Locations
Fish species in Vermont
94 species have two or more US observation records in Vermont. Explore their habitats, families, and local records.
94 species have two or more US observation records in Vermont. ITIS calls 16 of them native to the United States, 73 native to part of the country and introduced elsewhere, and 5 introduced.
- Species
- 94
- Freshwater
- 94
- Saltwater
- 15
- Survey list
- 64
Two counts, two questions. 94 is the number of species observed in Vermont 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 Vermont
Salvelinus fontinalis · named 1978
Sander vitreus
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 Vermont
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 Vermont
Species
All 94 species, A–Z
A
B
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Blackchin Shiner Notropis heterodon
- Blacknose Shiner Notropis heterolepis
- Blotchside Logperch Percina burtoni
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Bowfin Amia calva
- Brassy Minnow Hybognathus hankinsoni
- Bridle Shiner Notropis bifrenatus
- Brook Silverside Labidesthes sicculus
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Burbot Lota lota
C
E
F
G
J
L
M
N
P
Q
R
S
- Salvelinus aureolus
- Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
- Sauger Sander canadensis
- Sea Lamprey Petromyzon marinus
- Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
- Silver Lamprey Ichthyomyzon unicuspis
- Silver Redhorse Moxostoma anisurum
- Slimy Sculpin Cottus cognatus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- Spottail Shiner Notropis hudsonius
- Steelcolor Shiner Cyprinella whipplei
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
T
W
Y
One record only
10 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 10 are shown.
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