Species described (26):
- Catostomus clarkii Baird & Girard, 1854 (Catostomus), valid
- Catostomus insignis Baird & Girard, 1854 (Catostomus), valid
- Catostomus plebeius Baird & Girard, 1854 (Catostomus), valid
- Cochlognathus ornatus Baird & Girard, 1854, synonym
- Leuciscus lutrensis Baird & Girard, 1853 (Cyprinella), valid
- Cyprinodon gibbosus Baird & Girard, 1853, synonym
- Cyprinodon macularius Baird & Girard, 1853 (Cyprinodon), valid
- Eucinostomus argenteus Baird & Girard, 1855 (Eucinostomus), valid
- Fundulus grandis Baird & Girard, 1853 (Fundulus), valid
- Hydrargyra similis Baird & Girard, 1853 (Fundulus), valid
- Heterandria affinis Baird & Girard, 1853 (Gambusia), valid
- Gambusia patruelis Baird & Girard, 1853, synonym
- Gila elegans Baird & Girard, 1853 (Gila), valid
- Gila emoryi Baird & Girard, 1853, synonym
- Gila gibbosa Baird & Girard, 1854, synonym
- Gila gracilis Baird & Girard, 1853, synonym
- Gila grahamii Baird & Girard, 1853, synonym
- Gila pulchella Baird & Girard, 1854, synonym
- Gila robusta Baird & Girard, 1853 (Gila), valid
- Herichthys cyanoguttatus Baird & Girard, 1854 (Herichthys), valid
- Leuciscus bubalinus Baird & Girard, 1853, synonym
- Cyprinodon parvus Baird & Girard, 1855 (Lucania), valid
- Catostomus congestus Baird & Girard, 1854 (Moxostoma), valid
- Ceraticthys vigilax Baird & Girard, 1853 (Pimephales), valid
- Heterandia occidentalis Baird & Girard, 1853 (Poeciliopsis), valid
- Pomotis lugulus Baird & Girard, 1853, synonym
Genera described (4):
- Astyanax Baird & Girard, 1854, valid
- Eucinostomus Baird & Girard, 1855, valid
- Gila Baird & Girard, 1853, valid
- Herichthys Baird & Girard, 1854, valid
Publications (6):
- Baird, Spencer F. & C.F. Girard. 1853. "Descriptions of new species of fishes collected by Mr. John H. Clark, on the U. S. and Mexican Boundary Survey, under Lt. Col. Jas. D. Graham". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 6:387-390 (ffm04562)
- Baird, Spencer F. & C.F. Girard. 1853. "Descriptions of new species of fishes, collected by captains R. B. Marcy, and Geo. B. M'Clellan, in Arkansas". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 6:390-392 (ffm00109)
- Baird, Spencer F. & C.F. Girard. 1853. "Descriptions of some new fishes from the River Zuni". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 6:368-369 (ffm00128)
- Baird, Spencer F. & C.F. Girard. 1854. "Descriptions of new species of fishes collected in Texas, New Mexico and Sonora, by Mr. John H. Clark, on the U. S. and Mexican Boundary Survey, and in Texas by Capt. Stewart Van Vliet, U. S. A". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. (7):24-29 (ffm00256)
- Baird, Spencer F. & C.F. Girard. 1854. "Notice of a new genus of Cyprinidae". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 7:158 (ffm00154)
- Baird, Spencer F.. 1855. "Report on the fishes observed on the coast of New Jersey and Long Island during the summer of 1854". Smithsonian Institution Annual Report. 9:317-352 (ffm00210)