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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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

Hornyhead Chub ¹¹
Nocomis biguttatus

Central Stoneroller ¹²
Campostoma anomalum

Largescale Stoneroller ⁶
Campostoma oligolepis

Red Shiner ¹³
Cyprinella lutrensis

Spotfin Shiner ¹⁴
Cyprinella spiloptera

Gravel Chub
Erimystax x-punctatus

Mississippi Silvery Minnow
Hybognathus nuchalis

Redfin Shiner ¹⁵
Lythrurus umbratilis

Silver Chub ¹⁶
Macrhybopsis storeriana

Suckermouth Minnow ¹⁷
Phenacobius mirabilis

Edited by Connor Ross, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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1. (c) Chia aka Cory Chiappone, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Chia aka Cory Chiappone
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Lee County, IL Biodiversity (WIP)

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

Hornyhead Chub 11 Nocomis biguttatus

Central Stoneroller 12 Campostoma anomalum

Largescale Stoneroller 6 Campostoma oligolepis

Red Shiner 13 Cyprinella lutrensis

Spotfin Shiner 14 Cyprinella spiloptera

Gravel Chub Erimystax x-punctatus

Mississippi Silvery Minnow Hybognathus nuchalis

Redfin Shiner 15 Lythrurus umbratilis

Silver Chub 16 Macrhybopsis storeriana

Suckermouth Minnow 17 Phenacobius mirabilis