This is a list of Massachusetts fish species in greatest need of conservation as identified in MassWildlife's 2025 State Wildlife Action Plan. Click on the fish species below to learn more.
Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)
American brook lamprey (Lethenteron appendix)
American eel (Anguilla rostrata)
American shad (Alosa sapidissima)
Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus)
Banded sunfish (Enneacanthus obesus)
Blacknose dace (Rhinichthys atratulus)
Blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis)
Bridle shiner (Notropis bifrenatus)
Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
Burbot (Lota lota)
Common shiner (Luxilus cornutus)
Creek chub (Semotilus atromaculatus)
Creek chubsucker (Erimyzon oblongus)
Eastern silvery minnow (Hybognathus regius)
Fallfish (Semotilus corporalis)
Lake chub (Couesius plumbeus)
Longnose dace (Rhinichthys cataractae)
Longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus)
Northern redbelly dace (Chrosomus eos)
Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)
Shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)
Slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus)
Swamp darter (Etheostoma fusiforme)
Tessellated darter (Etheostoma olmstedi)
White perch (Morone americana)
White sucker (Catostomus commersoni)