Fish of the Gila National Forest
Including Gila and Rio Grande Drainage Streams


Catostomidae (Suckers)

Catostomus clarki (Desert Sucker)
C. clarki

Catostomus insignis (Sonora Sucker)
C. insignis

Catostomus plebeius (Rio Grande Sucker)

 

Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)

Lepomis cyanellus (Green Sunfish)
Lepomis macrochirus (Bluegill)
Lepomis megalotis (Longear Sunfish)

Micropterus dolomieui (Smallmouth Bass)
dolomieui

Micropterus salmoides (Largemouth Bass)

 

Cyprinidae (Minnows)

Agosia chrysogaster (Longfin Dace)
A. chrysogaster

Cyprinella lutrensis (Red Shiner)
Cyprinella formosa (Beautiful Shiner)
Cyprinus carpio (Carp)
Gila nigrescens (Chihuahua Chub)
Gila robusta (Roundtail Chub)

Meda fulgida (Spikedace)
M. fulgida

Pimephales promelas (Fathead Minnow)
Rhinichthys osculus (Speckled Dace)

Tiaroga cobitis (Loach Minnow)
T. cobitis

 


Ictaluridae (Catfishes)

Ictalurus punctatus (Channel Catfish)
I. punctatus

Ictalurus melas (Black Bullhead)
Ictalurus natalis (Yellow Bullhead)
Pylodictis olivaris (Flathead Catfish)

 

Salmonidae (Salmonids)

Oncorhynchus clarki (Cutthroat Trout)
Oncorhynchus clarki virginalis (Rio Grande Cutthroat)
O. gilae

Oncorhynchus gilae (Gila Trout)
O. gilae

Oncorhynchus mykiss (Rainbow Trout)
O. mykiss

Salmo trutta (Brown Trout)
S. trutta

Salvelinus fontinalis (Brook Trout)

 

Poeciliidae (Topminnows)

Gambusia affinis (Mosquitofish)
Poeciliopsis occidentalis (Gila Topminnow)*

 

NOTES: Click an image for 640x480 resolution window. Families are arranged alphabetically; not phylogenetically. Species in bold are native fishes; all others are introduced. *Extirpated from New Mexico.