Locations
Fish species in North Dakota
67 species have two or more US observation records in North Dakota. Explore their habitats, families, and local records.
67 species have two or more US observation records in North Dakota. ITIS calls 11 of them native to the United States, 55 native to part of the country and introduced elsewhere, and 1 introduced.
- Species
- 67
- Freshwater
- 67
- Saltwater
- 1
- Survey list
- 64
Two counts, two questions. 67 is the number of species observed in North Dakota and filed with GBIF, which includes lakes, the coast, and museum records. 64 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 North Dakota
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 North Dakota
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 North Dakota
Species
All 67 species, A–Z
A
B
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Bigmouth Buffalo Ictiobus cyprinellus
- Bigmouth Shiner Notropis dorsalis
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Blacknose Shiner Notropis heterolepis
- Blackside Darter Percina maculata
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Brassy Minnow Hybognathus hankinsoni
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Burbot Lota lota
C
E
F
G
H
I
J
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
- Sauger Sander canadensis
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Shortnose Gar Lepisosteus platostomus
- Shovelnose Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
- Sicklefin Chub Macrhybopsis meeki
- Silver Chub Macrhybopsis storeriana
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- Spottail Shiner Notropis hudsonius
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- Sturgeon Chub Macrhybopsis gelida
T
W
Y
Z
One record only
13 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 13 are shown.
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