Buffalo Watershed Species

Buffalo Watershed - 06040004

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

Ashy Darter	Etheostoma cinereum	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

Black Bullhead	Ameiurus melas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Redhorse	Moxostoma duquesnii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackfin Darter	Etheostoma nigripinne	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

Blotchside Logperch	Percina burtoni	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluntnose Minnow	Pimephales notatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brindled Madtom	Noturus miurus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brook Silverside	Labidesthes sicculus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Buffalo Darter	Etheostoma bison	Native	Current	NatureServe

Central Stoneroller	Campostoma anomalum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Chain Pickerel	Esox niger	Native	Current	NatureServe

Channel Catfish	Ictalurus punctatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Chestnut Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon castaneus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Coppercheek Darter	Etheostoma aquali	Native	Current	NatureServe

Creek Chub	Semotilus atromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Creek Chubsucker	Erimyzon oblongus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Dusky Darter	Percina sciera	Native	Current	NatureServe

Egg-mimic Darter	Etheostoma pseudovulatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Emerald Shiner	Notropis atherinoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Fantail Darter	Etheostoma flabellare	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flathead Catfish	Pylodictis olivaris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Freckled Madtom	Noturus nocturnus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Fringed Darter	Etheostoma crossopterum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gilt Darter	Percina evides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gizzard Shad	Dorosoma cepedianum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Darter	Etheostoma denoncourti	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Redhorse	Moxostoma erythrurum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Shiner	Notemigonus crysoleucas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Green Sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Greenside Darter	Etheostoma blennioides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Highland Shiner	Notropis micropteryx	Native	Current	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

Longhead Darter	Percina macrocephala	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mimic Shiner	Notropis volucellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mountain Brook Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon greeleyi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mountain Madtom	Noturus eleutherus	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

Pirate Perch	Aphredoderus sayanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rainbow Darter	Etheostoma caeruleum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redfin Pickerel	Esox americanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redline Darter	Etheostoma rufilineatum	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

Saddleback Darter	Percina vigil	Native	Current	NatureServe

Saddled Madtom	Noturus fasciatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Saffron Darter	Etheostoma flavum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Scaly Sand Darter	Ammocrypta vivax	Native	Current	NatureServe

Scarlet Shiner	Lythrurus fasciolaris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silver Chub	Macrhybopsis storeriana	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silver Redhorse	Moxostoma anisurum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silver Shiner	Notropis photogenis	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 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

Speckled Darter	Etheostoma stigmaeum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotfin Chub	Erimonax monachus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotfin Shiner	Cyprinella spiloptera	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Bass	Micropterus punctulatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Sucker	Minytrema melanops	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

Stripetail Darter	Etheostoma kennicotti	Native	Current	NatureServe

Telescope Shiner	Notropis telescopus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Tennessee Shiner	Notropis leuciodus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Warmouth	Lepomis gulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Western Blacknose Dace	Rhinichthys obtusus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Western Mosquitofish	Gambusia affinis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Bullhead	Ameiurus natalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Citation:
FishMap.org. 2025. Buffalo Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/06040004.html - last accessed October 25, 2025.

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