Endangered & Threatened Fish Species

Having found no single listing of all endangered, threatened or otherwise listed species of fish in the US, I searched each state’s listings and compiled the results here.

All I really wanted were redhorse and other suckers, but since I couldn’t find a comprehensive list anywhere, I decided to look for all 50 states’ endangered and threatened fish species.

I originally left out most minnows and micros except for some chubs that I knew (or thought I remembered knowing) get large enough to fish for with standard tackle. I know I left out many. As of 9/2013 I am going back to states’ lists and adding ALL listed fish species to this page. It will be a slow process. (It is now the end of 9/2014, and I haven’t made much progress.)

If anyone has millions of dollars in grant money, I’d be happy to travel the country and try to find, catch (where legal) and photograph all of these species for a glossy coffee table book. (I won’t need all your millions–just a hefty chunk of it.)

Not all states make it easy to find this info, and not all states make the info they provide easy to understand. Only a few states provide information on extirpated and extinct species. I hope to expand that eventually.

Though I am slowly updating the lists, this will always be a rough draft. Information of this type is a moving target and I make no promise that what I present here is up-to-date, legally accurate, or comprehensive. I’ll do my best. I hope it is useful. Please comment if you notice mistakes or omissions.

In the list that follows
S = state
F = federal
E = endangered
T = threatened
C = candidate for listing

Alabama

(updated 9/15/2013)

Fish species protected by state regulation in Alabama are listed below. (FE or FT means they are federally listed as well.) They are all illegal to catch, capture, kill, sell, etc. (see http://www.outdooralabama.com/watchable-wildlife/regulations/endangered.cfm and http://www.outdooralabama.com/watchable-wildlife/regulations/nongame.cfm and a federal list here: http://ecos.fws.gov/tess_public/pub/stateListingAndOccurrenceIndividual.jsp?state=AL)

• Cavefish, Alabama (Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni) FE
• Cavefish, Southern (Typhlichthys subterraneusls)
• Chub, Spotfin (Cyprinella monacha) FT
• Darter, Amber (Percina antesella) FE (listed in AL but not found in the state)
• Darter, Bankhead (Percina sipsi)
• Darter, Boulder (Etheostoma wapiti) FE
• Darter, Brighteye (Etheostoma lynceum)
• Darter, Coldwater (Etheostoma ditrema)
• Darter, Crystal (Crystallaria asprella)
• Darter, Goldline (Percina aurolineata) FT
• Darter, Halloween (Percina crypta)
• Darter, Holiday (Etheostoma brevirostrum)
• Darter, Lipstick (Etheostoma chuckwachatte)
• Darter, Lollipop (Etheostoma neopterum)
• Darter, Rush (Etheostoma phytophilum) FE
• Darter, Slackwater (Etheostoma boschungi) FT
• Darter, Slenderhead (Percina phoxocephala)
• Darter, Snail (Percina tanasi) FT
• Darter, Trispot (Etheostoma trisella)
• Darter, Tuscumbia (Etheostoma tuscumbia)
• Darter, Vermilion (Etheostoma chermocki) FE
• Darter, Watercress (Etheostoma nuchale) FE
• Logperch, Blotchside (Percina burtoni)
• Madtom, Frecklebelly (Noturus munitus)
• Sculpin, Pygmy (Cottus paulus) FT
• Sawfish, Smalltooth (Pristis pectinata) FE (occurs in AL but not listed)
• Shad, Alabama (Alosa alabamae)
• Shiner, Blackmouth (Notropis melanostomus)
• Shiner, Blue (Cyprinella caerulea) FT
• Shiner, Cahaba (Notropis cahabae) FE
• Shiner, Ironcolor (Notropic chalybaeus)
• Shiner, Palezone (Notropis albizonatus) FE
• Sunfish, Spring Pygmy (Elassoma alabamae) FE (as of October 1, 2013, in a press release (http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2013/spring-pygmy-sunfish-10-01-2013.html) and a 77 page PDF here (or here if the first link is broken).
• Sturgeon, Alabama (Scaphirhynchus suttkusi) FE
• Sturgeon, Gulf (Acipenser oxyrhynchus desotoi) FT
• Sturgeon, Lake (Acipenser fulvescens) (was listed as extirpated in AL but now occurs in Weiss reservoir thanks to reintroduction in Georgia, so now listed as Extirpated/Conservation Action Underway)

Listed as extirpated in Alabama:

• Chub, Spotfin (Erimonax monachus) EXTIRPATED
• Darter, Ashy (Etheostoma cinereum) EXTIRPATED
• Darter, Trispot (Etheostoma trisella)  EXTIRPATED
• Gar, Shortnose (Lepisosteus platostomus) EXTIRPATED
• Goldeye (Hiodon alosoides) EXTIRPATED
• Madtom, Elegant (Noturus elegans)  EXTIRPATED
• Shiner, Popeye (Notropis ariommus)  EXTIRPATED
• Sturgeon, Shovelnose (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) EXTIRPATED

The following species are included in the state’s list of Species of Greatest Conservation Need but not in the list of protected species (above):

• Bass, Shoal (Micropterus cataractae)
• Chub, Shoal (Macrhybopsis aestivalis hyostoma)
• Chub, Streamline (Erimystax dissimilis)
• Darter, Bandfin (Etheostoma zonistium)
• Darter, Bluebreast (Etheostoma camurum)
• Darter, Blueface (Etheostoma sp. cf. zonistium)
• Darter, Coal (Percina brevicauda)
• Darter, Gilt (Percina evides)
• Darter, Locust Fork (Etheostoma sp. cf. bellator)
• Darter, Sipsey (Etheostoma sp. cf. bellator)
• Darter, Warrior Bridled (Percina sp. cf. macrocephala)
• Madtom, Brindled (Noturus miurus)
• Madtom, Mountain (Noturus eleutherus)
• Minnow, Stargazing (Phenacobius uranops)
• Minnow, Suckermouth (Phenacobius mirabilis)
• Sculpin, Pygmy (Cottus paulus)
• Shiner, Blackmouth (Notropis melanostomus)
• Shiner, Bluenose (Pteronotropis welaka)
• Shiner, Broadstripe (Pteronotropis euryzonus)
• Shiner, Dusky (Notropis cummingsae)
• Shiner, Ghost (Notropis buchanani)
• Stonecat, Highlands (Noturus sp cf. flavus)

For further information on Alabama’s conservation strategy, including the appendix (1-3) listing all species of concern: http://www.outdooralabama.com/research-mgmt/cwcs/outline.cfm

Alaska

(updated 9/15/2013)

Alaska has no fish on its lists of threatened or endangered species beyond what the federal list includes. (Only 5 animals are listed by AK: 2 birds and 3 whales.)

Several species that have federal endangered or threatened status elsewhere also occur in Alaska (4 populations of coho salmon in CA, OR and WA, and white sturgeon of the Kootenai River system in ID, MT and British Columbia). Additionally, the federally threatened North American green sturgeon population of CA does appear to enter Alaskan waters but is not listed in the state.

Arizona

(updated 9/15/2013)

Special status species in AZ (according to http://www.azgfd.com/w_c/edits/documents/ssspecies_bytaxon_010.pdf) are listed below. Not all are considered endangered or threatened, but I did not decipher all the reasons for special status beyond the Mexican federal listings and Arizona WSC species (Wildlife of Special Concern: “Species whose occurrence in Arizona is or may be in jeopardy, or with known or perceived threats or population declines, as described by the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s listing of Wildlife of Special Concern in Arizona.”) A key to many of the abbreviations in the PDF can be found at http://www.azgfd.com/w_c/edits/hdms_status_definitions.shtml.

• (Agosia chrysogaster) Longfin Dace
  [Mexican federal status: Amenazada (Threatened in Mexico)]
• (Agosia chrysogaster chrysogaster) Gila Longfin Dace
  [Mexican federal status: Amenazada (Threatened in Mexico)]
• (Agosia chrysogaster ssp. 1) Yaqui Longfin Dace
  [Mexican federal status: Amenazada (Threatened in Mexico)]
• (Campostoma ornatum) Mexican Stoneroller WSC
• (Catostomus bernardini) Yaqui Sucker WSC
• (Catostomus clarkii) Desert Sucker
• (Catostomus discobolus) Bluehead Sucker
• (Catostomus discobolus) discobolus Bluehead Sucker
• (Catostomus discobolus) yarrowi Zuni Bluehead Sucker WSC
• (Catostomus insignis) Sonora Sucker
  [Mexican Federal status: En Peligro de Extinción (Endangered in Mexico)]
• (Catostomus latipinnis) Flannelmouth Sucker
• (Catostomus sp. 3) Little Colorado Sucker WSC
• (Cyprinella formosa) Beautiful Shiner WSC
  [Mexican federal status: Amenazada (Threatened in Mexico)]
• (Cyprinodon arcuatus) Santa Cruz Pupfish WSC
• (Cyprinodon eremus) Quitobaquito Pupfish WSC
• (Cyprinodon macularius) Desert Pupfish WSC
  [Mexican Federal status: En Peligro de Extinción (Endangered in Mexico)]
• (Elops affinis) Machete
• (Gila cypha) Humpback Chub WSC
• (Gila ditaenia) Sonora Chub WSC
  [Mexican federal status: Amenazada (Threatened in Mexico)]
• (Gila elegans) Bonytail WSC
  [Mexican Federal status: Probablemente extinta en el medio silvestre (Probably extinct in the wild in Mexico)]
• (Gila intermedia) Gila Chub WSC
  [Mexican Federal status: En Peligro de Extinción (Endangered in Mexico)]
• (Gila nigra) Headwater Chub
• (Gila purpurea) Yaqui Chub WSC
  [Mexican Federal status: En Peligro de Extinción (Endangered in Mexico)]
• (Gila robusta) Roundtail Chub WSC
  [Mexican federal status: Amenazada (Threatened in Mexico)]
• (Gila seminuda) Virgin River Chub WSC
• (Ictalurus pricei) Yaqui Catfish WSC
  [Mexican federal status: Amenazada (Threatened in Mexico)]
• (Lepidomeda mollispinis mollispinis) Virgin Spinedace WSC
• (Lepidomeda vittata) Little Colorado Spinedace WSC
• (Meda fulgida) Spikedace WSC
• (Mugil cephalus) Striped Mullet
• (Oncorhynchus apache) Apache Trout WSC
• (Oncorhynchus gilae) Gila Trout WSC
• (Plagopterus argentissimus) Woundfin WSC
• (Poeciliopsis occidentalis)
  [Mexican federal status: Amenazada (Threatened in Mexico)]
• (Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis) Gila Topminnow WSC
  [Mexican federal status: Amenazada (Threatened in Mexico)]
• (Poeciliopsis occidentalis sonoriensis) Yaqui Topminnow WSC
  [Mexican federal status: Amenazada (Threatened in Mexico)]
• (Ptychocheilus lucius) Colorado Pikeminnow WSC
  [Mexican Federal status: Probablemente extinta en el medio silvestre (Probably extinct in the wild in Mexico)]
• (Rhinichthys osculus) Speckled Dace
  [Mexican Federal status: Probablemente extinta en el medio silvestre (Probably extinct in the wild in Mexico)]
• (Tiaroga cobitis) Loach Minnow WSC
  [Mexican Federal status: Probablemente extinta en el medio silvestre (Probably extinct in the wild in Mexico)]
• (Xyrauchen texanus) Razorback Sucker WSC
  [Mexican Federal status: En Peligro de Extinción (Endangered in Mexico)]

Federally listed species in AZ:

• Catfish, Yaqui (Ictalurus pricei) FT
• Chub, bonytail (Gila elegans) FE
• Chub, Gila (Gila intermedia) FE
• Chub, humpback (Gila cypha) FE
• Chub, Sonora (Gila ditaenia) FT
• Chub, Virgin River (Gila seminuda (=robusta)) FE
• Chub, Yaqui (Gila purpurea) FE
• Minnow, loach (Tiaroga cobitis) FE
• Pikeminnow, Colorado (squawfish) (Ptychocheilus lucius) FE except Salt and Verde R. drainages, AZ
• Pupfish, desert (Cyprinodon macularius) FE
• Shiner, beautiful (Cyprinella formosa) FT
• Spikedace (Meda fulgida) FE
• Spinedace, Little Colorado (Lepidomeda vittata) FT
• Sucker, razorback (Xyrauchen texanus) FE
• Topminnow, Gila (incl. Yaqui) (Poeciliopsis occidentalis) FE
• Trout, Apache (Oncorhynchus apache) FT
• Trout, Gila (Oncorhynchus gilae) FT
• Woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus) FE except Gila R. drainage, AZ, NM

Arkansas

(updated 10/6/2013 without using federal websites due to gov’t shutdown)

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (http://www.agfc.com/species/Pages/SpeciesEndangered.aspx) only lists two species as endangered:

• pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) FE, listed in AR as “declining” (details)
• ozark cavefish (Amblyopsis rosae) FT, listed in AR as “improving” (details)

The Nature Conservancy in Arkansas:

• According to the Nature Conservancy, (cited in a 2009 article in “The Southwestern Naturalist” by McAllister, Starnes, Robison, Jenkins, Raley) the silver redhorse is “threatened and critically imperiled in Arkansas.”
• Two species of cave crayfish are FE in Arkansas, though deemed “stable” by the AGFC. The AGFC says they are so rare as to have no common names (details), but the The Nature Conservancy site (http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/arkansas/explore/endangered-species-of-arkansas.xml) refers to them as the Hell Creek Cave Crayfish (Cambarus zophonastes) and the Benton County Cave Crayfish (Cambarus aculabrum).
• There are also a dozen or more species of mussels, clams and snails listed as threatened or endangered in the state, along with several amphibians.

The Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission has a more extensive list than the AGFC, and a handy search engine (http://www.naturalheritage.com/research-data/rarespecies-search.aspx). In the following list, INV = Inventory Element, meaning the species seems to be of concern and work is underway to assess its status in the state. State rankings are as follows: S1 = Extremely rare, S2 = Very rare, S3 = Rare to uncommon, SH = Historically known but no recent records, and SX = Extirpated from the state.

• Acipenser fulvescens (lake sturgeon) INV S1
• Polyodon spathula (paddlefish) INV S2?
• Scaphirhynchus albus (pallid sturgeon)     FE INV S1
• Alosa alabamae (Alabama shad) INV S1S2
• Cycleptus elongatus (blue sucker) INV S2
• Cyprinella camura (bluntface shiner) INV SH
• Cyprinella spiloptera (spotfin shiner) INV S1
• Erimystax harryi (Ozark chub) INV S3S4
• Erimyzon sucetta (lake chubsucker) INV S2?
• Hybognathus placitus (plains minnow) INV SX
• Lythrurus snelsoni (Ouachita shiner) INV
• Macrhybopsis gelida (sturgeon chub) INV
• Macrhybopsis meeki (sicklefin chub) INV
• Moxostoma anisurum (silver redhorse) INV S1?
• Moxostoma pisolabrum (pealip redhorse) INV S2?
• Nocomis asper (redspot chub) INV S2?
• Notropis atrocaudalis (blackspot shiner) INV S3
• Notropis bairdi (Red River shiner) INV SH
• Notropis girardi (Arkansas River shiner) FT INV SX
• Notropis hubbsi (bluehead shiner) INV S3
• Notropis maculatus (taillight shiner) INV S3
• Notropis ortenburgeri (Kiamichi shiner) INV S2
• Notropis ozarcanus (Ozark shiner) INV S2
• Notropis perpallidus (peppered shiner) INV S2
• Notropis sabinae (sabine shiner) INV S2?
• Phenacobius mirabilis (suckermouth minnow) INV S1
• Platygobio gracilis (flathead chub) INV S1?
• Umbra limi (central mudminnow) INV SH
• Hiodon alosoides (goldeye) INV S2?
• Atractosteus spatula (alligator gar) INV S2?
• Mugil cephalus (striped mullet) INV S1?
• Ammocrypta clara (western sand darter) INV S2?
• Crystallaria asprella (crystal darter) INV S2?
• Etheostoma cragini (Arkansas darter)     FC INV S1
• Etheostoma fragi (Strawberry River darter) INV S1
• Etheostoma fusiforme (swamp darter) INV S2?
• Etheostoma microperca (least darter) INV S1
• Etheostoma moorei (yellowcheek darter)     FE INV S1
• Etheostoma pallididorsum (paleback darter) INV S2
• Etheostoma parvipinne (goldstripe darter) INV S2
• Etheostoma uniporum (current darter) INV
• Percina nasuta (longnose darter) INV S2
• Percina pantherina (leopard darter) FT INV S1
• Percina phoxocephala (slenderhead darter) INV S2
• Percina sp. nov. (Ouachita darter) INV
• Percina uranidea (stargazing darter) INV S3
• Amblyopsis rosae (Ozark cavefish) FT INV S1
• Typhlichthys subterraneus (southern cavefish) INV S1
• Lampetra aepyptera (least brook lamprey) INV S2?
• Lampetra appendix (American brook lamprey) INV S2?
• Noturus flavus (stonecat) INV S1
• Noturus lachneri (Ouachita madtom) INV S2
• Noturus phaeus (brown madtom) INV S1
• Noturus taylori (Caddo madtom) INV S1?

California

(updated 10/6/2013 without using federal websites due to gov’t shutdown)

• White shark (Carcharodon carcharias) State Candidate for listing
• Green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) southern DPS FT (Includes all spawning populations south of the Eel River.)
• Mohave tui chub (Gila bicolor mohavensis) SE FE (Current taxonomy: Siphateles bicolor mohavensis)
• Owens tui chub (Gila bicolor snyderi) SE FE (Current taxonomy: Siphateles bicolor snyderi)
• Thicktail chub (Gila crassicauda) Extinct. Was listed SE in 1974. Delisted in 1980.
• Bonytail (Gila elegans) SE FE (Federal common name: bonytail chub)
• Clear Lake hitch (Lavinia exilicauda chi) SC (candidate for listing)
• Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius) SE FE
• Modoc sucker (Catostomus microps) SE FE
• Santa Ana sucker (Catostomus santaanae) FT (populations in the Los Angeles, San Gabriel, and Santa Ana River basins)
• Shortnose sucker (Chasmistes brevirostris) SE FE
• Lost River sucker (Deltistes luxatus) SE FE
• Razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) SE FE
• Delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) SE FT
• Longfin smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys) ST
• Pacific eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus) southern DPS FT
• Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi) FT (was FE from 1970-1975)
• Paiute cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii seleniris) FT (was FE from 1967-1975)
• Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) south of Punta Gorda SE FE (The Federal listing is for central California coast Coho ESU and includes populations from Punta Gorda south to, and including, the San Lorenzo River as well as populations in tributaries to San Francisco Bay, excluding the Sacramento-San Joaquin River system.)
• Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Punta Gorda to the N. border of California ST FT (The Federal listing is for southern Oregon/northern California coast Coho and includes populations in coastal streams between Cape Blanco, OR and Punta Gorda, CA.)
• Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) southern California FE (Coastal basins from the Santa Maria River (inclusive), south to the U.S.-Mexico Border.)
• Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) – south central California coast FT (Coastal basins from the Pajaro River (inclusive) south to, but not including, the Santa Maria River.)
• Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) central California coast  FT (Coastal streams from the Russian River (inclusive) to Aptos Creek (inclusive), and the drainages of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bays eastward to Chipps Island at the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers; and tributary streams to Suisun Marsh including Suisun Creek, Green Valley Creek, and an unnamed tributary to Cordelia Slough (commonly referred to as Red Top Creek), exclusive of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Basin of the California Central Valley.)
• Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) California Central Valley FT (The Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and their tributaries.)
• Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) northern California FT (Naturally spawned populations residing below impassable barriers in coastal basins from Redwood Creek in Humboldt County to, and including, the Gualala River in Mendocino County.)
• Little Kern golden trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss whitei) FT (Originally listed as Salmo aguabonita whitei. The genus Salmo was reclassified as Oncorhynchus changing the name to Oncorhynchus aguabonita whitei. However, recent studies indicate this is a subspecies of rainbow trout, therefore Oncorhynchus mykiss whitei.)
• Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) winter-run SE FE (The federal designation is for Chinook salmon – Sacramento River winter-run ESU and described as winter-run populations in the Sacramento River and its tributaries in California.)
• Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) California coastal FT (Rivers and streams south of the Klamath River to the Russian River.)
• Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) spring-run ST FT (The State listing is for “Spring-run chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) of the Sacramento River drainage.” The Federal listing is for Central Valley spring-run Chinook ESU and includes populations of spring-run Chinook salmon in the Sacramento River and its tributaries including the Feather River.)
• Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) SE FT
• Desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius) SE FE
• Tecopa pupfish (Cyprinodon nevadensis calidae) Extinct (Was SE from 1971 to 1987. Was FE from 1970 to 1982.)
• Owens pupfish (Cyprinodon radiosus) SE FE
• Cottonball Marsh pupfish (Cyprinodon salinus milleri) ST
• Unarmored threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni) SE FE
• Rough sculpin (Cottus asperrimus) ST
• Tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi) FE

Some of the text in the above list (especially the notes that accompany some entries) was taken verbatim (or nearly so) from the October 2013 California list of species at http://www.dfg.ca.gov/biogeodata/cnddb/pdfs/TEAnimals.pdf (on this page: http://www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/nongame/t_e_spp/)

Colorado

(Updated 10/6/2013 without using federal sites due to gov’t shutdown)

The following list is from https://wildlife.state.co.us/WildlifeSpecies/SpeciesOfConcern/Fish/Pages/FishOfConcern.aspx. According to that page, it has not been updated since 2011. If any species have been added to or removed from the list since then, they will not be included.

• Arkansas Darter (Etheostoma cragini) ST
• Bonytail (Gila elegans) FE, SE
• Brassy Minnow (Hybognathus hankinsoni) ST
• Colorado Pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius) FE, ST
• Colorado River Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarki pleuriticus)     SC
• Colorado Roundtail Chub (Gila robusta) Special Concern in CO
• Common Shiner (Luxilus cornutus) ST
• Flathead Chub (Platygobio gracilus) Special Concern in CO
• Greenback Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarki stomias) FT, ST
  Greenback (and other cutthroats) research info: http://wildlife.state.co.us/Research/Aquatic/CutthroatTrout/Pages/CutthroatTrout.aspx
• Humpback Chub (Gila cypha) FE, ST
• Iowa Darter (Etheostoma exile) Special Concern in CO
• Lake Chub (Couesius plumbeus) SE
• Mountain Sucker (Catostomus playtrhynchus) Special Concern in CO
• Nothern Redbelly Dace (Phoxinus eos) SE
• Plains Minnow (Hybognathus placitus) SE
• Plains Orangethroat Darter (Etheostoma spectabile) Special Concern in CO
• Razorback Sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) FE, SE
• Rio Grande Chub (Gila pandora) Special Concern in CO
• Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarki virginalis) Special Concern in CO
• Rio Grande Sucker (Catostomus plebeius) SE
• Southern Redbelly Dace (Phoxinus erythrogaster) SE
• Stonecat (Noturus flavus) Special Concern in CO
• Suckermouth Minnow (Phenacobius mirabilis) SE

Special Concern is not a statutory category.

Connecticut

SE FE:

• shortnose sturgeon

SE:

• burbot

ST:

• Atlantic sturgeon

SC:

• blueback herring
• longnose sucker

Delaware

E:

• Atlantic sturgeon

Florida

FE:

• shortnose sturgeon
• smallmouth sawfish

FT:

• gulf sturgeon

state special concern:

• Atlantic sturgeon

Georgia

SE FE:

• shortnose sturgeon

SE:

• robust redhorse
• sicklefin redhorse (also FC)

ST:

• Alabama shad

Hawaii

(none found so far)

Idaho

E:

• sockeye salmon (Snake River)
• white sturgeon (Kootenai River)

T:

• bull trout
• chinook salmon (Snake River)
• steelhead (Snake River)

Illinois

SE:

• lake sturgeon
• redspotted sunfish
• greater redhorse

FE SE:

• pallid sturgeon

ST:

• longnose sucker
• river redhorse

Indiana

SE:

• greater redhorse
• lake sturgeon

special concern:

• longnose sucker
• Ohio River muskellunge
• lake whitefish

Iowa

SE FE:

• pallid sturgeon

SE:

• lake sturgeon

ST:

• grass pickerel
• black redhorse

Kansas

(Updated 9/2014)

Kansas’ threatened and endangered species info: http://kdwpt.state.ks.us/Services/Threatened-and-Endangered-Wildlife/All-Threatened-and-Endangered-Species

• Arkansas darter (Etheostoma cragini) FC (candidate for listing), ST
• Arkansas River Shiner (Notopis girardi) FT, SE
• Arkansas River Speckled Chub (Peppered Chub) (Macrhybopsis tetranema) SE
• Blackside Darter (Percina maculata) ST
• Chestnut Lamprey (Ichthyomyzon castaneus) ST
• Flathead Chub (Platygobio gracilis) ST
• Hornyhead Chub (Nocomis biguttatus) ST
• Neosho Madtom (Noturus placidus) FT, ST
• Pallid Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) FE, SE
• Redspot Chub (Nocomis asper) ST
• Shoal Chub (Macrhybopsis hyostoma) ST
• Sicklefin Chub (Macrhybopsis meeki) FC (candidate for listing), SE
• Silver Chub (Macrhybopsis storeriana) SE
• Silverband Shiner (Notropis shumardi) ST
• Sturgeon Chub (Macrhybopsis gelida) FC (candidate for listing), ST
• Topeka Shiner (Notropis topeka) FE, ST
• Western Silvery Minnow (Hybognathus argyritis) ST

Species in Need of Conservation (SINC) (see http://kdwpt.state.ks.us/Services/Threatened-and-Endangered-Wildlife/Species-in-Need-of-Conservation-SINC)

• Banded Darter (Etheostoma zonale)
• Banded Sculpin (Cottus carolinae)
• Bigeye Shiner (Notropis boops)
• Black Redhorse (Moxostoma duquesnei)
• Blacknose Dace (Rhinichthys atratulus)
• Blue Sucker (Cycleptus elongatus)
• Bluntnose Darter (Etheostoma chlorosoma)
• Brindled Madtom (Noturus miurus)
• Cardinal Shiner (Luxilus cardinalis)
• Common Shiner (Luxilus cornutus)
• Gravel Chub (Erimystax x-punctatus)
• Greenside Darter (Etheostoma blennioides)
• Highfin Carpsucker (Carpiodes velifer)
• Johnny Darter (Etheostoma nigrum)
• Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)
• Northern Hog Sucker (Hypentelium nigricans)
• Ozark Minnow (Notropis nubilus)
• Redfin Darter (Etheostoma whipplei)
• River Darter (Percina shumardi)
• River Redhorse (Moxostoma carinatum)
• River Shiner (Notropis blennius)
• Slough Darter (Etheostoma gracile)
• Southern Redbelly Dace (Phoxinus erythrogaster)
• Speckled Darter (Etheostoma stigmaeum)
• Spotfin Shiner (Cyprinella spiloptera)
• Spotted Sucker (Minytrema melanops)
• Stippled Darter (Etheostoma punctulatum)
• Striped Shiner (Luxilus chrysocephalus)
• Tadpole Madtom (Norturus gyrinus)

Kentucky

FE:

• pallid sturgeon

Louisiana

FE:

• pallid sturgeon

T:

• gulf sturgeon

Maine

FE:

• Atlantic salmon
• shortnose sturgeon

SE:

• redfin pickerel

Maryland

SE FE:

• shortnose sturgeon

ST:

• flier

FC:

• Atlantic sturgeon

extirpated:

• longnose sucker

Massachusetts

SE FE:

• shortnose sturgeon

SE:

• Atlantic sturgeon

SC:

• longnose sucker
• burbot

Michigan

SE:

• western creek chubsucker

ST:

• lake sturgeon
• mooneye
• some ciscoes
• sauger
• river redhorse

extirpated:

• 2 ciscoes
• paddlefish
• arctic grayling

extinct:

• blue pike
• 1 cisco

Minnesota

ST:

• paddlefish

special concern:

• lake sturgeon
• skipjack herring
• blue sucker
• black buffalo
• yellow bass

Mississippi

SE FE:

• pallid sturgeon
• Alabama sturgeon

SE FT:

• gulf sturgeon

Missouri

E:

• pallid sturgeon
• lake sturgeon

Montana

(Updated 9/29/14)

Endangered:

• Pallid Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus)
• White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) (Kootenai River population)

Threatened:

• Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) (Columbia River basin and St. Mary – Belly River populations) Threatened: Clark Fork, Flathead, Kootenai, St. Mary and Belly river basins; cold water rivers & lakes
  Designated as Critical Habitat:  Portions of rivers, streams, lakes and reservoirs within Deer Lodge, Flathead, Glacier, Granite, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula, Powell, Ravalli, Sanders counties

A list of species of concern is maintained by the Montana chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Info is here: http://www.montanaafs.org/science/species-of-concern/

Species of Concern according to the Montana Natural Heritage Program (MTNHP) (see http://mtnhp.org/SpeciesOfConcern/?AorP=a) are listed below. G = Global rank (1 is most threatened, 5 is most secure). S = State rank (same scale). FE = Federally listed as endangered, FT = Federally listed as threatened. Tier 1-5 refer to state conservation status: Tier 1=Greatest conservation need; MT is obligated to protect and benefit the species. Tier 2=Moderate conservation need; MT may take action to benefit the species. Tier 3=Lower conservation need; species is important but needs no help beyond what is currently being done (if anything). Tier 4=Non-native, incidental, peripheral to species range, expanding, or common in neighboring states.

• White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) G4 S1 FE   Tier 1
• Northern Redbelly Dace  (Chrosomus eos) G5 S3    Tier 3
• Northern Redbelly X Finescale Dace  (Chrosomus eos x chrosomus neogaeus) S3  Tier 2
• Torrent Sculpin  (Cottus rhotheus) G5 S3    Tier 2
• Spoonhead Sculpin  (Cottus ricei) G5 S3    Tier 2
• Blue Sucker  (Cycleptus elongatus) G3G4 S2S3 Tier 1
• Iowa Darter  (Etheostoma exile) G5 S3  Tier 3
• Shortnose Gar  (Lepisosteus platostomus) G5 S1    Tier 1
• Sturgeon Chub  (Macrhybopsis gelida) G3 S2S3 Tier 1
• Sicklefin Chub  (Macrhybopsis meeki) G3 S1    Tier 1
• Pearl Dace  (Margariscus margarita) G5 S2 Tier 1
  “State Rank Reason: Pearl dace are not abundant when they are collected at the relatively few sites in cool, small streams and ponds they are known to inhabit. This factor, as well as introduced northern pike invasions into their small prairie streams, has caused them to be designated as a Montana Species of Special Concern vulnerable to extinction in the state.”
• Deepwater Sculpin  (Myoxocephalus thompsonii) G5 S3    Tier 4
• Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout  (Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri) G4T2 S2 Tier 1
• Westslope Cutthroat Trout  (Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi) G4T3 S2  Tier 1
• Columbia River Redband Trout  (Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri) G5T4 S1 Tier 1
• Trout-perch  (Percopsis omiscomaycus) G5 S2    Tier 1
• Paddlefish  (Polyodon spathula) G4 S2  Tier 1
• Pygmy Whitefish  (Prosopium coulteri) G5 S3    Tier 3
• Bull Trout  (Salvelinus confluentus) G4 S2 FT   Tier 1
• Lake Trout  (Salvelinus namaycush) G5 S2    Tier 1
  “State Rank Reason: This species is a glacial relict in Montana known from native (never-stocked) populations occuring in Waterton Lake, Glenns Lake, Cosley Lake, and St. Mary Lake in Glacier National Park and Lower St. Mary Lake on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, as well as a couple of small populations in the upper Missouri River basin. Otherwise, all other populations in the state are introduced.”
• Sauger  (Sander canadensis) G5 S2 Tier 1
• Pallid Sturgeon  (Scaphirhynchus albus) G2 S1 FE   Tier 1
• Arctic Grayling  (Thymallus arcticus) G5 S1 Candidate for federal listing Tier 1
• Pearl Dace  (Margariscus margarita) G5 S2 Tier 1
  “State Rank Reason: Pearl dace are not abundant when they are collected at the relatively few sites in cool, small streams and ponds they are known to inhabit. This factor, as well as introduced northern pike invasions into their small prairie streams, has caused them to be designated as a Montana Species of Special Concern vulnerable to extinction in the state.”
• Deepwater Sculpin (Myoxocephalus thompsonii) G5 S3 Tier 4
• Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout  (Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri) G4T2 S2 Tier 1
• Westslope Cutthroat Trout  (Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi) G4T3 S2 Tier 1
• Columbia River Redband Trout  (Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri) G5T4 S1 Tier 1
• Trout-perch  (Percopsis omiscomaycus) G5 S2    Tier 1
• Paddlefish  (Polyodon spathula) G4 S2   BLM: SENSITIVE Tier 1
• Pygmy Whitefish  (Prosopium coulteri) G5 S3    Tier 3
• Bull Trout  (Salvelinus confluentus) G4 S2 FT   Tier 1
• Lake Trout  (Salvelinus namaycush) G5 S2    Tier 1
  “State Rank Reason: This species is a glacial relict in Montana known from native (never- stocked) populations occuring in Waterton Lake, Glenns Lake, Cosley Lake, and St. Mary Lake in Glacier National Park and Lower St. Mary Lake on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, as well as a couple of small populations in the upper Missouri River basin. Otherwise, all other populations in the state are introduced.”
• Sauger  (Sander canadensis) G5 S2   BLM: SENSITIVE Tier 1

Potential Species of Concern:

• Brook Stickleback (Culaea inconstans) G5 S4 Tier 3
• Brassy Minnow (Hybognathus hankinsoni) G5 S4  Tier 3
• Plains Minnow (Hybognathus placitus) G4 S4 Tier 3
• Burbot (Lota lota) G5 S4  Tier 1
• Creek Chub (Semotilus atromaculatus) G5 S4 Tier 3

Nebraska

(Updated 9/2014)

For NE information, see http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/wildlife/programs/nongame/Endangered_Threatened.asp.

• Pallid Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) SE FE
• Topeka Shiner (Notropis topeka) SE FE
• Sturgeon Chub (Macrhybopsis gelida) SE
• Blacknose Shiner (Notropis heterolepis) SE
• Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) ST
• Northern Redbelly Dace (Phoxinus eos) ST
• Finescale Dace (Phoxinus neogaeus) S

Nevada

State protected:

• White River desert sucker
• Meadow Valley Wash desert sucker
• Wall Canyon sucker
• Warner sucker (also FT)
• cui-ui (also FE)
• bonytail chub (FE)
• Pahranagat roundtail chub (FE)
• Yellowstone cutthroat trout
• Lahontan cutthroat trout (also FT)
• Bonneville cutthroat trout
• inland Columbia basin redband trout
• bull trout (Jarbidge River basin population) (FT)
• razorback sucker (FE)

special status/sensitive species:

• flannelmouth sucker

US Forest Service Region 5 Sensitive Species not yet known from Inyo National Forest or Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit:

• Warner Valley redband trout

New Hampshire

SE FE:

• shortnose sturgeon

New Jersey

SE FE:

• shortnose sturgeon

New Mexico

SE:

• roundtail chub
• gila chub
• chihuahua chub
• Colorado pikeminnow
• Zuni bluehead sucker
• blue sucker

ST:

• gila trout
• gray redhorse

New York

SE FE:

• shortnose sturgeon

SE:

• round whitefish

ST:

• lake sturgeon
• mooneye
• longear sunfish

extirpated:

• silver chub
• lake chubsucker

special concern:

• black redhorse

North Carolina

E:

• shortnose sturgeon

North Dakota

(Updated 9/29/14)

ND has no state listing of endangered or threatened species other than those species listed federally. See http://gf.nd.gov/wildlife/fish-wildlife/threatened-and-endangered-species

Federally listed species in ND:

• Pallid Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus)

ND does designate some species as needing conservation, and these are broken down into three levels. (See http://gf.nd.gov/wildlife/programs-and-grants/species-conservation-priority). Details about what is being done for these species may be found in the state’s Wildlife Action Plan: http://gf.nd.gov/wildlife/programs-grants/wildlife-action-plan.

Level I: species in need of conservation (greatest need):

• Sturgeon Chub (Macrhybopsis gelida)
• Sicklefin Chub (Macrhybopsis meeki)
• Pearl Dace (Margariscus margarita)
• Blue Sucker (Cycleptus elongatus)
  

Level II (need conservation but have support from other programs):

• Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula)
• Pallid Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus)
• Silver Chub (Macrhybopsis storeriana)
• Northern Redbelly Dace (Phoxinus eos)
• Flathead Chub (Platygobio gracilis)
• Trout-perch (Percopsis omiscomaycus)

Level III (moderate conservation need but ND population is peripheral or non-reproducing):

• Chestnut Lamprey (Ichthyomyzon castaneus)
• Silver Lamprey (Ichthyomyzon unicuspis)
• Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum)
• Hornyhead Chub (Nocomis biguttatus)
• Pugnose Shiner (Notropis anogenus)
• Blacknose Shiner (Notropis heterolepis)
• Rosyface Shiner (Notropis rubellus)
• Finescale Dace (Phoxinus neogaeus)
• Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis)
• Flathead Catfish (Pylodictis olivaris)
• Logperch (Percina caprodes)
• River Darter (Percina shumardi)

Ohio

(updated 3/5/2014)

The Ohio DNR’s Division of Wildlife maintains the state’s list. See http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/species-and-habitats/state-listed-species for an explanation and history, as well as a link to download the current list.

• Ohio lamprey (Ichthyomyzon bdellium) SE
• Northern brook lamprey (Ichthyomyzon fossor) SE
• Mountain brook lamprey (Ichthyomyzon greeleyi) SE
• Lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) SE
• Shovelnose sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) SE
• Spotted gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) SE
• Shortnose gar (Lepisosteus platostomus) SE
• Cisco (or Lake herring) (Coregonus artedi) SE
• Goldeye (Hiodon alosoides) SE
• Shoal chub (Macrhybopsis hyostoma) SE
• Pugnose minnow (Opsopoeodus emiliae) SE
• Popeye shiner (Notropis ariommus) SE
• Longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus) SE
• Northern madtom (Noturus stigmosus) SE
• Scioto madtom (Noturus trautmani) SE FE
• Pirate perch (Aphredoderus sayanus) SE
• Western banded killifish (Fundulus diaphanus menona) SE
• Spotted darter (Etheostoma maculatum) SE
• Iowa darter (Etheostoma exile) SE
• Gilt darter (Percina evides) SE
• Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) ST
• Bigeye shiner (Notropis boops) ST
• Tonguetied minnow (Exoglossum laurae) ST
• Greater redhorse (Moxostoma valenciennesi) ST
• Channel darter (Percina copelandi) ST
• American eel (Anguilla rostrata) ST
• Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) ST
• Bigmouth shiner (Notropis dorsalis) ST
• Lake chubsucker (Erimyzon sucetta) ST
• River darter (Percina shumardi) ST
• Tippecanoe darter (Etheostoma tippecanoe) ST
• Blue sucker (Cycleptus elongatus) ST
• Mountain madtom (Noturus eleutherus) ST
• Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) SC (special concern)
• Lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) SC
• Burbot (Lota lota) SC
• Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) SC
• River redhorse (Moxostoma carinatum) SC
• Eastern sand darter (Ammocrypta pellucida) SC
• Least darter (Etheostoma microperca) SC
• Blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) SC
• Longnose dace (Rhinichthys cataractae) SC
• Alligator gar (Lepisosteus spatula) Extirpated
• Pugnose shiner (Notropis anogenus) Extirpated
• Longhead darter (Percina macrocephala) Extirpated
• Harelip sucker (Lagochila lacera or Moxostoma lacerum) EXTINCT
• Blue pike (Sander vitreus glaucus) EXTINCT

Oklahoma

(Updated 9/2014)

Information: http://www.wildlifedepartment.com/wildlifemgmt/endangeredspecies.htm

• Arkansas River Shiner (Notropis girardi) LT
• Neosho Madtom (Noturus placidus) LT
• Ozark Cavefish (Amblyopsis rosae) LT
• Leopard Darter (Percina pantherina) LT
• Arkansas Darter (Etheostoma cragini) Candidate for listing

Oregon

E:

• Modoc sucker
• shortnose sucker
• Lost River sucker

T:

• Warner sucker
• Lahontan cutthroat trout
• bull trout

species of concern:

• Goose Lake sucker
• Jenny Creek sucker
• Klamath largescale sucker
• several chubs
• Westslope cutthroat trout
• coastal cutthroat trout
• Great Basin redband trout
• Catlow Valley redband trout

Pennsylvania

SE:

• shortnose sturgeon (FE)
• lake sturgeon
• atlantic sturgeon
• spotted gar
• longnose sucker
• bigmouth buffalo
• black bullhead
• burbot
• warmouth
• longear sunfish (which?)

ST:

• spotted sucker

SC:

• bowfin

Rhode Island

FE SH (historically existed in state, but not now):

• Atlantic sturgeon
• shortnose sturgeon

South Carolina

FE SE:

• shortnose sturgeon

Critically imperiled in NC and GA:

• robust redhorse

South Dakota

(Updated 9/2014)

Banded killifish (Fundulus diaphanus) SE
Blacknose shiner (Notropis heterolepis) SE
Finescale dace (Chrosomus neogaeus) SE
Longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus) ST
Northern pearl dace (Margariscus nachtriebi) ST
Northern redbelly dace (Chrosomus eos) ST
Pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) FE SE
Shovelnose sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) FT
Sicklefin chub (Macrhybopsis meeki) SE
Sturgeon chub (Macrhybopsis gelida) ST
Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka) FE

Tennessee

FE, SE:

• pallid sturgeon

SE:

• lake sturgeon

ST:

• blue sucker

Deemed in need of management:

• highfin carpsucker
• blackfin sucker
• harelip sucker (I wish them luck managing an extinct fish.)
• alligator gar

Texas

SE FE:

• smalltooth sawfish

ST:

• shovelnose sturgeon
• paddlefish
• blue sucker
• creek chubsucker

Utah

SE:

• bonytail
• Colorado pikeminnow
• humpback chub
• razorback sucker
• june sucker
• Virgin River chub

ST:

• lahontan cutthroat trout
• roundtail chub

special concern due to declining population:

• leatherside chub
• flannelmouth sucker
• bluehead sucker

special concern due to limited distribution:

• Bonneville cisco
• Bonneville whitefish
• Bear Lake whitefish
• desert sucker

Vermont

SE:

• lake sturgeon

Special Concern (status should be monitored):

• American eel
• blueback herring
• quillback
• silver redhorse
• greater redhorse
• round whitefish
• muskellunge

Species of Greatest Conservation Need as identified  in the Vermont Wildlife Action Plan: does not denote legal protection. (All the species above are also considered SGCN.)

• redbreast sunfish
• redfin pickerel
• lake trout
• brook trout
• Atlantic salmon
• lake whitefish
• cisco or lake herring
• shorthead redhorse
• American shad
• mooneye

Virginia

SE FE:

• shortnose sturgeon

ST:

• paddlefish

Washington

FE SC:

• Chinook salmon (upper Columbia)
• Sockeye salmon (Snake River)

FT SC:

• bull trout
• chinook salmon (lower Columbia, Puget Sound, Snake River fall run, Snake River spring/summer run)
• chum salmon (Hood Canal, lower Columbia)
• sockeye salmon (Ozette Lake)
• steelhead (lower Columbia River, middle Columbia, Puget Sound, Snake River, upper Columbia)

FT (not SC):

• coho salmon
• green sturgeon

FC:

• kokanee (Lake Sammamish)

SC:

• mountain sucker

Washington State Monitored:

• Salish sucker (Catostomus catostomus)

West Virginia

Has no state listed E or T species, so list includes FE, FT or “rare” species.

• black bullhead
• American eel
• river carpsucker
• highfin carpsucker
• blue sucker
• creek chubsucker
• grass pickerel
• bigmouth buffalo
• black buffalo
• warmouth
• orangespotted sunfish
• river redhorse
• paddlefish
• torrent sucker

Wisconsin

SE:

• skipjack herring
• goldeye
• black redhorse

ST:

• blue sucker
• black buffalo
• longear sunfish (which?)
• river redhorse
• greater redhorse
• paddlefish

special concern:

• lake sturgeon
• lake chubsucker

extirpated:

• creek chubsucker

Wyoming

(none found so far)

According to a pdf distributed by the Michigan DNR (web4.msue.msu.edumnfiabstractszoologyMoxostoma_carinatum.pdf), the river redhorse is listed as endangered in Florida, South Carolina, Kansas and Oklahoma; threatened in Quebec, Ontario, New York, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Georgia and Louisiana; special concern in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsyl.vania, Virginia and West Virginia. The pdf is from 2004 and the information from 2001.

I haven’t had time to bite off Canada or Mexico yet. Any volunteers?

Anything to add, question, object to or say?