Lower Oconee Watershed Species

Lower Oconee Watershed - 03070102

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

American Shad	Alosa sapidissima	Native	Current	NatureServe

Atlantic Needlefish	Strongylura marina	Native	Current	NatureServe

Atlantic Sturgeon	Acipenser oxyrinchus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Banded Pygmy Sunfish	Elassoma zonatum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bannerfin Shiner	Cyprinella leedsi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Black Crappie	Pomoxis nigromaculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blackbanded Darter	Percina nigrofasciata	Native	Current	NatureServe

Blueback Herring	Alosa aestivalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bluehead Chub	Nocomis leptocephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Bowfin	Amia calva	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brassy Jumprock	Moxostoma sp. 4	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brook Silverside	Labidesthes sicculus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Brown Bullhead	Ameiurus nebulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Chain Pickerel	Esox niger	Native	Current	NatureServe

Christmas Darter	Etheostoma hopkinsi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Coastal Shiner	Notropis petersoni	Native	Current	NatureServe

Creek Chubsucker	Erimyzon oblongus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Dollar Sunfish	Lepomis marginatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Dusky Shiner	Notropis cummingsae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Eastern Mosquitofish	Gambusia holbrooki	Native	Current	NatureServe

Eastern Silvery Minnow	Hybognathus regius	Native	Current	NatureServe

Flat Bullhead	Ameiurus platycephalus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Florida Gar	Lepisosteus platyrhincus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Gizzard Shad	Dorosoma cepedianum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Golden Shiner	Notemigonus crysoleucas	Native	Current	NatureServe

Goldstripe Darter	Etheostoma parvipinne	Native	Current	NatureServe

Highfin Carpsucker	Carpiodes velifer	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ironcolor Shiner	Notropis chalybaeus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Largemouth Bass	Micropterus salmoides	Native	Current	NatureServe

Longnose Gar	Lepisosteus osseus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Lowland Shiner	Pteronotropis stonei	Native	Current	NatureServe

Margined Madtom	Noturus insignis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Mud Sunfish	Acantharchus pomotis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Notchlip Redhorse	Moxostoma collapsum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Ocmulgee Shiner	Cyprinella callisema	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pirate Perch	Aphredoderus sayanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Pugnose Minnow	Opsopoeodus emiliae	Native	Current	NatureServe

Quillback	Carpiodes cyprinus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redbreast Sunfish	Lepomis auritus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redear Sunfish	Lepomis microlophus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redeye Chub	Notropis harperi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Redfin Pickerel	Esox americanus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Robust Redhorse	Moxostoma robustum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Rosyface Chub	Hybopsis rubrifrons	Native	Current	NatureServe

Shortnose Sturgeon	Acipenser brevirostrum	Native	Current	NatureServe

Snail Bullhead	Ameiurus brunneus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Speckled Madtom	Noturus leptacanthus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spottail Shiner	Notropis hudsonius	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Sucker	Minytrema melanops	Native	Current	NatureServe

Spotted Sunfish	Lepomis punctatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Swamp Darter	Etheostoma fusiforme	Native	Current	NatureServe

Taillight Shiner	Notropis maculatus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Tessellated Darter	Etheostoma olmstedi	Native	Current	NatureServe

Warmouth	Lepomis gulosus	Native	Current	NatureServe

White Catfish	Ameiurus catus	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellow Bullhead	Ameiurus natalis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Yellowfin Shiner	Notropis lutipinnis	Native	Current	NatureServe

Citation:
FishMap.org. 2025. Lower Oconee Watershed Species. Available online at http://fishmap.org/watershed/03070102.html - last accessed November 4, 2025.

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