Guntersville Lake Watershed Species

Guntersville Lake Watershed - 06030001

Common Name	Scientific Name	Origin	Occurrence	Source
Banded Sculpin	Cottus carolinae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bigeye Chub	Hybopsis amblops	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bigmouth Buffalo	Ictiobus cyprinellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Bullhead	Ameiurus melas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Crappie	Pomoxis nigromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Redhorse	Moxostoma duquesnii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackside Snubnose Darter	Etheostoma duryi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackspotted Topminnow	Fundulus olivaceus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blotched Chub	Erimystax insignis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blue Catfish	Ictalurus furcatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blueside Darter	Etheostoma jessiae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluntnose Minnow	Pimephales notatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bowfin	Amia calva	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brook Silverside	Labidesthes sicculus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brown Bullhead	Ameiurus nebulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bullhead Minnow	Pimephales vigilax	Native	Current	NatureServe

Central Stoneroller	Campostoma anomalum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Channel Catfish	Ictalurus punctatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Chestnut Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon castaneus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Creek Chub	Semotilus atromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Dusky Darter	Percina sciera	Native	Current	NatureServe

Emerald Shiner	Notropis atherinoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Fantail Darter	Etheostoma flabellare	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flame Chub	Hemitremia flammea	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

Golden Shiner	Notemigonus crysoleucas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Goldfish	Carassius auratus	Exotic	Current	USGS NAS

Green Sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Johnny Darter	Etheostoma nigrum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Largemouth Bass	Micropterus salmoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Largescale Stoneroller	Campostoma oligolepis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Logperch	Percina caprodes	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longear Sunfish	Lepomis megalotis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Gar	Lepisosteus osseus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mimic Shiner	Notropis volucellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mooneye	Hiodon tergisus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mottled Sculpin	Cottus bairdii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mountain Shiner	Lythrurus lirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Northern Hog Sucker	Hypentelium nigricans	Native	Current	NatureServe

Northern Studfish	Fundulus catenatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Orangespotted Sunfish	Lepomis humilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Palezone Shiner	Notropis albizonatus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Pugnose Minnow	Opsopoeodus emiliae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rainbow Darter	Etheostoma caeruleum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rainbow Shiner	Notropis chrosomus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redbreast Sunfish	Lepomis auritus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redear Sunfish	Lepomis microlophus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redline Darter	Etheostoma rufilineatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redspotted Sunfish	Lepomis miniatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Redhorse	Moxostoma carinatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rock Bass	Ambloplites rupestris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rosyside Dace	Clinostomus funduloides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sauger	Sander canadensis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Scarlet Shiner	Lythrurus fasciolaris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shortnose Gar	Lepisosteus platostomus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Silver Chub	Macrhybopsis storeriana	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

Snail Darter	Percina tanasi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Snubnose Darter	Etheostoma simoterum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Southern Cavefish	Typhlichthys subterraneus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotfin Shiner	Cyprinella spiloptera	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Bass	Micropterus punctulatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Gar	Lepisosteus oculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Sucker	Minytrema melanops	Native	Current	NatureServe

Steelcolor Shiner	Cyprinella whipplei	Native	Current	NatureServe

Striped Shiner	Luxilus chrysocephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Stripetail Darter	Etheostoma kennicotti	Native	Current	NatureServe

Tennessee Shiner	Notropis leuciodus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Threadfin Shad	Dorosoma petenense	Native	Current	NatureServe

Warmouth	Lepomis gulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Western Blacknose Dace	Rhinichthys obtusus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Western Mosquitofish	Gambusia affinis	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Bass	Morone chrysops	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Crappie	Pomoxis annularis	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Sucker	Catostomus commersonii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Whitetail Shiner	Cyprinella galactura	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Bass	Morone mississippiensis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Bullhead	Ameiurus natalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Perch	Perca flavescens	Native	Current	NatureServe

Citation:
FishMap.org. 2025. Guntersville Lake Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/06030001.html - last accessed October 25, 2025.

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