Tangipahoa Watershed Species

Tangipahoa Watershed - 08070205

Common Name	Scientific Name	Origin	Occurrence	Source
Alabama Shad	Alosa alabamae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Alligator Gar	Atractosteus spatula	Native	Current	NatureServe

American Eel	Anguilla rostrata	Native	Current	NatureServe

Atlantic Sturgeon	Acipenser oxyrinchus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Banded Darter	Etheostoma zonale	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

Blackbanded Darter	Percina nigrofasciata	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

Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluntnose Darter	Etheostoma chlorosoma	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bowfin	Amia calva	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brighteye Darter	Etheostoma lynceum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brindled Madtom	Noturus miurus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Broadstripe Topminnow	Fundulus euryzonus	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

Chestnut Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon castaneus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Clear Chub	Hybopsis winchelli	Native	Current	NatureServe

Creek Chubsucker	Erimyzon oblongus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Crystal Darter	Crystallaria asprella	Native	Historic	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

Flathead Catfish	Pylodictis olivaris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flier	Centrarchus macropterus	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

Golden Topminnow	Fundulus chrysotus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Green Sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gulf Darter	Etheostoma swaini	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gulf Logperch	Percina suttkusi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Hogchoker	Trinectes maculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Inland Silverside	Menidia beryllina	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ironcolor Shiner	Notropis chalybaeus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Lake Chubsucker	Erimyzon sucetta	Native	Current	NatureServe

Largemouth Bass	Micropterus salmoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Least Killifish	Heterandria formosa	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Logperch	Percina caprodes	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longear Sunfish	Lepomis megalotis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Gar	Lepisosteus osseus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Shiner	Notropis longirostris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Lowland Topminnow	Fundulus blairae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mimic Shiner	Notropis volucellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Naked Sand Darter	Ammocrypta beanii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Northern Hog Sucker	Hypentelium nigricans	Native	Current	NatureServe

Orangespotted Sunfish	Lepomis humilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pirate Perch	Aphredoderus sayanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pugnose Minnow	Opsopoeodus emiliae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redear Sunfish	Lepomis microlophus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redfin Pickerel	Esox americanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redspotted Sunfish	Lepomis miniatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ribbon Shiner	Lythrurus fumeus	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Carpsucker	Carpiodes carpio	Native	Current	NatureServe

Saddleback Darter	Percina vigil	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Shadow Bass	Ambloplites ariommus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sharpfin Chubsucker	Erimyzon tenuis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shoal Chub	Macrhybopsis hyostoma	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shortnose Gar	Lepisosteus platostomus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Smallmouth Buffalo	Ictiobus bubalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Southern Brook Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon gagei	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 Shiner	Luxilus chrysocephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Tadpole Madtom	Noturus gyrinus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Threadfin Shad	Dorosoma petenense	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. Tangipahoa Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/08070205.html - last accessed September 6, 2025.

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