70 freshwater species in Connecticut
American Brook LampreyLampetra appendix
American EelAnguilla rostrata🏆 CT state record
Atlantic SalmonSalmo salar
Atlantic SturgeonAcipenser oxyrinchus
Atlantic TomcodMicrogadus tomcod
Banded SunfishEnneacanthus obesus
Blackspotted SticklebackGasterosteus wheatlandi
BluegillLepomis macrochirus🏆 CT state record
BowfinAmia calva🏆 CT state record
Brook TroutSalvelinus fontinalis🏆 CT state record
Brown BullheadAmeiurus nebulosus🏆 CT state record
Brown TroutSalmo trutta🏆 CT state record
BurbotLota lota
Calico Bass (Crappie)Pomoxis nigromaculatus🏆 CT state record
Chain PickerelEsox niger🏆 CT state record
Channel CatfishIctalurus punctatus🏆 CT state record
Common CarpCyprinus carpio🏆 CT state record
Creek ChubsuckerErimyzon oblongus
Eastern MosquitofishGambusia holbrooki
FallfishSemotilus corporalis🏆 CT state record
Flathead CatfishPylodictis olivaris
Fourspine SticklebackApeltes quadracus
Gizzard ShadDorosoma cepedianum
Golden RedhorseMoxostoma erythrurum
Grass CarpCtenopharyngodon idella
Green SunfishLepomis cyanellus
HerringClupeidae
HogchokerTrinectes maculatus
Hybrid Pike (Tiger Pike)Esox lucius × Esox masquinongy
Hybrid SunfishVarious Lepomis hybrids
KillifishesFundulidae & Cyprinodontidae
Knobfin SculpinCottus immaculatus
Kokanee SalmonOncorhynchus nerka (landlocked)🏆 CT state record
Lake TroutSalvelinus namaycush🏆 CT state record
Largemouth BassMicropterus salmoides🏆 CT state record
Longnose SuckerCatostomus catostomus
Minnows & RelativesCypriniformes — multiple families
Mudminnows & SilversidesUmbridae & Atherinopsidae
MuskellungeEsox masquinongy
Ninespine SticklebackPungitius pungitius
Northern PikeEsox lucius🏆 CT state record
Orangespotted SunfishLepomis humilis
Palomino TroutOncorhynchus mykiss (golden strain)
PumpkinseedLepomis gibbosus🏆 CT state record
Rainbow SmeltOsmerus mordax
Rainbow TroutOncorhynchus mykiss🏆 CT state record
Redbreast SunfishLepomis auritus
Redfin PickerelEsox americanus americanus
Rock BassAmbloplites rupestris🏆 CT state record
Sea LampreyPetromyzon marinus
Shorthead RedhorseMoxostoma macrolepidotum
Shortnose SturgeonAcipenser brevirostrum
Slimy SculpinCottus cognatus
Smallmouth BassMicropterus dolomieu🏆 CT state record
SplakeSalvelinus namaycush × Salvelinus fontinalis
Steelhead TroutOncorhynchus mykiss (anadromous)
StonecatNoturus flavus
Striped MulletMugil cephalus
Swamp DarterEtheostoma fusiforme
Tessellated DarterEtheostoma olmstedi
Threespine SticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus
Tiger TroutSalvelinus fontinalis x Salmo trutta🏆 CT state record
WalleyeSander vitreus🏆 CT state record
WarmouthLepomis gulosus
Western MosquitofishGambusia affinis
White CatfishAmeiurus catus🏆 CT state record
White CrappiePomoxis annularis
White SuckerCatostomus commersonii🏆 CT state record
Yellow BullheadAmeiurus natalis
Yellow PerchPerca flavescens🏆 CT state record