Wisconsin Vertebrate Checklist
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Fishes
- Amphibians
- Reptiles
- Birds
- Mammals
- Literature Cited
- Appendix A:
Legal Designations - Acknowledgements
Species Lists
Other Wisconsin Flora and Fauna Checklists
| Class Cephalaspidomorphi: Lampreys | ||||
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| Order Petromyzontiformes: Lampreys | ||||
| Family Petromyzontidae: Lampreys | ||||
| Ichthyomyzon castaneus | Chestnut Lamprey | |||
| Ichthyomyzon fossor | Northern Brook Lamprey | |||
| Ichthyomyzon gagei | Southern Brook Lamprey | |||
| Ichthyomyzon unicuspis | Silver Lamprey | |||
| Lampetra appendix | American Brook Lamprey | |||
| Petromyzon marinus | Sea Lamprey  |
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| Class Actinopterygii: Ray-finned Fishes | ||||
| Order Acipenseriformes: Sturgeons and Paddlefishes | ||||
| Family Acipenseridae: Sturgeons | ||||
| Acipenser fulvescens | Lake Sturgeon | |||
| Scaphirhynchus platorynchus | Shovelnose Sturgeon | |||
| Family Polyodontidae: Paddlefishes | ||||
| Polyodon spathula | Paddlefish  |
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| Order Semionotiformes: Gars | ||||
| Family Lepisosteidae: Gars | ||||
| Lepisosteus osseus | Longnose Gar | |||
| Lepisosteus platostomus | Shortnose Gar | |||
| Order Amiiformes: Bowfins | ||||
| Family Amiidae: Bowfin | ||||
| Amia calva | Bowfin | |||
| Order Osteoglossiformes: Mooneyes | ||||
| Family Hiodontidae: Mooneyes | ||||
| Hiodon alosoides | Goldeye
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| Hiodon tergisus | Mooneye | |||
| Order Anguilliformes: Eels | ||||
| Family Anguillidae: Freshwater Eels | ||||
| Anguilla rostrata | American Eel1 | |||
| Order Clupeiformes: Herrings | ||||
| Family Clupeidae: Herrings | ||||
| Alosa pseudoharengus | Alewife |
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| Dorosoma cepedianum | Gizzard Shad | |||
| Alosa chrysochloris | Skipjack Herring
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| Order Cypriniformes: Minnows and Suckers | ||||
| Family Cyprinidae: Minnows and Carps | ||||
| Campostoma anomalum | Central Stoneroller | |||
| Campostoma oligolepis | Largescale Stoneroller | |||
| Carassius auratus | Goldfish |
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| Clinostomus elongatus | Redside Dace | |||
| Couesius plumbeus | Lake Chub | |||
| Cyprinella spiloptera | Spotfin Shiner | |||
| Cyprinus carpio | Common Carp |
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| Erimystax x-punctatus2 | Gravel Chub |
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| Hybognathus hankinsoni | Brassy Minnow | |||
| Hybognathus nuchalis | Mississippi Silvery Minnow | |||
| Luxilus chrysocephalus | Striped Shiner |
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| Luxilus cornutus | Common Shiner | |||
| Lythrurus umbratilis | Redfin Shiner |
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| Macrhybopsis aestivalis | Speckled Chub |
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| Macrhybopsis storeriana | Silver Chub | |||
| Margariscus margarita | Pearl Dace | |||
| Nocomis biguttatus | Hornyhead Chub | |||
| Notemigonus crysoleucas | Golden Shiner | |||
| Notropis (Hybopsis) amnis | Pallid Shiner |
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| Notropis anogenus | Pugnose Shiner |
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| Notropis atherinoides | Emerald Shiner | |||
| Notropis blennius | River Shiner | |||
| Notropis buchanani | Ghost Shiner  |
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| Notropis chalybaeus | Ironcolor Shiner |
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| Notropis dorsalis | Bigmouth Shiner | |||
| Notropis heterodon | Blackchin Shiner | |||
| Notropis heterolepis | Blacknose Shiner | |||
| Notropis hudsonius | Spottail Shiner | |||
| Notropis nubilus | Ozark Minnow |
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| Notropis rubellus | Rosyface Shiner | |||
| Notropis stramineus (ludibundus) | Sand Shiner | |||
| Notropis texanus | Weed Shiner | |||
| Notropis volucellus | Mimic Shiner | |||
| Notropis wickliffi | Channel Shiner | |||
| Opsopoeodus emiliae | Pugnose Minnow | |||
| Phenacobius mirabilis | Suckermouth Minnow | |||
| Phoxinus eos | Northern Redbelly Dace | |||
| Phoxinus erythrogaster | Southern Redbelly Dace | |||
| Phoxinus neogaeus | Finescale Dace | |||
| Pimephales notatus | Bluntnose Minnow | |||
| Pimephales promelas | Fathead Minnow | |||
| Pimephales vigilax | Bullhead Minnow | |||
| Rhinichthys atratulus | Blacknose Dace | |||
| Rhinichthys cataractae | Longnose Dace | |||
| Semotilus atromaculatus | Creek Chub | |||
| Family Catostomidae: Suckers | ||||
| Carpiodes carpio | River Carpsucker | |||
| Carpiodes cyprinus | Quillback | |||
| Carpiodes velifer | Highfin Carpsucker | |||
| Catostomus catostomus | Longnose Sucker | |||
| Catostomus commersoni | White Sucker | |||
| Cycleptus elongatus | Blue Sucker |
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| Erimyzon oblongus | Creek Chubsucker |
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| Erimyzon sucetta | Lake Chubsucker | |||
| Hypentelium nigricans | Northern Hog Sucker | |||
| Ictiobus bubalus | Smallmouth Buffalo | |||
| Ictiobus cyprinellus | Bigmouth Buffalo | |||
| Ictiobus niger | Black Buffalo |
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| Minytrema melanops | Spotted Sucker | |||
| Moxostoma anisurum | Silver Redhorse | |||
| Moxostoma carinatum | River Redhorse |
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| Moxostoma duquesnei | Black Redhorse |
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| Moxostoma erythrurum | Golden Redhorse | |||
| Moxostoma macrolepidotum | Shorthead Redhorse | |||
| Moxostoma valenciennesi | Greater Redhorse |
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| Order Siluriformes: Catfishes | ||||
| Family Ictaluridae: Bullhead Catfishes | ||||
| Ameiurus melas | Black Bullhead | |||
| Ameiurus natalis | Yellow Bullhead | |||
| Ameiurus nebulosus | Brown Bullhead | |||
| Ictalurus punctatus | Channel Catfish | |||
| Noturus exilis | Slender Madtom |
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| Noturus flavus | Stonecat | |||
| Noturus gyrinus | Tadpole Madtom | |||
| Pylodictis olivaris | Flathead Catfish | |||
| Order Esociformes: Pikes and Allies | ||||
| Family Esocidae: Pikes | ||||
| Esox americanus | Grass Pickerel | |||
| Esox lucius | Northern Pike | |||
| Esox masquinongy | Muskellunge | |||
| Family Umbridae: Mudminnows | ||||
| Umbra limi | Central Mudminnow | |||
| Order Osmeriformes: Smelt and Allies | ||||
| Family Osmeridae: Smelts | ||||
| Osmerus mordax | Rainbow Smelt |
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| Order Salmoniformes: Trouts and Allies | ||||
| Family Salmonidae: Trouts | ||||
| Coregonus artedi | Cisco3 | |||
| Coregonus clupeaformis | Lake Whitefish | |||
| Coregonus hoyi | Bloater | |||
| Coregonus kiyi | Kiyi4 | |||
| Coregonus nigripinnis | Blackfin Cisco |
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| Coregonus zenithicus | Shortjaw Cisco4 | |||
| Oncorhynchus kisutch | Coho Salmon |
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| Oncorhynchus mykiss | Rainbow Trout |
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| Oncorhynchus nerka | Kokanee Salmon5
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| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | Chinook Salmon |
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| Prosopium coulteri | Pygmy Whitefish | |||
| Prosopium cylindraceum | Round Whitefish | |||
| Salmo trutta | Brown Trout |
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| Salvelinus fontinalis | Brook Trout | |||
| Salvelinus namaycush | Lake Trout | |||
| Order Percopsiformes: Trout-perches and Pirate Perch | ||||
| Family Percopsidae: Trout-perch | ||||
| Percopsis omiscomaycus | Trout-perch | |||
| Family Aphredoderidae: Pirate Perch | ||||
| Aphredoderus sayanus | Pirate Perch | |||
| Order Gadiformes: Codfishes | ||||
| Family Gadidae: Codfishes | ||||
| Lota lota | Burbot | |||
| Order Atheriniformes: Silversides | ||||
| Family Atherinidae: Silversides | ||||
| Labidesthes sicculus | Brook Silverside | |||
| Order Cyprinodontiformes: Topminnows and Killifish | ||||
| Family Fundulidae: Topminnows and Killifish | ||||
| Fundulus diaphanus | Banded Killifish | |||
| Fundulus dispar | Northern Starhead Topminnow |
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| Fundulus notatus | Blackstripe Topminnow | |||
| Order Gasterosteiformes: Sticklebacks | ||||
| Family Gasterosteidae: Sticklebacks | ||||
| Culaea inconstans | Brook Stickleback | |||
| Gasterosteus aculeatus | Threespine Stickleback |
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| Pungitius pungitius | Ninespine Stickleback | |||
| Order Perciformes: Perch-like Fishes | ||||
| Family Cottidae: Sculpins | ||||
| Cottus bairdi | Mottled Sculpin | |||
| Cottus cognatus | Slimy Sculpin | |||
| Cottus ricei | Spoonhead Sculpin | |||
| Myoxocephalus thompsoni | Deepwater Sculpin | |||
| Family Moronidae: Temperate Basses | ||||
| Morone americana | White Perch |
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| Morone chrysops | White Bass | |||
| Morone mississippiensis | Yellow Bass | |||
| Family Centrarchidae: Sunfishes | ||||
| Ambloplites rupestris | Rock Bass | |||
| Lepomis cyanellus | Green Sunfish | |||
| Lepomis gibbosus | Pumpkinseed | |||
| Lepomis gulosus | Warmouth | |||
| Lepomis humilis | Orangespotted Sunfish | |||
| Lepomis macrochirus | Bluegill | |||
| Lepomis megalotis | Longear Sunfish |
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| Micropterus dolomieu | Smallmouth Bass | |||
| Micropterus salmoides | Largemouth Bass | |||
| Pomoxis annularis | White Crappie | |||
| Pomoxis nigromaculatus | Black Crappie | |||
| Family Percidae: Perches | ||||
| Ammocrypta (Crystallaria) asprella6 | Crystal Darter |
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| Ammocrypta clara | Western Sand Darter | |||
| Etheostoma asprigene | Mud Darter | |||
| Etheostoma caeruleum | Rainbow Darter | |||
| Etheostoma chlorosoma | Bluntnose Darter |
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| Etheostoma exile | Iowa Darter | |||
| Etheostoma flabellare | Fantail Darter | |||
| Etheostoma microperca | Least Darter | |||
| Etheostoma nigrum | Johnny Darter | |||
| Etheostoma zonale | Banded Darter | |||
| Gymnocephalus cernuus | Ruffe |
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| Perca flavescens | Yellow Perch | |||
| Percina caprodes | Logperch | |||
| Percina evides | Gilt Darter |
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| Percina maculata | Blackside Darter | |||
| Percina phoxocephala | Slenderhead Darter | |||
| Percina shumardi | River Darter | |||
| Stizostedion canadense | Sauger | |||
| Stizostedion vitreum | Walleye | |||
| Family Sciaenidae: Drums | ||||
| Aplodinotus grunniens | Freshwater Drum | |||
| Family Gobiidae: Gobies | ||||
| Neogobius melanostomus | Round Goby |
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Primary Fish References: Lyons, et al. 2000, Coon 1999, Fago 1992, Page and Burr 1991, Holland-Bartels, et al. 1990, Becker 1983, Auer 1982, Eddy and Underhill 1974, Smith, et al. 1971. | ||||
Last Revised: Friday October 17 2008
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