fish species found in the White Clay watershed

Latin Name	Common Name	Origin	Residency
Anguilla rostrata	American eel	native	migrant
Carassius auratus	Goldfish	introduced	resident
Catostomus commersoni	White Sucker	native	resident
Clinostomus funduloides	Rosyside dace	native	resident
Cyprinus carpio	Common Carp	introduced	resident
Etheostoma olmstedi	Tessellated darter	native	resident
Exoglossum maxillingua	Cutlips Minnow	native	resident
Fundulus diaphanus	Banded Killfish	native	migrant
Ictalurus nebulosus	Brown Bullhead	native	resident
Lepomis auritus	Redbreast Sunfish	native	resident
Lepomis gibbosus	Pumpkinseed	native	resident
Lepomis macrochirus	Bluegill Bass	naturalized	resident
Micropterus salmoides	Large Mouth Bass	naturalized	resident
Notemigonus crysoleucas	Golden Shiner	native	resident
Notropis analostanus	Satinfin Shiner	native	resident
Notropis cornutus	Common Shiner	native	resident
Notropis hudsonius	Spottail Shiner	native	resident
Notropis procne	Swallowtail Shiner	native	resident
Notropis spilopterus	Spotfin Shiner	native	resident
Noturus insignis	Margined Madtom	native	resident
Pimephales promelas	Fathead Minnow	introduced	resident
Rhinichthys atratulus	Blacknose Dace	native	resident
Rhinichthys cataractae	Longnose Dace	native	resident
Salmo gairdneri	Rainbow Trout	introduced	migrant
Semotilus atromaculatus	Creek Chub	native	resident
Semotilus corporalis	Fallfish	native	resident
* Resident species is one that spends it's entire lifecycle within the drainage; the drainage meets all of the habitat requirements for the species.
Source: The White Clay Creek Project: A Prototype Strategy for Protecting Small Stream Valleys; Water Resources Center, University of Delaware; Spring 1982.