Platte River Ecosystem Resources and Management, with Emphasis on the Big Bend Reach in Nebraska
Appendices
Appendix D. Fish species in the Platte River system of Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming. Nomenclature and phylogenetic order follow American Fisheries Society (1991) and Nelson (1984). Sources for this list include Baxter and Simon (1970), T. Nesler and B. Goldowitz (personal communication), Madsen (1985), Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (1987), and Woodling (1985).
| Family Name - Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Petromyzontidae | |
| Chestnut Lamprey | Ichthyomyzon castaneus |
| Acipenseridae | |
| Lake sturgeon | Acipenser fulvescens |
| Pallid sturgeon | Scaphirhynchus albus |
| Shovelnose sturgeon | Scaphirhynchus platorynchus |
| Polydontidae | |
| Paddlefish | Polyodon spathula |
| Lepisosteidae | |
| Longnose gar | Lepisosteus osseus |
| Shortnose gar | Lepisosteus platostomus |
| Hiodontidae | |
| Goldeye | Hiodon alosoides |
| Mooneye | Hiodon tersigus |
| Anguillidae | |
| American eel | Anguilla rostrata |
| Clupeidae | |
| Alewife | Alosa pseudoharengus |
| Threadfin shad | Dorosoma petenense |
| Gizzard shad | Dorosoma cepedianum |
| Cyprinidae | |
| Central stoneroller | Campostoma anomalum |
| Goldfish | Carassius auratus |
| Lake chub | Couesius plumbeus |
| Grass carp | Ctenopharyngodeon idella |
| Red shiner | Cyprinella lutrensis |
| Common carp | Cyprinus carpio |
| Western silvery minnow | Hybognathus argyritis |
| Brassy minnow | Hybognathus hankinsoni |
| Plains minnow | Hybognathus placitus |
| Common shiner | Luxilis cornutus |
| Speckled chub | Macrhybopsis aestivalis |
| Sturgeon chub | Macrhybopsis gelida |
| Sicklefin chub | Macrhybopsis meeki |
| Silver chub | Macrhybopsis storeriana |
| Pearl dace | Margariscus margarita |
| Hornyhead chub | Nocomis biguttatus |
| Golden shiner | Notemigonus crysoleucas |
| Emerald shiner | Notropis atherinoides |
| River shiner | Notropis blennius |
| Bigmouth shiner | Notropis dorsalis |
| Blacknose shiner | Notropis heterolepis |
| Spottail shiner | Notropis hudsonius |
| Sand shiner | Notropis stramineus |
| Topeka shiner | Notropis topeka |
| Suckermouth minnow | Phenacobius mirabilis |
| Northern redbelly dace | Phoxinus eos |
| Finscale dace | Phoxinus neogaeus |
| Bluntnose minnow | Pimephales notatus |
| Fathead minnow | Pimephales promelas |
| Flathead chub | Platygobio gracilis |
| Blacknose dace | Rhinichthys atratulus |
| Longnose dace | Rhinichthys cataractae |
| Creek chub | Semotilus atromaculatus |
| Tench | Tinca tinca |
| Rudd | Scardinius erythrophthalmus |
| Catostomidae | |
| River carpsucker | Carpiodes carpio |
| Quillback | Carpiodes cyprinus |
| Highfin carpsucker | Carpiodes velifer |
| Longnose sucker | Catastomus catastomus |
| White sucker | Catastomus commersoni |
| Bigmouth buffalo | Ictiobus cyprinellus |
| Shorthead redhorse | Moxostoma macrolepidotum |
| Ictaluridae | |
| Black bullhead | Ameiurus melas |
| Yellow bullhead | Ameiurus natalis |
| Brown bullhead | Ameiurus nebulosus |
| Blue catfish | Ictalurus furcatus |
| Channel catfish | Ictalurus punctatus |
| Stonecat | Noturus flavus |
| Tadpole madtom | Noturus gyrinus |
| Flathead catfish | Pylodictis olivaris |
| Esocidae | |
| Grass pickerel | Esox americanus vermiculatus |
| Northern pike | Esox lucius |
| Chain pickerel | Esox niger |
| Osmeridae | |
| Rainbow smelt | Osmerus mordax |
| Salmonidae | |
| Sockeye salmon | Oncorhynchus nerka |
| Cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarki |
| Rainbow trout | Oncorhynchus mykiss |
| Brown trout | Oncorhynchus trutta |
| Brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis |
| Golden trout | Oncorhynchus aguabonita |
| Lake trout | Salvelinus namaycush |
| Arctic grayling | Thymallus arcticus |
| Mountain whitefish | Prosopium williamsoni |
| Gadidae | |
| Burbot | Lota lota |
| Cyprinodontidae | |
| Plains topminnow | Fundulus sciadicus |
| Plains killifish | Fundulus zebrinus |
| Poeciliidae | |
| Western mosquitofish | Gambusia affinis |
| Atherinidae | |
| Brook silverside | Labidesthes sicculus |
| Gasterosteidae | |
| Brook stickleback | Culaea inconstans |
| Ninespine stickleback | Pungitius pungitius |
| Percichtyidae | |
| White perch | Morone americana |
| White bass | Morone chrysops |
| Striped bass | Morone saxatilis |
| Yellow bass | Morone mississippiensis |
| Centrachidae | |
| Rock bass | Ambloplites rupestris |
| Green sunfish | Lepomis cyanellus |
| Pumpkinseed | Lepomis gibbosus |
| Redear sunfish | Lepomis microlophus |
| Sacramento perch | Archoplites interruptus |
| Orangespotted sunfish | Lepomis humilis |
| Bluegill | Lepomis macrochirus |
| Smallmouth bass | Micropterus dolomieu |
| Largemouth bass | Micropterus salmoides |
| White crappie | Pomoxis annularis |
| Black crappie | Pomoxis nigromaculatus |
| Percidae | |
| Iowa darter | Etheostoma exile |
| Johnny darter | Etheostoma nigrum |
| Orangethroat darter | Etheostoma spectabile |
| Yellow perch | Perca flavescens |
| Blackside darter | Percina maculata |
| Sauger | Stizostedion candense |
| Walleye | Stizostedion vitreum |
| Sciaenidae | |
| Freshwater drum | Aplodinotus grunniens |
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