New Jersey Freshwater Fishes

I recently have made it a goal of mine to catch every single catchable freshwater fish species in NJ on hook and line. This excludes uncatchable and endangered fish, such as lampreys or sturgeon. Without further ado, here is the list.

COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME CAUGHT OR NOT Petromyzontidae: American Brook Lamprey Lampetra appendix Uncatchable Sea Lamprey Petromyzon marinus Uncatchable Acipenseridae: Atlantic Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrhynchus Endangered Shortnose Sturgeon Acipenser brevirostrum Endangered Lepisosteidae: Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus Extinct Amiidae: Bowfin Amia calva Caught Anguillidae: American Eel Anguilla rostrata Caught Clupeidae: Blueback Herring Alosa aestivalis Hickory Shad Alosa mediocris Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus American Shad Alosa sapidissima Caught Gizzard Shad Drosoma cepedianum Uncatchable Salmonidae: Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss Caught Brown Trout Salmo trutta Caught Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis Caught Lake Trout Salvelinus namaycush Osmeridae: Rainbow Smelt Osmerus mordax Extinct Umbridae: Eastern Mudminnow Umbra pygmaea Esocidae: Redfin Pickerel Esox americanus Northern Pike Esox lucius Caught Chain Pickerel Esox niger Caught Muskellunge Esox masquinongy Cyprinidae: Goldfish Carassius auratus Caught Common Carp Cyprinus carpio Caught Quillback Carpsucker Carpiodes cyprinus Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua Eastern Silvery Minnow Hybognathus regius Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas Caught Comely Shiner Notropis amoenus Satinfin Shiner Cyprinella analostana Caught Bridle Shiner Notropis bifrenatus Ironcolor Shiner Notropis chalybaeus Common Shiner Luxilis cornutus Caught Spottail Shiner Notropis husdonius Caught Swallowtail Shiner Notropis procne Caught Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera Caught Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus Caught Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus Caught Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae Caught Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus Caught Fallfish Semotilus corporalis Caught Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella Catostomidae: White Sucker Catostomus commersoni Caught Creek Chubsucker Erimyzon oblongus Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans Ictaluridae: White Catfish Ameiurus catus Caught Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas Caught Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis Caught Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus Caught Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus Caught Tadpole Madtom Noturus gyrinus Margined Madtom Noturus insignis Aphredoderidae: Pirate Perch Aphredoderus sayanus Cyprinodontidae: Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus Caught Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus Caught Poeciliidae: Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki Caught Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis Caught Gasterosteidae: Fourspine Stickleback Apletes quadracus Threespine Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus Caught Ninespine Stickleback Pungitius pungitius Moronidae: White Perch Morone americana Caught Striped Bass Morone saxatilis Caught Centrarchidae: Mud Sunfish Acantharchus pomotis Caught Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris Caught Blackbanded Sunfish EIeacanthus chaetodon Caught Bluespotted Sunfish EIeacanthus gloriosus Caught Banded Sunfish EIeacanthus obesus Caught Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus Caught Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus Caught Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus Caught Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus Caught Warmouth Lepomis gulosus Caught Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu Caught Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides Caught White Crappie Pomoxis annularis Caught Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus Caught Percidae: Swamp Darter Etheostoma fusiforme Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi Caught Yellow Perch Perca flavescens Caught Shield Darter Percina peltata Walleye Sander vitreus Cottidae: Slimy Sculpin Cottus cognatus Cobitidae: Oriental Weatherfish Misgurnus anguillicaudatus Soleidae: Hogchoker Trinectes maculatus