Specie descritta (34):
- Silurus melas Rafinesque, 1820 (Ameiurus), valid
- Anguilla aterrima Rafinesque, 1820, synonym
- Anguilla blephura Rafinesque, 1817, synonym
- Anguilla chrisypa Rafinesque, 1817, synonym
- Anguilla laticanda Rafinesque, 1818, synonym
- Anguilla lutea Rafinesque, 1820, synonym
- Anguilla xanthomelas Rafinesque, 1820, synonym
- Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 1819 (Aplodinotus), valid
- Rutilus anomalous Rafinesque, 1820 (Campostoma), valid
- Catostomus carpio Rafinesque, 1820 (Carpiodes), valid
- Cycleptus nigrescens Rafinesque, 1819, synonym
- Silrus punctatus Rafinesque, 1818 (Ictalurus), valid
- Icthelis melanops Rafinesque, 1820, synonym
- Catostomus bubalus Rafinesque, 1818 (Ictiobus), valid
- Amblodon niger Rafinesque, 1819 (Ictiobus), valid
- Lepisosteus chasei Rafinesque, 1820, synonym
- Lepisosteus longirostris Rafinesque, 1820, synonym
- Lepisosteus oxyurus Rafinesque, 1820, synonym
- Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque, 1819 (Lepomis), valid
- Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, 1819 (Lepomis), valid
- Icthelis megalotis Rafinesque, 1820 (Lepomis), valid
- Litholepis adamantinus Rafinesque, 1818, synonym
- Pimelodus argyrus Rafinesque, 1820, synonym
- Pimelodus lutescens Rafinesque, 1832, synonym
- Pimephales promelas Rafinesque, 1820 (Pimephales), valid
- Pylodictis limosus Rafinesque, 1819, synonym
- Pylodictis olivaris Rafinesque, 1818 (Pylodictis), valid
- Sarchirus vittatus Rafinesque, 1818, synonym
- Silurus argentinus Rafinesque, 1820, synonym
- Silurus cupreus Rafinesque, 1820, synonym
- Silurus maculatus var. erythroptera Rafinesque, 1820, synonym
- Silurus nebulosus Rafinesque, 1820, synonym
- Silurus viscosus Rafinesque, 1820, synonym
- Trinectes scabra Rafinesque, 1832, synonym
Generi descritti (16):
- Ameiurus Rafinesque, 1820, valid
- Aplodinotus Rafinesque, 1819, valid
- Atractosteus Rafinesque, 1820, valid
- Carpiodes Rafinesque, 1820, valid
- Cycleptus Rafinesque, 1819, valid
- Dorosoma Rafinesque, 1820, valid
- Etheostoma Rafinesque, 1819, valid
- Ictalurus Rafinesque, 1820, valid
- Ictiobus Rafinesque, 1820, valid
- Lepomis Rafinesque, 1819, valid
- Moxostoma Rafinesque, 1820, valid
- Notropis Rafinesque, 1818, valid
- Opsanus Rafinesque, 1818, valid
- Pimephales Rafinesque, 1820, valid
- Pylodictis Rafinesque, 1819, valid
- Trinectes Rafinesque, 1832, valid
Pubblicazioni (17):
- Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1810. "Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci sicilian". Presso Giovanni del Nobolo, Messina. 1-70 (ffm00842)
- Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1815. "Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés". Palerme. 1-224 (ffm00845)
- Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1817. "First decade of new North American fishes". American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review. 2(2):120-121 (ffm04552)
- Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1818. "Description of three new genera of fluviatile fish, Pomoxis, Sarchirus and Exoglossum". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 1:417-422 (ffm00331)
- Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1818. "Description of two new genera of North American fishes, Opsanus, and Notropis". American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review. 2(3):203-204 (ffm00139)
- Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1818. "Further discoveries in natural history, made during a journey through the western region of the United States". American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review. 3(6):445-447(oct) (ffm04556)
- Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1819. "Prodrome de 70 nouveaux genres d'animaux découverts dans l'intérieur des États-Unis d'Amérique, durant l'année 1818". Journal de Physique, de Chimie et d'Histoire Naturelle. 88:417-429 (ffm00264)
- Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1820. "Description of the Silures or catfishes of the River Ohio". Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts. 9:48-52 (ffm00230)
- Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1820. "Ichthyologia Ohiensis [Part 2]". Western Revue and Miscellaneous Magazine. 1(6):361-377 (ffm00280)
- Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1820. "Ichthyologia Ohiensis [Part 3]". Western Revue and Miscellaneous Magazine. 2(1):49-57 (ffm00334)
- Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1820. "Ichthyologia Ohiensis [Part 4]". Western Revue and Miscellaneous Magazine. 2(3):169-177 (ffm00354)
- Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1820. "Ichthyologia Ohiensis [Part 5]". Western Revue and Miscellaneous Magazine. 2(4):235-242 (ffm00097)
- Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1820. "Ichthyologia Ohiensis [Part 6]". Western Revue and Miscellaneous Magazine. 2(5):299-307 (ffm00149)
- Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1820. "Ichthyologia Ohiensis [Part 7]". Western Revue and Miscellaneous Magazine. 2(6):355-363 (ffm00229)
- Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1820. "Ichthyologia Ohiensis [Part 8]". Western Revue and Miscellaneous Magazine. 3(3):165-173 (ffm00003)
- Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1820. "Ichthyologia Ohiensis [Part 9]". Western Revue and Miscellaneous Magazine. 3(4):244-252 (ffm04551)
- Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1832. "Extracts from a second series of zoological letters written to Baron Cuvier of Paris, by Prof. Rafinesque in 1831". Atlantic Journal and Friend of Knowledge, Philadelphia. 1(1):1-22 (ffm00278)