Lake Erie Watershed Species

Lake Erie Watershed - 04120200

Common Name	Scientific Name	Origin	Occurrence	Source
Alewife	Alosa pseudoharengus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Banded Killifish	Fundulus diaphanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bigmouth Buffalo	Ictiobus cyprinellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Bullhead	Ameiurus melas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Crappie	Pomoxis nigromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Redhorse	Moxostoma duquesnii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackchin Shiner	Notropis heterodon	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Blacknose Shiner	Notropis heterolepis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackside Darter	Percina maculata	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluntnose Minnow	Pimephales notatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bowfin	Amia calva	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brindled Madtom	Noturus miurus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brook Silverside	Labidesthes sicculus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brown Bullhead	Ameiurus nebulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brown Trout	Salmo trutta	Exotic	Current	USGS NAS

Burbot	Lota lota	Native	Current	NatureServe

Central Mudminnow	Umbra limi	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Channel Catfish	Ictalurus punctatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Channel Darter	Percina copelandi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Cisco	Coregonus artedi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Creek Chub	Semotilus atromaculatus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Creek Chubsucker	Erimyzon oblongus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Eastern Sand Darter	Ammocrypta pellucida	Native	Current	NatureServe

Emerald Shiner	Notropis atherinoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Fantail Darter	Etheostoma flabellare	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Fathead Minnow	Pimephales promelas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flathead Catfish	Pylodictis olivaris	Native	Historic	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

Goldfish	Carassius auratus	Exotic	Current	USGS NAS

Green Sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Greenside Darter	Etheostoma blennioides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Iowa Darter	Etheostoma exile	Native	Current	NatureServe

Johnny Darter	Etheostoma nigrum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Lake Chubsucker	Erimyzon sucetta	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Lake Sturgeon	Acipenser fulvescens	Native	Current	NatureServe

Lake Trout	Salvelinus namaycush	Native	Current	NatureServe

Lake Whitefish	Coregonus clupeaformis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Largemouth Bass	Micropterus salmoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Logperch	Percina caprodes	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Gar	Lepisosteus osseus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Sucker	Catostomus catostomus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mimic Shiner	Notropis volucellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mooneye	Hiodon tergisus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mottled Sculpin	Cottus bairdii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Muskellunge	Esox masquinongy	Native	Current	NatureServe

Northern Hog Sucker	Hypentelium nigricans	Native	Current	NatureServe

Northern Pike	Esox lucius	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Orangespotted Sunfish	Lepomis humilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Paddlefish	Polyodon spathula	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Pugnose Minnow	Opsopoeodus emiliae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pumpkinseed	Lepomis gibbosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Quillback	Carpiodes cyprinus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redfin Pickerel	Esox americanus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

River Darter	Percina shumardi	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Rock Bass	Ambloplites rupestris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sand Shiner	Notropis stramineus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sauger	Sander canadensis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shorthead Redhorse	Moxostoma macrolepidotum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silver Chub	Macrhybopsis storeriana	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silver Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon unicuspis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silver Redhorse	Moxostoma anisurum	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Smallmouth Bass	Micropterus dolomieu	Native	Current	NatureServe

Smallmouth Buffalo	Ictiobus bubalus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Spoonhead Sculpin	Cottus ricei	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Spotfin Shiner	Cyprinella spiloptera	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spottail Shiner	Notropis hudsonius	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Gar	Lepisosteus oculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Sucker	Minytrema melanops	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Stonecat	Noturus flavus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Streamline Chub	Erimystax dissimilis	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Striped Shiner	Luxilus chrysocephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Tadpole Madtom	Noturus gyrinus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Trout-perch	Percopsis omiscomaycus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Walleye	Sander vitreus	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Bass	Morone chrysops	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Crappie	Pomoxis annularis	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Sucker	Catostomus commersonii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Bullhead	Ameiurus natalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Perch	Perca flavescens	Native	Current	NatureServe

Citation:
FishMap.org. 2025. Lake Erie Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/04120200.html - last accessed September 6, 2025.

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