Wild About Illinois Fishes! - Fish Families
Family Petromyzontidae - Lamprey Family
Family Acipenseridae - Sturgeon Family
Family Polyodontidae - Paddlefish Family
Family Lepisosteidae - Gar Family
Family Amiidae - Bowfin Family
Family Hiodontidae - Mooneye Family
Family Anguillidae - Freshwater Eel Family
Family Clupeidae - Herring Family
Family Cyprinidae - Barb and Carp Family
Family Xenocyprididae - Sharpbelly Family
Family Leuciscidae - Minnow Family
Family Catostomidae - Sucker Family
Family Cobitidae - Loach Family (nonnative)
Family Characidae - Characin Family [nonnative]
Family Ictaluridae - Bullhead Catfish Family
Family Umbridae - Mudminnow Family
Family Osmeridae - Smelt Family (nonnative)
Family Salmonidae - Salmon Family
Family Percopsidae - Trout-Perch Family
Family Aphredoderidae - Pirate Perch Family
Family Amblyopsidae - Cavefish Family
Family Gadidae - Codfish Family
Family Fundulidae - Topminnow Family
Family Poeciliidae - Livebearer Family
Family Atherinidae - Silverside Family
Family Gasterosteidae - Stickleback Family
Family Cottidae - Sculpin Family
Family Moronidae - Temperate Bass Family
Family Centrarchidae - Sunfish Family
Family Elassomatidae - Pygmy Sunfish Family
Family Percidae - Perch Family
Family Sciaenidae - Drum Family
Family Cichlidae - Cichlid Family - nonnative
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