Animals, Plants, & Natural Communities
Rare Fishes

Includes species on the Natural Heritage Inventory Working List, as well as Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN). See the Working List Key for an explanation of the column headings. Note: species with a "W" under Actively Tracked by NHI are "Watch List" species; data collected for these species are not currently stored in the NHI database.

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Scientific Name	Common Name	Global Rank	State Rank	Federal STATUS	WI STATUS	SGCN	Actively Tracked by NHI
Acipenser fulvescens	Lake Sturgeon	G3G4	S3		SC/H	Y	Y
Alosa chrysochloris	Skipjack Herring	G5	S1		END	Y	Y
Anguilla rostrata	American Eel	G4	S2		SC/N	Y	Y
Aphredoderus sayanus	Pirate Perch	G5	S3		SC/N		Y
Clinostomus elongatus	Redside Dace	G3G4	S3		SC/N	Y	Y
Coregonus kiyi	Kiyi	G3	S3S4		SC/H	Y	Y
Coregonus zenithicus	Shortjaw Cisco	G3	S2		SC/H	Y	Y
Crystallaria asprella	Crystal Darter	G3	S1		END	Y	Y
Cycleptus elongatus	Blue Sucker	G3G4	S2		THR	Y	Y
Erimystax x-punctatus	Gravel Chub	G4	S1		END	Y	Y
Erimyzon sucetta	Lake Chubsucker	G5	S3		SC/N	Y	Y
Etheostoma asprigene	Mud Darter	G4G5	S3		SC/N		Y
Etheostoma chlorosoma	Bluntnose Darter	G5	S1		END	Y	Y
Etheostoma clarum	Western Sand Darter	G3	S3		SC/N	Y	Y
Etheostoma microperca	Least Darter	G5	S3		SC/N	Y	Y
Fundulus diaphanus	Banded Killifish	G5	S3		SC/N	Y	Y
Fundulus dispar	Starhead Topminnow	G4	S2		END	Y	Y
Hiodon alosoides	Goldeye	G5	S2		END	Y	Y
Ictiobus niger	Black Buffalo	G5	S2		THR	Y	Y
Lepomis megalotis	Longear Sunfish	G5	S2		THR	Y	Y
Luxilus chrysocephalus	Striped Shiner	G5	S1		END	Y	Y
Lythrurus umbratilis	Redfin Shiner	G5	S2		THR	Y	Y
Macrhybopsis aestivalis	Shoal Chub	G5	S2		THR	Y	Y
Macrhybopsis storeriana	Silver Chub	G5	S3		SC/N		Y
Moxostoma carinatum	River Redhorse	G4	S2		THR	Y	Y
Moxostoma duquesnei	Black Redhorse	G5	S1		END	Y	Y
Moxostoma valenciennesi	Greater Redhorse	G4	S3		THR	Y	Y
Notropis amnis	Pallid Shiner	G4	S2		END	Y	Y
Notropis anogenus	Pugnose Shiner	G3	S2		THR	Y	Y
Notropis nubilus	Ozark Minnow	G5	S2		THR	Y	Y
Notropis texanus	Weed Shiner	G5	S3		SC/N		Y
Noturus exilis	Slender Madtom	G5	S1		END	Y	Y
Opsopoeodus emiliae	Pugnose Minnow	G5	S3		SC/N		Y
Percina evides	Gilt Darter	G4	S2		THR	Y	Y
Polyodon spathula	Paddlefish	G4	S2		THR	Y	Y
Prosopium coulteri	Pygmy Whitefish	G5	S2		SC/N		Y