Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Table 3.6 |
Total catches, by gear type, of fish collected in La Grange Pool of the Illinois River during 2005. See Table 2.6 for the list of sampling gears actually deployed in this study reach. |
Common name |
Scientific name |
Day electrofishing |
Fyke net | Mini fyke net |
Small hoop net | Large hoop net | Trawling | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gizzard shad | Dorosoma cepedianum | 4206 |
140 |
506 |
- |
3 |
- |
4855 |
Emerald shiner | Notropis atherinoides | 862 |
- |
3176 |
- |
- |
- |
4038 |
Western mosquitofish | Gambusia affinis | 602 |
- |
942 |
- |
- |
- |
1544 |
Common carp | Cyprinus carpio | 679 |
30 |
11 |
112 |
513 |
2 |
1347 |
Bluegill | Lepomis macrochirus | 944 |
22 |
317 |
- |
- |
- |
1283 |
Channel catfish | Ictalurus punctatus | 186 |
5 |
48 |
336 |
49 |
51 |
675 |
Bullhead minnow | Pimephales vigilax | 245 |
- |
409 |
- |
- |
- |
654 |
Smallmouth buffalo | Ictiobus bubalus | 374 |
22 |
- |
10 |
217 |
- |
623 |
Freshwater drum | Aplodinotus grunniens | 307 |
29 |
63 |
8 |
7 |
82 |
496 |
Silver carp | Hypopthalmichthys molitrix | 486 |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
488 |
White bass | Morone chrysops | 251 |
146 |
24 |
2 |
3 |
- |
426 |
Red shiner | Cyprinella lutrensis | 70 |
- |
204 |
- |
- |
- |
274 |
Orangespotted sunfish | Lepomis humilis | 141 |
- |
45 |
- |
- |
- |
186 |
Bigmouth buffalo | Ictiobus cyprinellus | 176 |
2 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
179 |
Shortnose gar | Lepisosteus platostomus | 36 |
101 |
29 |
- |
- |
- |
166 |
Yellow bass | Morone mississippiensis | 88 |
19 |
12 |
- |
- |
- |
119 |
White crappie | Pomoxis annularis | 55 |
39 |
13 |
- |
- |
- |
107 |
Threadfin shad | Dorosoma petenense | 51 |
26 |
29 |
- |
- |
- |
106 |
Black crappie | Pomoxis nigromaculatus | 47 |
30 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
82 |
Grass carp | Ctenopharyngodon idella | 70 |
3 |
1 |
- |
3 |
- |
77 |
River carpsucker | Carpiodes carpio | 57 |
13 |
2 |
- |
2 |
- |
74 |
Sand shiner | Notropis stramineus | 56 |
- |
8 |
- |
- |
- |
64 |
Flathead catfish | Pylodictis olivaris | 55 |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
58 |
Green sunfish | Lepomis cyanellus | 49 |
- |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
53 |
Largemouth bass | Micropterus salmoides | 50 |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
52 |
Bowfin | Amia calva | 13 |
17 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
30 |
Skipjack herring | Alosa chrysochloris | 27 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
30 |
Brown bullhead | Ameiurus nebulosus | 2 |
16 |
9 |
- |
- |
- |
27 |
Shorthead redhorse | Moxostoma macrolepidotum | 19 |
1 |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
22 |
Bighead carp | Hypopthalmichthys nobilis | 8 |
5 |
- |
- |
6 |
- |
19 |
Black bullhead | Ameiurus melas | 5 |
6 |
7 |
- |
- |
- |
18 |
Unidentified Catostomidae (suckers) | Catostomidae sp. | 12 |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
15 |
River shiner | Notropis blennius | 10 |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
13 |
Spottail shiner | Notropis hudsonius | 9 |
- |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
13 |
Black buffalo | Ictiobus niger | 11 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
13 |
Goldfish | Carassius auratus | 10 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
12 |
Brook silverside | Labidesthes sicculus | 2 |
- |
10 |
- |
- |
- |
12 |
Carp x goldfish hybrid | Carassius auratus x C. carpio | 8 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
8 |
White perch | Morone americana | 3 |
2 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
8 |
Smallmouth bass | Micropterus dolomieu | 7 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
7 |
Yellow bullhead | Ameiurus natalis | 2 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
6 |
Sauger | Stizostedion canadense | 6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
6 |
Spotted gar | Lepisosteus oculatus | 3 |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
5 |
Blackstripe topminnow | Fundulus notatus | 2 |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
5 |
White perch x yellow bass hybrid | M. americana x mississippiens | 1 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
5 |
Longnose gar | Lepisosteus osseus | 3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
Bluntnose minnow | Pimephales notatus | 2 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
Golden redhorse | Moxostoma erythrurum | 3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
Silverband shiner | Notropis shumardi | 1 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
Longear sunfish | Lepomis megalotis | 2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
Redear sunfish | Lepomis microlophus | 2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
Logperch | Percina caprodes | 2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
Lake sturgeon | Acipenser fulvescens | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
Central stoneroller | Campostoma anomalum | - |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
Spotfin shiner | Cyprinella spiloptera | - |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
Golden shiner | Notemigonus crysoleucas | - |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
Silver redhorse | Moxostoma anisurum | - |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
Warmouth | Lepomis gulosus | 1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
Green sunfish x warmouth hybrid | L. cyanellus x L. gulosus | 1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
Green sunfish x redear hybrid | L. cyanellus x L. microlophus | - |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
Mud darter | Etheostoma asprigene | - |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
Johnny darter | Etheostoma nigrum | - |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
Total by gear |
10320 |
691 |
5902 |
468 |
810 |
136 |
18327 |
Page Last Modified: April 17, 2018