Sunfish Lepomis aquilensis
- River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio
- River Darter Percina shumardi
- River Redhorse Moxostoma carinatum
- River Shiner Notropis blennius
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Rosyface Shiner Notropis rubellus
S
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
- Sauger Sander canadensis
- Shoal Chub Macrhybopsis hyostoma
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Shortnose Gar Lepisosteus platostomus
- Shovelnose Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
- Sicklefin Chub Macrhybopsis meeki
- Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
- Silver Chub Macrhybopsis storeriana
- Silverband Shiner Notropis shumardi
- Skipjack Shad Alosa chrysochloris
- Slender Madtom Noturus exilis
- Slenderhead Darter Percina phoxocephala
- Slim Minnow Pimephales tenellus
- Slough Darter Etheostoma gracile
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Smallmouth Buffalo Ictiobus bubalus
- Southern Redbelly Dace Chrosomus erythrogaster
- Speckled Chub Macrhybopsis aestivalis
- Speckled Darter Etheostoma stigmaeum
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- Spotted Bass Micropterus punctulatus
- Spotted Gar Lepisosteus oculatus
- Spotted Sucker Minytrema melanops
- Steelcolor Shiner Cyprinella whipplei
- Stippled Darter Etheostoma punctulatum
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- Streamline Chub Erimystax dissimilis
- Stripeback Darter Percina notogramma
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
- Striped Shiner Luxilus chrysocephalus
- Sturgeon Chub Macrhybopsis gelida
- Suckermouth Minnow Phenacobius mirabilis
- Sunburst Darter Etheostoma mihileze
T
V
W
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Weed Shiner Notropis texanus
- Western Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys obtusus
- Western Silvery Minnow Hybognathus argyritis
- White Bass Morone chrysops
- White Bullhead Ameiurus catus
- White Crappie Pomoxis annularis
- White Perch Morone americana
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
Y
One record only
16 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 16 are shown.
Atlantic Croaker17 states
Micropogonias undulatusSciaenidaeNativeSaltBrackish
Bigeye Chub25 states
Hybopsis amblopsLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Bleeding Shiner8 states
Luxilus zonatusLeuciscidaeNativeFresh
Dollar Sunfish18 states
Lepomis marginatusCentrarchidaeNativeFresh
Florida Largemouth Bass9 states
Micropterus floridanusCentrarchidaeNative and introducedFresh
Greenthroat Darter5 states
Etheostoma lepidumPercidaeNativeFresh
Lake Sturgeon18 states
Acipenser fulvescensAcipenseridaeNativeFreshBrackish
Least Darter13 states
Etheostoma micropercaPercidaeNativeFresh
Northern Studfish21 states
Fundulus catenatusFundulidaeNative and introducedFresh
Plains Topminnow11 states
Fundulus sciadicusFundulidaeNative and introducedFresh
Pugnose Minnow22 states
Opsopoeodus emiliaeLeuciscidaeNativeFresh
Rainbow Darter24 states
Etheostoma caeruleumPercidaeNative and introducedFresh
Rainbow Smelt29 states
Osmerus mordaxOsmeridaeNative and introducedFreshSaltBrackish
Tessellated Darter28 states
Etheostoma olmstediPercidaeNative and introducedFresh
Western Creek Chubsucker19 states
Erimyzon claviformisCatostomidaeNativeFresh
Whitetail Shiner14 states
Cyprinella galacturaLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
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