Middle Chattahoochee-Walter F. George Reservoir Watershed Species

Middle Chattahoochee-Walter F. George Reservoir Watershed - 03130003

Common Name	Scientific Name	Origin	Occurrence	Source
Alabama Hog Sucker	Hypentelium etowanum	Native	Current	NatureServe

American Eel	Anguilla rostrata	Native	Current	NatureServe

Apalachicola Redhorse	Moxostoma sp. 1	Native	Current	NatureServe

Atlantic Needlefish	Strongylura marina	Native	Current	NatureServe

Atlantic Sturgeon	Acipenser oxyrinchus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Backwater Darter	Etheostoma zonifer	Native	Current	NatureServe

Banded Pygmy Sunfish	Elassoma zonatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bandfin Shiner	Luxilus zonistius	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Crappie	Pomoxis nigromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Madtom	Noturus funebris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Sculpin	Cottus baileyi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackbanded Darter	Percina nigrofasciata	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackspotted Topminnow	Fundulus olivaceus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blacktail Shiner	Cyprinella venusta	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blacktip Shiner	Lythrurus atrapiculus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluefin Stoneroller	Campostoma pauciradii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluehead Chub	Nocomis leptocephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluestripe Shiner	Cyprinella callitaenia	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bowfin	Amia calva	Native	Current	NatureServe

Broadstripe Shiner	Pteronotropis euryzonus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brook Silverside	Labidesthes sicculus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brown Bullhead	Ameiurus nebulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brown Darter	Etheostoma edwini	Native	Current	NatureServe

Chain Pickerel	Esox niger	Native	Current	NatureServe

Channel Catfish	Ictalurus punctatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Chattahoochee Bass	Micropterus chattahoochae	Native	Current	NANFA

Chattahoochee Sculpin	Cottus chattahoochee	Native	Current	NatureServe

Clear Chub	Hybopsis winchelli	Native	Current	NatureServe

Creek Chubsucker	Erimyzon oblongus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Dixie Chub	Semotilus thoreauianus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Dusky Shiner	Notropis cummingsae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Eastern Mosquitofish	Gambusia holbrooki	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flier	Centrarchus macropterus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gizzard Shad	Dorosoma cepedianum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Shiner	Notemigonus crysoleucas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Goldstripe Darter	Etheostoma parvipinne	Native	Current	NatureServe

Greater Jumprock	Moxostoma lachneri	Native	Current	NatureServe

Green Sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gulf Darter	Etheostoma swaini	Native	Current	NatureServe

Highscale Shiner	Notropis hypsilepis	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Hogchoker	Trinectes maculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Lake Chubsucker	Erimyzon sucetta	Native	Current	NatureServe

Largemouth Bass	Micropterus salmoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longear Sunfish	Lepomis megalotis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longjaw Minnow	Notropis amplamala	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Gar	Lepisosteus osseus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Shiner	Notropis longirostris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pirate Perch	Aphredoderus sayanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pugnose Minnow	Opsopoeodus emiliae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Quillback	Carpiodes cyprinus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redbreast Sunfish	Lepomis auritus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redear Sunfish	Lepomis microlophus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redeye Chub	Notropis harperi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redfin Pickerel	Esox americanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redspotted Sunfish	Lepomis miniatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Russetfin Topminnow	Fundulus escambiae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shadow Bass	Ambloplites ariommus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shoal Bass	Micropterus cataractae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Skipjack Herring	Alosa chrysochloris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Snail Bullhead	Ameiurus brunneus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Southern Brook Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon gagei	Native	Current	NatureServe

Speckled Madtom	Noturus leptacanthus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Bullhead	Ameiurus serracanthus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Gar	Lepisosteus oculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Sucker	Minytrema melanops	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Sunfish	Lepomis punctatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Striped Bass	Morone saxatilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Striped Mullet	Mugil cephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Tadpole Madtom	Noturus gyrinus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Taillight Shiner	Notropis maculatus	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 Bass	Morone chrysops	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Catfish	Ameiurus catus	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Crappie	Pomoxis annularis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Bullhead	Ameiurus natalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Perch	Perca flavescens	Native	Current	NatureServe

Citation:
FishMap.org. 2025. Middle Chattahoochee-Walter F. George Reservoir Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/03130003.html - last accessed September 6, 2025.

Middle Chattahoochee-Walter F. George Reservoir Watershed - 03130003

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