South Carolina Coastal Watershed Species

South Carolina Coastal Watershed - 03050202

Common Name	Scientific Name	Origin	Occurrence	Source
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

Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	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

Creek Chubsucker	Erimyzon oblongus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Dollar Sunfish	Lepomis marginatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Eastern Mosquitofish	Gambusia holbrooki	Native	Current	NatureServe

Eastern Mudminnow	Umbra pygmaea	Native	Current	NatureServe

Everglades Pygmy Sunfish	Elassoma evergladei	Native	Current	NatureServe

Fat Sleeper	Dormitator maculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flat Bullhead	Ameiurus platycephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flier	Centrarchus macropterus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gizzard Shad	Dorosoma cepedianum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Shiner	Notemigonus crysoleucas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Topminnow	Fundulus chrysotus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Hardhead Catfish	Ariopsis felis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Hickory Shad	Alosa mediocris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Hogchoker	Trinectes maculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ironcolor Shiner	Notropis chalybaeus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Lake Chubsucker	Erimyzon sucetta	Native	Current	NatureServe

Largemouth Bass	Micropterus salmoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Least Killifish	Heterandria formosa	Native	Current	NatureServe

Lined Topminnow	Fundulus lineolatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Gar	Lepisosteus osseus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Margined Madtom	Noturus insignis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mud Sunfish	Acantharchus pomotis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Opossum Pipefish	Microphis brachyurus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pirate Perch	Aphredoderus sayanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pumpkinseed	Lepomis gibbosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rainwater Killifish	Lucania parva	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redbreast Sunfish	Lepomis auritus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redfin Pickerel	Esox americanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sailfin Molly	Poecilia latipinna	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sheepshead Minnow	Cyprinodon variegatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shortnose Sturgeon	Acipenser brevirostrum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Speckled Madtom	Noturus leptacanthus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Sucker	Minytrema melanops	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Sunfish	Lepomis punctatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Striped Bass	Morone saxatilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Swamp Darter	Etheostoma fusiforme	Native	Current	NatureServe

Swampfish	Chologaster cornuta	Native	Current	NatureServe

Tadpole Madtom	Noturus gyrinus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Taillight Shiner	Notropis maculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Warmouth	Lepomis gulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Bullhead	Ameiurus natalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Citation:
FishMap.org. 2025. South Carolina Coastal Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/03050202.html - last accessed September 27, 2025.

South Carolina Coastal Watershed - 03050202

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