The following list of known freshwater fish species, subspecies, and hybrids occurring in Washington state is taken from Wydoski and Whitney(2003). Some scientific names have been updated or corrected. Trout nomenclature follows Behnke et al.(2002). Asterisks denote introduced fishes. The list includes several anadromous species, and two normally marine species (starry flounder and shiner perch) that are occasionally found in freshwater. Only one species (Olympic mudminnow) is a Washington endemic, however three others (Nooksack dace, Salish sucker, and margined sculpin) have very limited distributions outside the state. Sixty-seven fish species, subspecies, or hybrids are listed, 37 native, and 30 introduced.
Petromyzontiformes
Acipenseriformes
Clupeiformes
Family Clupeidae
Cypriniformes
- Chiselmouth, Acrocheilus alutaceus
- Goldfish*, Carassius auratus
- Lake chub, Couseius plumbeus
- Grass carp*, Ctenopharyngodon idella
- Common carp*, Cyprinus carpio
- Tui chub, Gila bicolor
- Peamouth, Mylocheilus caurinus
- Golden shiner*, Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Fathead minnow*, Pimephales promelas
- Northern pikeminnow, Ptychocheilus oregonensis
- Longnose dace, Rhinichthys cataractae
- Nooksack dace, Rhinichthys cataractae ssp.
- Leopard dace, Rhinichthys falcatus
- Speckled dace, Rhinichthys osculus
- Umatilla dace, Rhinichthys umatilla
- Redside shiner, Richardsonius balteatus
- Tench*, Tinca tinca
Cyprinodontiformes
Esociformes
Perciformes
Percopsiformes
Gadiformes
Gasterosteiformes
Osmeriformes
Pleuronectiformes
Salmoniformes
- Oncorhynchus clarkii:
- Coastal cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki clarki
- Lahontan cutthroat trout*, Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi
- Westslope cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi
- Lake whitefish*, Coregonus clupeaformis
- Pink salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
- Chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta
- Coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch
- Oncorhynchus mykiss:
- Golden trout*, Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita
- Columbia River redband trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri
- Coastal rainbow trout/Steelhead, Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus
- Sockeye salmon/Kokanee, Oncorhynchus nerka
- Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
- Pygmy whitefish, Prosopium coulteri
- Mountain whitefish, Prosopium williamsoni
- Atlantic salmon*, Salmo salar
- Brown trout*, Salmo trutta
- Bull trout, Salvelinus confluentus
- Brook trout*, Salvelinus fontinalis
- Dolly Varden trout, Salvelinus malma
- Lake trout*, Salvelinus namaycush
- Arctic grayling*, Thymallus arcticus
Scorpaeniformes
- Coastrange sculpin, Cottus aleuticus
- Prickly sculpin, Cottus asper
- Mottled sculpin, Cottus bairdi
- Paiute sculpin, Cottus beldingi
- Slimy sculpin, Cottus cognatus
- Shorthead sculpin, Cottus confusus
- Riffle sculpin, Cottus gulosus
- Reticulate sculpin, Cottus perplexus
- Margined sculpin, Cottus marginatus
- Torrent sculpin, Cottus rhotheus
- Pacific staghorn sculpin, Leptocottus armatus
Siluriformes
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