List of fishes of Kansas

There are roughly 135 recorded species of fish in the U.S. State of Kansas. This list is an amalgamation of the works Cross & Collins books Handbook of Fishes of Kansas and Fishes in Kansas as well as Current Status of Native Fish Species in Kansas by multiple authors and the Pocket Guide of Kansas Stream Fishes by Jessica Mounts.
The following tags note species in each of those categories:

Background

Kansas is located in the Great Plains region which is characterized by mostly slow-running rivers and a near total absence of large naturally occurring lakes excluding oxbows and a few shallow salt marshes and sloughs. Since the European settlement of the area, many rivers and creeks have been dammed creating large reservoirs, largely by the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation. The biggest of these reservoirs is Milford Lake at. Kansas is home to 12 rivers basins, all of which drain into the Gulf of Mexico approximately south.