Lower Kaskaskia Watershed Species

Lower Kaskaskia Watershed - 07140204

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

Banded Sculpin	Cottus carolinae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bigeye Shiner	Notropis boops	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Bigmouth Buffalo	Ictiobus cyprinellus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Bigmouth Shiner	Notropis dorsalis	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Black Bullhead	Ameiurus melas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Crappie	Pomoxis nigromaculatus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Blackstripe Topminnow	Fundulus notatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blue Catfish	Ictalurus furcatus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluntnose Darter	Etheostoma chlorosoma	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Bluntnose Minnow	Pimephales notatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bowfin	Amia calva	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brook Silverside	Labidesthes sicculus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Bullhead Minnow	Pimephales vigilax	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Central Stoneroller	Campostoma anomalum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Channel Catfish	Ictalurus punctatus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Chestnut Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon castaneus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Creek Chub	Semotilus atromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Emerald Shiner	Notropis atherinoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Fathead Minnow	Pimephales promelas	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Flathead Catfish	Pylodictis olivaris	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Flathead Chub	Platygobio gracilis	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Flier	Centrarchus macropterus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Freckled Madtom	Noturus nocturnus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Freshwater Drum	Aplodinotus grunniens	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Ghost Shiner	Notropis buchanani	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gizzard Shad	Dorosoma cepedianum	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Golden Redhorse	Moxostoma erythrurum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Shiner	Notemigonus crysoleucas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Goldeye	Hiodon alosoides	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Green Sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Johnny Darter	Etheostoma nigrum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Largemouth Bass	Micropterus salmoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Logperch	Percina caprodes	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Longear Sunfish	Lepomis megalotis	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Longnose Gar	Lepisosteus osseus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Mimic Shiner	Notropis volucellus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Mississippi Silvery Minnow	Hybognathus nuchalis	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Mooneye	Hiodon tergisus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Orangespotted Sunfish	Lepomis humilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Paddlefish	Polyodon spathula	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pirate Perch	Aphredoderus sayanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Plains Minnow	Hybognathus placitus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Red Shiner	Cyprinella lutrensis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redfin Pickerel	Esox americanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redfin Shiner	Lythrurus umbratilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ribbon Shiner	Lythrurus fumeus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

River Carpsucker	Carpiodes carpio	Native	Historic	NatureServe

River Darter	Percina shumardi	Native	Historic	NatureServe

River Shiner	Notropis blennius	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Rock Bass	Ambloplites rupestris	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Sand Shiner	Notropis stramineus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Sauger	Sander canadensis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shoal Chub	Macrhybopsis hyostoma	Native	Historic	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	Historic	NatureServe

Silverband Shiner	Notropis shumardi	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Silverjaw Minnow	Notropis buccatus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Skipjack Herring	Alosa chrysochloris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Slenderhead Darter	Percina phoxocephala	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Slough Darter	Etheostoma gracile	Native	Current	NatureServe

Smallmouth Buffalo	Ictiobus bubalus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Spotted Sucker	Minytrema melanops	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Stonecat	Noturus flavus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Suckermouth Minnow	Phenacobius mirabilis	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Tadpole Madtom	Noturus gyrinus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Threadfin Shad	Dorosoma petenense	Native	Current	NatureServe

Warmouth	Lepomis gulosus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Western Mosquitofish	Gambusia affinis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Western Silvery Minnow	Hybognathus argyritis	Native	Historic	NatureServe

White Bass	Morone chrysops	Native	Historic	NatureServe

White Crappie	Pomoxis annularis	Native	Historic	NatureServe

White Sucker	Catostomus commersonii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Bass	Morone mississippiensis	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Yellow Bullhead	Ameiurus natalis	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Citation:
FishMap.org. 2025. Lower Kaskaskia Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/07140204.html - last accessed October 26, 2025.

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