Fisheries Data

	Slippery Rock Watershed Assessment
	FISHERIES DATA

ELECTROFISHING STATIONS WITH NUMBER OF SPECIES FOUND AT EACH

TABLE OF SPECIES FOUND DURING ELECTROFISHING EVENT

Much of the information in the following table was gathered from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. The links it contains are to the portion of their website taken from Pennsylvania Fishes. Links are to the exact species description as often as possible; otherwise, they are to family descriptions. Watersheds refer to the main river basins of Pennsylvania: the Erie (E), Ohio (O), Genesee (G), Potomac (P), Susquehanna/Chesapeake (S), and Delaware (D). A map of these, taken from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection website, is below the table. Tolerance values were taken from the Environmental Protection Agency's Rapid Bioassessment Protocols for Use in Wadeable Streams and Rivers: Periphyton, Benthic Macroinvertebrates, and Fish (Second Edition): I = Intolerant; M = Intermediate; T = Tolerant.

The four species most typical of those found during the assessment were the Blacknose Dace, Creek Chub, Northern Hog Sucker, and White Sucker. Brown Trout is an exotic (non-native) species that displaces native Brook Trout. The Brook Stickleback is listed as a Candidate Species in Pennsylvania.

Common Name	Scientific Name	Family	Watersheds	EPA Tolerance Value
Blacknose Dace	Rhinichthys atratulus	Cyprinidae (Minnows)	E, O, G, P, S, D	T
Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)	E, O, G, P, S, D	M
Bluntnose Minnow	Pimephales notatus	Cyprinidae (Minnows)	E, O, G, P, S, D	T
Brook Stickleback	Culaea inconstans	Gasterostidae (Sticklebacks)	E, O, S	M
Brown Bullhead	Ameiurus nebulosus	Ictaluridae (Catfishes)	E, O, G, P, S, D	T
Brown Trout	Salmo trutta	Salmonidae (Trout and Salmon)	E, O, G, P, S, D	M
Common Shiner	Luxilus cornutus	Cyprinidae (Minnows)	E, O, G, P, S, D	M
Creek Chub	Semotilus artomaculatus	Cyprinidae (Minnows)	E, O, G, P, S, D	T
Fantail Darter	Etheostoma flabellare	Percidae (Perch)	E, O, S, P, G	M
Johnny Darter	Etheostoma nigrum	Percidae (Perch)	E, O, G	M
Mottled Sculpin	Cottus bairdi	Cottidae (Sculpins)	E, O, G, P, S, D	I
Northern Hog Sucker	Hypentelium nigricans	Catostomidae (Suckers)	E, O, G, P, S, D	I
Pumpkinseed	Lepomis gibbosus	Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)	E, O, G, P, S, D	M
Rainbow Darter	Etheostoma caeruleum	Percidae (Perch)	E, O	M
Redside Dace	Clinostomus elongatus	Cyprinidae (Minnows)	E, O, S	I
Rock Bass	Ambloplites rupestris	Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)	E, O, G, P, S, D	M
Striped Shiner	Luxilus chrysocephalus	Cyprinidae (Minnows)	E, O, P, G	M
White Sucker	Catostomus commersoni	Catostomidae (Suckers)	E, O, G, P, S, D	T
Yellow Bullhead	Ameriurus natalis	Ictaluridae (Catfishes)	E, O, G, P, S, D	T

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