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A guide to the fishes of Austin and Travis County, TX; USA

This is a guide to the fish species of Austin and Travis County, TX.

Brown Trout 1
Salmo trutta
American Eel 2
Anguilla rostrata
Largemouth Bass 3
Micropterus salmoides
Smallmouth Bass 4
Micropterus dolomieu
Bluegill 5
Lepomis macrochirus
White Crappie 6
Pomoxis annularis
Black Crappie 7
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Freshwater Drum 8
Aplodinotus grunniens
Golden Shiner
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Striped Bass 9
Morone saxatilis
European Carp 10
Cyprinus carpio
Longnose Gar 11
Lepisosteus osseus
Goldfish 12
Carassius auratus
Bluntnose Minnow 13
Pimephales notatus
Longear Sunfish 14
Lepomis megalotis
Green Sunfish 15
Lepomis cyanellus
Yellow Bullhead 15
Ameiurus natalis
Western Mosquitofish 16
Gambusia affinis
Flathead Catfish 17
Pylodictis olivaris
Channel Catfish 18
Ictalurus punctatus
Black Bullhead 19
Ameiurus melas
Redear Sunfish
Lepomis microlophus
Redbreast Sunfish 20
Lepomis auritus
Mexican Tetra 21
Astyanax mexicanus
Central Stoneroller 22
Campostoma anomalum
River Carpsucker 23
Carpiodes carpio
Red Shiner 24
Cyprinella lutrensis
Blacktail Shiner 25
Cyprinella venusta
American Gizzard Shad 26
Dorosoma cepedianum
Greenthroat Darter
Etheostoma lepidum
Orangethroat Darter 27
Etheostoma spectabile
Blackstripe Topminnow 15
Fundulus notatus
Texas Cichlid 28
Herichthys cyanoguttatus
Blue Catfish
Ictalurus furcatus
Smallmouth Buffalo 29
Ictiobus bubalus
Spotted Gar 3
Lepisosteus oculatus
Warmouth 25
Lepomis gulosus
Redspotted Sunfish 30
Lepomis miniatus
Ribbon shiner
Lythrurus fumeus
Inland Silverside 31
Menidia beryllina
Spotted Bass 3
Micropterus punctulatus
Guadalupe Bass 32
Micropterus treculii
White Bass 33
Morone chrysops
Gray Redhorse 34
Moxostoma congestum
Weed Shiner
Notropis texanus
Mimic shiner 35
Notropis volucellus
Texas Logperch 36
Percina carbonaria
Bigscale Logperch 37
Percina macrolepida
Dusky Darter 38
Percina sciera
Bullhead Minnow 39
Pimephales vigilax
Sailfin Molly 40
Poecilia latipinna
Blue Tilapia 3
Oreochromis aureus
Nile Tilapia 41
Oreochromis niloticus
Grass Carp 3
Ctenopharyngodon idella
Variable Platyfish 42
Xiphophorus variatus
Amur Carp 43
Cyprinus rubrofuscus
Etheostoma spectabile pulchellum

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