Lower Tennessee-Beech Watershed Species

Lower Tennessee-Beech Watershed - 06040001

Common Name	Scientific Name	Origin	Occurrence	Source
American Eel	Anguilla rostrata	Native	Current	NatureServe

Banded Darter	Etheostoma zonale	Native	Current	NatureServe

Banded Pygmy Sunfish	Elassoma zonatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Banded Sculpin	Cottus carolinae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bandfin Darter	Etheostoma zonistium	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bigeye Chub	Hybopsis amblops	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bigeye Shiner	Notropis boops	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

Blenny Darter	Etheostoma blennius	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blotched Chub	Erimystax insignis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blue Catfish	Ictalurus furcatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blue Sucker	Cycleptus elongatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blueside Darter	Etheostoma jessiae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluntface Shiner	Cyprinella camura	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluntnose Darter	Etheostoma chlorosoma	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluntnose Minnow	Pimephales notatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bowfin	Amia calva	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brindled Madtom	Noturus miurus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brook Silverside	Labidesthes sicculus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brown Madtom	Noturus phaeus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Buffalo Darter	Etheostoma bison	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 Darter	Etheostoma proeliare	Native	Current	NatureServe

Dollar Sunfish	Lepomis marginatus	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

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

Goldstripe Darter	Etheostoma parvipinne	Native	Current	NatureServe

Green Sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Greenside Darter	Etheostoma blennioides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Guardian Darter	Etheostoma oophylax	Native	Current	NatureServe

Harlequin Darter	Etheostoma histrio	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 Chubsucker	Erimyzon sucetta	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Lake Sturgeon	Acipenser fulvescens	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Largemouth Bass	Micropterus salmoides	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

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

Paddlefish	Polyodon spathula	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pirate Perch	Aphredoderus sayanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pugnose Minnow	Opsopoeodus emiliae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Quillback	Carpiodes cyprinus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rainbow Darter	Etheostoma caeruleum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Red Shiner	Cyprinella lutrensis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redear Sunfish	Lepomis microlophus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redfin Pickerel	Esox americanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redfin Shiner	Lythrurus umbratilis	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Redline Darter	Etheostoma rufilineatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redspotted Sunfish	Lepomis miniatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ribbon Shiner	Lythrurus fumeus	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 Shiner	Notropis blennius	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rock Bass	Ambloplites rupestris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rosyside Dace	Clinostomus funduloides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Saddleback Darter	Percina vigil	Native	Current	NatureServe

Saddled Madtom	Noturus fasciatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Saffron Darter	Etheostoma flavum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sauger	Sander canadensis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Scarlet Shiner	Lythrurus fasciolaris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shoal Chub	Macrhybopsis hyostoma	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shortnose Gar	Lepisosteus platostomus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silver Chub	Macrhybopsis storeriana	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silver Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon unicuspis	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Skipjack Herring	Alosa chrysochloris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Slender Madtom	Noturus exilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Slough Darter	Etheostoma gracile	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 Brook Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon gagei	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 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

Suckermouth Minnow	Phenacobius mirabilis	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	Historic	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

Yellow Bass	Morone mississippiensis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Bullhead	Ameiurus natalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Citation:
FishMap.org. 2025. Lower Tennessee-Beech Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/06040001.html - last accessed September 5, 2025.

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