Lower Mississippi-Baton Rouge Watershed Species

Lower Mississippi-Baton Rouge Watershed - 08070100

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

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	Historic	NatureServe

Blue Catfish	Ictalurus furcatus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluntface Shiner	Cyprinella camura	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Bluntnose Minnow	Pimephales notatus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Bowfin	Amia calva	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brook Silverside	Labidesthes sicculus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bullhead Minnow	Pimephales vigilax	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Central Stoneroller	Campostoma anomalum	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Chain Pickerel	Esox niger	Native	Current	NatureServe

Channel Catfish	Ictalurus punctatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Clear Chub	Hybopsis winchelli	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Creek Chub	Semotilus atromaculatus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Creek Chubsucker	Erimyzon oblongus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Dollar Sunfish	Lepomis marginatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Dusky Darter	Percina sciera	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Emerald Shiner	Notropis atherinoides	Native	Historic	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	Historic	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	Historic	NatureServe

Green Sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Lake Chubsucker	Erimyzon sucetta	Native	Current	NatureServe

Largemouth Bass	Micropterus salmoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Logperch	Percina caprodes	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Longear Sunfish	Lepomis megalotis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Gar	Lepisosteus osseus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Shiner	Notropis longirostris	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Lowland Topminnow	Fundulus blairae	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Mimic Shiner	Notropis volucellus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Mississippi Silverside	Menidia audens	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mooneye	Hiodon tergisus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Northern Hog Sucker	Hypentelium nigricans	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Orangespotted Sunfish	Lepomis humilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Paddlefish	Polyodon spathula	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Pallid Sturgeon	Scaphirhynchus albus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pirate Perch	Aphredoderus sayanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pugnose Minnow	Opsopoeodus emiliae	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Red Shiner	Cyprinella lutrensis	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Redear Sunfish	Lepomis microlophus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redfin Pickerel	Esox americanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redspotted Sunfish	Lepomis miniatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Carpsucker	Carpiodes carpio	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Shiner	Notropis blennius	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sabine Shiner	Notropis sabinae	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Saddleback Darter	Percina vigil	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Sailfin Molly	Poecilia latipinna	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Sauger	Sander canadensis	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Shortnose Gar	Lepisosteus platostomus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silverband Shiner	Notropis shumardi	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Skipjack Herring	Alosa chrysochloris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Smallmouth Buffalo	Ictiobus bubalus	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	Historic	NatureServe

Sturgeon Chub	Macrhybopsis gelida	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Swamp Darter	Etheostoma fusiforme	Native	Current	NatureServe

Taillight Shiner	Notropis maculatus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Threadfin Shad	Dorosoma petenense	Native	Current	NatureServe

Warmouth	Lepomis gulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Weed Shiner	Notropis texanus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Western Mosquitofish	Gambusia affinis	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Bass	Morone chrysops	Native	Historic	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-Baton Rouge Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/08070100.html - last accessed September 6, 2025.

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