Lower Tombigbee Watershed Species

Lower Tombigbee Watershed - 03160203

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

Alligator Gar	Atractosteus spatula	Native	Current	NatureServe

American Eel	Anguilla rostrata	Native	Current	NatureServe

Atlantic Needlefish	Strongylura marina	Native	Current	NatureServe

Atlantic Stingray	Dasyatis sabina	Native	Current	NatureServe

Atlantic Sturgeon	Acipenser oxyrinchus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Backwater Darter	Etheostoma zonifer	Native	Current	NatureServe

Banded Pygmy Sunfish	Elassoma zonatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Banded Sculpin	Cottus carolinae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bay Anchovy	Anchoa mitchilli	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bayou Topminnow	Fundulus nottii	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 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

Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluehead Chub	Nocomis leptocephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluenose Shiner	Pteronotropis welaka	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluespotted Sunfish	Enneacanthus gloriosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluntnose Darter	Etheostoma chlorosoma	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluntnose Minnow	Pimephales notatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bowfin	Amia calva	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brook Silverside	Labidesthes sicculus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bullhead Minnow	Pimephales vigilax	Native	Current	NatureServe

Chain Pickerel	Esox niger	Native	Current	NatureServe

Channel Catfish	Ictalurus punctatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Cherryfin Shiner	Lythrurus roseipinnis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Clear Chub	Hybopsis winchelli	Native	Current	NatureServe

Creek Chub	Semotilus atromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Creek Chubsucker	Erimyzon oblongus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Crystal Darter	Crystallaria asprella	Native	Current	NatureServe

Cypress Darter	Etheostoma proeliare	Native	Current	NatureServe

Cypress Minnow	Hybognathus hayi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Dixie Chub	Semotilus thoreauianus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Dollar Sunfish	Lepomis marginatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Dusky Darter	Percina sciera	Native	Current	NatureServe

Eastern Mosquitofish	Gambusia holbrooki	Native	Current	NatureServe

Emerald Shiner	Notropis atherinoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flagfin Shiner	Pteronotropis signipinnis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flathead Catfish	Pylodictis olivaris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flier	Centrarchus macropterus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Fluvial Shiner	Notropis edwardraneyi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Freckled Madtom	Noturus nocturnus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Freshwater Drum	Aplodinotus grunniens	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gizzard Shad	Dorosoma cepedianum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Shiner	Notemigonus crysoleucas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Goldstripe Darter	Etheostoma parvipinne	Native	Current	NatureServe

Green Sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gulf Darter	Etheostoma swaini	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gulf Logperch	Percina suttkusi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Harlequin Darter	Etheostoma histrio	Native	Current	NatureServe

Highfin Carpsucker	Carpiodes velifer	Native	Current	NatureServe

Hogchoker	Trinectes maculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ironcolor Shiner	Notropis chalybaeus	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

Least Killifish	Heterandria formosa	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longear Sunfish	Lepomis megalotis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longjaw Minnow	Notropis amplamala	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Gar	Lepisosteus osseus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Lowland Topminnow	Fundulus blairae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mimic Shiner	Notropis volucellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mississippi Silvery Minnow	Hybognathus nuchalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mobile Logperch	Percina kathae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mooneye	Hiodon tergisus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Naked Sand Darter	Ammocrypta beanii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Orangefin Shiner	Notropis ammophilus	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

Rainwater Killifish	Lucania parva	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redear Sunfish	Lepomis microlophus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redfin Pickerel	Esox americanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redspot Darter	Etheostoma artesiae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redspotted Sunfish	Lepomis miniatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Darter	Percina shumardi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rock Darter	Etheostoma rupestre	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rough Shiner	Notropis baileyi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Saddleback Darter	Percina vigil	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sailfin Shiner	Pteronotropis hypselopterus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shadow Bass	Ambloplites ariommus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sharpfin Chubsucker	Erimyzon tenuis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shoal Chub	Macrhybopsis hyostoma	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silver Chub	Macrhybopsis storeriana	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silverside Shiner	Notropis candidus	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 Flounder	Paralichthys lethostigma	Native	Current	NatureServe

Southern Sand Darter	Ammocrypta meridiana	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

Striped Bass	Morone saxatilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Striped Mullet	Mugil cephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Striped Shiner	Luxilus chrysocephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Swamp Darter	Etheostoma fusiforme	Native	Current	NatureServe

Tadpole Madtom	Noturus gyrinus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Taillight Shiner	Notropis maculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Tombigbee Darter	Etheostoma lachneri	Native	Current	NatureServe

Walleye	Sander vitreus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Warmouth	Lepomis gulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Weed Shiner	Notropis texanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Western Mosquitofish	Gambusia affinis	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Crappie	Pomoxis annularis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Bass	Morone mississippiensis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Bullhead	Ameiurus natalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Citation:
FishMap.org. 2025. Lower Tombigbee Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/03160203.html - last accessed September 5, 2025.

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