Fish
There are 35 species and subspecies of threatened fish in Michigan. Of these, eight are species of special concern, nine are threatened and another nine are listed as endangered. An additional nine species that previously had populations in Michigan are now considered extinct in that state. None of the federally listed species of threatened fish have populations in Michigan.
| Species | Common name | State status |
|---|---|---|
| Acipenser fulvescens | Lake sturgeon | Threatened |
| Ammocrypta pellucida | Eastern sand darter | Threatened |
| Clinostomus elongatus | Redside dace | Endangered |
| Coregonus artedi | Lake herring | Threatened |
| Coregonus hubbsi | Ives lake cisco | Threatened |
| Coregonus johannae | Deepwater cisco | Extinct |
| Coregonus kiyi | Kiyi | Special Concern |
| Coregonus nigripinnis | Blackfin cisco | Extinct |
| Coregonus reighardi | Shortnose cisco | Extinct |
| Coregonus zenithicus | Shortjaw cisco | Threatened |
| Coregonus zenithicus bartletti | Siskiwit lake cisco | Threatened |
| Cottus ricei | Spoonhead sculpin | Special Concern |
| Erimyzon oblongus | Creek chubsucker | Endangered |
| Etheostoma spectabile | Orangethroat darter | Special Concern |
| Fundulus dispar | Starhead topminnow | Special Concern |
| Hiodon tergisus | Mooneye | Threatened |
| Hybopsis amblops | Bigeye chub | Extinct |
| Lepisosteus oculatus | Spotted gar | Special Concern |
| Macrhybopsis storeriana | Silver chub | Special Concern |
| Moxostoma carinatum | River redhorse | Threatened |
| Notropis anogenus | Pugnose shiner | Endangered |
| Notropis chalybaeus | Ironcolor shiner | Extinct |
| Notropis dorsalis | Bigmouth shiner | Special Concern |
| Noturus miurus | Brindled madtom | Special Concern |
| Notropis photogenis | Silver shiner | Endangered |
| Notropis texanus | Weed shiner | Extinct |
| Noturus stigmosus | Northern madtom | Endangered |
| Opsopoeodus emiliae | Pugnose minnow | Endangered |
| Percina copelandi | Channel darter | Endangered |
| Percina shumardi | River darter | Endangered |
| Phoxinus erythrogaster | Southern redbelly dace | Endangered |
| Polyodon spathula | Paddlefish | Extinct |
| Sander canadensis | Sauger | Threatened |
| Sander vitreus glaucus | Bluepike | Extinct |
| Thymallus arcticus | Arctic grayling | Extinct |
Read more about this topic: List Of Threatened Fauna Of Michigan
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