List of fishes of Tennessee

The U.S. state of Tennessee has a uniquely diverse array of fresh-water fish species, owing to its large network of rivers and creeks, with major waterways in the state including the Mississippi River which forms its western border, the Tennessee River, the Cumberland River, and the Duck River.

Tennessee has more than 300 species of fishes.[1]

The following tags note species in each of those categories:

  • (I) - Introduced
  • (E) - Endemic

Order Petromyzontiformes (Lampreys)

Family Petromyzontidae (Northern lampreys)

Order Acipenseriformes (Sturgeons & paddlefish)

Family Acipenseridae (Sturgeons)

Family Polyodontidae (Paddlefish)

Order Lepisosteiformes (Gars)

Family Lepisosteidae (Gars)

Order Amiiformes (Bowfins)

Family Amiidae (Bowfins)

Order Hiodontiformes (Mooneyes)

Family Hiodontidae (Mooneyes)

Order Anguilliformes (Eels)

Family Anguillidae (Freshwater eels)

Order Clupeiformes (Herrings & relatives)

Family Alosidae (Shads & sardines)

Family Dorosomatidae (Thread herrings & gizzard shads)

Order Cypriniformes (Carps, minnows, and relatives)

Family Catostomidae (Suckers)

Family Cyprinidae (cyprinids)

Family Leuciscidae (True minnows)

Family Xenocyprididae (xenocyprins)

Order Siluriformes (Catfishes)

Family Ictaluridae (North American freshwater catfishes)

Order Esociformes (Pikes and mudminnows)

Family Esocidae (Pikes)

Family Umbridae (Mudminnows)

Order Salmoniformes (Salmon, trout, and whitefish)

Family Salmonidae (Salmons, trouts, and whitefishes)

Order Percopsiformes (Trout-perches)

Family Amblyopsidae (Cavefishes)

Family Aphredoderidae (Pirate perches)

Family Percopsidae (Trout-perches)

Order Cyprinodontiformes (Toothcarps)

Family Fundulidae (Topminnows)

Order Atheriniformes (Silversides)

Family Atherinopsidae (Neotropical silversides)

Order Scorpaeniformes (Mail-cheeked fishes)

Family Cottidae (Sculpins)

Order Perciformes (Perch-like fish)

Family Moronidae (Temperate basses)

Family Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)

Family Percidae (perch & darters)

Family Sciaenidae (drums)

See also

References

  1. ^ Eddy, Stephen (2004). "Book Reviews of the "Southeastern Naturalist", Issue 3/2, 2004". Southeastern Naturalist. 3 (2): 378. JSTOR 3878114.
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