Des Plaines Watershed Species

Des Plaines Watershed - 07120004

Common Name	Scientific Name	Origin	Occurrence	Source
Banded Killifish	Fundulus diaphanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bigmouth Buffalo	Ictiobus cyprinellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bigmouth Shiner	Notropis dorsalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Bullhead	Ameiurus melas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Crappie	Pomoxis nigromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackchin Shiner	Notropis heterodon	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blacknose Shiner	Notropis heterolepis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackside Darter	Percina maculata	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackstripe Topminnow	Fundulus notatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluntnose Minnow	Pimephales notatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bowfin	Amia calva	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brook Silverside	Labidesthes sicculus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brook Stickleback	Culaea inconstans	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brown Bullhead	Ameiurus nebulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Carmine Shiner	Notropis percobromus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Central Mudminnow	Umbra limi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Central Stoneroller	Campostoma anomalum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Channel Catfish	Ictalurus punctatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Common Shiner	Luxilus cornutus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Creek Chub	Semotilus atromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Creek Chubsucker	Erimyzon oblongus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Emerald Shiner	Notropis atherinoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Fantail Darter	Etheostoma flabellare	Native	Current	NatureServe

Fathead Minnow	Pimephales promelas	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

Goldfish	Carassius auratus	Exotic	Current	USGS NAS

Goldfish X Common Carp	Carassius auratus x Cyprinus carpio	Exotic	Current	USGS NAS

Greater Redhorse	Moxostoma valenciennesi	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Green Sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Hornyhead Chub	Nocomis biguttatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Iowa Darter	Etheostoma exile	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ironcolor Shiner	Notropis chalybaeus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Johnny Darter	Etheostoma nigrum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Lake Chubsucker	Erimyzon sucetta	Native	Current	NatureServe

Largemouth Bass	Micropterus salmoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Least Darter	Etheostoma microperca	Native	Current	NatureServe

Logperch	Percina caprodes	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Longear Sunfish	Lepomis megalotis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Gar	Lepisosteus osseus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mottled Sculpin	Cottus bairdii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Northern Hog Sucker	Hypentelium nigricans	Native	Current	NatureServe

Northern Pike	Esox lucius	Native	Current	NatureServe

Orangespotted Sunfish	Lepomis humilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Orangethroat Darter	Etheostoma spectabile	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pallid Shiner	Hybopsis amnis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pirate Perch	Aphredoderus sayanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pugnose Shiner	Notropis anogenus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pumpkinseed	Lepomis gibbosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Quillback	Carpiodes cyprinus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rainbow Darter	Etheostoma caeruleum	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Red Shiner	Cyprinella lutrensis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redfin Pickerel	Esox americanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redfin Shiner	Lythrurus umbratilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Redhorse	Moxostoma carinatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rock Bass	Ambloplites rupestris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sand Shiner	Notropis stramineus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shorthead Redhorse	Moxostoma macrolepidotum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silver Redhorse	Moxostoma anisurum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Skipjack Herring	Alosa chrysochloris	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Slender Madtom	Noturus exilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Slenderhead Darter	Percina phoxocephala	Native	Current	NatureServe

Smallmouth Bass	Micropterus dolomieu	Native	Current	NatureServe

Smallmouth Buffalo	Ictiobus bubalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Southern Redbelly Dace	Chrosomus erythrogaster	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotfin Shiner	Cyprinella spiloptera	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Sucker	Minytrema melanops	Native	Current	NatureServe

Steelcolor Shiner	Cyprinella whipplei	Native	Current	NatureServe

Stonecat	Noturus flavus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Striped Shiner	Luxilus chrysocephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Suckermouth Minnow	Phenacobius mirabilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Tadpole Madtom	Noturus gyrinus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Walleye	Sander vitreus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Warmouth	Lepomis gulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Weed Shiner	Notropis texanus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Western Mosquitofish	Gambusia affinis	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Crappie	Pomoxis annularis	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Sucker	Catostomus commersonii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Bass	Morone mississippiensis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Bullhead	Ameiurus natalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Perch	Perca flavescens	Native	Current	NatureServe

Citation:
FishMap.org. 2025. Des Plaines Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/07120004.html - last accessed September 6, 2025.

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