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Pennsylvania Fishes IDENTIFICATION GUIDE

Pennsylvania Fishes IDENTIFICATION GUIDE

Fishes IDENTIFICATION GUIDE

photo-Marilyn Black

Editor’s Note: During 2018, Pennsylvania Angler & the status of fishes in or introduced into Pennsylvania’s Boater magazine will feature select common fishes of major watersheds. Pennsylvania in each issue, providing scientific names and The table below denotes any known occurrence.

WATERSHEDS STATUS E O G P S D and Darters ( ) ( pellucida) EN N N Species Status ( blennioides) N N N I I EN = Endangered

Rainbow Darter (Etheostoma caeruleum) N N I TH = Threatened (Etheostoma camurum) DL N Darter () EN N N C = Candidate (Etheostoma flabellare) N N N N N EX = Believed extirpated (Etheostoma fusiforme) EX N (Etheostoma maculatum) DL N DL = Delisted (removed from the endangered, threatened or candidate (Etheostoma nigrum) N N N species list due to significant (Etheostoma olmstedi) N N N expansion of range and abundance) (Etheostoma tippecanoe) DL N Variegate Darter () N Banded Darter () N I Watersheds Yellow (Perca flavescens) N N N N N E =

Chesapeake ( bimaculata) TH N O = River Logperch (Percina caprodes) N N (Percina copelandi) DL N N G = Genesee River (Percina evides) DL N P = Longhead Darter () DL N Blackside Darter () N N N S = (Percina oxyrhyncha) EX N D = Delaware River Shield Darter () N N N River Darter () N ( canadensis) N N Watershed Status (Sander vitreus) N N I X I I = Introduced Blue Pike (Sander vitreus glaucus) EX N N = Native

Drums and Croakers (Family Sciaenidae) X = Present in drainage Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) N N Silver Perch (Bairdiella chrysoura) N Weakfish (Cynoscion regalis) N Spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) N Atlantic Croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) N = icons indicate family is included

* =Aquatic Invasive Species

www.fishandboat.com Pennsylvania Angler & Boater • May/June 2018 9 Perches and Darters (Family Percidae)

Walleye (Sander vitreus) Johnny Darter (Etheostoma nigrum)

Saugeye (Sander canadensis x Sander vitreus) Tessellated Darter (Etheostoma olmstedi)

Sauger (Sander canadensis) Greenside Darter (Etheostoma blennioides)

Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) Banded Darter (Etheostoma zonale)

Logperch (Percina caprodes) (Etheostoma caeruleum)

10 Pennsylvania Angler & Boater • May/June 2018 www.gonefishingpa.com Perches and Darters (Family Percidae) (continued)

ENDANGERED

Bluebreast Darter (Etheostoma camurum) Eastern Sand Darter (Ammocrypta pellucida)

Not pictured: Iowa Darter (Etheostoma exile) (Endangered) Fantail Darter (Etheostoma flabellare) Swamp Darter (Etheostoma fusiforme) (Extirpated) Variegate Darter (Etheostoma variatum) (Percina bimaculata) (Threatened) Channel Darter (Percina copelandi) Spotted Darter (Etheostoma maculatum) Blackside Darter (Percina maculata) Sharpnose Darter (Percina oxyrhyncha) (Extirpated) Shield Darter (Percina peltata) River Darter (Percina shumardi) Blue Pike (Sander vitreus glaucus) (Extirpated)

Tippecanoe Darter (Etheostoma tippecanoe) Drums and Croakers (Family Sciaenidae)

Gilt Darter (Percina evides)

Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens)

Not pictured: Silver Perch (Bairdiella chrysoura) Weakfish (Cynoscion regalis) Spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) Longhead Darter (Percina macrocephala) Atlantic Croaker (Micropogonias undulatus)

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