Wheeler Lake Watershed Species

Wheeler Lake Watershed - 06030002

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

American Eel	Anguilla rostrata	Native	Current	NatureServe

Banded Darter	Etheostoma zonale	Native	Current	NatureServe

Banded Sculpin	Cottus carolinae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bigeye Chub	Hybopsis amblops	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bigeye Shiner	Notropis boops	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bighead Carp	Hypophthalmichthys nobilis	Exotic	Current	USGS NAS

Bigmouth Buffalo	Ictiobus cyprinellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Buffalo	Ictiobus niger	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Bullhead	Ameiurus melas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Crappie	Pomoxis nigromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Redhorse	Moxostoma duquesnii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackfin Darter	Etheostoma nigripinne	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackside Darter	Percina maculata	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackside Snubnose Darter	Etheostoma duryi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackspotted Topminnow	Fundulus olivaceus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackstripe Topminnow	Fundulus notatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blotched Chub	Erimystax insignis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blotchside Logperch	Percina burtoni	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

Chain Pickerel	Esox niger	Native	Current	NatureServe

Channel Catfish	Ictalurus punctatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Channel Shiner	Notropis wickliffi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Chestnut Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon castaneus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Creek Chub	Semotilus atromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Creek Chubsucker	Erimyzon oblongus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Cypress Minnow	Hybognathus hayi	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Dusky Darter	Percina sciera	Native	Current	NatureServe

Elegant Madtom	Noturus elegans	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

Freckled Madtom	Noturus nocturnus	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

Goldeye	Hiodon alosoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Goldfish	Carassius auratus	Exotic	Current	USGS NAS

Green Sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Greenside Darter	Etheostoma blennioides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Highfin Carpsucker	Carpiodes velifer	Native	Current	NatureServe

Highland Shiner	Notropis micropteryx	Native	Current	NatureServe

Johnny Darter	Etheostoma nigrum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Lake Sturgeon	Acipenser fulvescens	Native	Current	NatureServe

Largemouth Bass	Micropterus salmoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Largescale Stoneroller	Campostoma oligolepis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Least Brook Lamprey	Lampetra aepyptera	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

Mississippi Silvery Minnow	Hybognathus nuchalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mooneye	Hiodon tergisus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mottled Sculpin	Cottus bairdii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mountain Brook Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon greeleyi	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

Paddlefish	Polyodon spathula	Native	Current	NatureServe

Palezone Shiner	Notropis albizonatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pugnose Minnow	Opsopoeodus emiliae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Quillback	Carpiodes cyprinus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rainbow Darter	Etheostoma caeruleum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redbreast Sunfish	Lepomis auritus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redear Sunfish	Lepomis microlophus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redfin Pickerel	Esox americanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redline Darter	Etheostoma rufilineatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redspotted Sunfish	Lepomis miniatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Carpsucker	Carpiodes carpio	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Chub	Nocomis micropogon	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Darter	Percina shumardi	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Redhorse	Moxostoma carinatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rock Bass	Ambloplites rupestris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rosyside Dace	Clinostomus funduloides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Saddleback Darter	Percina vigil	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sauger	Sander canadensis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sawfin Shiner	Notropis sp. 4	Native	Current	NatureServe

Scarlet Shiner	Lythrurus fasciolaris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shortnose Gar	Lepisosteus platostomus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Shovelnose Sturgeon	Scaphirhynchus platorynchus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silver Chub	Macrhybopsis storeriana	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silver Redhorse	Moxostoma anisurum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Skipjack Herring	Alosa chrysochloris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Slackwater Darter	Etheostoma boschungi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Slender Madtom	Noturus exilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Smallmouth Bass	Micropterus dolomieu	Native	Current	NatureServe

Smallmouth Buffalo	Ictiobus bubalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Smallmouth Redhorse	Moxostoma breviceps	Native	Current	NatureServe

Snubnose Darter	Etheostoma simoterum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Southern Cavefish	Typhlichthys subterraneus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Southern Redbelly Dace	Chrosomus erythrogaster	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

Spring Pygmy Sunfish	Elassoma alabamae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Stargazing Minnow	Phenacobius uranops	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Steelcolor Shiner	Cyprinella whipplei	Native	Current	NatureServe

Streamline Chub	Erimystax dissimilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Striped Bass	Morone saxatilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Striped Shiner	Luxilus chrysocephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Stripetail Darter	Etheostoma kennicotti	Native	Current	NatureServe

Telescope Shiner	Notropis telescopus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Tennessee Shiner	Notropis leuciodus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Threadfin Shad	Dorosoma petenense	Native	Current	NatureServe

Tuscumbia Darter	Etheostoma tuscumbia	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

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

Whiteline Topminnow	Fundulus albolineatus	Native	Historic	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. Wheeler Lake Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/06030002.html - last accessed October 25, 2025.

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