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Joshua R Leisen
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Northern Bluegill
Coppernose Bluegill

<--Lepomis macrochirus macrochirus
Lepomis macrochirus purpurescens-->

1,605 9"
23 cm 		MN; WI; LA; SC; AL; FL
Freshwater Drum

Aplodinotus grunniens

456 7 lbs Minnesota; Wisconsin
Eastern Mosquitofish

Gambusia holbrooki

392 - South Carolina; Florida
Northern Rock Bass

Ambloplites rupestris

345 - Minnesota; Wisconsin
Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

314 20" Minnesota; Wisconsin; South Carolina
Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides

310 20"

5 lbs

Minnesota; Wisconsin; South Carolina; Alabama
Redbreast Sunfish

Lepomis auritus

254 - South Carolina
Yellow Perch

Perca flavescens

224 12" Minnesota; Wisconsin; South Carolina
White Bass

Morone chrysops

208 16" Minnesota; Wisconsin
Smallmouth Bass

Micropterus dolomieu

208 - Minnesota; Wisconsin; South Carolina
Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

197 6 lbs Minnesota; Wisconsin; South Carolina
Black Crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

195 13" Minnesota
Northern Pike

Esox lucius

187 33.5"

10 lbs

Minnesota; Wisconsin
Green Sunfish

Lepomis cyanellus

184 - Minnesota; Wisconsin; Alabama
Pumpkinseed Sunfish

Lepomis gibbosus

174 - Minnesota; Wisconsin; South Carolina
Creek Chub

Semotilus atromaculatus

107 - Minnesota
Shorthead Redhorse

Moxostoma macrolepidotum

96 20" Minnesota; Wisconsin; South Carolina
Walleye

Sander vitreus

87 25"

5 lbs

Minnesota; Wisconsin
Mooneye

Hiodon tergisus

72 14" Minnesota; Wisconsin
Eurasian Ruffe

Gymnocephalus cernuus

70 - Minnesota
Silver Redhorse

Moxostoma anisurum

69 23" Minnesota; Wisconsin
White Sucker

Catostomus commersoni

69 19" Minnesota; Wisconsin
Whitefin Shiner

Cyprinella nivea

65 - South Carolina
Pinfish

Lagodon rhomboides

61 - SC; FL
Sauger

Sander canadensis

57 15" Minnesota; Wisconsin
Bowfin

Amia calva

Male and Female

56 28"

8.5 lbs

Minnesota; Wisconsin; South Carolina
Golden Redhorse

Moxostoma erythrurum

56 17" Minnesota; Wisconsin
Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

Wild type, Mirror & Koi

53 30"

15 lbs

Minnesota; Wisconsin; South Carolina
Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

48 26" Minnesota
Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

42 10.5" Minnesota; Wisconsin
Black Bullhead

Ameiurus melas

37 - Minnesota; Wisconsin
Weeping Toado

Torquigener pleurogramma

33 - AUSTRALIA
Bluehead Chub

Nocomis leptocephalus

29 - SC
Snail Bullhead

Ameiurus brunneus

23 15" SC
Southern Kingfish

Menticirrhus americanus

22 - SC
Yellowfin Shiner

Notropis lutipinnis

22 - SC
Redear Sunfish

Lepomis microlophus

21 9.5" South Carolina
White Crappie

Pomoxis annularis

20 11" Minnesota
Atlantic Croaker

Micropogonias undulatus

18 - SC
Sandbar Shiner

Notropis scepticus

17 - South Carolina
Yellow Bullhead

Ameiurus natalis

17 - Minnesota; Wisconsin
White Perch

Morone americana

16 - South Carolina
Flathead Catfish

Pylodictis olivaris

16 42"

30 lbs

Minnesota; Wisconsin; South Carolina
Coastal Shiner

Notropis petersoni

15 - SC
Spottail Shiner

Notropis hudsonius

17 - South Carolina
Lake Sturgeon

Acipenser fulvescens

14 28" Minnesota; Wisconsin
Greenfin Shiner

Cyprinella chloristia

13 - South Carolina
Golden Shiner

Notemigonus crysoleucas

13 - Minnesota; South Carolina
Gobbleguts

Apogon rueppellii

13 - AUSTRALIA
Atlantic Sharpnose Shark

Rhizoprionodon terraenovae

12 - SC
Dollar Sunfish

Lepomis marginatus

12 - South Carolina
Striped Bass

Morone saxatilis

12 - South Carolina
Sand Shiner

Notropis stramineus

11 - Wisconsin
Mekong Giant Catfish

Pangasianodon gigas

11 50 lbs THAILAND
Lined Topminnow

Fundulus lineolatus

Male and female

10 - SC
Northern Hog Sucker

Hypentelium nigricans

10 16" Minnesota; Wisconsin
Mummichog

Fundulus heteroclitus

Male and Female

9 - SC
Flat Bullhead

Ameiurus platycephalus

9 - SC
Chain Pickerel

Esox niger

9 - SC
Banded Wrasse

Halichoeres notospilus

9 - MEXICO
Red Drum

Sciaenops ocellatus

9 23"

6 lbs

Louisiana
Longnose Gar

Lepisosteus osseus

8 40" Wisconsin; South Carolina
American Shad

Alosa sapidissima

7 20" SC
Common Shiner

Luxilus cornutus

7 - Minnesota; Wisconsin
Silver Chub

Macrhybopsis storeriana

7 - Minnesota
Western School Whiting

Sillago vittata

7 - AUSTRALIA
Spot

Leiostomus xanthurus

6 - SC
Shovelnose Sturgeon

Scaphirhynchus platorynchus

6 32" Wisconsin
Stonecat

Noturus flavus

6 - Minnesota; Wisconsin
Warpaint Shiner

Luxilus coccogenis

5 - SC
White Grunt

Haemulon plumierii

5 - FL
Burbot

Lota lota

5 27.5" Minnesota
Western Blacknose Dace

Rhinichthys obtusus

5 - Minnesota
Iridescent Shark

Pangasius hypophthalmus

5 23 lbs THAILAND
Oyster Toadfish

Opsanus tau

4 - SC
Bannerfin Shiner

Cyprinella leedsi

4 - SC
Grass Carp

Ctenopharyngodon idella

4 29" SC
Greenhead Shiner

Notropis chlorocephalus

4 - SC
Lane Snapper

Lutjanus synagris

4 - FL
Slippery Dick

Halichoeres bivittatus

4 - FL
Houndfish

Tylosaurus crocodilus crocodilus
Tylosaurus crocodilus fodiator

4 - MEXICO; FL
Brown Bullhead

Ameiurus nebulosus

4 15.5" Minnesota; South Carolina
Blue Catfish

Ictalurus furcatus

4 31"

12.5 lbs

SC
Warmouth

Lepomis gulosus

4 - Louisiana; South Carolina
River Redhorse

Moxostoma carinatum

4 22" Minnesota
Mottled Sculpin

Cottus bairdi

4 - Minnesota
Longear Sunfish

Lepomis megalotis

4 - Louisiana
Silver Perch

Bairdiella chrysoura

3 - SC
Southern Stingray

Dasyatis americana

3 65" SC
Weakfish

Cynoscion regalis

3 - SC
Rock Sea Bass

Centropristis philadelphica

3 - SC
White Catfish

Ameiurus catus

3 16" South Carolina
Spotted Sunfish

Lepomis punctatus

3 - SC; FL
Sand Perch

Diplectrum formosum

3 - FL
French Grunt

Haemulon flavolineatum

3 - FL
Pigfish

Orthopristis chrysoptera

3 - SC; FL
Atlantic Stingray

Dasyatis sabina

3 - SC
Rosyside Dace

Clinostomus funduloides

3 - SC
Striped Mullet

Mugil cephalus

3 - SC
Bluefish

Pomatomus saltatrix

3 - SC
Spotfin Shiner

Cyprinella spiloptera

3 - Minnesota
Logperch

Percina caprodes

3 - Minnesota
Lake Whitefish

Coregonus clupeaformis

3 21" Minnesota
Smallmouth Buffalo

Ictiobus bubalus

3 - Minnesota; Wisconsin
Silver Trevally

Pseudocaranx dentex

3 - AUSTRALIA
Black Sea Bass

Centropristis striata

2 - SC
Redfin Pickerel

Esox americanus

2 - SC
Blackbanded Darter

Percina nigrofasciata

2 - SC
Hardhead Catfish

Ariopsis felis

2 - FL
Sheepshead Minnow

Cyprinodon variegatus

2 - FL
Blacktip Shark

Carcharhinus limbatus

2 45" SC; FL
Littlehead Porgy

Calamus proridens

2 - FL
Grass Porgy

Calamus arctifrons

2 - FL
Brassy Jumprock

Moxostoma species

2 - South Carolina
Orangespotted Sunfish

Lepomis humilis

2 - Minnesota
Mimic Shiner

Notropis volucellus

2 - Minnesota
Beaubrummel Major

Stegastes flavilatus

2 - MEXICO
Spinster Wrasse

Halichoeres nicholsi

2 - MEXICO
Porehead Blenny

Labrisomus multiporosus

2 - MEXICO
Cortez Rainbow Wrasse

Thalassoma lucasanum

Male and Female

2 - MEXICO
Mexican Night Sergeant

Abudefduf declivifrons

2 - MEXICO
Greater Redhorse

Moxostoma valenciennesi

2 22" Minnesota; Wisconsin
Star Drum

Stellifer lanceolatus

1 - SC
Highback Chub

Hybopsis hypsinotus

1 - SC
Blueback Herring

Alosa aestivalis

1 - SC
Florida Gar

Lepisosteus platyrhincus

1 - FL
Mayan Cichlid

Cichlisoma urophthalmus

1 - FL
Spotted Tilapia

Tilapia mariae

1 - FL
Gulf Toadfish

Opsanus beta

1 - FL
Ladyfish

Elops saurus

1 - FL
Gray Snapper

Lutjanus griseus

1 - FL
Gag

Mycteroperca microlepis

1 19" FL
Southern Puffer

Sphoeroides nephelus

1 - FL
Jolthead Porgy

Calamus bajonado

1 - FL
Longnose Killifish

Fundulus similis

1 - FL
Crevalle Jack

Caranx hippos

1 - FL
Puddingwife

Halichoeres radiatus

1 - FL
Bluestriped Grunt

Haemulon sciurus

1 - FL
Santee Chub

Cyprinella zanema

1 - SC
Shrimp Eel

Ophichthus gomesii

1 - SC
American Eel

Anguilla rostrata

1 - SC
Sandbar Shark

Carcharhinus plumbeus

1 - SC
Bighead Searobin

Prionotus tribulus

1 - SC
Dusky Smoothhound

Mustelus canis

1 - SC
Notchlip Redhorse

Moxostoma collapsum

1 - SC
Emerald Shiner

Notropis atherinoides

1 - Minnesota
Bluntnose Minnow

Pimephales notatus

1 - Minnesota
Clown Hawkfish

Cirrhitus rivulatus

1 - MEXICO
Tinsel Squirrelfish

Sargocentron suborbitalis

1 - MEXICO
Green Jack

Carangoides caballus

1 - MEXICO
Panamic Sergeant Major

Abudefduf troschelii

1 - MEXICO
Longnose Sucker

Catostomus catostomus

1 - Minnesota
Spotted Gar

Lepisosteus oculatus

1 - Louisiana
Blackspotted Topminnow

Fundulus olivaceus

1 - Louisiana
West Australian Dhufish

Glaucosoma hebraicum

1 - AUSTRALIA
Yellowtail Scad

Atule mate

1 - AUSTRALIA
Silver Toadfish

Lagocephalus sceleratus

1 - AUSTRALIA
Striped Whiptail

Pentapodus vitta

1 - AUSTRALIA
Quillback Carpsucker

Carpiodes cyprinus

1 - Minnesota
159 species 7015 fish 50 lbs 1181 fishing days

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Mexfish.com is an excellent resource for identifying fish caught in and around Mexico. Click on the common name of my Mexican-caught fishes to view a Mexfish.com species account that I found helpful.

Roughfish.com and nt-fishing are fantastic resources and online communities with information and discussion about angling for "non-traditional" fish such as redhorse, buffalo, gar, bowfin, burbot, sturgeon and much more in the United States, Canada, and beyond (game fish are also discussed from time to time). I owe much of my knowledge about these under-regarded fishes to the people who make these sites what they are.

RULES & NOTES

All fish on my lifelist were fair-hooked via angling. Fish caught by non-angling methods (e.g. smelt caught in seining nets) are not included in this list. Also, I do not count lampreys, sharksuckers, or other fish that are attached to another fish but not themselves fairly hooked in the mouth.

I have caught several hybrid fish, including sunfishes and saugeye, and I count each of these towards the full species it most closely resembles based on my visual judgment.

For fish caught in legally designated border waters the fish counts toward the state or country that I was physically in when the fish was caught. When caught while wading, ice fishing, or from a watercraft the fish counts towards the state or country where the boat launch or other access point used is located.

I have organized the species in taxonomic order from most "ancestral" to most "derived" in the approximate order they are listed in a blend of sources including Peterson Field Guide: Freshwater Fishes 2nd Edition (Page, Lawrence M. and Brooks M. Burr. 2011. Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston, New York), "Sharks of the World" by Compagno et al. (2005, "A Field Guide to Coastal Fishes from Maine to Texas" (Kells, Val and Carpenter, Kent. 2011. The John Hopkins University Press. Baltimore, Maryland), and "Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology" (Moyle, Peter B., and Joseph J. Cech Jr. 2004. Prentice-Hall, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ).

While angling I've caught several species of turtle including painted turtles, snapping turtles, an alligator snapping turtle, various soft-shelled turtles, and some type of musk turtle. I've also caught mudpuppies, clams, and crabs.

I strive to accurately identify each fish, but this can be tricky at times. If you see notice any mistakes or have comments in general you may e-mail me at leis0073@d.umn.edu. Thank you for visiting my site and I hope you enjoyed it!

Up to date as of 19 May 2012

All photographs © Josh and Joy Leisen