FISH SPECIES Fish species found in the Minnesota River Basin

Abundant (150 records) Common (76-150 records) Bigmouth Shiner Notropis dorsalis Banded Darter Etheostoma zonale Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus Central Mud Minnow Umbra limi Blackside Darter Percina maculate Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus Highfin Carpsucker Carpiodes velifer Brassy Minnow Hybognathus hankinsoni Iowa Darter Etheostoma exile Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans Northern Hogsucker Hypentelium nigicans Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum Pumpkinseed Sunfish Lepomis gibbosus Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio Common Carp Cyprinus carpio Sauger Sander Canadensis Common Shiner Luxilus corntus Shortnose Gar Lepisosteus platostomus Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus Shovelnose Sturgeon Scarphirhynchus platorynchus Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides Smallmouth Buffalo Ictiobus bubalus Fathead Minow Pimephales promelas Stonecat Noturus flavus Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens White Bass Moronechrysops Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus Present (but no abundant data) Hornyhead Chub Nocomis biguttatus N/A (abundance) Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum Blackchin Shiner Notropis heterodon Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides Blacknose Shiner Notropis heterolepis Largemouth Buffalo Ictiobus cyprinellus Mississippi Silvery Minnow Hybognathus nuchalis Northern Pike Esox lucius Pallid Shiner Hybopsis amnis Orangespotted Sunfish Lepomis humilis Pearl Dace Margariscus margarita Sand Shinter Notropis stramineus Pugnose Shiner Notropis anogenus Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma River Redhorse Moxostoma carinatum Silver Redhorse Moxostoma anisurum Skipjack Herring Alosa chrysochloris macrolepidotum Southern Redbelly Dace Chrosomus erythogaster Slenderhead Darter Percina phoxocephala Spotted Sucker Minytrema melanops Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera Western Sand Darter Ammocrypta clara Walleye Sander vitreus White Sucker Castostomus commersoni Yellow Perch Perca flavescens FISH SPECIES Fish species found in the Minnesota River Basin

Uncommon (11-75 records) Rare (1-10 records) Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanous American Brook Lamprey Lampetra appendix Black Buffalo Ictiobus niger American Eel Anguilla rostrata Blue Sucker Cycleptus elongates Brook Silverside Labidesthes sicculus Bowfin Amia calva Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus Burbot Lata lata Brown Trout Salmo trutta Channel Shiner Notropis wickliffi Bullhead Minnow Pimephales vigilax Goldfish Carassius auratus Carmine Shiner Notropis percobromus Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens Goldeye Hiodon alosoides Least Darter Etheostoma microperca Greater Redhorse Moxostoma valenciennesi Longnose Gar Lepisoteus osseus Largescale Stoneroller Campostoma oligolepis Pirapatinga Piaracuts brchypomus Logperch Perca caprodes Trout-Perch Percopsis omiscomaycus Mimic Shiner Notropis volucellus Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss Mooneye Hiodon tergisus River Dater Percina shumardi Northern Redbelly Dace Chrosomus eos Silver Lamprey Ichthyomyzon unicuspis PaddlefishPolyodon spathula Weed Shiner Notropis texanus Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus Rainbow Darter Etheostoma caeruleum River Shiner Notropis blennius Rockbass Ambloplites rupestris Shoal Chub Macrhybopsis hyostoma Silver Chub Macrhybopsis storeriana Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu Spottail Shiner Notropis hudsonius Tadpole Madtom Noturus gyrinus White Crappie Pomoxis annularis

Minnesota County Biological Survey (MCBS). 2007. Native Plant Communities & Rare Species of the Minnesota River Valley Counties. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “Ask an Expert about the Minnesota River” project profiles scientists and citizens answering questions about the health of the Minnesota River. More answers to questions about the Minnesota River can be found at: mrbdc.mnsu.edu/learn Funding for this project was provided by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) and the McKnight Foundation.