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

Guide to the Sunfish of Texas (PDF)

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