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Fish Reports

tree 2001 Report

Table 3.5

Total catches, by gear type, of fish collected in the Open River section of the Upper Mississippi River during 2001. See Table 2.5 for the list of sampling gears actually deployed in this study reach.

 

 

Species
Common name
Scientific name
D
N
F
X
M
Y
S
HS
HL
G
T
TOTAL
1 Chestnut lamprey Ichthyomyzon castaneus 2 - - - - - - - - - - 2
2 Shovelnose sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus - - - - - - - - 3 51 - 54
3 Paddlefish Polyodon spathula - - - - - - - - - 2 - 2
4 Spotted gar Lepisosteus oculatus 2 - - - 1 - - - - 2 - 5
5 Longnose gar L. osseus 12 - - - - - - - - 3 - 15
6 Shortnose gar L. platostomus 96 - 85 - 10 - - 8 11 17 - 227
7 Bowfin Amia calva 1 - - - 1 - - - - 1 - 3
8 Goldeye Hiodon alosoides 70 - - - - - - - - 1 - 71
9 Mooneye H. tergisus 5 - - - - - - - - - - 5
10 American eel Anguilla rostrata 2 - - - - - - - - - - 2
11 Skipjack herring Alosa chrysochloris 9 - - - 1 - - - - - - 10
12 Gizzard shad Dorosoma cepedianum 3297 - 170 - 80 - 255 1 2 34 - 3839
13 Threadfin shad D. petenense 12 - - - 13 - 2 - - - - 27
14 Grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella - - - - - - - - 1 1 - 2
15 Red shiner Cyprinella lutrensis 680 - - - 40 - 266 - - - - 986
16 Blacktail shiner C. venusta 5 - - - 2 - - - - - - 7
17 Common carp Cyprinus carpio 249 - 12 - 10 - - 76 159 30 - 536
18 Mississippi silvery minnow Hybognathus nuchalis 6 - - - - - 8 - - - - 14
19 Silver carp Hypopthalmichthys molitrix 1 - - - - - - 1 - 5 - 7
20 Bighead carp H. nobilis - - 1 - 2 - - - 3 2 - 8
21 Speckled chub Macrhybopsis aestivalis 1 - - - 33 - 3 - - - - 37
22 Silver chub M. storeriana 15 - - - 3 - 4 - - - - 22
23 Emerald shiner Notropis atherinoides 449 - - - 74 - 322 - - - - 845
24 River shiner N. blennius 11 - - - 1 - 33 - - - - 45
25 Spottail shiner N. hudsonius 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1
26 Silverband shiner N. shumardi 92 - - - 37 - 48 - - - - 177
27 Channel shiner N. wickliffi 392 - - - 382 - 163 - - - - 937
28 Pugnose minnow Opsopoeodus emiliae 6 - - - 1 - 10 - - - - 17
29 Bluntnose minnow Pimephales notatus - - - - 2 - - - - - - 2
30 Bullhead minnow P. vigilax 64 - - - 4 - - - - - - 68
31 Unidentified minnow Unidentified Cyprinidae - - - - 21 - - - - - - 21
32 River carpsucker Carpiodes carpio 76 - 7 - 31 - 11 - 20 15 - 160
33 Blue sucker Cycleptus elongatus 1 - - - - - - - - 2 - 3
34 Smallmouth buffalo Ictiobus bubalus 15 - - - - - - 1 115 5 - 136
35 Bigmouth buffalo I. cyprinellus 13 - - - - - - - 2 4 - 19
36 Black buffalo I. niger 8 - - - - - - 3 32 3 - 46
37 Unidentified buffalo Ictiobus sp. - - - - 4 - 11 - - - - 15
38 Golden redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1
39 Shorthead redhorse M. macrolepidotum 1 - - - - - 2 - - 1 - 4
40 Black bullhead Ameiurus melas - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1
41 Blue catfish Ictalurus furcatus 8 - 1 - 3 - - 41 6 36 - 95
42 Channel catfish I. punctatus 76 - 10 - 81 - 19 531 99 17 - 833
43 Stonecat Noturus flavus - - - - 2 - - - - - - 2
44 Freckled madtom N. nocturnus - - - - 4 - - - - - - 4
45 Flathead catfish Pylodictis olivaris 28 - 6 - 1 - - 10 12 5 - 62
46 Blackstripe topminnow Fundulus notatus 10 - - - - - - - - - - 10
47 Blackspotted topminnow F. olivaceus 3 - - - 1 - - - - - - 4
48 Western mosquitofish Gambusia affinis 14 - - - 12 - 10 - - - - 36
49 Brook silverside Labidesthes sicculus 130 - - - 13 - 20 - - - - 163
50 White bass Morone chrysops 79 - 16 - 19 - 14 2 8 9 - 147
51 Striped bass M. saxatilis 6 - - - - - - - - - - 6
52 Striped x white bass M. saxatilis x chrysops 6 - - - - - - - - - - 6
53 Green sunfish Lepomis cyanellus 40 - - - 5 - - - - - - 45
54 Warmouth L. gulosus 13 - - - 19 - - - - - - 32
55 Orangespotted sunfish L. humilis 62 - - - 12 - - - - - - 74
56 Bluegill L. macrochirus 144 - 5 - 113 - 1 3 - - - 266
57 Longear sunfish L. megalotis 9 - - - - - - - - - - 9
58 Redear sunfish L. microlophus 1 - - - 1 - - - - - - 2
59 Spotted bass Micropterus punctulatus 106 - - - - - - - - - - 106
60 Largemouth bass M. salmoides 9 - - - - - - - - - - 9
61 White crappie Pomoxis annularis 25 - - - 96 - 5 1 - - - 127
62 Black crappie P. nigromaculatus 18 - 4 - 62 - 4 1 - - - 89
63 Logperch Percina caprodes 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1
64 Dusky darter P. sciera 1 - - - 1 - - - - - - 2
65 River darter P. shumardi 2 - - - 2 - - - - - - 4
66 Sauger Stizostedion canadense 35 - 1 - 5 - 2 - - 1 - 44
67 Freshwater drum Aplodinotus grunniens 136 - 74 - 2184 - 25 6 8 38 - 2471
68 Unidentified Unidentified - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1
69 Redspotted sunfish Lapomis miniatus 1 - - - 1 - - - - - - 2
      6557 0 392 0 3393 0 1238 685 481 285 0 13031

Sampling gears:
D - Day electrofishing
N - Night electrofishing
F - Fyke netting
X - Tandem fyke netting
M - Mini fyke netting
Y - Tandem mini fyke netting
S - Seining
HS - Small hoop netting
HL - Large hoop netting
G - Gill netting
TA - Trammel netting
T- Trawling

August 26, 2004
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