Wildlife of Cherry Creek State Park

Comprised of an 880-acre reservoir and 3305 acres of upland, Cherry Creek State Park is the largest regional park and recreation area in the southeast Denver area. it was also the first park in the state park system. Located in the High Plains section of the Great Plains, the park sits on a ...more ↓

Largemouth Bass ¹
Micropterus salmoides

Green Sunfish ²
Lepomis cyanellus

Pumpkinseed Sunfish ³
Lepomis gibbosus

Orangespotted Sunfish ⁴
Lepomis humilis

White Crappie ⁵
Pomoxis annularis

Black Crappie ⁶
Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Walleye ⁷
Sander vitreus

Yellow Perch ⁸
Perca flavescens

White Bass ⁹
Morone chrysops

Rainbow Trout ¹⁰
Oncorhynchus mykiss

Black Bullhead ¹¹
Ameiurus melas

Flathead Catfish ¹²
Pylodictis olivaris

Blue Catfish ¹³
Ictalurus furcatus

Channel Catfish ¹⁴
Ictalurus punctatus

Tench ¹⁵
Tinca tinca

Sand Shiner ¹⁶
Notropis stramineus

Fathead Minnow ¹⁷
Pimephales promelas

Longnose Dace ¹⁸
Rhinichthys cataractae

Red Shiner ¹⁹
Cyprinella lutrensis

Creek Chub ²⁰
Semotilus atromaculatus

European Carp ²¹
Cyprinus carpio

White Sucker ²⁰
Catostomus commersonii

American Gizzard Shad ²²
Dorosoma cepedianum

Threadfin Shad ²³
Dorosoma petenense

Northern Plains Killifish ²⁴
Fundulus kansae

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Wildlife of Cherry Creek State Park

Largemouth Bass 1 Micropterus salmoides

Green Sunfish 2 Lepomis cyanellus

Pumpkinseed Sunfish 3 Lepomis gibbosus

Orangespotted Sunfish 4 Lepomis humilis

White Crappie 5 Pomoxis annularis

Black Crappie 6 Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Walleye 7 Sander vitreus

Yellow Perch 8 Perca flavescens

White Bass 9 Morone chrysops

Rainbow Trout 10 Oncorhynchus mykiss

Black Bullhead 11 Ameiurus melas

Flathead Catfish 12 Pylodictis olivaris

Blue Catfish 13 Ictalurus furcatus

Channel Catfish 14 Ictalurus punctatus

Tench 15 Tinca tinca

Sand Shiner 16 Notropis stramineus

Fathead Minnow 17 Pimephales promelas

Longnose Dace 18 Rhinichthys cataractae

Red Shiner 19 Cyprinella lutrensis

Creek Chub 20 Semotilus atromaculatus

European Carp 21 Cyprinus carpio

White Sucker 20 Catostomus commersonii

American Gizzard Shad 22 Dorosoma cepedianum

Threadfin Shad 23 Dorosoma petenense

Northern Plains Killifish 24 Fundulus kansae