Table ECO4. Fish species composition at single reach-single year and single reach-multi year fixed sites in Raritan and Passaic basins, New Jersey and Swan River, New York, 1997.
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Abbrev. Species ** Beden Bound Rahway Rockaway Stony Swan Total
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WS White Sucker 218 567 479 150 597 0 2011
STS Spottail Shiner 71 824 25 0 324 0 1244
CS Common Shiner 12 55 8 871 108 0 1054
EEL American Eel 301 250 26 0 54 363 994
TD Tesselated Darter 65 391 1 106 400 0 963
ESM Eastern Silvery Minnow 0 592 0 0 0 0 592
BND Blacknose Dace 25 5 115 107 144 0 396
RBS Redbreast Sunfish 40 66 0 134 127 0 367
CC Creek Chub 17 2 0 0 247 0 266
CLM Cutlips Minnow 0 0 0 261 0 0 261
MG Mummichog 0 0 233 0 0 0 233
LND Longnose Dace 24 151 22 0 0 0 197
GSF Green Sunfish 11 37 122 0 17 0 187
SWS Swallowtail Shiner 6 162 0 0 14 0 182
RKB Rock Bass 74 4 0 1 102 0 181
BK Banded Killifish 13 31 82 0 33 0 159
FF Fallfish 21 9 0 98 0 0 128
MMT Margined Madtom 0 0 0 33 89 0 122
PS Pumpkinseed 9 12 59 0 38 1 119
SFS Satinfin Shiner 30 34 0 0 38 0 102
BG Bluegill 44 9 5 2 39 0 99
MM Eastern Mudminnow 1 0 0 28 0 52 81
RFP Redfin Pickerel 0 10 0 18 0 52 80
YBH Yellow Bullhead 11 5 10 15 5 0 46
CCS Creek Chubsucker 6 1 0 34 2 0 43
LMB Largemouth Bass 26 3 0 1 12 1 43
BRN Brown Trout 0 1 0 14 0 19 34
CP Chain Pickerel 0 0 0 21 0 0 21
ABL American Brook Lamprey 1 0 0 14 0 2 17
SMB Smallmouth Bass 8 4 0 0 5 0 17
FHM Fathead Minnow 0 0 8 0 6 0 14
GSH Golden Shiner 0 0 11 0 0 0 11
CMS Comely Shiner 5 2 0 0 3 0 10
BBH Brown Bullhead 2 2 0 0 1 4 9
BSS Bluespotted Sunfish 0 0 0 6 0 0 6
CRP Carp 1 0 1 0 3 0 5
RBT Rainbow Trout 0 0 0 1 0 4 5
PP Pirate Perch 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
BGxRBS Bluegill X Redbreast Sunfish 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
BRK Brook Trout 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
RVC River Chub 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
SR Stoneroller 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
PSxGSF Pumpkinseed X Green Sunfish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total Individuals 1044 3229 1207 1916 2408 502 10306
Species Richness 28 26 16 21 24 11 42
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** Beden Brook at Rocky Hill, NJ; Bound Brook at Middlesex, NJ; Rahway River at Washington Park, at Springfield, NJ; Rockaway River at Longwood Valley, NJ; Stony Brook at Princeton, NJ; Swan River at Patchogue, NY