Fish Table

A listing of species found in French Creek Watershed.

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FAMILY / COMMON NAME SPECIES NAME
   
Petromyzontidae (lamprey)  
Ohio lamprey Ichthyomyzon bdellium
mountain brook lamprey Ichthyomyzon greeleyi
American brook lamprey Lampetra appendix
   
Acipenseridae (sturgeons)  
lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens
   
Polyodontidae (paddlefishes)  
paddlefish Polyodon spathula
   
Lepisosteidae (gars)  
longnose gar Lepisosteus osseus
   
Amiidae (bowfins)  
bowfin Amia calva
   
Anguillidae  
American eel Anguilla rostrata
   
Clupeidae (herrings)  
gizzard shad Dorosoma cepedianum
   
Hiodontidae (mooneyes)  
mooneye Hiodon tergisus
   
Salmonidae (trout)  
rainbow trout Onchorhynchus mykiss
brown trout Salmo trutta
brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis
lake trout Salvelinus namaycush
   
Umbridae (mudminnows)  
central mudminnow Umbra limi
   
Esocidae (pikes, pickerels)  
grass pickerel Esox americanus vermiculatus
northern pike Esox lucius
muskellunge Esox masquinongy
tiger muskellunge Esox lucius x Esox masquinongy
   
Cyprinidae (minnows, etc.)  
central stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
redside dace Clinostomus elongates
spotfin shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
common carp Cyprinus carpio
streamline chub Erimystax dissimilis
gravel chub Erimystax x-punctatus
tonguetied minnow Exoglossum laurae
brassy minnow Hybognathus hankinsoni
bigeye chub Hybopsis amblops
striped shiner Luxilus chrysocephalus
common shiner Luxilus cornutus
redfin shiner Lythrurus umbratilis
pearl dace Margariscus margarita
hornyhead chub Nocomis biggutatus
river chub Nocomis micropogon
golden shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
emerald shiner Notropis atherinoides
silverjaw minnow Notropis buccatus
blackchin shiner Notropis heterodon
blacknose shiner Notropis heterolepis
spottail shiner Notropis hudsonius
sand shiner Notropis ludibundus
silver shiner Notropis photogenis
rosyface shiner Notropis rubellus
mimic shiner Notropis volucellus
pugnose minnow Opsopoeodus emiliae
southern redbelly dace Phoxinus erythrogaster
bluntnose minnow Pimephales notatus
fathead minnow Pimephales promelas
blacknose dace Rhinichthys atratulus
longnose dace Rhinichthys cataractae
creek chub Semotilus atromaculatus
   
Catostomidae (suckers)  
quillback Carpiodes cyprinus
smallmouth buffalo Ictiobus bubalus
white sucker Catostomus commersoni
creek chubsucker Erimyzon oblongus
northern hogsucker Hypentilium nigricans
river redhorse Moxostoma carinatum
shorthead redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum
silver redhorse Moxostoma anisurum
black redhorse Moxostoma duquesni
golden redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
   
Ictaluridae (bullhead, catfishes, madtoms)  
yellow bullhead Ameiurus natalis
brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
black bullhead Ameirus melas
channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus
mountain madtom Noturus eleutherus
stonecat Noturus flavus
brindled madtom Noturus miurus
northern madtom Noturus stigmosus
   
Percopsidae (trout-perch)  
trout-perch Percopsis omiscomaycus
   
Cyprinodontidae (killifishes)  
banded killifish Fundulus diaphanus
   
Atherinidae (silversides)  
brook silverside Labidesthes sicculus
   
Gasterosteidae (sticklebacks)  
brook stickleback Culea inconstans
   
Percichthyidae (temperate basses)  
white perch Morone americana
white bass Morone chrysops
   
Centrarchidae (sunfish, bass)  
rock bass Ambloplites rupestris
longear sunfish Lepomis megalotis
green sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
warmouth Lepomis gulosus
bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides
smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieu
black crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
white crappie Pomoxis annularis
   
Percidae (darters, walleye, logperch)  
eastern sand darter Ammocrypta pellucida
greenside darter Etheostoma blennoides
rainbow darter Etheostoma caeruleum
bluebreasted darter Etheostoma camurum
Iowa darter Etheostoma exile
fantail darter Etheostoma flabellare
spotted darter Etheostoma maculatum
johnny darter Etheostoma nigrum
Tippecanoe darter Etheostoma tippecanoe
variegate darter Etheostoma variatum
banded darter Etheostoma zonale
yellow perch Perca flavescens
log perch Percina caprodes
gilt darter Percina evides
blackside darter Percina maculata
longhead darter Percina macrocephala
channel darter Percina copelandi
sauger Stizostedion canadense
walleye Stizostedion vitreum
   
Sciaenidae (freshwater drums)  
freshwater drum Aplodinotus grunniens
   
Cottidae (sculpins)  
mottled sculpin Cottus bairdi

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