Lower Wisconsin Watershed Species

Lower Wisconsin Watershed - 07070005

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

Bigmouth Buffalo	Ictiobus cyprinellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bigmouth Shiner	Notropis dorsalis	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	Historic	NatureServe

Blackchin Shiner	Notropis heterodon	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blacknose Shiner	Notropis heterolepis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackside Darter	Percina maculata	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackstripe Topminnow	Fundulus notatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blue Sucker	Cycleptus elongatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluntnose Minnow	Pimephales notatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bowfin	Amia calva	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brassy Minnow	Hybognathus hankinsoni	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brook Silverside	Labidesthes sicculus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brook Stickleback	Culaea inconstans	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brook Trout	Salvelinus fontinalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brown Bullhead	Ameiurus nebulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bullhead Minnow	Pimephales vigilax	Native	Current	NatureServe

Burbot	Lota lota	Native	Current	NatureServe

Carmine Shiner	Notropis percobromus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Central Mudminnow	Umbra limi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Central Stoneroller	Campostoma anomalum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Channel Catfish	Ictalurus punctatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Chestnut Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon castaneus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Cisco	Coregonus artedi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Common Shiner	Luxilus cornutus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Creek Chub	Semotilus atromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Crystal Darter	Crystallaria asprella	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Emerald Shiner	Notropis atherinoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Fantail Darter	Etheostoma flabellare	Native	Current	NatureServe

Fathead Minnow	Pimephales promelas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Finescale Dace	Chrosomus neogaeus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flathead Catfish	Pylodictis olivaris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Freshwater Drum	Aplodinotus grunniens	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

Greater Redhorse	Moxostoma valenciennesi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Green Sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Highfin Carpsucker	Carpiodes velifer	Native	Current	NatureServe

Hornyhead Chub	Nocomis biguttatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Iowa Darter	Etheostoma exile	Native	Current	NatureServe

Johnny Darter	Etheostoma nigrum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Lake Chubsucker	Erimyzon sucetta	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 Darter	Etheostoma microperca	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Logperch	Percina caprodes	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Dace	Rhinichthys cataractae	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

Mud Darter	Etheostoma asprigene	Native	Current	NatureServe

Muskellunge	Esox masquinongy	Native	Current	NatureServe

Northern Hog Sucker	Hypentelium nigricans	Native	Current	NatureServe

Northern Pike	Esox lucius	Native	Current	NatureServe

Orangespotted Sunfish	Lepomis humilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ozark Minnow	Notropis nubilus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Paddlefish	Polyodon spathula	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pallid Shiner	Hybopsis amnis	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Pearl Dace	Margariscus margarita	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pirate Perch	Aphredoderus sayanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pugnose Minnow	Opsopoeodus emiliae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pumpkinseed	Lepomis gibbosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Quillback	Carpiodes cyprinus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rainbow Darter	Etheostoma caeruleum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redfin Shiner	Lythrurus umbratilis	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Redside Dace	Clinostomus elongatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Carpsucker	Carpiodes carpio	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Darter	Percina shumardi	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Redhorse	Moxostoma carinatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Shiner	Notropis blennius	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rock Bass	Ambloplites rupestris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sand Shiner	Notropis stramineus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sauger	Sander canadensis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shoal Chub	Macrhybopsis hyostoma	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shorthead Redhorse	Moxostoma macrolepidotum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shortnose Gar	Lepisosteus platostomus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shovelnose Sturgeon	Scaphirhynchus platorynchus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silver Chub	Macrhybopsis storeriana	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silver Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon unicuspis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silver Redhorse	Moxostoma anisurum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Slenderhead Darter	Percina phoxocephala	Native	Current	NatureServe

Slimy Sculpin	Cottus cognatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Smallmouth Bass	Micropterus dolomieu	Native	Current	NatureServe

Smallmouth Buffalo	Ictiobus bubalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Southern Redbelly Dace	Chrosomus erythrogaster	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotfin Shiner	Cyprinella spiloptera	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spottail Shiner	Notropis hudsonius	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Sucker	Minytrema melanops	Native	Current	NatureServe

Starhead Topminnow	Fundulus dispar	Native	Current	NatureServe

Stonecat	Noturus flavus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Suckermouth Minnow	Phenacobius mirabilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Tadpole Madtom	Noturus gyrinus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Trout-perch	Percopsis omiscomaycus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Walleye	Sander vitreus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Warmouth	Lepomis gulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Weed Shiner	Notropis texanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Western Blacknose Dace	Rhinichthys obtusus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Western Sand Darter	Ammocrypta clara	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Bass	Morone chrysops	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Crappie	Pomoxis annularis	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Sucker	Catostomus commersonii	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. Lower Wisconsin Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/07070005.html - last accessed September 27, 2025.

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