Water Investigations Program SURVEY OF THE ELK RIVER ...

Table 2. Fish species collected in the Elk River system, 2004.Number ofspecimensPercent oftotal catchSpeciesCommon nameIctaluridaeIctalurus furcatus blue catfish 7 0.0Ictalurus punctatus channel catfish 39 0.2Noturus eleutherus mountain madtom 68 0.4Noturus exilis slender madtom 8 0.0Noturus sp. cf. flavus highlands stonecat 30 0.2Pylodictis olivaris flathead catfish 3 0.0AtherinopsidaeLabidesthes sicculus brook silverside 19 0.1Menidia audens Mississippi silverside 188 1.1FundulidaeFundulus catenatus northern studfish 42 0.3Fundulus olivaceus blackspotted topminnow 27 0.2Fundulus notatus blackstripe topminnow 1 0.0PoeciliidaeGambusia affinis mosquitofish 23 0.1CottidaeCottus carolinae banded sculpin 253 1.5MoronidaeMorone chrysops white bass 8 0.0Morone mississippiensis yellow bass 13 0.1Morone saxatilis striped bass 1 0.0CentrarchidaeAmbloplites rupestris rock bass 45 0.3Lepomis cyanellus green sunfish 72 0.4Lepomis gulosus warmouth 13 0.1Lepomis humilis orangespotted sunfish 15 0.1Lepomis macrochirus bluegill 792 4.8Lepomis marginatus dollar sunfish 1 0.0Lepomis megalotis longear sunfish 272 1.6Lepomis microlophus redear sunfish 65 0.4Lepomis hybrids sunfish hybrids 3 0.0Micropterus dolomieu smallmouth bass 37 0.2Micropterus punctulatus spotted bass 48 0.3Micropterus salmoides largemouth bass 278 1.7Pomoxis annularis white crappie 3 0.0Pomoxis nigromaculatus black crappie 2 0.013