Locations
Fish species in Ohio
191 species have two or more US observation records in Ohio. Explore their habitats, families, and local records.
191 species have two or more US observation records in Ohio. ITIS calls 63 of them native to the United States, 117 native to part of the country and introduced elsewhere, and 11 introduced.
- Species
- 191
- Freshwater
- 187
- Saltwater
- 21
- Survey list
- 131
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Two counts, two questions. 191 is the number of species observed in Ohio and filed with GBIF, which includes lakes, the coast, and museum records. 131 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
Ohio and the official state fish
Ohio recognises no official state fish. The legislature has named other state symbols and has not named a fish.
Most recorded
The fish of Ohio
The species with the most observation records in the state. It is the closest the open data comes to naming the fish people meet.
Bluegill6,077 records
Lepomis macrochirusCentrarchidaeNative and introducedFresh
Bluntnose Minnow3,719 records
Pimephales notatusLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Creek Chub3,612 records
Semotilus atromaculatusLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Rainbow Darter3,384 records
Etheostoma caeruleumPercidaeNative and introducedFresh
Central Stoneroller3,216 records
Campostoma anomalumLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Striped Shiner3,002 records
Luxilus chrysocephalusLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Johnny Darter2,818 records
Etheostoma nigrumPercidaeNative and introducedFresh
Spotfin Shiner2,760 records
Cyprinella spilopteraLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Green Sunfish2,672 records
Lepomis cyanellusCentrarchidaeNative and introducedFresh
Greenside Darter2,495 records
Etheostoma blennioidesPercidaeNative and introducedFresh
White Sucker2,283 records
Catostomus commersoniiCatostomidaeNative and introducedFreshBrackish
Fantail Darter2,132 records
Etheostoma flabellarePercidaeNativeFresh
Groups
Types of fish in Ohio
Species
All 191 species, A–Z
A
B
- Banded Darter Etheostoma zonale
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- 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
- Blotchside Logperch Percina burtoni
- Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus
- Blue Sucker Cycleptus elongatus
- Blue Tilapia Oreochromis aureus
- Bluebreast Darter Nothonotus camurus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Bowfin Amia calva
- Brassy Minnow Hybognathus hankinsoni
- Brindled Madtom Noturus miurus
- Brook Silverside Labidesthes sicculus
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Bullhead Minnow Pimephales vigilax
- Burbot Lota lota
C
- Central Mudminnow Umbra limi
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- Chain Pickerel Esox niger
- Channa aurolineata
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Channel Darter Percina copelandi
- Channel Shiner Notropis wickliffi
- 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
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
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
- Longhead Darter Percina macrocephala
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
- Longnose Sucker Catostomus catostomus
M
N
O
P
Q
R
- Rainbow Darter Etheostoma caeruleum
- Rainbow Smelt Osmerus mordax
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Redfin Shiner Lythrurus umbratilis
- Redside Dace Clinostomus elongatus
- 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
- Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
- Round Goby Neogobius melanostomus
S
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
- Sauger Sander canadensis
- Scarlet Shiner Lythrurus fasciolaris
- Sea Lamprey Petromyzon marinus
- Seagreen Darter Etheostoma thalassinum
- Shoal Chub Macrhybopsis hyostoma
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- 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
- Silverjaw Minnow Ericymba buccata
- Skipjack Shad Alosa chrysochloris
- Slenderhead Darter Percina phoxocephala
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Smallmouth Buffalo Ictiobus bubalus
- Smallmouth Redhorse Moxostoma breviceps
- Southern Redbelly Dace Chrosomus erythrogaster
- Speckled Chub Macrhybopsis aestivalis
- Spoonhead Sculpin Cottus ricei
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- Spottail Shiner Notropis hudsonius
- Spotted Bass Micropterus punctulatus
- Spotted Darter Nothonotus maculatus
- Spotted Gar Lepisosteus oculatus
- Spotted Sucker Minytrema melanops
- Steelcolor Shiner Cyprinella whipplei
- 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
- White Bass Morone chrysops
- White Bullhead Ameiurus catus
- White Crappie Pomoxis annularis
- White Perch Morone americana
- White Sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
Y
One record only
20 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 20 are shown.
Alabama Shad13 states
Alosa alabamaeClupeidaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Arctic Grayling16 states
Thymallus arcticusSalmonidaeNative and introducedFresh
Atlantic Needlefish23 states
Strongylura marinaBelonidaeNativeFreshSaltBrackish
Atlantic Salmon26 states
Salmo salarSalmonidaeNative and introducedFreshSaltBrackish
Banded Sculpin17 states
Cottus carolinaeCottidaeNativeFresh
Highlands Greenside Darter11 states
Etheostoma newmaniPercidaeNative
Mexican Tetra7 states
Astyanax mexicanusCharacidaeNative and introducedFresh
Oscar17 states
Astronotus ocellatusCichlidaeIntroducedFresh
Red Shiner28 states
Cyprinella lutrensisLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Redspotted Sunfish16 states
Lepomis miniatusCentrarchidaeNative and introducedFresh
Satinfin Shiner17 states
Cyprinella analostanaLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Sheepshead Minnow22 states
Cyprinodon variegatusCyprinodontidaeNative and introducedFreshSaltBrackish
Silverband Shiner15 states
Notropis shumardiLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Snubnose Darter10 states
Etheostoma simoterumPercidaeNative and introducedFresh
Spotted Bullhead4 states
Ameiurus serracanthusIctaluridaeNativeFresh
Spotted Sunfish24 states
Lepomis punctatusCentrarchidaeNativeFresh
Stripeback Darter10 states
Percina notogrammaPercidaeNativeFresh
Suckermouth Catfish3 states
Hypostomus plecostomusLoricariidaeIntroducedFresh
Swallowtail Shiner12 states
Notropis procneLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
Whitetail Shiner14 states
Cyprinella galacturaLeuciscidaeNative and introducedFresh
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