Lower Rappahannock Watershed Species

Lower Rappahannock Watershed - 02080104

Common Name	Scientific Name	Origin	Occurrence	Source
Alewife	Alosa pseudoharengus	Native	Current	NatureServe

American Brook Lamprey	Lethenteron appendix	Native	Current	NatureServe

American Eel	Anguilla rostrata	Native	Current	NatureServe

American Shad	Alosa sapidissima	Native	Current	NatureServe

Atlantic Needlefish	Strongylura marina	Native	Current	NatureServe

Atlantic Sturgeon	Acipenser oxyrinchus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Banded Killifish	Fundulus diaphanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blueback Herring	Alosa aestivalis	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Bluehead Chub	Nocomis leptocephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluespotted Sunfish	Enneacanthus gloriosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bowfin	Amia calva	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brown Bullhead	Ameiurus nebulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Chain Pickerel	Esox niger	Native	Current	NatureServe

Comely Shiner	Notropis amoenus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Common Shiner	Luxilus cornutus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Creek Chub	Semotilus atromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Creek Chubsucker	Erimyzon oblongus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Cutlip Minnow	Exoglossum maxillingua	Native	Current	NatureServe

Eastern Blacknose Dace	Rhinichthys atratulus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Eastern Mosquitofish	Gambusia holbrooki	Native	Current	NatureServe

Eastern Mudminnow	Umbra pygmaea	Native	Current	NatureServe

Eastern Silvery Minnow	Hybognathus regius	Native	Current	NatureServe

Fallfish	Semotilus corporalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flier	Centrarchus macropterus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gizzard Shad	Dorosoma cepedianum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Shiner	Notemigonus crysoleucas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Hickory Shad	Alosa mediocris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ironcolor Shiner	Notropis chalybaeus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Least Brook Lamprey	Lampetra aepyptera	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Dace	Rhinichthys cataractae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Gar	Lepisosteus osseus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Margined Madtom	Noturus insignis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mud Sunfish	Acantharchus pomotis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Northern Hog Sucker	Hypentelium nigricans	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pirate Perch	Aphredoderus sayanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pumpkinseed	Lepomis gibbosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redbreast Sunfish	Lepomis auritus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redfin Pickerel	Esox americanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Chub	Nocomis micropogon	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rosyface Shiner	Notropis rubellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rosyside Dace	Clinostomus funduloides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Satinfin Shiner	Cyprinella analostana	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sea Lamprey	Petromyzon marinus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shield Darter	Percina peltata	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shorthead Redhorse	Moxostoma macrolepidotum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shortnose Sturgeon	Acipenser brevirostrum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spottail Shiner	Notropis hudsonius	Native	Current	NatureServe

Stripeback Darter	Percina notogramma	Native	Current	NatureServe

Striped Bass	Morone saxatilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Swallowtail Shiner	Notropis procne	Native	Current	NatureServe

Swamp Darter	Etheostoma fusiforme	Native	Current	NatureServe

Tadpole Madtom	Noturus gyrinus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Tessellated Darter	Etheostoma olmstedi	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Catfish	Ameiurus catus	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Perch	Morone americana	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 Rappahannock Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/02080104.html - last accessed September 6, 2025.

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