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Minnows and Allies

This is a catch-all category for various fishes, mostly small and silvery but some large and predatory. It includes the Pikeminnows, Western Chubs, True Minnows, Silversides, Livebearers, and Killifishes. It also includes the majestic creek chub, terror of the crick, tiger of the trickle, and velociraptor of the ... very small river.

Chubs, Fallfish, Shiners, Minnows, Cyprinids, Livebearers, Killifish, etc.

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Standard Minnows and Allies: 21
Micro Minnows and Allies: 201

Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas Listed Under: Shiner, Golden	Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus Listed Under: Chub, Creek	Fallfish Semotilus corporalis Listed Under: Fallfish
Bull Chub Nocomis raneyi Listed Under: Chub, Bull	Flathead Chub Platygobio gracilis Listed Under: Chub, Flathead	Utah Chub Gila atraria Listed Under: Chub, Utah
Tui Chub Gila Bicolor Listed Under: Chub, Tui	Northern Pikeminnow Ptychocheilus oregonensis Listed Under: Pikeminnow, Northern	Sacramento Pikeminnow Ptychocheilus grandis Listed Under: Pikeminnow, Sacramento
Colorado Pikeminnow Ptychocheilus lucius Listed Under: Pikeminnow, Colorado	Roundtail Chub Gila robusta Listed Under: Chub, Roundtail	Bonytail Chub Gila elegans Listed Under: Chub, Bonytail
Sacramento Splittail Pogonichthys macrolepidotus Listed Under: Splittail, Sacramento	Humpback Chub Gila cypha Listed Under: Chub, Humpback	Chiselmouth Acrocheilus alutaceus Listed Under: Chiselmouth
Hitch Lavinia exilicauda Listed Under: Hitch	Peamouth Mylocheilus caurinus Listed Under: Peamouth	Virgin Chub Gila seminuda Listed Under: Chub, Virgin

Micro Species

Micro species are fish that don't get big enough to be a standard-sized fish species. In general, this means they can't reach a pound in weight, or that they can only be caught by using highly specialized tiny-fish tactics. The goal of roughfish.com is to make neglected sportfish species more popular with the angling community at large. The emphasis we place on battling large and impressive specimens is essential to that goal. Micros are listed here mainly for identification purposes, although some anglers find catching them to be entertaining.

Micro

Alabama Shiner Cyprinella callistia	Altamaha Shiner Cyprinella xaenura	American Flag Fish Jordanella floridae	Apalachee Shiner Pteronotropis grandipinnis	Atlantic Silverside Menidia menidia	Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
Bandfin Shiner Luxilus zonistius	Bannerfin Shiner Cyprinella leedsi	Barred Splitfin Chapalichthys encaustus	Bayou Topminnow Fundulus pulvereus	Bigeye Chub Hybopsis amblops	Bigeye Shiner Notropis boops
Bigmouth Chub Nocomis platyrhynchus	Bigmouth Shiner Notropis dorsalis	Black-Finned Goodeid Goodea atripinnis	Blackchin Shiner Notropis heterodon	Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus	Blacknose Shiner Notropis heterolepis
Blackside Dace Chrosomus cumberlandensis	Blackspotted Topminnow Fundulus olivaceous	Blackstripe Topminnow Fundulus notatus	Blacktail Shiner Cyprinella venusta	Blacktip Shiner Lythrurus atrapiculus	Bleeding Shiner Luxilus zonatus
Blotched Chub Erimystax insignis	Blue Shiner Cyprinella caerulea	Bluefin Killifish Lucania goodei	Bluefin Stoneroller Campostoma pauciradii	Bluehead Chub Nocomis leptocephalus	Bluenose Shiner Pteronotropis welaka
Bluntface Shiner Cyprinella camura	Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus	Brassy Minnow Hybognathus hankinsoni	Brook Silverside Labidesthes sicculus	Bullhead Minnow Pimephales vigilax	Burrhead Shiner Notropis asperifons
Butterfly Splitfin Ameca splendens	California Roach Lavinia symmetricus	Cardinal Shiner Luxilus cardinalis	Caribbean Gambusia Gambusia puncticulata	Carmine Shiner Notropis percobromus	Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
Channel Shiner Notropis wickliffi	Cherryfin Shiner Lythrurus roseipinnis	Coastal Shiner Notropis petersoni	Comely Shiner Notropis amoenus	Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus	Coosa Shiner Notropis xaenocephalus
Crescent Shiner Luxilus cerasinus	Cutlips Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua	Diamond Killifish Adinia xenica	Dixie Chub Semotilus thoreauianus	Dusky Shiner Notropis cummingsae	Duskystripe Shiner Luxilus pilsbryi
Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki	Eastern Silvery Minnow Hybognathus regius	Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides	Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas	Fieryblack Shiner Cyprinella pyrrhomelas	Finescale Dace Phoxinus neogaeus
Flagfin Shiner Notropis signipinnis	Flame Chub Hemitrema flammea	Fluvial Shiner Notropis edwardraneyi	Ghost Shiner Notropis buchanani	Golden Silverside Labidesthes vanhyningi	Golden Topminnow Fundulus chrysotus
Gravel Chub Erimystax x-punctatus	Greenfin Shiner Cyprinella chloristia	Greenhead Shiner Notropis chlorocephalus	Gulf Killifish Fundulus grandis	Highback Chub Hybopsis hypsinotus	Highfin Shiner Notropis altipinnis
Highland Shiner Notropis micropteryx	Highland Stoneroller Campostoma spadiceum	Highscale Shiner Notropis hypsilepis	Hornyhead Chub Nocomis biguttatus	Inland Silverside Menidia beryllina	Ironcolor Shiner Notropis chalybaeus
Jeweled Splitfin Xenotoca variata	Kanawha Minnow Phenacobius teretulus	Lahontan Redside Richardsonius egregius	Lake Chub Couesius plumbeus	Largescale Stoneroller Campostoma oligolepsis	Least Killifish Heterandria formosa
Leopard Dace Rhinichthys falcatus	Lined Topminnow Fundulus lineolatus	Longfin Dace Agosia chryogaster	Longjaw Minnow Notropis amplamala	Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae	Longnose Shiner Notropis longirostris
Lowland Shiner Pteronotropis stonei	Marsh Killifish Fundulus confluentus	Metallic Shiner Pteronotropis metallicus	Mimic Shiner Notropis volucellus	Mirror Shiner Notropis spectrunculus	Mississippi Silvery Minnow Hybognathus nuchalis
Mountain Redbelly Dace Chrosomus oreas	Mountain Shiner Lythrurus tirus	Naked Goby Gobiosoma bosci	New River Shiner Notropis scabriceps	Northern Pearl Dace Margariscus nachtriebi	Northern Redbelly Dace Chrosomus eos
Northern Studfish Fundulus catenatus	Ocmulgee Shiner Cyprinella callisema	Orangefin Shiner Notropis ammophilus	Ozark Chub Erimystax harryi	Ozark Minnow Notropis nubilus	Pearl Dace Margariscus margarita
Picotee Splitfin Zoogoneticus quitzeoensis	Pinewoods Shiner Lythrurus matutinus	Plains Killifish Fundulus zebrinus	Plains Topminnow Fundulus sciadicus	Pretty Shiner Lythrurus bellus	Pugnose Minnow Opsopoeodus emiliae
Rainbow Shiner Notropis chrosomus	Rainbow Smelt Osmerus mordax	Rainwater Killifish Lucania Parva	Red River Pupfish Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis	Red River Shiner Notropis bairdi	Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis
Redeye Chub Notropis harperi	Redfin Shiner Lythrurus umbratilis	Redlip Shiner Notropis chiliticus	Redside Dace Clinostomus elongatus	Redside Shiner Richardsonius balteatus	Redspot Chub Nocomis asper
Redtail Chub Nocomis effusis	Ribbon Shiner Lythrurus fumeus	Riffle Minnow Phenacobius catostomus	Rio Grande Chub Gila pandora	River Chub Nocomis micropogon	River Shiner Notropis blennius
Rosefin Shiner Lythrurus ardens	Rosyface Chub Hybopsis rubrifrons	Rosyface Shiner Notropis rubellus	Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides	Rough Shiner Notropis baileyi	Rough Silverside Membras martinica
Roughhead Shiner Notropis semperasper	Russetfin Topminnow Fundulus escambiae	Saffron Shiner Notropis rubricroceus	Sailfin Molly Poecilia latipinna	Sailfin Shiner Pteronotropis hypselopterus	Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus
Sandbar Shiner Notropis scepticus	Sandhill Chub Semotilus lumbee	Santee Chub Cyprinella zanema	Satinfin Shiner Cyprinella analostana	Sawfin Shiner Notropis sp.	Scarlet Shiner Lythrurus fasciolaris
Seminole Killifish Fundulus seminolis	Sheepshead Minnow Cyprinodon variegatus	Silver Chub Macrhybopsis storeiana	Silver Shiner Notropis photogenis	Silverband Shiner Notropis shumardi	Silverjaw Minnow Notropis buccatus
Silverside Shiner Notropis candidus	Silverstripe Shiner Notropis stilbius	Skygazer Shiner Notropis uranoscopus	Slender Chub Erimystax cahni	Slim Minnow Pimephales tennelus	Smoky Dace Clinostomus sp. cf. funduloides
Southern Redbelly Dace Chrosomus erythrogaster	Southern Studfish Fundulus stellifer	Speckled Dace Rhinichthys osculus	Speckled Killifish Fundulus rathbuni	Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera	Spottail Shiner Notropis hudsonius
Stargazing Minnow Phenacobius uranops	Starhead Topminnow Fundulus dispar	Steelcolor Shiner Cyprinella whipplei	Streamline Chub Erimystax dissimilis	Striped Shiner Luxilus chrysocephalus	Suckermouth Minnow Phenacobius mirabilis
Swallowtail Shiner Notropis procne	Taillight Shiner Notropis maculatus	Telescope Shiner Notropis telescopus	Tennessee Dace Phoxinus tennesseensis	Tennessee Shiner Notropis leuciodus	Texas Shiner Notropis amabilis
Thicklip Chub Cyprinella labrosa	Tonguetied Minnow Exoglossum laurae	Topeka Shiner Notropis topeka	Tricolor Shiner Cyprinella trichroistia	Turquioise Shiner Cyprinella monacha	Variegated Platy Xiphophorus variatus
Virgin Spinedace Lepidomeda mollispinis	Waccamaw Killifish Fundulus waccamensis	Waccamaw Silverside Menidia extensa	Warpaint Shiner Luxilus coccogenis	Wedgespot Shiner Notropis greenei	Weed Shiner Notropis texanus
Western Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys obtusus	Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis	Western Starhead Topminnow Fundulus blairae	White Shiner Luxilus albeolus	Whitefin Shiner Cyprinella nivea	Whitemouth Shiner Notropis alborus
Whitetail Shiner Cyprinella galactura	Yellow Shiner Notropis calientis	Yellowfin Shiner Notropis lutipinnis