| Family | Genus Species | Common Name |
| Petromyzontidae | Ichthyomyzon castaneus (Girard) | Chestnut lamprey |
| Polyodontidae | Polyodon spathula (Walbaum) | Paddlefish |
| Lepisosteidae | Lepisosteus oculatus (Winchell) | Spotted gar |
| Clupeidae | Alosa chrysochloris (Rafinesque) | Skipjack herring |
| Clupeidae | Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur) | Gizzard shad |
| Clupeidae | D. petenense (Gunther) | Threadfin shad |
| Hiodontidae | Hiodon tergisus (Lesueur) | Mooneye |
| Esocidae | Esoxlucius (Lesueur) | Northern pike |
| Cyprinidae | Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque) | Stoneroller |
| Cyprinidae | Carassius auratus (Linnaeus) | Goldfish |
| Cyprinidae | Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes) | Grass carp |
| Cyprinidae | Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus) | Carp |
| Cyprinidae | Notemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill) | Golden shiner |
| Cyprinidae | Notropis ardens (Cope) | Rosefin shiner |
| Cyprinidae | N. atherinoides (Rafinesque) | Emerald shiner |
| Cyprinidae | N. chrysocephalus (Rafinesque) | Striped shiner |
| Cyprinidae | N. spilopterus (Cope) | Spotfin shiner |
| Cyprinidae | Phoxinus oreas (Cope) | Mountain redbelly dace |
| Cyprinidae | Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque) | Bluntnose minnow |
| Cyprinidae | P. promelas (Rafinesque) | Fathead minnow |
| Cyprinidae | Rhinichthys atratulus (Herman) | Blacknose dace |
| Cyprinidae | Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill) | Creek chub |
| Catostomidae | Carpiodes carpio (Rafinesque) | River carpsucker |
| Catostomidae | C. cyprinus (Lesueur) | Quillback |
| Catostomidae | Catostomus commersoni (Lacepede) | White sucker |
| Catostomidae | Hypentelium nigricans (Lesueur) | Northern hog sucker |
| Catostomidae | Ictiobus bubalus (Rafinesque) | Smallmouth buffalo |
| Catostomidae | I. niger (Rafinesque) | Black buffalo |
| Catostomidae | Minytrema melanops (Rafinesque) | Spotted sucker |
| Catostomidae | Moxostoma anisurum (Rafinesque) | Silver redhorse |
| Catostomidae | M. duquesnei (Lesueur) | Black redhorse |
| Catostomidae | M. erythrurum (Rafinesque) | Golden redhorse |
| Ictaluridae | Ictalurus furcatus (Lesueur) | Blue catfish |
| Ictaluridae | I. melas (Rafinesque) | Black bullhead |
| Ictaluridae | I. natalis (Lesueur) | Yellow bullhead |
| Ictaluridae | I. punctatus (Rafinesque) | Channel catfish |
| Ictaluridae | Pylodictis olivaris (Rafinesque) | Flathead catfish |
| Poeciliidae | Gambusia affinis (Baird and Girard) | Mosquitofish |
| Atherinidae | Labidesthes sicculus (Cope) | Brook silverside |
| Gasterosteidae | Culaea inconstans (Kirtland) | Brook stickleback |
| Percichthyidae | Morone chrysops (Rafinesque) | White bass |
| Percichthyidae | M. mississippiensis (Jordan and Eigenmann) | Yellow bass |
| Percichthyidae | M. saxatilis (Walbaum) | Striped bass |
| Centrarchidae | Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque) | Rock bass |
| Centrarchidae | Lepomis auritus (Linneaus) | Redbreast sunfish |
| Centrarchidae | L. cyanellus (Rafinesque) | Green sunfish |
| Centrarchidae | L. gulosus (Cuvier) | Warmouth |
| Centrarchidae | L. macrochirus (Rafinesque) | Bluegill |
| Centrarchidae | L. megalotis (Rafinesque) | Longear sunfish |
| Centrarchidae | L. microlophus (Gunther) | Redear sunfish |
| Centrarchidae | Micropterus dolomieui (Lacepede) | Smallmouth bass |
| Centrarchidae | M. punctulatus (Rafinesque) | Spotted bass |
| Centrarchidae | M. salmoides (Lacepede) | Largemouth bass |
| Centrarchidae | Pomoxis annularis (Rafinesque) | White crappie |
| Percidae | Etheostoma blennioides (Rafinesque) | Greenside darter |
| Percidae | E. duryi (Henshall) | Blackside snubnose darter |
| Percidae | E. kennicotti (Putnam) | Stripetail darter |
| Percidae | E. simoterum (Cope) | Tennessee snubnose darter |
| Percidae | Perca flavescens (Mitchill) | Yellow perch |
| Percidae | Percina caprodes (Rafinesque) | Logperch |
| Percidae | Stizostedion canadense (Smith) | Sauger |
| Sciaenidae | Aplodinotus grunniens (Rafinesque) | Freshwater drum |
| Cottidae | Cottus carolinae (Gill) | Banded sculpin |
"A Checklist of Fishes on the Department of Energy Oak Ridge Reservation" by Michael G. Ryon and James M. Loar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, published by the Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science, Vol. 63, Number 4, October 1988 with updates by M.G. Ryon, March 2000. |