Distribution of Fishes in the Red River of the North Basin on Multivariate Environmental Gradients

The Fishes of the Red River Basin

Table 3. Fish species reported in surveys of streams and lakes of the Red River basin during 1892-1994 with codes and native (N) or introduced (I) status.

	Taxon	Common name	Code	Native
Petromyzontidae
1	Ichthyomyson castaneus	chestnut lamprey	CHL	N
2	Ichthyomyson unicuspis	silver lamprey	SIL	N
Acipenseridae
3	Acipenser fulvescens¹	lake sturgeon	LKS	N
Lepisosteidae
4	Lepistoseus osseus¹	longnose gar	LNG	N
Amiidae
5	Amia calva	bowfin	BOF	N
Hiodontidae
6	Hiodon alosoides	goldeneye	GOE	N
7	Hiodon tergisus	mooneye	MOE	N
Salmonidae
8	Coregonus artedii	ciscoe	TLC	N
9	Coregonus clupeaformis	whitefish	WTF	N
10	Oncorhynchus mykiss	rainbow trout	RBT	I
11	Salmo trutta	brown trout	BNT	I
12	Salvelinus fontinalis	brook trout	BKT	I
Catostomidae
13	Carpiodes cyprinus	quillback carpsucker	QBS	N
14	Catostomus commersoni	white sucker	WTS	N
15	Hypentelium nigricans	northern hogsucker	NHS	N
16	Ictiobus cyprinellus	bigmouth buffalo	BIB	N
17	Moxostoma anisurum	silver redhorse	SLR	N
18	Moxostoma erythrurum	golden redhorse	GLR	N
19	Moxostoma macrolepidotum	shorthead redhorse	SHR	N
20	Moxostoma valenciennesi	greater redhorse	GRR	N
Cyprinidae
21	Campostoma anomalum	central stoneroller	CSR	N
22	Campostoma oligolepis	largescale stoneroller	LSR	N
23	Cyprinella spiloptera	spotfin shiner	SFS	N
24	Cyprinus carpio	common carp	COP	I
25	Hybognathus hankinsoni	brassy minnow	BRM	N
26	Luxilus cornutus	common shiner	CSH	N
27	Macrhybopsis storeriana	silver chub	SLC	N
28	Margariscus margarita	pearl dace	PRD	N
29	Nocomis biguttatus	hornyhead chub	HHC	N
30	Notemigonus chrysoleucas	golden shiner	GOS	N
31	Notropis anogenus	pugnose shiner	PGS	N
32	Notropis atherinoides	emerald shiner	EMS	N
33	Notropis blennius	river shiner	RVS	N
34	Notropis dorsalis	bigmouth shiner	BMS	N
35	Notropis heterodon	blackchin shiner	BCS	N
36	Notropis heterolepis	blacknose shiner	BNS	N
37	Notropis hudsonius	spottail shiner	SPO	N
38	Notropis rubellus	rosyface shiner	RFS	N
39	Notropis stramineus	sand shiner	SDS	N
40	Notropis texanus	weed shiner	WDS	N
41	Notropis volucellus	mimic shiner	MMS	N
42	Phoxinus eos	northern redbelly dace	NRD	N
43	Phoxinus neogaeus	finescale dace	FND	N
44	Pimephales notatus	bluntnose minnow	BNM	N
45	Pimephales promelas	fathead minnow	FHM	N
46	Platygobio gracilis	flathead chub	FHC	I
47	Rhinichthys atratulus	blacknose dace	BND	N
48	Rhinichthys cataractae	longnose dace	LND	N
49	Semotilus atromaculatus	creek chub	CRC	N
Ictaluridae
50	Ameiurus melas	black bullhead	BLB	N
51	Ameiurus natalis	yellow bullhead	YEB	N
52	Ameiurus nebulosus	brown bullhead	BRB	N
53	Ictalurus punctatus	channel catfish	CCF	N
54	Noturus flavus	stonecat	STC	N
55	Noturus gyrinus	tadpole madtom	TPM	N
Umbridae
56	Umbra limi	central mudminnow	CNM	N
Esocidae
57	Esox lucius	northern pike	NOP	N
58	Esox masquinongy	muskellunge	MUE	I
Cyprinodontidae
59	Fundulus diaphanus	banded killfish	BKF	N
Gadidae
60	Lota lota	burbot	BUB	N
Percopsidae
61	Percopsis omiscomaycus	trout-perch	TRP	N
Percichthyidae
62	Morone chrysops	white bass	WHB	I
Centrarchidae
63	Ambloplites rupestris	rock bass	RKB	N
64	Lepomis cyanellus	green sunfish	GSF	N
65	Lepomis gibbosus	pumpkinseed	PMK	N
66	Lepomis humilis	orangespotted sunfish	OSS	N
67	Lepomis macrochirus	bluegill	BLG	N
68	Micropterus dolomieui	smallmouth bass	SMB	N
69	Micropterus salmoides	largemouth bass	LMB	N
70	Pomoxis annularis	white crappie	WHC	N
71	Pomoxis nigromaculatus	black crappie	BLC	N
Percidae
72	Etheostoma caeruleum	rainbow darter	RBD	N
73	Etheostoma exile	Iowa darter	IOD	N
74	Etheostoma microperca	least darter	LED	N
75	Etheostoma nigrum	johnny darter	JND	N
76	Perca flavescens	yellow perch	YEP	N
77	Percina caprodes	logperch	LGP	N
78	Percina maculata	blackside darter	BSD	N
79	Percina shumardi	river darter	RVD	N
80	Stizostedion canadense	sauger	SAR	N
81	Stizostedion vitreum	walleye	WAE	N
Scianidae
82	Aplodinotus grunniens	freshwater drum	FRD	N
Cottidae
83	Cottus bairdi	mottled sculpin	MTS	N
Gasterosteidae
84	Culaea inconstans	brook stickleback	BST	N

¹ Species which are known only from historical records and most likely no longer exist in the Red River basin.