Lower Coosa Watershed Species

Lower Coosa Watershed - 03150107

Common Name	Scientific Name	Origin	Occurrence	Source
Alabama Hog Sucker	Hypentelium etowanum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Alabama Shad	Alosa alabamae	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Alabama Shiner	Cyprinella callistia	Native	Current	NatureServe

Alabama Sturgeon	Scaphirhynchus suttkusi	Native	Historic	NatureServe

American Eel	Anguilla rostrata	Native	Current	NatureServe

Atlantic Sturgeon	Acipenser oxyrinchus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Banded Pygmy Sunfish	Elassoma zonatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Banded Sculpin	Cottus carolinae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Bullhead	Ameiurus melas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Crappie	Pomoxis nigromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Madtom	Noturus funebris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Redhorse	Moxostoma duquesnii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Sculpin	Cottus baileyi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackbanded Darter	Percina nigrofasciata	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackspotted Topminnow	Fundulus olivaceus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blacktail Redhorse	Moxostoma poecilurum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blacktail Shiner	Cyprinella venusta	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blue Catfish	Ictalurus furcatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blue Shiner	Cyprinella caerulea	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluehead Chub	Nocomis leptocephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bowfin	Amia calva	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bronze Darter	Percina palmaris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brook Silverside	Labidesthes sicculus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brown Bullhead	Ameiurus nebulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bullhead Minnow	Pimephales vigilax	Native	Current	NatureServe

Burrhead Shiner	Notropis asperifrons	Native	Current	NatureServe

Chain Pickerel	Esox niger	Native	Current	NatureServe

Channel Catfish	Ictalurus punctatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Chestnut Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon castaneus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Clear Chub	Hybopsis winchelli	Native	Current	NatureServe

Coal Darter	Percina brevicauda	Native	Current	NatureServe

Coldwater Darter	Etheostoma ditrema	Native	Current	NatureServe

Coosa Darter	Etheostoma coosae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Coosa Shiner	Notropis xaenocephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Creek Chub	Semotilus atromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Creek Chubsucker	Erimyzon oblongus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Dixie Chub	Semotilus thoreauianus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Emerald Shiner	Notropis atherinoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flathead Catfish	Pylodictis olivaris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flier	Centrarchus macropterus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Fluvial Shiner	Notropis edwardraneyi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Freckled Darter	Percina lenticula	Native	Current	NatureServe

Freshwater Drum	Aplodinotus grunniens	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gizzard Shad	Dorosoma cepedianum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Redhorse	Moxostoma erythrurum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Shiner	Notemigonus crysoleucas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Green Sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Greenbreast Darter	Etheostoma jordani	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gulf Darter	Etheostoma swaini	Native	Current	NatureServe

Highfin Carpsucker	Carpiodes velifer	Native	Current	NatureServe

Lake Chubsucker	Erimyzon sucetta	Native	Current	NatureServe

Largemouth Bass	Micropterus salmoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Largescale Stoneroller	Campostoma oligolepis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Least Brook Lamprey	Lampetra aepyptera	Native	Current	NatureServe

Lined Chub	Hybopsis lineapunctata	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Longear Sunfish	Lepomis megalotis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longjaw Minnow	Notropis amplamala	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Gar	Lepisosteus osseus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Lower Coosa Darter	Etheostoma sp. 3	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mimic Shiner	Notropis volucellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mobile Logperch	Percina kathae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mooneye	Hiodon tergisus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mountain Shiner	Lythrurus lirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Orangefin Shiner	Notropis ammophilus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Orangespotted Sunfish	Lepomis humilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Paddlefish	Polyodon spathula	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pirate Perch	Aphredoderus sayanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pretty Shiner	Lythrurus bellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pugnose Minnow	Opsopoeodus emiliae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Quillback	Carpiodes cyprinus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rainbow Shiner	Notropis chrosomus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redear Sunfish	Lepomis microlophus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redeye Bass	Micropterus coosae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redfin Pickerel	Esox americanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redspot Darter	Etheostoma artesiae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redspotted Sunfish	Lepomis miniatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Riffle Minnow	Phenacobius catostomus	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Darter	Percina shumardi	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Redhorse	Moxostoma carinatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rock Darter	Etheostoma rupestre	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rough Shiner	Notropis baileyi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shadow Bass	Ambloplites ariommus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shoal Chub	Macrhybopsis hyostoma	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silver Chub	Macrhybopsis storeriana	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silverstripe Shiner	Notropis stilbius	Native	Current	NatureServe

Skipjack Herring	Alosa chrysochloris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Smallmouth Buffalo	Ictiobus bubalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Southeastern Blue Sucker	Cycleptus meridionalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Southern Brook Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon gagei	Native	Current	NatureServe

Southern Studfish	Fundulus stellifer	Native	Current	NatureServe

Speckled Darter	Etheostoma stigmaeum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Speckled Madtom	Noturus leptacanthus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Bass	Micropterus punctulatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Gar	Lepisosteus oculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Sucker	Minytrema melanops	Native	Current	NatureServe

Stippled Studfish	Fundulus bifax	Native	Current	NatureServe

Striped Bass	Morone saxatilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Striped Mullet	Mugil cephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Striped Shiner	Luxilus chrysocephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Tricolor Shiner	Cyprinella trichroistia	Native	Current	NatureServe

Walleye	Sander vitreus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Warmouth	Lepomis gulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Weed Shiner	Notropis texanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Western Blacknose Dace	Rhinichthys obtusus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Western Mosquitofish	Gambusia affinis	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Crappie	Pomoxis annularis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Bullhead	Ameiurus natalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Citation:
FishMap.org. 2025. Lower Coosa Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/03150107.html - last accessed September 7, 2025.

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