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Fish Occurring in the Patuxent River, Wetlands and Streams at Jug Bay

Anguillidae

• American Eel Anguilla rostrata

Atherinidae

• Inland Silverside Menidia beryllina

Catostomidae

• White Sucker Catostomus commersoni
• Creek Chubsucker Erimyzon oblongus

Centrarchidae

• Pumpkin Seed Lepomis gibbosus
• Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
• Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
• White Crappie Pomoxis annularis
• Bluespotted Sunfish Enneacanthus gloriosus
• Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides

Clupeidae

• Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
• Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus
• American Shad Alosa sapidissima

Cyprinidae

• Spottailed Shiner Notropis hudsonius
• Swallowtail Shiner Notropis procne
• Satinfin Shiner Cyprinella analostana
• Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
• Eastern Silvery Minnow Hybognathus regius
• Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
• Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
• Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
• Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
• Common Carp Cyprinus carpio

Cyprinodontidae

• Banded KillifishFundulus diaphanus
• Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus

Engraulidae

• Bay Anchovy Anchoa mitchilli

Esocidae

• Redfin Pickerel Esox americanus
• Chain Pickerel Esox niger

Ictaluridae

• Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
• Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus

Moronidae

• White Perch Morone americana
• Striped Bass Morone saxatilis

Percidae

• Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
• Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi

Petromyzontidae

• American Brook Lamprey Lampetra appendix

Poeciliidae

• Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis

Sciaenidae

• Spot Leiostomus xanthurus

Soleidae

• Hogchoker Trinectes maculatus

Umbridae

• Eastern Mudminnow Umbra pygmaea

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