Lower Big Soiux Watershed Species

Lower Big Soiux Watershed - 10170203

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 Buffalo	Ictiobus niger	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Bullhead	Ameiurus melas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Crappie	Pomoxis nigromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackside Darter	Percina maculata	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blue Sucker	Cycleptus elongatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluntnose Minnow	Pimephales notatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brassy Minnow	Hybognathus hankinsoni	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brook Stickleback	Culaea inconstans	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brown Bullhead	Ameiurus nebulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Carmine Shiner	Notropis percobromus	Native	Historic	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

Emerald Shiner	Notropis atherinoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Fathead Minnow	Pimephales promelas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flathead Catfish	Pylodictis olivaris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flathead Chub	Platygobio gracilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Freshwater Drum	Aplodinotus grunniens	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gizzard Shad	Dorosoma cepedianum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Shiner	Notemigonus crysoleucas	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Goldeye	Hiodon alosoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Green Sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Highfin Carpsucker	Carpiodes velifer	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Hornyhead Chub	Nocomis biguttatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Iowa Darter	Etheostoma exile	Native	Current	NatureServe

Johnny Darter	Etheostoma nigrum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Largemouth Bass	Micropterus salmoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Logperch	Percina caprodes	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Gar	Lepisosteus osseus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Mooneye	Hiodon tergisus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Northern Hog Sucker	Hypentelium nigricans	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Northern Pike	Esox lucius	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Northern Redbelly Dace	Chrosomus eos	Native	Current	NatureServe

Orangespotted Sunfish	Lepomis humilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Paddlefish	Polyodon spathula	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pumpkinseed	Lepomis gibbosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Quillback	Carpiodes cyprinus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Red Shiner	Cyprinella lutrensis	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Carpsucker	Carpiodes carpio	Native	Current	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

Shortnose Gar	Lepisosteus platostomus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silver Chub	Macrhybopsis storeriana	Native	Current	NatureServe

Skipjack Herring	Alosa chrysochloris	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

Stonecat	Noturus flavus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Suckermouth Minnow	Phenacobius mirabilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Tadpole Madtom	Noturus gyrinus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Topeka Shiner	Notropis topeka	Native	Current	NatureServe

Trout-perch	Percopsis omiscomaycus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Walleye	Sander vitreus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Western Blacknose Dace	Rhinichthys obtusus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Western Silvery Minnow	Hybognathus argyritis	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. Lower Big Soiux Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/10170203.html - last accessed September 6, 2025.

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