Locations

Fish species in New Mexico

128 species have two or more US observation records in New Mexico. Explore their habitats, families, and local records.

128 species have two or more US observation records in New Mexico. ITIS calls 37 of them native to the United States, 85 native to part of the country and introduced elsewhere, and 6 introduced.

Species: 128
Freshwater: 123
Saltwater: 19
Survey list: 25

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New Mexico in the United States.

Two counts, two questions. 128 is the number of species observed in New Mexico and filed with GBIF, which includes lakes, the coast, and museum records. 25 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 New Mexico

Rio Grande cutthroat trout

Oncorhynchus clarkii subspecies virginalis · named 2005

nmlegis.gov

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 New Mexico

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 Shiner15,597 records

Cyprinella lutrensisLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh

Fathead Minnow11,887 records

Pimephales promelasLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh

Mosquitofish10,138 records

Gambusia affinisPoeciliidaeNative and introducedFreshBrackish

Speckled Dace6,673 records

Rhinichthys osculusLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh

Channel Catfish4,845 records

Ictalurus punctatusIctaluridaeNative and introducedFresh

Flannelmouth Sucker4,527 records

Catostomus latipinnisCatostomidaeNativeFresh

River Carpsucker4,132 records

Carpiodes carpioCatostomidaeNative and introducedFresh

Common Carp3,946 records

Cyprinus carpioCyprinidaeIntroducedFreshBrackish

Bluntnose Shiner3,814 records

Notropis simusLeuciscidaeNativeFresh

Plains Killifish3,705 records

Fundulus zebrinusFundulidaeNative and introducedFreshBrackish

Rio Grande Shiner3,653 records

Notropis jemezanusLeuciscidaeNativeFresh

Speckled Chub3,594 records

Macrhybopsis aestivalisLeuciscidaeNativeFresh

Groups

Types of fish in New Mexico

Species

All 128 species, A–Z

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Northern Pike Esox lucius

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Ozark Minnow Notropis nubilus

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One record only

32 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 32 are shown.