Mississippi Coastal Watershed Species

Mississippi Coastal Watershed - 03170009

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

Alligator Gar	Atractosteus spatula	Native	Historic	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

Bantam Sunfish	Lepomis symmetricus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bayou Killifish	Fundulus pulvereus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bayou Topminnow	Fundulus nottii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Bullhead	Ameiurus melas	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

Blackstripe Topminnow	Fundulus notatus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Blacktail Redhorse	Moxostoma poecilurum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blacktail Shiner	Cyprinella venusta	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluenose Shiner	Pteronotropis welaka	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluespotted Sunfish	Enneacanthus gloriosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluntnose Darter	Etheostoma chlorosoma	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brighteye Darter	Etheostoma lynceum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brindled Madtom	Noturus miurus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brook Silverside	Labidesthes sicculus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brown Bullhead	Ameiurus nebulosus	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

Coastal Shiner	Notropis petersoni	Native	Current	NatureServe

Dollar Sunfish	Lepomis marginatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Eastern Mosquitofish	Gambusia holbrooki	Native	Current	NatureServe

Fat Sleeper	Dormitator maculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flagfin Shiner	Pteronotropis signipinnis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flathead Catfish	Pylodictis olivaris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flier	Centrarchus macropterus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Freckled Madtom	Noturus nocturnus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gizzard Shad	Dorosoma cepedianum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Shiner	Notemigonus crysoleucas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Topminnow	Fundulus chrysotus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Goldstripe Darter	Etheostoma parvipinne	Native	Current	NatureServe

Green Sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gulf Darter	Etheostoma swaini	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gulf Killifish	Fundulus grandis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gulf Pipefish	Syngnathus scovelli	Native	Current	NatureServe

Hardhead Catfish	Ariopsis felis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Harlequin Darter	Etheostoma histrio	Native	Current	NatureServe

Hogchoker	Trinectes maculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Inland Silverside	Menidia beryllina	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ironcolor Shiner	Notropis chalybaeus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Lake Chubsucker	Erimyzon sucetta	Native	Current	NatureServe

Largemouth Bass	Micropterus salmoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Least Killifish	Heterandria formosa	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longear Sunfish	Lepomis megalotis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Gar	Lepisosteus osseus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Shiner	Notropis longirostris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mimic Shiner	Notropis volucellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Naked Sand Darter	Ammocrypta beanii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Northern Hog Sucker	Hypentelium nigricans	Native	Current	NatureServe

Opossum Pipefish	Microphis brachyurus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Orangespotted Sunfish	Lepomis humilis	Native	Historic	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

Redfin Pickerel	Esox americanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redspotted Sunfish	Lepomis miniatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sailfin Molly	Poecilia latipinna	Native	Current	NatureServe

Saltmarsh Topminnow	Fundulus jenkinsi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Scaly Sand Darter	Ammocrypta vivax	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 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

Starhead Topminnow	Fundulus dispar	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Striped Bass	Morone saxatilis	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

Western Mosquitofish	Gambusia affinis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Bass	Morone mississippiensis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Bullhead	Ameiurus natalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Citation:
FishMap.org. 2025. Mississippi Coastal Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/03170009.html - last accessed October 25, 2025.

Mississippi Coastal Watershed - 03170009

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