List of fishes of Tennessee
The U.S. state of Tennessee has a uniquely diverse array of fresh-water fish species, owing to its large network of rivers and creeks, with major waterways in the state including the Mississippi River which forms its western border, the Tennessee River, the Cumberland River, and the Duck River.
Tennessee has more than 300 species of fishes.
[1] The following tags note species in each of those categories: Family Petromyzontidae (Northern lampreys) Family Acipenseridae (Sturgeons) Family Polyodontidae (Paddlefish) Family Lepisosteidae (Gars) Family Amiidae (Bowfins) Family Hiodontidae (Mooneyes) Family Anguillidae (Freshwater eels) Family Alosidae (Shads & sardines) Family Dorosomatidae (Thread herrings & gizzard shads) Family Catostomidae (Suckers) Family Cyprinidae (cyprinids) Family Leuciscidae (True minnows) Family Xenocyprididae (xenocyprins) Family Ictaluridae (North American freshwater catfishes) Family Esocidae (Pikes) Family Umbridae (Mudminnows) Family Salmonidae (Salmons, trouts, and whitefishes) Family Amblyopsidae (Cavefishes) Family Aphredoderidae (Pirate perches) Family Percopsidae (Trout-perches) Family Fundulidae (Topminnows) Family Atherinopsidae (Neotropical silversides) Family Cottidae (Sculpins) Family Moronidae (Temperate basses) Family Centrarchidae (Sunfishes) Family Percidae (perch & darters) Family Sciaenidae (drums)
