Bull Shoals Lake Watershed Species

Bull Shoals Lake Watershed - 11010003

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

American Eel	Anguilla rostrata	Native	Current	NatureServe

Arkansas Saddled Darter	Etheostoma euzonum	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 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

Blackspotted Topminnow	Fundulus olivaceus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluntnose Minnow	Pimephales notatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brook Silverside	Labidesthes sicculus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brown Trout	Salmo trutta	Exotic	Current	USGS NAS

Carmine Shiner	Notropis percobromus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Central Stoneroller	Campostoma anomalum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Channel Catfish	Ictalurus punctatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Checkered Madtom	Noturus flavater	Native	Current	NatureServe

Chestnut Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon castaneus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Creek Chub	Semotilus atromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Creek Chubsucker	Erimyzon oblongus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Duskystripe Shiner	Luxilus pilsbryi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Fantail Darter	Etheostoma flabellare	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flathead Catfish	Pylodictis olivaris	Native	Current	NatureServe

Freshwater Drum	Aplodinotus grunniens	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gilt Darter	Percina evides	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Gizzard Shad	Dorosoma cepedianum	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

Highfin Carpsucker	Carpiodes velifer	Native	Current	NatureServe

Hornyhead Chub	Nocomis biguttatus	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

Longear Sunfish	Lepomis megalotis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Darter	Percina nasuta	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Longnose Gar	Lepisosteus osseus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mooneye	Hiodon tergisus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Northern Hog Sucker	Hypentelium nigricans	Native	Current	NatureServe

Northern Studfish	Fundulus catenatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ozark Bass	Ambloplites constellatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ozark Chub	Erimystax harryi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ozark Darter	Etheostoma sp. 7	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ozark Logperch	Percina fulvitaenia	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ozark Madtom	Noturus albater	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ozark Minnow	Notropis nubilus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ozark Sculpin	Cottus hypselurus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ozark Shiner	Notropis ozarcanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Paddlefish	Polyodon spathula	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pealip Redhorse	Moxostoma pisolabrum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Quillback	Carpiodes cyprinus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rainbow Darter	Etheostoma caeruleum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redear Sunfish	Lepomis microlophus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redfin Pickerel	Esox americanus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Redspotted Sunfish	Lepomis miniatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Carpsucker	Carpiodes carpio	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Redhorse	Moxostoma carinatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silver Chub	Macrhybopsis storeriana	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Slender Madtom	Noturus exilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Slim Minnow	Pimephales tenellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Smallmouth Bass	Micropterus dolomieu	Native	Current	NatureServe

Southern Brook Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon gagei	Native	Current	NatureServe

Southern Redbelly Dace	Chrosomus erythrogaster	Native	Current	NatureServe

Speckled Darter	Etheostoma stigmaeum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Bass	Micropterus punctulatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Steelcolor Shiner	Cyprinella whipplei	Native	Current	NatureServe

Stippled Darter	Etheostoma punctulatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Striped Shiner	Luxilus chrysocephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Telescope Shiner	Notropis telescopus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Threadfin Shad	Dorosoma petenense	Native	Current	NatureServe

Walleye	Sander vitreus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Warmouth	Lepomis gulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Wedgespot Shiner	Notropis greenei	Native	Current	NatureServe

Western Mosquitofish	Gambusia affinis	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Crappie	Pomoxis annularis	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Sucker	Catostomus commersonii	Native	Current	NatureServe

Whitetail Shiner	Cyprinella galactura	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Bullhead	Ameiurus natalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yoke Darter	Etheostoma juliae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Citation:
FishMap.org. 2025. Bull Shoals Lake Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/11010003.html - last accessed September 27, 2025.

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