Middle Coosa Watershed Species

Middle Coosa Watershed - 03150106

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

Alabama Shiner	Cyprinella callistia	Native	Current	NatureServe

Banded Pygmy Sunfish	Elassoma zonatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Banded Sculpin	Cottus carolinae	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

Blackspotted Topminnow	Fundulus olivaceus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blacktail Redhorse	Moxostoma poecilurum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blacktail Shiner	Cyprinella venusta	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blue Catfish	Ictalurus furcatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blue Shiner	Cyprinella caerulea	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluehead Chub	Nocomis leptocephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bronze Darter	Percina palmaris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brook Silverside	Labidesthes sicculus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brown Bullhead	Ameiurus nebulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brown Trout	Salmo trutta	Exotic	Current	USGS NAS

Bullhead Minnow	Pimephales vigilax	Native	Current	NatureServe

Burrhead Shiner	Notropis asperifrons	Native	Current	NatureServe

Chain Pickerel	Esox niger	Native	Current	NatureServe

Channel Catfish	Ictalurus punctatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Chestnut Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon castaneus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Clear Chub	Hybopsis winchelli	Native	Current	NatureServe

Coal Darter	Percina brevicauda	Native	Current	NatureServe

Coldwater Darter	Etheostoma ditrema	Native	Current	NatureServe

Coosa Darter	Etheostoma coosae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Coosa Shiner	Notropis xaenocephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Creek Chub	Semotilus atromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Emerald Shiner	Notropis atherinoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flame Chub	Hemitremia flammea	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flathead Catfish	Pylodictis olivaris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Freshwater Drum	Aplodinotus grunniens	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gizzard Shad	Dorosoma cepedianum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Redhorse	Moxostoma erythrurum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Shiner	Notemigonus crysoleucas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Goldfish	Carassius auratus	Exotic	Current	USGS NAS

Green Sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus	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

Mimic Shiner	Notropis volucellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mobile Logperch	Percina kathae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mooneye	Hiodon tergisus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Mountain Shiner	Lythrurus lirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Orangespotted Sunfish	Lepomis humilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pretty Shiner	Lythrurus bellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pygmy Sculpin	Cottus paulus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rainbow Shiner	Notropis chrosomus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redear Sunfish	Lepomis microlophus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redeye Bass	Micropterus coosae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redfin Pickerel	Esox americanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redspot Darter	Etheostoma artesiae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redspotted Sunfish	Lepomis miniatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Riffle Minnow	Phenacobius catostomus	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Darter	Percina shumardi	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Redhorse	Moxostoma carinatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shadow Bass	Ambloplites ariommus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silver Chub	Macrhybopsis storeriana	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silverstripe Shiner	Notropis stilbius	Native	Current	NatureServe

Smallmouth Buffalo	Ictiobus bubalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Southeastern Blue Sucker	Cycleptus meridionalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Southern Brook Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon gagei	Native	Current	NatureServe

Southern Cavefish	Typhlichthys subterraneus	Native	Historic	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 Gar	Lepisosteus oculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Sucker	Minytrema melanops	Native	Current	NatureServe

Striped Bass	Morone saxatilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Striped Shiner	Luxilus chrysocephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Tricolor Shiner	Cyprinella trichroistia	Native	Current	NatureServe

Trispot Darter	Etheostoma trisella	Native	Current	NatureServe

Upper Coosa Darter	Etheostoma sp. 1	Native	Current	NatureServe

Walleye	Sander vitreus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Warmouth	Lepomis gulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Weed Shiner	Notropis texanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Western Blacknose Dace	Rhinichthys obtusus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Western Mosquitofish	Gambusia affinis	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Crappie	Pomoxis annularis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Bullhead	Ameiurus natalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Citation:
FishMap.org. 2025. Middle Coosa Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/03150106.html - last accessed October 25, 2025.

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