Fish and Wildlife Service - Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge

Fish List

This list outlines documented species on the refuge. Many species may be on the refuge that have not been documented. We request that you report all sightings of species not on this list to the refuge.

As more species become confirmed on the refuge, the list will be updated.

Common Name	Scientific Name	Common Name	Scientific Name
Channel Catfish	Ictaluras punctatus	Freshwater Drum	Aplodinotus grunniens
Blue Catfish	Ictaluras furcatus	Walleye	Stizostedion vitreum
Flathead Catfish	Pylodictis divaris	Walleye x Sauger Hybrid
Black Bullhead	Ictaluras melas	Smallmouth Buffalo	Ictiobus bubalus
Yellow Bullhead	Ictaluras natalis	River Carpsucker	Carpiodes carpio
Largemouth Bass	Micropteru salmoides	Mosquitofish	Gambusia affinis
Green Sunfish x Bluegill Hybrid		Mississippi Silverside	Menidia audens
Bluegill	Lepomis macrochis	Plains Killifish	Fundulus audens
Green Sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus	Common Carp	Cyprinus carpio
Redear Sunfish	Lepomis microlophus	Golden Shiner	Notemigonus crysoleucas
Longear Sunfish	Lepomis megalotis	Fathead Minnow	Pimephales promelas
Orangespot Sunfish	Lepomis humilis	Plains Minnow	Hybognathus placitus
Gizzard Shad	Dorosoma cepedianum	Red Shiner	Notropis lutrensis
Striped Bass	Morone saxatillis	Sand Shiner	Notropis stramineus
White Bass	Morone chrysops	Goldfish	Carassius auratus
Striped x White Bass Hybrid		White Crappie	Pomoxis annularis
		Black Crappie	Pomoxis nigromaculatus

The following fish are confirmed below the dam, just off the refuge.
	Common Name	Scientific Name
	Shovelnose Sturgeon	Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
	Paddlefish	Polyodon spathula
	Goldeneye Mooneye Fam.	Hiodon alosoides
	Spotted Gar	Lepisosteus aculatus
	Longnose Gar	Lepisosteus osseus
	Shortnose Gar	Lepisosteus platostomus

Last updated: July 30, 2007