Species in Washington

Learn more about a specific fish or wildlife species in Washington.

Species marked with an "AIS" badge are aquatic invasive species. For more information about these environmentally and economically destructive species, visit the Aquatic invasive species page.

Species Category
Puget Sound fritillary (Argynnis cybele pugetensis) Butterflies and moths
Puget Sound rockfish (Sebastes emphaeus) Fish
Pumpkinseed Sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus) Fish
Purple martin (Western North America subspecies) (Progne subis arboricola) Birds
Purplish Copper (Lycaena helloides) Butterflies and moths
Putnam's hairstreak (Satyrium sylvinum putnami) Butterflies and moths
Pygmy nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea) Birds
Pygmy rabbit (Columbia Basin population) (Brachylagus idahoensis) Mammals
Pygmy short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma douglasii) Reptiles
Pygmy shrew (Sorex hoyi) Mammals
Pygmy Whitefish (Prosopium coulteri) Fish
Pyrenean Brook salamander (Euproctus asper) AIS Amphibians
Pyrenean frog (Rana pyrenaica) AIS Amphibians
Quagga mussel (Dreissena bugensis) AIS Molluscs
Quillback Rockfish (Sebastes maliger) Fish
Raccoons (Procyon lotor) Mammals
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Fish
Rainier roachfly (Soliperla fenderi) Arthropods
Razor clam (Siliqua patula) Molluscs
Red bat (Lasiurus borealis) Mammals
Red Irish lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus) Fish
Red knot (Calidris canutus) Birds
Red piranha (Rooseveltiella nattereri) AIS Fish
Red Rock Crab (Cancer productus) Crustaceans
Red sea urchin (Mesocentrotus franciscanus) Other