Illinois Watershed Species

Illinois Watershed - 11110103

Common Name	Scientific Name	Origin	Occurrence	Source
Alabama Shad	Alosa alabamae	Native	Current	NatureServe

American Eel	Anguilla rostrata	Native	Current	NatureServe

Arkansas Darter	Etheostoma cragini	Native	Current	NatureServe

Arkansas River Shiner	Notropis girardi	Native	Historic	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

Bigmouth Buffalo	Ictiobus cyprinellus	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

Blackstripe Topminnow	Fundulus notatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluntface Shiner	Cyprinella camura	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluntnose Minnow	Pimephales notatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brindled Madtom	Noturus miurus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brook Silverside	Labidesthes sicculus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bullhead Minnow	Pimephales vigilax	Native	Current	NatureServe

Cardinal Shiner	Luxilus cardinalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Carmine Shiner	Notropis percobromus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Central Stoneroller	Campostoma anomalum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Channel Catfish	Ictalurus punctatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Channel Darter	Percina copelandi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Chestnut Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon castaneus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Creek Chub	Semotilus atromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Duskystripe Shiner	Luxilus pilsbryi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Emerald Shiner	Notropis atherinoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Fantail Darter	Etheostoma flabellare	Native	Current	NatureServe

Fathead Minnow	Pimephales promelas	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

Goldfish	Carassius auratus	Exotic	Current	USGS NAS

Goldstripe Darter	Etheostoma parvipinne	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Gravel Chub	Erimystax x-punctatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Green Sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Greenside Darter	Etheostoma blennioides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Largemouth Bass	Micropterus salmoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Least Darter	Etheostoma microperca	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longear Sunfish	Lepomis megalotis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Gar	Lepisosteus osseus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mimic Shiner	Notropis volucellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Neosho Madtom	Noturus placidus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Northern Hog Sucker	Hypentelium nigricans	Native	Current	NatureServe

Northern Studfish	Fundulus catenatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Orangespotted Sunfish	Lepomis humilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Orangethroat Darter	Etheostoma spectabile	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ozark Bass	Ambloplites constellatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ozark Cavefish	Amblyopsis rosae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ozark Logperch	Percina fulvitaenia	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ozark Minnow	Notropis nubilus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ozark Shiner	Notropis ozarcanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Paddlefish	Polyodon spathula	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pealip Redhorse	Moxostoma pisolabrum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redear Sunfish	Lepomis microlophus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redfin Darter	Etheostoma whipplei	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redfin Shiner	Lythrurus umbratilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redspot Chub	Nocomis asper	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ribbon Shiner	Lythrurus fumeus	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Carpsucker	Carpiodes carpio	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Darter	Percina shumardi	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Redhorse	Moxostoma carinatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shadow Bass	Ambloplites ariommus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Slender Madtom	Noturus exilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Slenderhead Darter	Percina phoxocephala	Native	Current	NatureServe

Slim Minnow	Pimephales tenellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Smallmouth Bass	Micropterus dolomieu	Native	Current	NatureServe

Smallmouth Buffalo	Ictiobus bubalus	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

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

Stippled Darter	Etheostoma punctulatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Stonecat	Noturus flavus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Striped Shiner	Luxilus chrysocephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Warmouth	Lepomis gulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Wedgespot Shiner	Notropis greenei	Native	Current	NatureServe

Western Mosquitofish	Gambusia affinis	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Bass	Morone chrysops	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

Citation:
FishMap.org. 2025. Illinois Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/11110103.html - last accessed September 6, 2025.

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