Locations

Fish species in Mississippi

329 species have two or more US observation records in Mississippi. Explore their habitats, families, and local records.

329 species have two or more US observation records in Mississippi. ITIS calls 219 of them native to the United States, 102 native to part of the country and introduced elsewhere, and 8 introduced.

Species: 329
Freshwater: 256
Saltwater: 106
Survey list: 155

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Mississippi in the United States.

Two counts, two questions. 329 is the number of species observed in Mississippi and filed with GBIF, which includes lakes, the coast, and museum records. 155 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 Mississippi

Largemouth bass

Micropterus salmoides · named 1974

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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 Mississippi

The species with the most observation records in the state. It is the closest the open data comes to naming the fish people meet.

Blacktail Shiner2,910 records

Cyprinella venustaLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh

Bluegill2,679 records

Lepomis macrochirusCentrarchidaeNative and introducedFresh

Longear Sunfish2,537 records

Lepomis megalotisCentrarchidaeNative and introducedFresh

Blackspotted Topminnow2,293 records

Fundulus olivaceusFundulidaeNativeFresh

Mosquitofish2,044 records

Gambusia affinisPoeciliidaeNative and introducedFreshBrackish

Green Sunfish1,537 records

Lepomis cyanellusCentrarchidaeNative and introducedFresh

Bullhead Minnow1,520 records

Pimephales vigilaxLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh

Striped Shiner1,446 records

Luxilus chrysocephalusLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh

Weed Shiner1,395 records

Notropis texanusLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh

Bluntnose Minnow1,310 records

Pimephales notatusLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh

Largemouth Bass1,284 records

Micropterus salmoidesCentrarchidaeNative and introducedFresh

Dusky Darter1,207 records

Percina scieraPercidaeNativeFresh

Groups

Types of fish in Mississippi

Species

All 329 species, A–Z

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Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus

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Vermilion Snapper Rhomboplites aurorubens

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One record only

52 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 40 are shown.