List of Extinct North American Fishes

Extinct freshwater fishes of North America; common names of undescribed taxa are withinquotation marks; sp. = undescribed species; ssp. = undescribed subspecies; pop = extirpatedunique population (similar to IUCN’s Regionally Extinct category); X-Year = estimated year ofextinction; ‡ = 35 extinct fishes from Miller et al. (1989); * = 25 taxa added to the list by Jelks etal. (2008); nomenclature updated in 2013.Family, Scientific Name Common Name X-YearCyprinidaeMinnow FamilyCyprinella lutrensis blairi‡ Maravillas Red Shiner 1960Evarra bustamantei‡ Mexican Chub 1983Evarra eigenmanni‡ Plateau Chub 1983Evarra tlahuacensis‡ Endorheic Chub 1983Gila crassicauda‡ Thicktail Chub 1957Gila sp.* "carpa delgada de Parras" 1968Lepidomeda altivelis‡ Pahranagat Spinedace 1940Notropis aulidion‡ Durango Shiner 1965Notropis orca‡ Phantom Shiner 1975Notropis saladonis* Salado Shiner 1992Notropis s. simus‡ Rio Grande Bluntnose Shiner 1964Pogonichthys ciscoides‡ Clear Lake Splittail 1970Rhinichthys cataractae smithi‡ Banff Longnose Dace 1982Rhinichthys deaconi‡ Las Vegas Dace 1955Rhinichthys osculus reliquus‡ Grass Valley speckled Dace 1950Siphateles bicolor ssp.* "High Rock Springs Tui Chub " 1989Stypodon signifer‡ Stumptooth Minnow 1930CatostomidaeSucker FamilyChasmistes l. liorus‡ June Sucker 1935Chasmistes muriei‡ Snake River Sucker 1928Moxostoma lacerum‡ Harelip Sucker 19101

IctaluridaeNorth American Catfish FamilyNoturus trautmani* Scioto Madtom 1957SalmonidaeTrouts and Salmon FamilyCoregonus johannae‡ Deepwater Cisco 1955Coregonus kiyi orientalis‡ Lake Ontario Kiyi 1967Coregonus n. nigripinnis‡ Blackfin Cisco 1969Coregonus r. reighardi* Shortnose Cisco 1985Oncorhynchus clarkii alvordensis‡ Alvord Cutthroat Trout 1940Oncorhynchus clarkii macdonaldi‡ Yellowfin Cutthroat Trout 1910Salmo salar* Atlantic Salmon, Lake Ontario pop 1898Salvelinus fontinalis agassizii‡ Silver Trout 1930Thymallus arcticus* Arctic Grayling, Great Lakes pop 1935AtherinopsidaeNew World Silverside FamilyAtherinella callida* Cunning Silverside 1957Chirostoma bartoni* Alberca Silverside 2006Chirostoma charari* Least Silverside 1957GoodeidaeGoodeid FamilyCharacodon garmani‡ Parras Characodon 1900Empetrichthys latos concavus‡ Raycraft Ranch Poolfish 1960Empetrichthys latos pahrump‡ Pahrump Ranch Poolfish 1958Empetrichthys merriami‡ Ash Meadows Poolfish 1953Girardinichthys turneri* Highland Splitfin 1990Skiffia francesae* Golden Skiffia 1978FundulidaeTopminnow FamilyFundulus albolineatus‡ Whiteline Topminnow 1900CyprinodontidaePupfish FamilyCyprinodon alvarezi* Potosí Pupfish 1994Cyprinodon arcuatus‡ Santa Cruz Pupfish 1971Cyprinodon ceciliae* La Presita Pupfish 1991Cyprinodon inmemoriam* La Trinidad Pupfish 1986Cyprinodon latifasciatus‡ Parras Pupfish 19302

Cyprinodon longidorsalis* Charco Palma Pupfish 1994Cyprinodon nevadensis calidae‡ Tecopa Pupfish 1971Cyprinodon veronicae* Charco Azul Pupfish 1997Megupsilon aporus* Catarina Pupfish 1994PoeciliidaeLivebearer FamilyGambusia amistadensis‡ Amistad Gambusia 1973Gambusia georgei‡ San Marcos Gambusia 1983Priapella bonita* Graceful Priapella 1906GasterosteidaeStickleback FamilyGasterosteus sp. cf aculeatus* "benthic Hadley Lake stickleback" 1999Gasterosteus sp. cf aculeatus* "limnetic Hadley Lake stickleback" 1999CottidaeSculpin FamilyCottus echinatus‡ Utah Lake Sculpin 1928MoronidaeTemperate Bass FamilyMorone saxatilis* Striped Bass, St. Lawrence Estuary pop 1968PercidaePerch FamilyEtheostoma sellare* Maryland Darter 1988Sander vitreus glaucus‡ Blue Pike 1970CichlidaeCichlid FamilyCichlasoma urophthalmus conchitae* mojarra del cenote Conchita 1975Cichlasoma urophthalmus ericymba* mojarra de Sambulá 19753