Watauga Watershed Species

Watauga Watershed - 06010103

Common Name	Scientific Name	Origin	Occurrence	Source
American Brook Lamprey	Lethenteron appendix	Native	Current	NatureServe

Banded Darter	Etheostoma zonale	Native	Current	NatureServe

Banded Sculpin	Cottus carolinae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bigeye Chub	Hybopsis amblops	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Bullhead	Ameiurus melas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Redhorse	Moxostoma duquesnii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blue Catfish	Ictalurus furcatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluntnose Minnow	Pimephales notatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brook Trout	Salvelinus fontinalis	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

Creek Chub	Semotilus atromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Emerald Shiner	Notropis atherinoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Fantail Darter	Etheostoma flabellare	Native	Current	NatureServe

Fathead Minnow	Pimephales promelas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Fatlips Minnow	Phenacobius crassilabrum	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Flathead Catfish	Pylodictis olivaris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Freshwater Drum	Aplodinotus grunniens	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gilt Darter	Percina evides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gizzard Shad	Dorosoma cepedianum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Redhorse	Moxostoma erythrurum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Shiner	Notemigonus crysoleucas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Green Sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Greenfin Darter	Etheostoma chlorobranchium	Native	Current	NatureServe

Greenside Darter	Etheostoma blennioides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Highland Shiner	Notropis micropteryx	Native	Current	NatureServe

Largemouth Bass	Micropterus salmoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Logperch	Percina caprodes	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Dace	Rhinichthys cataractae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Gar	Lepisosteus osseus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Margined Madtom	Noturus insignis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mimic Shiner	Notropis volucellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mirror Shiner	Notropis spectrunculus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mottled Sculpin	Cottus bairdii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mountain Madtom	Noturus eleutherus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Northern Hog Sucker	Hypentelium nigricans	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ohio Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon bdellium	Native	Current	NatureServe

Olive Darter	Percina squamata	Native	Current	NatureServe

Quillback	Carpiodes cyprinus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rainbow Darter	Etheostoma caeruleum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redear Sunfish	Lepomis microlophus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redline Darter	Etheostoma rufilineatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Carpsucker	Carpiodes carpio	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Chub	Nocomis micropogon	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Redhorse	Moxostoma carinatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rock Bass	Ambloplites rupestris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rosyside Dace	Clinostomus funduloides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Saffron Shiner	Notropis rubricroceus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sauger	Sander canadensis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sawfin Shiner	Notropis sp. 4	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sickle Darter	Percina williamsi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silver Shiner	Notropis photogenis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Smallmouth Bass	Micropterus dolomieu	Native	Current	NatureServe

Smallmouth Redhorse	Moxostoma breviceps	Native	Current	NatureServe

Snubnose Darter	Etheostoma simoterum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotfin Shiner	Cyprinella spiloptera	Native	Current	NatureServe

Stargazing Minnow	Phenacobius uranops	Native	Current	NatureServe

Stonecat	Noturus flavus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Streamline Chub	Erimystax dissimilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Striped Shiner	Luxilus chrysocephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Swannanoa Darter	Etheostoma swannanoa	Native	Current	NatureServe

Tangerine Darter	Percina aurantiaca	Native	Current	NatureServe

Telescope Shiner	Notropis telescopus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Tennessee Dace	Chrosomus tennesseensis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Tennessee Shiner	Notropis leuciodus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Threadfin Shad	Dorosoma petenense	Native	Current	NatureServe

Walleye	Sander vitreus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Warmouth	Lepomis gulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Warpaint Shiner	Luxilus coccogenis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Western Blacknose Dace	Rhinichthys obtusus	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Bass	Morone chrysops	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Sucker	Catostomus commersonii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Whitetail Shiner	Cyprinella galactura	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Bullhead	Ameiurus natalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Citation:
FishMap.org. 2025. Watauga Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/06010103.html - last accessed September 27, 2025.

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