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Fish Reports

tree 2006 Report

Table 3.5

Total catches, by gear type, of fish collected in the Open River of the Upper Mississippi River during 2006. See Table 2.5 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
1040
11
4
1
5
-
1061
Channel catfish
Ictalurus punctatus
86
10
42
712
77
-
927
Emerald shiner
Notropis atherinoides
273
-
634
-
-
-
907
Common carp
Cyprinus carpio
347
10
-
90
70
-
517
Channel shiner
Notropis wickliffi
29
-
465
-
-
-
494
Red shiner
Cyprinella lutrensis
36
-
209
-
-
-
245
Shortnose gar
Lepisosteus platostomus
89
55
72
12
2
-
230
Threadfin shad
Dorosoma petenense
212
-
4
-
-
-
216
River carpsucker
Carpiodes carpio
70
4
101
15
23
-
213
Freshwater drum
Aplodinotus grunniens
97
10
18
4
9
-
138
Smallmouth buffalo
Ictiobus bubalus
22
-
-
5
64
-
91
Blue catfish
Ictalurus furcatus
77
-
-
1
3
-
81
White bass
Morone chrysops
53
9
2
3
3
-
70
Bluegill
Lepomis macrochirus
40
8
20
-
-
-
68
Bullhead minnow
Pimephales vigilax
5
-
49
-
-
-
54
Black buffalo
Ictiobus niger
32
-
-
6
16
-
54
Blacktail shiner
Cyprinella venusta
11
-
37
-
-
-
48
River shiner
Notropis blennius
1
-
42
-
-
-
43
Bigmouth buffalo
Ictiobus cyprinellus
31
2
-
-
4
-
37
Blue sucker
Cycleptus elongatus
30
-
-
-
-
-
30
Longear sunfish
Lepomis megalotis
27
-
3
-
-
-
30
Flathead catfish
Pylodictis olivaris
15
-
-
5
4
-
24
Spotted bass
Micropterus punctulatus
20
-
-
-
-
-
20
Orangespotted sunfish
Lepomis humilis
13
-
3
-
-
-
16
Grass carp
Ctenopharyngodon idella
8
-
-
2
3
-
13
Silver carp
Hypopthalmichthys molitrix
12
-
-
-
-
-
12
Green sunfish
Lepomis cyanellus
11
-
-
-
-
-
11
Largemouth bass
Micropterus salmoides
11
-
-
-
-
-
11
White crappie
Pomoxis annularis
5
4
1
1
-
-
11
Black crappie
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
1
7
1
-
-
-
9
Skipjack herring
Alosa chrysochloris
7
-
1
-
-
-
8
Western mosquitofish
Gambusia affinis
-
-
8
-
-
-
8
Goldeye
Hiodon alosoides
6
-
-
-
-
-
6
Speckled chub
Macrhybopsis aestivalis
-
-
6
-
-
-
6
Bluntnose minnow
Pimephales notatus
3
-
3
-
-
-
6
Inland silverside
Menidia beryllina
1
-
5
-
-
-
6
Spotted gar
Lepisosteus oculatus
3
-
1
-
-
-
4
Longnose gar
Lepisosteus osseus
3
-
-
-
-
-
3
Silver chub
Macrhybopsis storeriana
2
-
1
-
-
-
3
Sauger
Stizostedion canadense
2
1
-
-
-
-
3
Striped mullet
Mugil cephalus
3
-
-
-
-
-
3
Bighead carp
Hypopthalmichthys nobilis
1
-
-
-
1
-
2
Unidentified Cyprinidae (minnows)
Cyprinidae sp.
-
-
2
-
-
-
2
Brook silverside
Labidesthes sicculus
-
-
2
-
-
-
2
Warmouth
Lepomis gulosus
1
-
1
-
-
-
2
Chestnut lamprey
Ichthyomyzon castaneus
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
Shovelnose sturgeon
Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
Bowfin
Amia calva
-
1
-
-
-
-
1
American eel
Anguilla rostrata
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
Silverband shiner
Notropis shumardi
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
Sand shiner
Notropis stramineus
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
Weed shiner
Notropis texanus
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
Quillback
Carpiodes cyprinus
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
River redhorse
Moxostoma carinatum
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
Black bullhead
Ameiurus melas
-
1
-
-
-
-
1
Yellow bullhead
Ameiurus natalis
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
Stonecat
Noturus flavus
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
Striped bass x white bass hybrid
M. chryops x M. saxatilis
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
Smallmouth bass
Micropterus dolomieu
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
Unidentified Centrarchidae (sunfishes)
Centrarchidae sp.
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
Total by Gear
2745
133
1740
857
285
0
5760

 


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