Table 2. Fish collected in streams of the South-Central Texas study unit, Texas
[From Texas System of Natural Laboratories, Inc. (1994). River basin: G, Guadalupe; SA, San Antonio; N, Nueces; SN, San Antonio-Nueces Coastal; NR, Nueces-Rio Grande Coastal]
| Order |
Genus |
River basin | ||
| Family | ||||
| Common name | ||||
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| Lepisosteiformes | ||||
| Lepisosteidae (gars) | ||||
| Spotted gar | Lepisosteus oculatus | G, SA, N, SN, NR | ||
| Longnose gar | Lepisosteus osseus | G, SA, N, SN, NR | ||
| Alligator gar | Lepisosteus spatula | G, SA, N, SN, NR | ||
| Anguilliformes | ||||
| Anguillidae (freshwater eels) | ||||
| American eel | Anguilla rostrata | G, SA, N, SN, NR | ||
| Clupeiformes | ||||
| Clupeidae (herrings) | ||||
| Skipjack herring | Alosa chrysochloris | G, SA | ||
| American shad | Alosa sapidissima | G, SA | ||
| Gizzard shad | Dorosoma cepedianum | G, SA, N, SN, NR | ||
| Threadfin shad | Dorosoma petenense | G, SA, N, SN, NR | ||
| Engraulidae (anchovies) | ||||
| Bay anchovy | Anchoa mitchilli | N, SN, NR | ||
| Cypriniformes | ||||
| Cyprinidae (carps and minnows) | ||||
| Central stoneroller | Campostoma anomalum | G, SA, N | ||
| Mexican stoneroller | Campostoma ornatum | N | ||
| Goldfish | Carassius auratus | G, N | ||
| Plateau shiner | Cyprinella lepida | G, N | ||
| Red shiner | Cyprinella lutrensis | G, SA, N, SN | ||
| Blacktail shiner | Cyprinella venusta | G, SA, N | ||
| Common carp | Cyprinus carpio | G, SA, N, NR | ||
| Roundnose minnow | Dionda episcopa | G, N | ||
| Nueces roundnose minnow | Dionda serena | SA, N | ||
| Plains minnow | Hybognathus placitus | G | ||
| Speckled chub | Macrhybopsis aestivalis | G, SA, N | ||
| Golden shiner | Notemigonus crysoleucas | G, SA, N | ||
| Texas shiner | Notropis amabilis | G, SA, N | ||
| Pallid shiner | Notropis amnis | G, SA | ||
| Blackspot shiner | Notropis atrocaudalis | G, SA | ||
| River shiner | Notropis blennius | SA | ||
| Ghost shiner | Notropis buchanani | G, SA, N | ||
| Ironcolor shiner | Notropis chalybaeus | G | ||
| Sand shiner | Notropis stramineus | G, SA, N | ||
| Weed shiner | Notropis texanus | G, SA, N | ||
| Mimic shiner | Notropis volucellus | G, SA, N | ||
| Pugnose minnow | Opsopoeodus emiliae | G, SA, N | ||
| Suckermouth minnow | Phenacobius mirabilis | N | ||
| Bluntnose minnow | Pimephales notatus | N | ||
| Fathead minnow | Pimephales promelas | G, SA | ||
| Bullhead minnow | Pimephales vigilax | G, SA, N | ||
| Tench | Tinca tinca | G | ||
| Catostomidae (suckers) | ||||
| River carpsucker | Carpiodes carpio | G, SA, N, SN, NR | ||
| Creek chubsucker | Erimyzon oblongus | G | ||
| Lake chubsucker | Erimyzon sucetta | G | ||
| Smallmouth buffalo | Ictiobus bubalus | G, SA, N, SN, NR | ||
| Spotted sucker | Minytrema melanops | G | ||
| Gray redhorse | Moxostoma congestum | G, SA, N | ||
| Characiformes | ||||
| Characidae (characins) | ||||
| Mexican tetra | Astyanax mexicanus | G, SA, N, NR | ||
| Siluriformes | ||||
| Ictaluridae (bullhead catfishes) | ||||
| Black bullhead | Ameiurus melas | G, SA, N, SN, NR | ||
| Yellow bullhead | Ameiurus natalis | G, SA, N, SN, NR | ||
| Brown bullhead | Ameiurus nebulosus | G, SA, N, NR | ||
| Blue catfish | Ictalurus furcatus | G, SA, N, SN, NR | ||
| Headwater catfish | Ictalurus lupus | SA, N | ||
| Channel catfish | Ictalurus punctatus | G, SA, N, SN, NR | ||
| Tadpole madtom | Noturus gyrinus | SA, N, SN | ||
| Flathead catfish | Pylodictis olivaris | G, SA, N | ||
| Widemouth blindcat | Satan eurystomus | SA | ||
| Toothless blindcat | Trogloglanis pattersoni | SA | ||
| Ariidae (sea catfishes) | ||||
| Hardhead catfish | Arius felis | G, SN, NR | ||
| Gafftopsail catfish | Bagre marinus | NR | ||
| Loricariidae (suckermouth catfishes) | ||||
| Suckermouth catfish | Hypostomus plecostomus | SA | ||
| Atheriniformes (Cyprinodontiformes) | ||||
| Cyprinodontidae (killifishes) | ||||
| Diamond killifish | Adinia xenica | N, NR | ||
| Sheepshead minnow | Cyprinodon variegatus | G, SA, SN, NR | ||
| Gulf killifish | Fundulus grandis | G, N, SN, NR | ||
| Blackstripe topminnow | Fundulus notatus | G, SA | ||
| Bayou killifish | Fundulus pulvereus | G, N, SN, NR | ||
| Longnose killifish | Fundulus similis | SN, NR | ||
| Plains killifish | Fundulus zebrinus | N | ||
| Rainwater killifish | Lucania parva | G, SA, N, SN, NR | ||
| Poeciliidae (livebearers) | ||||
| Pike killifish | Belonesox belizanus | SA | ||
| Western mosquitofish | Gambusia affinis | G, SA, N, SN, NR | ||
| Largespring gambusia | Gambusia geiseri | G | ||
| San Marcos gambusia | Gambusia georgei | G, N | ||
| Amazon molly | Poecilia formosa | G, SA, N | ||
| Sailfin molly | Poecilia latipinna | G, SA, N, SN, NR | ||
| Atherinidae (silversides) | ||||
| Rough silverside | Membras martinica | SN | ||
| Inland silverside | Menidia beryllina | G, SN, NR | ||
| Atlantic silverside | Menidia menidia | SN | ||
| Zeiformes | ||||
| Syngnathidae (pipefishes) | ||||
| Gulf pipefish | Syngnathus scovelli | SN, NR | ||
| Perciformes | ||||
| Centropomidae (snooks) | ||||
| Common snook | Centropomus undecimalis | N | ||
| Percichthyidae (temperate basses) | ||||
| White bass | Morone chrysops | G, SA | ||
| Centrarchidae (sunfishes) | ||||
| Rock bass | Ambloplites rupestris | G | ||
| Flier | Centrarchus macropterus | SA | ||
| Banded pygmy sunfish | Elassoma zonatum | SA | ||
| Redbreast sunfish | Lepomis auritus | G, SA, N | ||
| Green sunfish | Lepomis cyanellus | G, SA, N, SN, NR | ||
| Warmouth | Lepomis gulosus | G, SA, N, SN, NR | ||
| Bluegill | Lepomis macrochirus | G, SA, N, SN, NR | ||
| Longear sunfish | Lepomis megalotis | G, SA, N, SN, NR | ||
| Redear sunfish | Lepomis microlophus | G, SA, N, SN, NR | ||
| Spotted sunfish | Lepomis punctatus | G, SA, N | ||
| Smallmouth bass | Micropterus dolomieu | G | ||
| Spotted bass | Micropterus punctulatus | G, SA | ||
| Largemouth bass | Micropterus salmoides | G, SA, N, SN, NR | ||
| Guadalupe bass | Micropterus treculi | G, SA | ||
| White crappie | Pomoxis annularis | G, SA, N, SN, NR | ||
| Black crappie | Pomoxis nigromaculatus | G, SA, N | ||
| Salmonidae (salmon and trout) | ||||
| Rainbow trout | Oncorhynchus mykiss | G | ||
| Brown trout | Salmo trutta | G | ||
| Brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis | G | ||
| Percidae (perches) | ||||
| Bluntnose darter | Etheostoma chlorosomum | G, SA | ||
| Fountain darter | Etheostoma fonticola | G | ||
| Swamp darter | Etheostoma fusiforme | N | ||
| Slough darter | Etheostoma gracile | G, SA, N | ||
| Greenthroat darter | Etheostoma lepidum | G, SA, N | ||
| Orangethroat darter | Etheostoma spectabile | G, SA, N | ||
| Logperch | Percina caprodes | G, SA | ||
| Texas logperch | Percina carbonaria | G, SA | ||
| Bigscale logperch | Percina macrolepida | G | ||
| Dusky darter | Percina sciera | G | ||
| River darter | Percina shumardi | G, SA | ||
| Sparidae (porgies) | ||||
| Sheepshead | Archosargus probatocephalus | N | ||
| Pinfish | Lagodon rhomboides | SN | ||
| Sciaenidae (drums) | ||||
| Freshwater drum | Aplodinotus grunniens | N, NR | ||
| Silver perch | Bairdiella chrysoura | SN, NR | ||
| Sand seatrout | Cynoscion arenarius | N | ||
| Spotted seatrout | Cynoscion nebulosus | G, N | ||
| Silver seatrout | Cynoscion nothus | N | ||
| Spot | Leiostomus xanthurus | G | ||
| Atlantic croaker | Micropogonias undulatus | N, SN, NR | ||
| Black drum | Pogonias cromis | G, N, SN, NR | ||
| Red drum | Sciaenops ocellatus | G | ||
| Cichlidae (cichlids) | ||||
| Rio Grande cichlid | Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum | G, SA, N, SN, NR | ||
| Blue tilapia | Tilapia aurea | G, SA | ||
| Mozambique tilapia | Tilapia mossambica | G, SA | ||
| Redbelly tilapia | Tilapia zilli | SA | ||
| Mugilidae (mullets) | ||||
| Mountain mullet | Agonostomus monticola | G, SA, N | ||
| Striped mullet | Mugil cephalus | G, SA, N, SN, NR | ||
| White mullet | Mugil curema | G, SA, SN | ||
| Eleotridae (sleepers) | ||||
| Fat sleeper | Dormitator maculatus | SN | ||
| Spinycheek sleeper | Eleotris pisonis | N | ||
| Bigmouth sleeper | Gobiomorus dormitor | SN | ||
| Gobiidae (gobies) | ||||
| Freshwater goby | Gobionellus shufeldti | G | ||
| Naked goby | Gobiosoma bosc | G, N, SN | ||
| Code goby | Gobiosoma robustum | G, NR | ||
| Clown goby | Microgobius gulosus | G | ||
| Green goby | Microgobius thalassinus | G | ||
| Pleuronectiformes | ||||
| Bothidae (lefteye flounders) | ||||
| Southern flounder | Paralichthys lethostigma | G, N, SN, NR | ||
| Soleidae (soles) | ||||
| Lined sole | Achirus lineatus | NR | ||
| Blackcheek tonguefish | Symphurus plagiusa | NR | ||
| Hogchoker | Trinectes maculatus | N, SN | ||
| Tetraodontiformes | ||||
| Tetraodontidae (puffers) | ||||
| Least puffer | Sphoeroides parvus | N, SN, NR | ||
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