Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

UMESC - LTRMP Reports - Fish - Pool 26 - Total Catch by Gear Type
Fish Reports
tree 2003 Report

Table 3.4

Total catches, by gear type, of fish collected in Pool 26 of the Upper Mississippi River during 2003. See Table 2.4 for the list of sampling gears actually deployed in this study reach.

Species Common name Scientific name D F M HS HL T Total
1
Lake sturgeon
Acipenser fulvescens
 - - - - - 1 1
2
Shovelnose sturgeon
Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
 - - - - - 12 12
3
Paddlefish
Polyodon pathula
 - - - - - 2 2
4
Spotted gar
Lepisosteus oculatus
 1 1 1 - - - 3
5
Shortnose gar
L. platostomus
 71 92 27 - 3 - 193
6
Bowfin
Amia calva
 1 3 2 - - - 6
7
Goldeye
Hiodon alosoides
 3 - - - - - 3
8
Mooneye
H. tergisus
 3 - - - 3 - 6
9
Skipjack herring
Alosa chrysochloris
 21 2 6 - - - 29
10
Gizzard shad
Dorosoma cepedianum
 1963 4 227 - 5 - 2199
11
Threadfin shad
D. petenense
 26 - 15 - - - 41
12
Goldfish
Carassius auratus
 - 1 1 - - - 2
13
Grass carp
Ctenopharyngodon idella
 12 1 28 - - - 41
14
Red shiner
Cyprinella lutrensis
 3 - - - - - 3
15
Spotfin shiner
C. spiloptera
 128 - 806 - - - 934
16
Common carp
Cyprinus carpio
 544 5 546 47 81 2 1225
17
Mississippi silvery minnow
Hybognathus nuchalis
 - - 34 - - - 34
18
Silver carp
Hypopthalmichthys molitrix
 10 1 3 - - - 14
19
Bighead carp
H. nobilis
 4 6 81 - 6 - 97
20
Speckled chub
Macrhybopsis aestivalis
 - - - - - 21 21
21
Silver chub
M. storeriana
 6 - - - - - 6
22
Golden shiner
Notemigonus crysoleucas
 - - 5 - - - 5
23
Emerald shiner
Notropis atherinoides
 896 - 1101 - - - 1997
24
River shiner
N. blennius
 32 - 329 - - - 361
25
Spottail shiner
N. hudsonius
 2 - - - - - 2
26
Silverband shiner
N. shumardi
 10 - 56 - 1 - 67
27
Sand shiner
N. stramineus
 4 - 34 - - - 38
28
Channel shiner
N. wickliffi
 81 - 3170 - - - 3251
29
Suckermouth minnow
Phenacobius mirabilis
 1 - - - - - 1
30
Bluntnose minnow
Pimephales notatus
 1 - 13 - - - 14
31
Fathead minnow
P. promelas
 2 - - - - - 2
32
Bullhead minnow
P. vigilax
 530 - 164 - - - 694
33
Unidentified minnow
Unidentified Cyprinidae
 2 - 40 - - - 42
34
River carpsucker
Carpiodes carpio
 74 9 10 - 1 - 94
35
Smallmouth buffalo
Ictiobus bubalus
 142 3 3 8 301 - 457
36
Bigmouth buffalo
I. cyprinellus
 25 5 - - 1 - 31
37
Black buffalo
I. niger
 8 - - 1 8 - 17
38
Golden redhorse
Moxostoma erythrurum
 1 - - - - - 1
39
Shorthead redhorse
M. macrolepidotum
 15 3 1 - 1 - 20
40
Unidentified sucker
Unidentified Catostomidae
 15 - 86 - - - 101
41
Black bullhead
Ameiurus melas
 - 1 1 - - - 2
42
Blue catfish
Ictalurus furcatus
 2 - - 417 88 65 572
43
Channel catfish
I. punctatus
 158 6 36 1244 221 61 1726
44
Flathead catfish
Pylodictis olivaris
 45 - 4 18 13 6 86
45
Blackstripe topminnow
Fundulus notatus
 1 - - - - - 1
46
Western mosquitofish
Gambusia affinis
 12 - 133 - - - 145
47
Brook silverside
Labidesthes sicculus
 5 - - - - - 5
48
White bass
Morone chrysops
 167 102 85 9 19 - 382
49
Yellow bass
M. mississippiensis
 10 1 - - - - 11
50
Striped x white bass
M. saxatilis x chrysops
 1 - - - - - 1
51
Green sunfish
Lepomis cyanellus
 161 1 3 - - - 165
52
Warmouth
L. gulosus
 11 1 1 - - - 13
53
Orangespotted sunfish
L. humilis
 313 2 100 - - - 415
54
Bluegill
L. macrochirus
 360 111 44 2 - - 517
55
Green x bluegill sunfish
L. cyanellus x macrochirus
 12 1 - - - - 13
56
Bluegill x longear sunfish
L. macrochirus x megalotis
 1 - - - - - 1
57
Smallmouth bass
Micropterus dolomieu
 4 - - - - - 4
58
Largemouth bass
M. salmoides
 84 3 9 - - - 96
59
White crappie
Pomoxis annularis
 10 13 36 - - - 59
60
Black crappie
P. nigromaculatus
 9 128 38 - - - 175
61
Unidentified sunfish
Unidentified Centrarchidae
 12 - 50 - - - 62
62
Mud darter
Etheostoma asprigene
 1 - - - - - 1
63
Logperch
Percina caprodes
 1 - 1 - - - 2
64
Slenderhead darter
P. phoxocephala
 4 - - - - - 4
65
Sauger
Stizostedion canadense
 9 - 1 - - - 10
66
Walleye
S. vitreum
 3 - - - - - 3
67
Freshwater drum
Aplodinotus grunniens
 531 13 264 41 61 82 992
68
Age-0 fish
Unidentified
 - - 4 - - 1 5
      6564 519 7599 1787 813 253 17535

 

Sampling gears:
D - Day electrofishing
F - Fyke netting
M - Mini fyke netting
HS - Small hoop netting
HL - Large hoop netting
T - Trawling October 13, 2004


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