Lower Chickasawhay Watershed Species

Lower Chickasawhay Watershed - 03170003

Common Name	Scientific Name	Origin	Occurrence	Source
American Eel	Anguilla rostrata	Native	Current	NatureServe

Atlantic Sturgeon	Acipenser oxyrinchus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Banded Pygmy Sunfish	Elassoma zonatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bayou Topminnow	Fundulus nottii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Crappie	Pomoxis nigromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Madtom	Noturus funebris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackbanded Darter	Percina nigrofasciata	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackmouth Shiner	Notropis melanostomus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackspotted Topminnow	Fundulus olivaceus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blacktail Redhorse	Moxostoma poecilurum	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Blacktail Shiner	Cyprinella venusta	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluntnose Darter	Etheostoma chlorosoma	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brook Silverside	Labidesthes sicculus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bullhead Minnow	Pimephales vigilax	Native	Current	NatureServe

Chain Pickerel	Esox niger	Native	Current	NatureServe

Channel Catfish	Ictalurus punctatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Cherryfin Shiner	Lythrurus roseipinnis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Clear Chub	Hybopsis winchelli	Native	Current	NatureServe

Cypress Darter	Etheostoma proeliare	Native	Current	NatureServe

Cypress Minnow	Hybognathus hayi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Dollar Sunfish	Lepomis marginatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Dusky Darter	Percina sciera	Native	Current	NatureServe

Emerald Shiner	Notropis atherinoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flathead Catfish	Pylodictis olivaris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flier	Centrarchus macropterus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Freckled Darter	Percina lenticula	Native	Current	NatureServe

Freckled Madtom	Noturus nocturnus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Shiner	Notemigonus crysoleucas	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Golden Topminnow	Fundulus chrysotus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Green Sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gulf Darter	Etheostoma swaini	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gulf Logperch	Percina suttkusi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Harlequin Darter	Etheostoma histrio	Native	Current	NatureServe

Highfin Carpsucker	Carpiodes velifer	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 Shiner	Notropis longirostris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mimic Shiner	Notropis volucellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mississippi Silvery Minnow	Hybognathus nuchalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Naked Sand Darter	Ammocrypta beanii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Paddlefish	Polyodon spathula	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pearl Darter	Percina aurora	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pirate Perch	Aphredoderus sayanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pugnose Minnow	Opsopoeodus emiliae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Quillback	Carpiodes cyprinus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redear Sunfish	Lepomis microlophus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redfin Pickerel	Esox americanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redspotted Sunfish	Lepomis miniatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Darter	Percina shumardi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Saddleback Darter	Percina vigil	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shadow Bass	Ambloplites ariommus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sharpfin Chubsucker	Erimyzon tenuis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silver Chub	Macrhybopsis storeriana	Native	Current	NatureServe

Skipjack Herring	Alosa chrysochloris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Smallmouth Buffalo	Ictiobus bubalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Speckled Darter	Etheostoma stigmaeum	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Speckled Madtom	Noturus leptacanthus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Bass	Micropterus punctulatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Striped Bass	Morone saxatilis	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 Crappie	Pomoxis annularis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Bullhead	Ameiurus natalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Citation:
FishMap.org. 2025. Lower Chickasawhay Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/03170003.html - last accessed October 25, 2025.

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