Lower Mississippi-Natchez Watershed Species

Lower Mississippi-Natchez Watershed - 08060100

Common Name	Scientific Name	Origin	Occurrence	Source
Alligator Gar	Atractosteus spatula	Native	Current	NatureServe

American Eel	Anguilla rostrata	Native	Current	NatureServe

Banded Pygmy Sunfish	Elassoma zonatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bantam Sunfish	Lepomis symmetricus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bayou Topminnow	Fundulus nottii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bigeye Shiner	Notropis boops	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bighead Carp	Hypophthalmichthys nobilis	Exotic	Current	USGS NAS

Bigmouth Buffalo	Ictiobus cyprinellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Buffalo	Ictiobus niger	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Bullhead	Ameiurus melas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Crappie	Pomoxis nigromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackspotted Topminnow	Fundulus olivaceus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackstripe Topminnow	Fundulus notatus	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 Sucker	Cycleptus elongatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluehead Chub	Nocomis leptocephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluntnose Darter	Etheostoma chlorosoma	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluntnose Minnow	Pimephales notatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bowfin	Amia calva	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brighteye Darter	Etheostoma lynceum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brook Silverside	Labidesthes sicculus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brown Bullhead	Ameiurus nebulosus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Bullhead Minnow	Pimephales vigilax	Native	Current	NatureServe

Chain Pickerel	Esox niger	Native	Current	NatureServe

Channel Catfish	Ictalurus punctatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Chestnut Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon castaneus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Creek Chubsucker	Erimyzon oblongus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Cypress Darter	Etheostoma proeliare	Native	Current	NatureServe

Cypress Minnow	Hybognathus hayi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Dollar Sunfish	Lepomis marginatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Dusky Darter	Percina sciera	Native	Current	NatureServe

Emerald Shiner	Notropis atherinoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flathead Catfish	Pylodictis olivaris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flathead Chub	Platygobio gracilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flier	Centrarchus macropterus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Freshwater Drum	Aplodinotus grunniens	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ghost Shiner	Notropis buchanani	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gizzard Shad	Dorosoma cepedianum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Shiner	Notemigonus crysoleucas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Topminnow	Fundulus chrysotus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Goldeye	Hiodon alosoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Green Sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Highfin Carpsucker	Carpiodes velifer	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Lake Chubsucker	Erimyzon sucetta	Native	Current	NatureServe

Lake Sturgeon	Acipenser fulvescens	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Largemouth Bass	Micropterus salmoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Logperch	Percina caprodes	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longear Sunfish	Lepomis megalotis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Gar	Lepisosteus osseus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mimic Shiner	Notropis volucellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mississippi Silverside	Menidia audens	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mississippi Silvery Minnow	Hybognathus nuchalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Orangespotted Sunfish	Lepomis humilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Paddlefish	Polyodon spathula	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pallid Sturgeon	Scaphirhynchus albus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pirate Perch	Aphredoderus sayanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pugnose Minnow	Opsopoeodus emiliae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Red Shiner	Cyprinella lutrensis	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

Ribbon Shiner	Lythrurus fumeus	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Carpsucker	Carpiodes carpio	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Shiner	Notropis blennius	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sauger	Sander canadensis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shoal Chub	Macrhybopsis hyostoma	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shortnose Gar	Lepisosteus platostomus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sicklefin Chub	Macrhybopsis meeki	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silver Chub	Macrhybopsis storeriana	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silver Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon unicuspis	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Silverband Shiner	Notropis shumardi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Skipjack Herring	Alosa chrysochloris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Slough Darter	Etheostoma gracile	Native	Current	NatureServe

Smallmouth Buffalo	Ictiobus bubalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Southern Redbelly Dace	Chrosomus erythrogaster	Native	Current	NatureServe

Speckled Darter	Etheostoma stigmaeum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Bass	Micropterus punctulatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Gar	Lepisosteus oculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Sucker	Minytrema melanops	Native	Current	NatureServe

Stonecat	Noturus flavus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Striped Bass	Morone saxatilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Striped Shiner	Luxilus chrysocephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sturgeon Chub	Macrhybopsis gelida	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Swamp Darter	Etheostoma fusiforme	Native	Current	NatureServe

Tadpole Madtom	Noturus gyrinus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Threadfin Shad	Dorosoma petenense	Native	Current	NatureServe

Walleye	Sander vitreus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Warmouth	Lepomis gulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Western Mosquitofish	Gambusia affinis	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Bass	Morone chrysops	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 Mississippi-Natchez Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/08060100.html - last accessed September 6, 2025.

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