Appendix E. Common and scientific names and period collected for fish in the Nodaway River basin.
Common Name Scientific Name Collected Prior to 1957 Collected 1957-1979 Collected 1980-Present
Paddlefish Polyodon spathula X
Longnose gar Lepisosteus osseus X
Shortnose gar Lepisosteus platostomus X
Gizzard shad Dorosoma cepedianum X X
Goldeye Hiodon alosoides X X
Red shiner Cyprinella lutrensis X X X
Sand shiner Notropis ludibundus X X X
Bigmouth shiner Notropis dorsalis X
Emerald shiner Notropis atherinoides X X
Fathead minnow Pimephales promelas X X X
Plains minnow Hybognathus placitus X X
Suckermouth minnow Phenacobius mirabilis X X X
Flathead chub Platygobio gracilis X X
Silver chub Macrhybopsis storeriana X X X
Speckled chub Macrhybopsis aestivalis X
Creek chub Semotilus atromaculatus X
Central stoneroller Campostoma pullum X
Common carp Cyprinus carpio X X
Grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella X
Bighead carp Hypophthalmicthys nobilis X
River carpsucker Carpiodes carpio X X X
Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus X X
Plains carpsucker Carpiodes forbesi X
White sucker Catostomus commersoni X
Blue sucker Cycleptus elongatus X
Shorthead redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum X
Smallmouth buffalo Ictiobus bubalus X
Bigmouth buffalo Ictiobus cyprinellus X
Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus X X X
Flathead catfish Pylodictis olivaris X X
Black bullhead Ameiurus melas X X
Yellow bullhead Ameiurus natalis X
Stonecat Noturus flavus X
Yellow bass Morone mississippiensis X
Largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides X
Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus X
Green sunfish Lepomis cyanellus X X
Redear sunfish Lepomis microlophus X
Orangespotted sunfish Lepomis humilis X
White crappie Pomoxis annularis X
Black crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus X
Sauger Stizostedion canadense X X
Walleye Stizostedion vitreum X
Saugeye Stizostedion canadense x Stizostedion vitreum X
Yellow perch Perca flavescens X
Freshwater drum Aplodinotus grunniens X

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