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Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Fish
Brook Silverside

Brook Silverside

Common fish species identified within the park include:

  • American Gizzard Shad (Dorosoma cepedianum)
  • Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum)
  • Red Shiner (Cyprinella venusta)
  • European Carp (Cyprinus carpio)
  • Mimic Shiner (Notropis volucellus)
  • Bullhead Minnow (Pimephales vigilax)
  • Grey Redhorse (Scartomyzon congestus
  • Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
  • Western Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)
  • Brook Silverside (Labidesthes sicculus)
  • Green Silverside (Lempois cyanellus)
  • Warmouth (Lepomis gulosus)
  • Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)
  • Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides)
  • Guadalupe Bass (Micropeterus treculii)
  • White Crappie (Pomoxis annularis)
  • Texas Logperch (Percina carbonaria)

Other fish that are common throughout most of Texas and the Hill Country include:

  • Black Bullhead (Ameiurus melas)
  • Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis)
  • River Carpsucker (Carpoides carpio)
  • Plains Killfish (Fundulus zebrinus)
  • Longnose Gar (Lepisosteus osseus)
  • Redbreast Sunfish (Lepomis stramineus)
  • Longear Sunfish (L. megalotis)
  • Redear Sunfish (L. microlophus)
  • Sand Shiner (Notropis stramineus)
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Did You Know?
More National Park Service sites were designated or expanded during the Johnson administration than during any other administration. LBJ traveled to only one--the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island. Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park

Last Updated: March 03, 2007 at 15:14 EST