Choctawhatchee Bay Watershed Species

Choctawhatchee Bay Watershed - 03140102

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

American Eel	Anguilla rostrata	Native	Current	NatureServe

Atlantic Needlefish	Strongylura marina	Native	Current	NatureServe

Atlantic Sturgeon	Acipenser oxyrinchus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Banded Pygmy Sunfish	Elassoma zonatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Banded Topminnow	Fundulus cingulatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Crappie	Pomoxis nigromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Madtom	Noturus funebris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackbanded Darter	Percina nigrofasciata	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackspotted Topminnow	Fundulus olivaceus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blacktail Shiner	Cyprinella venusta	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluespotted Sunfish	Enneacanthus gloriosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bowfin	Amia calva	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

Clear Chub	Hybopsis winchelli	Native	Current	NatureServe

Coastal Shiner	Notropis petersoni	Native	Current	NatureServe

Dollar Sunfish	Lepomis marginatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Eastern Mosquitofish	Gambusia holbrooki	Native	Current	NatureServe

Everglades Pygmy Sunfish	Elassoma evergladei	Native	Current	NatureServe

Fat Sleeper	Dormitator maculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flagfin Shiner	Pteronotropis signipinnis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flier	Centrarchus macropterus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Florida Chub	Macrhybopsis sp. 2	Native	Current	NatureServe

Florida Sand Darter	Ammocrypta bifascia	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gizzard Shad	Dorosoma cepedianum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Shiner	Notemigonus crysoleucas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Topminnow	Fundulus chrysotus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gulf Coast Pygmy Sunfish	Elassoma gilberti	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gulf Darter	Etheostoma swaini	Native	Current	NatureServe

Hogchoker	Trinectes maculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Inland Silverside	Menidia beryllina	Native	Current	NatureServe

Lake Chubsucker	Erimyzon sucetta	Native	Current	NatureServe

Largemouth Bass	Micropterus salmoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Least Killifish	Heterandria formosa	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longjaw Minnow	Notropis amplamala	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Gar	Lepisosteus osseus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Shiner	Notropis longirostris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mountain Mullet	Agonostomus monticola	Native	Current	NatureServe

Okaloosa Darter	Etheostoma okaloosae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Opossum Pipefish	Microphis brachyurus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pirate Perch	Aphredoderus sayanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pugnose Minnow	Opsopoeodus emiliae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rainwater Killifish	Lucania parva	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redear Sunfish	Lepomis microlophus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redeye Chub	Notropis harperi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redfin Pickerel	Esox americanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Goby	Awaous banana	Native	Current	NatureServe

Russetfin Topminnow	Fundulus escambiae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sailfin Molly	Poecilia latipinna	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sailfin Shiner	Pteronotropis hypselopterus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shadow Bass	Ambloplites ariommus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sharpfin Chubsucker	Erimyzon tenuis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sheepshead Minnow	Cyprinodon variegatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Skipjack Herring	Alosa chrysochloris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Southern Brook Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon gagei	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

Spotted Sunfish	Lepomis punctatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Swamp Darter	Etheostoma fusiforme	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

White Catfish	Ameiurus catus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Bullhead	Ameiurus natalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Citation:
FishMap.org. 2025. Choctawhatchee Bay Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/03140102.html - last accessed September 27, 2025.

Choctawhatchee Bay Watershed - 03140102

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