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Additional Information

Freshwater Fishes of Texas by Earl Chilton II, Ph.D. provides illustrated accounts of 46 species. A companion poster is also available. Download order form (PDF 300.2 KB)
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Freshwater Fishes Found in Texas

Black Basses

Largemouth bass
Smallmouth bass
Spotted bass
Guadalupe bass

Bass Comparison and Identification

Temperate Basses

White bass
Yellow bass
Striped bass
Hybrid striped bass

Bass Comparison and Identification

Catfish and Bullheads

Blue catfish
Channel catfish
Flathead catfish
Black bullhead
Yellow bullhead

Catfish Comparison and Identification

Crappie

Black crappie
White crappie

Sunfishes

Bluegill
Green sunfish
Longear sunfish
Redbreast sunfish
Redear sunfish
Warmouth

Carp and Minnows

Common carp
Grass carp
Texas shiner
Golden shiner
Blacktail shiner
Red shiner
Fathead minnow

Gar

Alligator gar
Longnose gar
Shortnose gar
Spotted gar

Suckers

Bigmouth buffalo
Black buffalo
Smallmouth buffalo

Other Fishes

American eel
Bowfin
Chain pickerel
Freshwater drum
Red drum
Paddlefish
Rainbow trout
Rio Grande cichlid
Gizzard shad
Threadfin shad
Walleye

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