Lower Brazos-Little Brazos Watershed Species

Lower Brazos-Little Brazos Watershed - 12070101

Common Name	Scientific Name	Origin	Occurrence	Source
Alligator Gar	Atractosteus spatula	Native	Current	NatureServe

Atlantic Needlefish	Strongylura marina	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bigscale Logperch	Percina macrolepida	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Bullhead	Ameiurus melas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Crappie	Pomoxis nigromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackspot Shiner	Notropis atrocaudalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackstripe Topminnow	Fundulus notatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blacktail Shiner	Cyprinella venusta	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blue Catfish	Ictalurus furcatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blue Sucker	Cycleptus elongatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluntnose Darter	Etheostoma chlorosoma	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bullhead Minnow	Pimephales vigilax	Native	Current	NatureServe

Central Stoneroller	Campostoma anomalum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Channel Catfish	Ictalurus punctatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Chub Shiner	Notropis potteri	Native	Current	NatureServe

Creek Chub	Semotilus atromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Dusky Darter	Percina sciera	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 Shiner	Notemigonus crysoleucas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Goldstripe Darter	Etheostoma parvipinne	Native	Current	NatureServe

Green Sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Lake Chubsucker	Erimyzon sucetta	Native	Current	NatureServe

Largemouth Bass	Micropterus salmoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longear Sunfish	Lepomis megalotis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Gar	Lepisosteus osseus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Lowland Topminnow	Fundulus blairae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mimic Shiner	Notropis volucellus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mississippi Silvery Minnow	Hybognathus nuchalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Orangespotted Sunfish	Lepomis humilis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Orangethroat Darter	Etheostoma spectabile	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pallid Shiner	Hybopsis amnis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pirate Perch	Aphredoderus sayanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pugnose Minnow	Opsopoeodus emiliae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Red Shiner	Cyprinella lutrensis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redear Sunfish	Lepomis microlophus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redfin Pickerel	Esox americanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redspotted Sunfish	Lepomis miniatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

River Carpsucker	Carpiodes carpio	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sailfin Molly	Poecilia latipinna	Native	Current	NatureServe

Sharpnose Shiner	Notropis oxyrhynchus	Native	Historic	NatureServe

Shoal Chub	Macrhybopsis hyostoma	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silver Chub	Macrhybopsis storeriana	Native	Current	NatureServe

Silverband Shiner	Notropis shumardi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Slough Darter	Etheostoma gracile	Native	Current	NatureServe

Smalleye Shiner	Notropis buccula	Native	Current	NatureServe

Smallmouth Buffalo	Ictiobus bubalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Bass	Micropterus punctulatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Gar	Lepisosteus oculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Sucker	Minytrema melanops	Native	Current	NatureServe

Tadpole Madtom	Noturus gyrinus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Threadfin Shad	Dorosoma petenense	Native	Current	NatureServe

Warmouth	Lepomis gulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Western Mosquitofish	Gambusia affinis	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Bass	Morone chrysops	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Crappie	Pomoxis annularis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Bullhead	Ameiurus natalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Citation:
FishMap.org. 2025. Lower Brazos-Little Brazos Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/12070101.html - last accessed September 27, 2025.

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