Kinds of Indiana

Scientific name -- Other names

Mollusca

Bivalvia

Corbiculidae

Corbicula fluminea -- Asian clam

Dreissenidae dreissena -- Polymorpha zebra mussel

Margaritiferidae

Cumberlandia monodonta -- Spectaclecase

Unionidae

Actinonaias ligamentina -- Mucket

Alasmidonta marginata -- Elktoe

Alasmidonta viridis -- Slippershell mussel

Amblema plicata -- Threeridge

Anodonta suborbiculata -- Flat floater

Anodontoides ferussacianus -- Cylindrical papershell

Arcidens confragosus -- Rock pocketbook

Cyclonaias tuberculata -- Purple wartyback

Cyprogenia stegaria -- Eastern Fanshell

Ellipsaria lineolata -- Butterfly

Elliptio crassidens -- Elephantear

Elliptio dilatata -- Spike

Epioblasma flexuosa -- Leafshell

Epioblasma obliquata -- Obliquata catspaw; White catspaw

Epioblasma personata -- Round combshell

Epioblasma propinqua -- Tennessee riffleshell

Epioblasma sampsonii -- Wabash riffleshell

Epioblasma torulosa -- Northern riffleshell; Tubercled blossom

Epioblasma triquetra -- Snuffbox

Fusconaia ebena -- Ebonyshell

Fusconaia flava -- Wabash pigtoe

Fusconaia subrotunda -- Long-solid

Hemistena lata -- Cracking earlymussel

Lampsilis abrupta -- Pink mucket

Lampsilis cardium -- Plain pocketbook

Lampsilis fasciola -- Wavy-rayed lampmussel

Lampsilis ovata -- Pocketbook

Lampsilis siliquoidea -- Fatmucket

Lampsilis teres -- Yellow sandshell

Lasmigona complanata -- White heelsplitter

Lasmigona compressa -- Creek heelsplitter

Lasmigona costata -- Flutedshell

Leptodea fragilis -- Fragile papershell

Leptodea leptodon -- Scaleshell

Ligumia recta -- Black sandshell

Ligumia subrostrata -- Pondmussel

Megalonaias nervosa -- Washboard

Obliquaria reflexa -- Threehorn wartyback

Obovaria olivaria -- Hickorynut

Obovaria retusa -- Ring pink

Obovaria subrotunda -- Round hickorynut

Plethobasus cicatricosus -- White wartyback

Plethobasus cooperianus -- Orange-foot pimpleback

Plethobasus cyphyus -- Sheepnose

Pleurobema clava -- Clubshell

Pleurobema cordatum -- Ohio pigtoe

Pleurobema plenum -- Rough pigtoe

Pleurobema rubrum -- Pyramid pigtoe

Pleurobema sintoxia -- Round pigtoe

Potamilus alatus -- Pink hellsplitter

Potamilus capax -- Fat pocketbook

Potamilus ohiensis -- Pink papershell

Ptychobranchus fasciolaris -- Kidneyshell

Pyganodon grandis -- Giant floater

Quadrula cylindrica -- Rabbitsfoot

Quadrula fragosa -- Winged mapleleaf

Quadrula metanevra -- Monkeyface

Quadrula nodulata -- Wartyback

Quadrula pustulosa -- Pustulosa pimpleback

Quadrula quadrula -- Mapleleaf

Simpsonaias ambigua -- Salamander mussel

Strophitus undulatus -- Creeper

Toxolasma lividus -- Purple lilliput

Toxolasma parvus -- Lilliput

Toxolasma texasiensis -- Texas lilliput

Tritogonia verrucosa -- Pistolgrip

Truncilla donaciformis -- Fawnsfoot

Truncilla truncata -- Deertoe

Uniomerus tetralasmus -- Pondhorn

Utterbackia imbecillis -- Paper pondshell

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis -- Ellipse

Villosa fabalis -- Rayed bean

Villosa iris -- Rainbow

Villosa lienosa -- Little spectaclecase

Gastropoda

Viviparidae

Campeloma decisum -- Pointed campeloma

Lymnaeidae

Lymnaea stagnalis -- Swamp lymnaea

Vertebrata

Amphibia

Anura

Ranidae

Rana areolata -- Crawfish frog

Rana blairi -- Plains leopard frog

Rana pipiens -- Northern leopard frog

Scaphiopodidae

Scaphiopus holbrookii -- Eastern spadefoot

Caudata

Ambystomatidae

Ambystoma laterale -- Blue-spotted salamander

Cryptobranchidae

Cryptobranchus alleganiensis -- Hellbender

Plethodontidae

Aneides aeneus -- Green salamander

Hemidactylium scutatum -- Four-toed salamander

Pseudotriton ruber -- Red salamander

Proteidae

Necturus maculosus -- Common Mudpuppy

Aves

Accipitridae

Accipiter striatus -- Sharp-shinned hawk

Buteo lineatus -- Red-shouldered hawk

Buteo platypterus -- Broad-winged hawk

Circus cyaneus -- Northern harrier

Haliaeetus leucocephalus -- Bald eagle

Ictinia mississippiensis -- Mississippi kite

Pandion haliaetus -- Osprey

Anatidae

Cygnus buccinator -- Trumpeter swan

Ardeidae

Ardea alba -- Great egret

Botaurus lentiginosus -- American bittern

Ixobrychus exilis -- Least bittern

Nyctanassa violacea -- Yellow-crowned night-heron

Nycticorax nycticorax -- Black-crowned night-heron

Caprimulgidae

Caprimulgus vociferus -- Whip-poor-will

Chordeiles minor -- Common nighthawk

Certhiidae

Cistothorus palustris -- Marsh wren

Cistothorus platensis -- Sedge wren

Charadriidae

Charadrius melodus -- Piping plover

Falconidae

Falco peregrinus -- Peregrine falcon

Fringillidae

Ammodramus henslowii -- Henslows sparrow

Helmitheros vermivorum -- Worm-eating Warbler; Helmitheros vermivorus

Mniotilta varia -- Black-and-white warbler

Setophaga cerulea -- Cerulean warbler

Setophaga citrina -- Hooded warbler

Setophaga kirtlandii -- Kirtlands warbler

Sturnella neglecta -- Western meadowlark

Vermivora chrysoptera -- Golden-winged warbler

Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus -- Yellow-headed blackbird

Gruidae

Grus americana -- Whooping crane

Grus canadensis -- Sandhill crane

Laniidae

Lanius ludovicianus -- Loggerhead shrike

Laridae

Chlidonias niger -- Black tern

Sterna antillarum -- Least tern

Rallidae

Gallinula chloropus -- Common Moorhen

Laterallus jamaicensis -- Black rail

Rallus elegans -- King rail

Rallus limicola -- Virginia rail

Scolopacidae

Bartramia longicauda -- Upland sandpiper

Strigidae

Asio flammeus -- Short-eared owl

Tytonidae

Tyto alba -- Barn owl

Fish

Acipenseridae

Acipenser fulvescens -- Lake sturgeon

Scaphirhynchus platorynchus -- Shovelnose sturgeon

Amblyopsidae

Amblyopsis spelaea -- Northern cavefish

Typhlichthys subterraneus -- Southern cavefish

Amiidae

Amia calva -- Bowfin

Anguillidae

Anguilla rostrata -- American eel

Aphredoderidae

Aphredoderus sayanus -- Pirate perch

Atherinopsidae

Labidesthes sicculus -- Brook silverside

Menidia beryllina -- Inland silverside

Catostomidae

Carpiodes carpio -- River carpsucker

Carpiodes velifer -- Highfin carpsucker

Catostomus catostomus -- Longnose sucker

Catostomus commersonii -- White sucker

Cycleptus elongatus -- Blue sucker

Erimyzon oblongus -- Creek chubsucker

Erimyzon sucetta -- Lake chubsucker

Hypentelium nigricans -- Northern hog sucker

Ictiobus bubalus -- Smallmouth buffalo

Ictiobus cyprinellus -- Bigmouth buffalo

Ictiobus niger -- Black buffalo

Minytrema melanops -- Spotted sucker

Moxostoma anisurum -- Silver redhorse

Moxostoma breviceps -- Smallmouth redhorse

Moxostoma carinatum -- River redhorse

Moxostoma duquesnii -- Black redhorse

Moxostoma erythrurum -- Golden redhorse

Moxostoma lacerum -- Harelip sucker

Moxostoma macrolepidotum -- Shorthead redhorse

Moxostoma valenciennesi -- Greater redhorse

Centrarchidae

Ambloplites rupestris -- Rock bass

Centrarchus macropterus -- Flier

Lepomis cyanellus -- Green sunfish

Lepomis gibbosus -- Pumpkinseed

Lepomis gulosus -- Warmouth

Lepomis humilis -- Orangespotted sunfish

Lepomis macrochirus -- Bluegill

Lepomis megalotis -- Longear sunfish

Lepomis microlophus -- Redear sunfish

Lepomis miniatus -- Redspotted sunfish

Lepomis symmetricus -- Bantam sunfish

Micropterus dolomieu -- Smallmouth bass

Micropterus punctulatus -- Spotted bass

Micropterus salmoides -- Largemouth bass

Pomoxis annularis -- White crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus -- Black crappie

Clupeidae

Alosa alabamae -- Alabama shad

Alosa chrysochloris -- Skipjack herring

Alosa pseudoharengus -- Alewife

Dorosoma cepedianum -- Gizzard shad

Dorosoma petenense -- Threadfin shad

Cobitidae

Misgurnus anguillicaudatus -- Oriental weatherfish

Cottidae

Cottus bairdii -- Mottled sculpin

Cottus carolinae -- Banded sculpin

Cottus cognatus -- Slimy sculpin

Myoxocephalus thompsonii -- Deepwater sculpin

Cyprinidae

Campostoma anomalum -- Central stoneroller

Campostoma oligolepis -- Largescale stoneroller

Carassius auratus -- Goldfish

Clinostomus elongatus -- Redside dace

Couesius plumbeus -- Lake chub

Ctenopharyngodon idella -- Grass carp

Cyprinella lutrensis -- Red shiner

Cyprinella spiloptera -- Spotfin shiner

Cyprinella whipplei -- Steelcolor shiner

Cyprinus carpio -- Common carp

Erimystax dissimilis -- Streamline chub

Erimystax x-punctatus -- Gravel chub

Hybognathus hayi -- Cypress minnow

Hybognathus nuchalis -- Mississippi silvery minnow

Hybopsis amblops -- Bigeye chub

Hybopsis amnis -- Pallid shiner

Hybopsis dorsalis -- Bigmouth shiner

Hypophthalmichthys molitrix -- Silver carp

Hypophthalmichthys nobilis -- Bighead carp

Luxilus chrysocephalus -- Striped shiner

Luxilus cornutus -- Common shiner

Lythrurus fasciolaris -- Scarlet shiner

Lythrurus fumeus -- Ribbon shiner

Lythrurus umbratilis -- Redfin shiner

Macrhybopsis hyostoma -- Shoal chub

Macrhybopsis storeriana -- Silver chub

Nocomis biguttatus -- Hornyhead chub

Nocomis micropogon -- River chub

Notemigonus crysoleucas -- Golden shiner

Notropis anogenus -- Pugnose shiner

Notropis ariommus -- Popeye shiner

Notropis atherinoides -- Emerald shiner

Notropis blennius -- River shiner

Notropis boops -- Bigeye shiner

Notropis buccatus -- Silverjaw minnow

Notropis buchanani -- Ghost shiner

Notropis chalybaeus -- Ironcolor shiner

Notropis heterodon -- Blackchin shiner

Notropis heterolepis -- Blacknose shiner

Notropis hudsonius -- Spottail shiner

Notropis photogenis -- Silver shiner

Notropis rubellus -- Rosyface shiner

Notropis shumardi -- Silverband shiner

Notropis stramineus -- Sand shiner

Notropis texanus -- Weed shiner

Notropis volucellus -- Mimic shiner

Notropis wickliffi -- Channel shiner

Opsopoeodus emiliae -- Pugnose minnow

Phenacobius mirabilis -- Suckermouth minnow

Phoxinus erythrogaster -- Southern redbelly dace

Pimephales notatus -- Bluntnose minnow

Pimephales promelas -- Fathead minnow

Pimephales vigilax -- Bullhead minnow

Rhinichthys cataractae -- Longnose dace

Rhinichthys obtusus -- Western blacknose dace

Scardinius erythrophthalmus -- Rudd

Semotilus atromaculatus -- Creek chub

Elassomatidae

Elassoma zonatum -- Bantam pygmy sunfish

Esocidae

Esox americanus vermiculatus -- Grass pickerel

Esox lucius -- Northern pike

Esox masquinongy -- Muskellunge; Ohio river muskellunge

Fundulidae

Fundulus catenatus -- Northern studfish

Fundulus diaphanus -- Banded killifish

Fundulus dispar -- Northern starhead topminnow

Fundulus notatus -- Blackstripe topminnow

Fundulus olivaceus -- Blackspotted topminnow

Gadidae

Lota lota (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Burbot

Gasterosteidae

Culaea inconstans -- Brook stickleback

Gasterosteus aculeatus -- Threespine stickleback

Pungitius pungitius -- Ninespine stickleback

Gobiidae

Neogobius melanostomus -- Round goby

Hiodontidae

Hiodon alosoides -- Goldeye

Hiodon tergisus -- Mooneye

Ictaluridae

Ameiurus catus -- White catfish

Ameiurus melas -- Black bullhead

Ameiurus natalis -- Yellow bullhead

Ameiurus nebulosus -- Brown bullhead

Ictalurus furcatus -- Blue catfish

Ictalurus punctatus -- Channel catfish

Noturus eleutherus -- Mountain madtom

Noturus flavus -- Stonecat

Noturus gyrinus -- Tadpole madtom

Noturus miurus -- Brindled madtom

Noturus nocturnus -- Freckled madtom

Noturus stigmosus -- Northern madtom

Pylodictis olivaris -- Flathead catfish

Lepisosteidae

Atractosteus spatula -- Alligator gar

Lepisosteus oculatus -- Spotted gar

Lepisosteus osseus -- Longnosegar

Lepisosteus platostomus -- Shortnose gar

Moronidae

Morone chrysops -- White bass

Morone mississippiensis -- Yellow bass

Morone saxatilis -- Striped bass

Moronidae americana -- White perch

Mugilidae

Mugil cephalus -- Striped mullet

Osmeridae

Osmerus mordax -- Rainbow smelt

Percidae

Ammocrypta clara -- Western sand darter

Ammocrypta pellucida -- Eastern sand darter

Crystallaria asprella -- Crystal darter

Etheostoma asprigene -- Mud darter

Etheostoma blennioides -- Greenside darter

Etheostoma caeruleum -- Rainbow darter

Etheostoma camurum -- Bluebreast darter

Etheostoma chlorosomum -- Bluntnose darter

Etheostoma exile -- Iowa darter

Etheostoma flabellare -- Fantail darter

Etheostoma gracile -- Slough darter

Etheostoma histrio -- Harlequin darter

Etheostoma maculatum -- Spotted darter

Etheostoma microperca -- Least darter

Etheostoma nigrum -- Johnny darter

Etheostoma proeliare -- Cypress darter

Etheostoma spectabile -- Orangethroat darter

Etheostoma squamiceps -- Spottail darter

Etheostoma tippecanoe -- Tippecanoe darter

Etheostoma variatum -- Variegate darter

Etheostoma zonale -- Banded darter

Perca flavescens -- Yellow perch

Percina caprodes -- Logperch

Percina copelandi -- Channel darter

Percina maculata -- Blackside darter

Percina phoxocephala -- Slenderhead darter

Percina sciera -- Dusky darter

Percina shumardi -- River darter

Percina uranidea -- Stargazing darter

Percina vigil -- Saddleback darter

Percinc evides -- Gilt darter

Sander canadensis -- Sauger

Sander vitreus -- Walleye

Percopsidae

Percopsis omiscomaycus -- Trout-perch

Petromyzontidae

Ichthyomyzon bdellium -- Ohio lamprey

Ichthyomyzon castaneus -- Chestnut lamprey

Ichthyomyzon fossor -- Northern brook lamprey

Ichthyomyzon unicuspis -- Silver lamprey

Lampetra aepyptera -- Least brook lamprey

Lampetra appendix -- American brook lamprey

Petromyzon marinus -- Sea lamprey

Poeciliidae

Gambusia affinis -- Western mosquitofish

Polyodontidae

Polyodon spathula -- Paddlefish

Salmonidae

Coregonus artedi -- Cisco

Coregonus clupeaformis -- Lake whitefish

Coregonus hoyi -- Bloater

Coregonus kiyi -- Kiyi

Coregonus nigripinnis -- Blackfin cisco

Coregonus reighardi -- Shortnose cisco

Coregonus zenithicus -- Shortjaw cisco

Oncorhynchus kisutch -- Coho salmon

Oncorhynchus mykiss -- Rainbow trout

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha -- Chinook salmon

Salmo salar -- Atlantic salmon

Salmo trutta -- Brown trout

Salvelinus fontinalis -- Brook trout

Salvelinus namaycush (Walbaum, 1792) -- Lake trout

Sciaenidae

Aplodinotus grunniens -- Freshwater drum

Umbridae

Umbra limi -- Central mudminnow

Mammalia

Canidae

Canis latrans -- Coyote

Urocyon cinereoargenteus -- Gray fox

Vulpes vulpes -- Red fox

Castoridae

Castor canadensis -- Beaver

Cervidae

Odocoileus virginianus -- White-tailed deer

Didelphidae

Didelphis virginiana -- Opossum

Dipodidae

Zapus hudsonius -- Meadow jumping mouse

Felidae

Lynx rufus -- Bobcat

Geomyidae

Geomys bursarius -- Plains pocket gopher

Leporidae

Sylvilagus aquaticus -- Swamp rabbit

Sylvilagus floridanus -- Cottontail rabbit

Mephitidae

Mephitis mephitis (Schreber, 1776) -- Striped skunk

Muridae

Microtus ochrogaster -- Prairie vole

Microtus pennsylvanicus -- Meadow vole

Microtus pinetorum -- Woodland vole

Mus musculus -- House mouse

Neotoma magister -- Allegheny woodrat

Ondatra zibethicus -- Muskrat

Peromyscus leucopus -- White-footed mouse

Peromyscus maniculatus -- Deer mouse

Rattus norvegicus -- Norway rat

Reithrodontomys megalotis -- Western harvest mouse

Synaptomys cooperi -- Southern bog lemming

Mustelidae

Lontra canadensis -- River otter

Mustela frenata -- Long-tailed weasel

Mustela nivalis -- Least weasel

Mustela vison -- Mink

Taxidea taxus -- Badger

Procyonidae

Procyon lotor -- Raccoon

Sciuridae

Glaucomys volans -- Southern flying squirrel

Marmota monax -- Woodchuck

Sciurus carolinensis -- Gray squirrel

Sciurus niger -- Fox squirrel

Spermophilus franklinii -- Franklins ground squirrel

Spermophilus tridecemlineatus -- Thirteen-lined ground squirrel

Tamias striatus -- Eastern chipmunk

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus -- Red squirrel

Soricidae

Blarina brevicauda -- Short-tailed shrew

Cryptotis parva -- Least shrew

Sorex cinereus -- Masked shrew

Sorex fumeus -- Smoky shrew

Sorex hoyi -- Pygmy shrew

Sorex longirostris -- Southeastern shrew

Talpidae

Condylura cristata -- Star-nosed mole

Scalopus aquaticus -- Eastern mole

Vespertilionidae

Corynorhinus rafinesquii -- Rafinesques big-eared bat

Eptesicus fuscus -- Big brown bat

Lasionycteris noctivagans -- Silver-haired bat

Lasiurus borealis -- Eastern red bat

Lasiurus cinereus -- Hoary bat

Myotis austroriparius -- Southeastern myotis

Myotis grisescens -- Gray myotis

Myotis lucifugus -- Little brown myotis

Myotis septentrionalis -- Northern myotis

Myotis sodalis -- Indiana myotis

Nycticeius humeralis -- Evening bat

Pipistrellus subflavus -- Eastern pipistre

Reptilia

Serpentes

Colubridae

Cemophora coccinea -- Scarlet snake

Clonophis kirtlandii -- Kirtlands snake

Farancia abacura -- Western mud snake

Nerodia erythrogaster -- Copperbelly water snake

Opheodrys aestivus -- Rough green snake

Opheodrys vernalis -- Smooth green snake

Tantilla coronata -- Southeastern crowned snake

Thamnophis butleri -- Butlers garter snake

Thamnophis proximus -- Western ribbon snake

Viperidae

Agkistrodon piscivorus -- Cottonmouth

Crotalus horridus -- Timber rattlesnake

Sistrurus catenatus -- Massasauga

Testudines

Chelydridae

Macrochelys temminckii -- Alligator snapping turtle

Emydidae

Chrysemys concinna -- Hieroglyphic river cooter

Clemmys guttata -- Spotted turtle

Emydoidea blandingii -- Blandings turtle

Terrapene ornata -- Ornate box turtle

Kinosternidae

Kinosternon subrubrum -- Eastern mud turtle

Updated: 2012-11-09 19:42:38

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