Fish Checklist

Species list of all known fish species in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Native species are considered those species found in area waters prior to the arrival of European settlers. Game species are considered those that anglers seek for recreational fishing and harvest. Stream/Reservoir indicates fish may occupy the Fontana Lake impoundment and/or the lower reaches of streams flowing into it.

Family	Common Name	Scientific Name	Native	Game	Habitat
Atherinopsidae	Brook Silverside	Labidesthes sicculus	Yes	No	Stream/Reservoir
Catostomidae	White Sucker	Catostomus commersonii	Yes	No	Stream/Reservoir
Catostomidae	Northern Hog Sucker	Hypentelium nigricans	Yes	No	Stream/Reservoir
Catostomidae	River Redhorse	Moxostoma carinatum	Yes	No	Stream
Catostomidae	Black Redhorse	Moxostoma duquesnei	Yes	No	Stream
Catostomidae	Golden Redhorse	Moxostoma erythrurum	Yes	No	Stream
Catostomidae	Sicklefin Redhorse	Moxostoma sp.	Yes	No	Stream/Reservoir
Catostomidae	Shorthead Redhorse	Moxostoma macrolepidotum	Yes	No	Stream/Reservoir
Centrarchidae	Rock Bass	Ambloplites rupestris	Yes	Yes	Stream/Reservoir
Centrarchidae	Redbreast Sunfish	Lepomis auritus	No	Yes	Stream/Reservoir
Centrarchidae	Green Sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus	Yes	Yes	Stream/Reservoir
Centrarchidae	Warmouth	Lepomis gulosus	Yes	Yes	Stream/Reservoir
Centrarchidae	Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	Yes	Yes	Stream/Reservoir
Centrarchidae	Longear Sunfish	Lepomis megalotis	Yes	Yes	Stream/Reservoir
Centrarchidae	Redear Sunfish	Lepomis microlophus	Yes	Yes	Stream/Reservoir
Centrarchidae	Largemouth Bass	Micropterus salmoides	Yes	Yes	Reservoir
Centrarchidae	Spotted Bass	Micropterus punctulatus	Yes	Yes	Stream/Reservoir
Centrarchidae	Smallmouth Bass	Micropterus dolomieu	Yes	Yes	Stream/Reservoir
Centrarchidae	White Crappie	Pomoxis annularis	Yes	Yes	Reservoir
Centrarchidae	Black Crappie	Pomoxis nigromaculatus	Yes	Yes	Reservoir
Moronidae	White Bass	Morone chrysops	Yes	Yes	Reservoir
Clupeidae	Gizzard Shad	Dorosoma cepedianum	Yes	No	Reservoir
Cottidae	Mottled Sculpin	Cottus bairdii	Yes	No	Stream
Cottidae	Banded Sculpin	Cottus carolinae	Yes	No	Stream
Cyprinidae	Central Stoneroller	Campostoma anomalum	Yes	No	Stream
Cyprinidae	Rosyside Dace	Clinostomus funduloides	Yes	No	Stream
Cyprinidae	Whitetail Shiner	Cyprinella galactura	Yes	No	Stream/Reservoir
Cyprinidae	Flame Chub	Hemitremia flammea	Yes	No	Stream
Cyprinidae	Bigeye Chub	Hybopsis amblops	Yes	No	Stream
Cyprinidae	Striped Shiner	Luxilus chrysocephalus	Yes	No	Stream
Cyprinidae	Warpaint Shiner	Luxilus coccogenis	Yes	No	Stream
Cyprinidae	River Chub	Nocomis micropogon	Yes	No	Stream
Cyprinidae	Tennessee Shiner	Notropis leuciodus	Yes	No	Stream
Cyprinidae	Silver Shiner	Notropis photogenis	Yes	No	Stream
Cyprinidae	Rosyface Shiner	Notropis rubellus	Yes	No	Stream
Cyprinidae	Saffron Shiner	Notropis rubricroceus	Yes	No	Stream
Cyprinidae	Emerald Shiner	Notropis atherinoides	Yes	No	Stream/Reservoir
Cyprinidae	Mirror Shiner	Notropis spectrunculus	Yes	No	Stream
Cyprinidae	Telescope Shiner	Notropis telescopus	Yes	No	Stream
Cyprinidae	Fatlips Minnow	Phenacobius crassilabrum	Yes	No	Stream
Cyprinidae	Tennessee Dace	Chrosomus tennesseensis	Yes	No	Stream
Cyprinidae	Fathead Minnow	Pimephales promelas	Yes	No	Reservoir
Cyprinidae	Blacknose Dace	Rhinichthys atratulus	Yes	No	Stream
Cyprinidae	Longnose Dace	Rhinichthys cataractae	Yes	No	Stream
Cyprinidae	Creek Chub	Semotilus atromaculatus	Yes	No	Stream
Ictaluridae	Yellow Bullhead	Ameiurus natalis	Yes	No	Stream/Reservoir
Ictaluridae	Smoky Madtom**	Noturus baileyi	Yes	No	Stream
Ictaluridae	Yellowfin Madtom*	Noturus flavipinnis	Yes	No	Stream
Ictaluridae	Flathead Catfish	Pylodictis olivaris	Yes	Yes	Stream/Reservoir
Percidae	Greenside Darter	Etheostoma blennioides	Yes	No	Stream
Percidae	Greenfin Darter	Etheostoma chlorobranchium	Yes	No	Stream
Percidae	Fantail Darter	Etheostoma flabellare	Yes	No	Stream
Percidae	Tuckasegee Darter	Etheostoma gutselli	Yes	No	Stream
Percidae	Citico Darter**	Etheostoma sitikuense	Yes	No	Stream
Percidae	Redline Darter	Etheostoma rufilineatum	Yes	No	Stream
Percidae	Snubnose Darter	Etheostoma simoterum	Yes	No	Stream
Percidae	Swannanoa Darter	Etheostoma swannanoa	Yes	No	Stream
Percidae	Wounded Darter	Etheostoma vulneratum	Yes	No	Stream
Percidae	Banded Darter	Etheostoma zonale	Yes	No	Stream
Percidae	Yellow Perch	Perca flavescens	No	Yes	Reservoir
Percidae	Tangerine Darter	Percina aurantiaca	Yes	No	Stream
Percidae	Logperch	Percina caprodes	Yes	No	Stream/Reservoir
Percidae	Gilt Darter	Percina evides	Yes	No	Stream
Percidae	Olive Darter	Percina squamata	Yes	No	Stream
Percidae	Walleye	Sander vitreus	Yes	Yes	Reservoir
Petromyzontidae	Mountain Brook Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon greeleyi	Yes	No	Stream
Petromyzontidae	American Brook Lamprey	Lethenteron appendix	Yes	No	Stream
Poeciliidae	Western Mosquitofish	Gambusia affinis	Yes	No	Stream/Reservoir
Salmonidae	Rainbow Trout	Oncorhynchus mykiss	No	Yes	Stream/Reservoir
Salmonidae	Brown Trout	Salmo trutta	No	Yes	Stream/Reservoir
Salmonidae	Brook Trout	Salvelinus fontinalis	Yes	Yes	Stream

 

Notes:

* Indicates Federally Threatened
** Indicates Federally Endangered

Species List Revised 07/2013 by Thomas Johnson, Fisheries Technician

References:

Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Perez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, R. L. Mayden, and J. S. Nelson. 2013. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, 7th edition. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 34, Bethesda, Maryland.

Page, L. M., and Burr, B. M. 2011. A field guide to freshwater fishes: North America north of Mexico, 2nd edition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Etnier, D. A., and Starnes, W. C. 1993. The fishes of Tennessee. University of Tennessee Press.