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Fishes of Middle Georgia

Guide to species of fish found within the area collectively known as middle Georgia. The 11 counties included in the project are Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam, Twiggs, and Wilkinson. Species determined from maps on fishesofgeorgia.uga.edu

Eastern Mosquitofish 1
Gambusia holbrooki
Spotted Bass 2
Micropterus punctulatus
Redeye Bass 3
Micropterus coosae
Lined Topminnow 4
Fundulus lineolatus
Mud Sunfish 5
Acantharchus pomotis
American shad 6
Alosa sapidissima
Dollar Sunfish 7
Lepomis marginatus
Snail Bullhead 8
Ameiurus brunneus
Blueback Shad 9
Alosa aestivalis
Atlantic Sturgeon 10
Acipenser oxyrinchus
Brown Bullhead 11
Ameiurus nebulosus
American Eel 12
Anguilla rostrata
Shadow Bass 13
Ambloplites ariommus
Bowfin 14
Amia calva
White Bullhead 15
Ameiurus catus
Yellow Bullhead 16
Ameiurus natalis
Pirate Perch 17
Aphredoderus sayanus
Ocmulgee Shiner
Cyprinella callisema
Altamaha Shiner
Cyprinella xaenura
Flier 18
Centrarchus macropterus
European Carp 19
Cyprinus carpio
Bannerfin Shiner 20
Cyprinella leedsi
Longjaw Minnow 21
Notropis amplamala
American Gizzard Shad 22
Dorosoma cepedianum
Blue-spotted Sunfish 23
Enneacanthus gloriosus
Lake Chubsucker 24
Erimyzon sucetta
American Pickerel 25
Esox americanus
Banded Pygmy Sunfish 21
Elassoma zonatum
Threadfin Shad 26
Dorosoma petenense
Brown Darter 27
Etheostoma edwini
Eastern Creek Chubsucker 28
Erimyzon oblongus
Chain Pickerel 14
Esox niger
Christmas Darter 29
Etheostoma hopkinsi
Turquoise darter 30
Etheostoma inscriptum
Tessellated Darter 31
Etheostoma olmstedi
Eastern Silvery Minnow 32
Hybognathus regius
Gulf Darter 33
Etheostoma swaini
Goldstripe Darter 34
Etheostoma parvipinne
Swamp Darter 35
Etheostoma fusiforme
golden topminnow 36
Fundulus chrysotus
Clear Chub 37
Hybopsis winchelli
Channel Catfish 38
Ictalurus punctatus
Rosyface chub 25
Hybopsis rubrifrons
Blue Catfish 39
Ictalurus furcatus
Green Sunfish 16
Lepomis cyanellus
Brook Silverside 40
Labidesthes sicculus
Bluegill 33
Lepomis macrochirus
Spotted Gar 14
Lepisosteus oculatus
Warmouth 41
Lepomis gulosus
Florida Gar 14
Lepisosteus platyrhincus
Largemouth Bass 14
Micropterus salmoides
Longnose Gar 14
Lepisosteus osseus
Redbreast Sunfish 5
Lepomis auritus
Redear Sunfish 41
Lepomis microlophus
White × Striped Bass 42
Morone chrysops × saxatilis
Shoal Bass 43
Micropterus cataractae
Spotted Sucker 44
Minytrema melanops
White Bass 33
Morone chrysops
Striped Bass 45
Morone saxatilis
Bluehead chub 46
Nocomis leptocephalus
Spotted Sunfish 47
Lepomis punctatus
Striped Mullet 48
Chelon tricuspidens
Golden Shiner 49
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Notchlip Redhorse 47
Moxostoma collapsum
Robust Redhorse 3
Moxostoma robustum
Ironcolor Shiner 27
Notropis chalybaeus
Spottail Shiner 50
Notropis hudsonius
Longnose Shiner 8
Notropis longirostris
Taillight Shiner 37
Notropis maculatus
Yellowfin shiner 51
Notropis lutipinnis
Weed Shiner 40
Notropis texanus
White Crappie 13
Pomoxis annularis
Yellow Perch 52
Perca flavescens
Tadpole Madtom 53
Noturus gyrinus
Speckled Madtom 8
Noturus leptacanthus
Margined madtom 54
Noturus insignis
Pugnose Minnow 53
Opsopoeodus emiliae
Black Crappie 1
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Striped Jumprock 25
Moxostoma rupiscartes
Apalachee Shiner
Pteronotropis grandipinnis
Lowland Shiner 55
Pteronotropis stonei
Flathead Catfish 41
Pylodictis olivaris
Greater Jumprock 8
Moxostoma lachneri
Atlantic Needlefish 56
Strongylura marina
Grass Carp 14
Ctenopharyngodon idella

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