FISH

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Blue Shiner

Carps & Minnows - Family Cyprinidae

Scientific Name Common Name
Campostoma anomalum Stoneroller
Hybopsis lineapunctata Lined Chub
Rhinichthys atratulus Blacknose Dace
Notropis volucellus volucellus Mimic Shiner
Notropis lirus Mountain Shiner
Notropis xaenocephalus Coosa Shiner
Notropis caeruleus Blue Shiner



Sunfishes - Family Centrarchidae

Scientific Name Common Name
Ambloplites ariommus Shadow Bass
Lepomis machrochirus Bluegill
Lepomis megalotis Longear Sunfish
Lepomis cyanellus Green Sunfish
Lepomis punctatus Spotted Sunfish
Micropterus coosae Redeye Bass
Micropterus punctulatus Spotted Bass
Micropterus salmoides Largemouth Bass
Pomoxis annularis White Crappie
Pomoxis nigromaculatus Black Crappie

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Speckled Darter

Perches - Family Percidae

Scientific Name Common Name
Etheostoma coosae Coosa Darter
Etheostoma jordani Greenbreasted Darter
Etheostoma stigmaeum Speckled Darter
Percina caprodes Logperch
Percina palmaris Bronze Darter
Percina nigrofasciata Blackbanded Darter



Suckers - Family Catostomidae

Scientific Name Common Name
Hypentelium etowanum Alabama Hog Sucker
Moxostoma anisurum Silver Redhorse
Moxostoma duquesnei Black Redhorse
Moxostoma erythrurum Golden Redhorse
Moxostoma

poecilurum

Blacktail Redhorse



Bullhead Catfishes - Family Ictaluridae

Scientific Name Common Name
Ictalurus melas Black Bullhead
Ictalurus nebulsous Brown Bullhead
Ictalurus punctatus Channel Catfish
Noturus funebris Black Madtom
Noturus leptacanthus Speckled Madtom
Pylodictis olivaris Flathead Catfish



Photo of Banded Sculpin

Banded Sculpin

Sculpins - Family Cottidae

Scientific Name Common Name
Cottus caralinae Banded Sculpin






URL: http://www.nps.gov/liri/Natural/Animals/Fish/
Last Updated: March 24, 2004