Upper Kanawha Watershed Species

Upper Kanawha Watershed - 05050006

Common Name	Scientific Name	Origin	Occurrence	Source
Banded Darter	Etheostoma zonale	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bigeye Chub	Hybopsis amblops	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Redhorse	Moxostoma duquesnii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackside Darter	Percina maculata	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluebreast Darter	Etheostoma camurum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluntnose Minnow	Pimephales notatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brook Silverside	Labidesthes sicculus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brown Trout	Salmo trutta	Exotic	Current	USGS NAS

Bullhead Minnow	Pimephales vigilax	Native	Current	NatureServe

Central Stoneroller	Campostoma anomalum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Channel Catfish	Ictalurus punctatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Channel Darter	Percina copelandi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Creek Chub	Semotilus atromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Eastern Sand Darter	Ammocrypta pellucida	Native	Current	NatureServe

Fantail Darter	Etheostoma flabellare	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flathead Catfish	Pylodictis olivaris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Freshwater Drum	Aplodinotus grunniens	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ghost Shiner	Notropis buchanani	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gizzard Shad	Dorosoma cepedianum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Redhorse	Moxostoma erythrurum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Green Sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Greenside Darter	Etheostoma blennioides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Johnny Darter	Etheostoma nigrum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Largemouth Bass	Micropterus salmoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Logperch	Percina caprodes	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longear Sunfish	Lepomis megalotis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Dace	Rhinichthys cataractae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Gar	Lepisosteus osseus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mimic Shiner	Notropis volucellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mottled Sculpin	Cottus bairdii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Northern Hog Sucker	Hypentelium nigricans	Native	Current	NatureServe

Northern Madtom	Noturus stigmosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ohio Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon bdellium	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pumpkinseed	Lepomis gibbosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Quillback	Carpiodes cyprinus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rainbow Darter	Etheostoma caeruleum	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Carpsucker	Carpiodes carpio	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Chub	Nocomis micropogon	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Redhorse	Moxostoma carinatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Shiner	Notropis blennius	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rock Bass	Ambloplites rupestris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rosyface Shiner	Notropis rubellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sand Shiner	Notropis stramineus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sauger	Sander canadensis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shoal Chub	Macrhybopsis hyostoma	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silver Redhorse	Moxostoma anisurum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silver Shiner	Notropis photogenis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silverjaw Minnow	Notropis buccatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Skipjack Herring	Alosa chrysochloris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Smallmouth Bass	Micropterus dolomieu	Native	Current	NatureServe

Smallmouth Buffalo	Ictiobus bubalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Smallmouth Redhorse	Moxostoma breviceps	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotfin Shiner	Cyprinella spiloptera	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Bass	Micropterus punctulatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Steelcolor Shiner	Cyprinella whipplei	Native	Current	NatureServe

Streamline Chub	Erimystax dissimilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Striped Shiner	Luxilus chrysocephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Variegate Darter	Etheostoma variatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Walleye	Sander vitreus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Western Blacknose Dace	Rhinichthys obtusus	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Bass	Morone chrysops	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Crappie	Pomoxis annularis	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Sucker	Catostomus commersonii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Bullhead	Ameiurus natalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Citation:
FishMap.org. 2025. Upper Kanawha Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/05050006.html - last accessed September 27, 2025.

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