Lee County, IL Biodiversity (WIP)

Celebrating the surprising biodiversity of a county sometimes relegated to being thought of as just cornfields! Will be adding to this incrementally with confirmed observations of all forms of life in Lee County, using sources such as INHS, several guides, natural area catalogs, and of course ...more ↓

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Golden Shiner
Notemigonus crysoleucas

Emerald shiner ¹
Notropis atherinoides

River Shiner ²
Notropis blennius

Bigmouth Shiner
Notropis dorsalis

Spottail Shiner ³
Notropis hudsonius

Ozark Minnow ⁴
Notropis nubilus

Rosyface Shiner ⁵
Notropis rubellus

Sand Shiner
Notropis stramineus

Common Shiner ⁶
Luxilus cornutus

Bluntnose Minnow ⁷
Pimephales notatus

Fathead Minnow ⁸
Pimephales promelas

Bullhead Minnow ⁹
Pimephales vigilax

Blacknose Dace ¹⁰
Rhinichthys atratulus

Creek Chub ¹¹
Semotilus atromaculatus

Hornyhead Chub ¹²
Nocomis biguttatus

Central Stoneroller ¹³
Campostoma anomalum

Largescale Stoneroller ⁶
Campostoma oligolepis

Southern Redbelly Dace ¹⁴
Chrosomus erythrogaster

Red Shiner ¹⁵
Cyprinella lutrensis

Spotfin Shiner ¹⁶
Cyprinella spiloptera

Gravel Chub
Erimystax x-punctatus

Mississippi Silvery Minnow
Hybognathus nuchalis

Redfin Shiner ¹⁷
Lythrurus umbratilis

Silver Chub ¹⁸
Macrhybopsis storeriana

Suckermouth Minnow ¹⁹
Phenacobius mirabilis

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Lee County, IL Biodiversity (WIP)

Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas

Emerald shiner 1 Notropis atherinoides

River Shiner 2 Notropis blennius

Bigmouth Shiner Notropis dorsalis

Spottail Shiner 3 Notropis hudsonius

Ozark Minnow 4 Notropis nubilus

Rosyface Shiner 5 Notropis rubellus

Sand Shiner Notropis stramineus

Common Shiner 6 Luxilus cornutus

Bluntnose Minnow 7 Pimephales notatus

Fathead Minnow 8 Pimephales promelas

Bullhead Minnow 9 Pimephales vigilax

Blacknose Dace 10 Rhinichthys atratulus

Creek Chub 11 Semotilus atromaculatus

Hornyhead Chub 12 Nocomis biguttatus

Central Stoneroller 13 Campostoma anomalum

Largescale Stoneroller 6 Campostoma oligolepis

Southern Redbelly Dace 14 Chrosomus erythrogaster

Red Shiner 15 Cyprinella lutrensis

Spotfin Shiner 16 Cyprinella spiloptera

Gravel Chub Erimystax x-punctatus

Mississippi Silvery Minnow Hybognathus nuchalis

Redfin Shiner 17 Lythrurus umbratilis

Silver Chub 18 Macrhybopsis storeriana

Suckermouth Minnow 19 Phenacobius mirabilis