Etowah Watershed Species

Etowah Watershed - 03150104

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

Alabama Shiner	Cyprinella callistia	Native	Current	NatureServe

Amber Darter	Percina antesella	Native	Current	NatureServe

Banded Sculpin	Cottus carolinae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bandfin Shiner	Luxilus zonistius	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Bullhead	Ameiurus melas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Crappie	Pomoxis nigromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Redhorse	Moxostoma duquesnii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackbanded Darter	Percina nigrofasciata	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blacktail Redhorse	Moxostoma poecilurum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blacktail Shiner	Cyprinella venusta	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluehead Chub	Nocomis leptocephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bridled Darter	Percina kusha	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bronze Darter	Percina palmaris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brown Trout	Salmo trutta	Exotic	Current	USGS NAS

Bullhead Minnow	Pimephales vigilax	Native	Current	NatureServe

Chain Pickerel	Esox niger	Native	Current	NatureServe

Channel Catfish	Ictalurus punctatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Cherokee Darter	Etheostoma scotti	Native	Current	NatureServe

Chestnut Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon castaneus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Coosa Chub	Macrhybopsis sp. 1	Native	Current	NatureServe

Coosa Darter	Etheostoma coosae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Coosa Shiner	Notropis xaenocephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Creek Chub	Semotilus atromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Eastern Blacknose Dace	Rhinichthys atratulus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Eastern Mosquitofish	Gambusia holbrooki	Native	Current	NatureServe

Emerald Shiner	Notropis atherinoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Etowah Chub	Hybopsis sp. 9	Native	Current	NatureServe

Etowah Darter	Etheostoma etowahae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flathead Catfish	Pylodictis olivaris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Frecklebelly Madtom	Noturus munitus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Freckled Darter	Percina lenticula	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gizzard Shad	Dorosoma cepedianum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Redhorse	Moxostoma erythrurum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Shiner	Notemigonus crysoleucas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Greenbreast Darter	Etheostoma jordani	Native	Current	NatureServe

Holiday Darter	Etheostoma brevirostrum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Lake Sturgeon	Acipenser fulvescens	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Largemouth Bass	Micropterus salmoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Largescale Stoneroller	Campostoma oligolepis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Least Brook Lamprey	Lampetra aepyptera	Native	Current	NatureServe

Lined Chub	Hybopsis lineapunctata	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Longear Sunfish	Lepomis megalotis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Gar	Lepisosteus osseus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Shiner	Notropis longirostris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mobile Logperch	Percina kathae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mooneye	Hiodon tergisus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mottled Sculpin	Cottus bairdii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mountain Shiner	Lythrurus lirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rainbow Shiner	Notropis chrosomus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redear Sunfish	Lepomis microlophus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redfin Pickerel	Esox americanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redspotted Sunfish	Lepomis miniatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Riffle Minnow	Phenacobius catostomus	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Chub	Nocomis micropogon	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Redhorse	Moxostoma carinatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rock Darter	Etheostoma rupestre	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shadow Bass	Ambloplites ariommus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shoal Chub	Macrhybopsis hyostoma	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silver Chub	Macrhybopsis storeriana	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silverstripe Shiner	Notropis stilbius	Native	Current	NatureServe

Snail Bullhead	Ameiurus brunneus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Southern Brook Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon gagei	Native	Current	NatureServe

Southern Studfish	Fundulus stellifer	Native	Current	NatureServe

Speckled Darter	Etheostoma stigmaeum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Speckled Madtom	Noturus leptacanthus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Bass	Micropterus punctulatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Sucker	Minytrema melanops	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Sunfish	Lepomis punctatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Striped Shiner	Luxilus chrysocephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Threadfin Shad	Dorosoma petenense	Native	Current	NatureServe

Tricolor Shiner	Cyprinella trichroistia	Native	Current	NatureServe

Walleye	Sander vitreus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Warmouth	Lepomis gulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Crappie	Pomoxis annularis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Bullhead	Ameiurus natalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellowfin Shiner	Notropis lutipinnis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Citation:
FishMap.org. 2025. Etowah Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/03150104.html - last accessed October 25, 2025.

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