Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
| 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 |