Table 3. Number of fish collected in each stream section by the USGS in
November,1993
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Common name of Number of fish (---, none found)
fish species
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Nicka- Peach- Rotten-
Snake Sope jack Willeo Nancy tree wood Proctor Utoy
Creek Creek Creek Creek Creek Creek Creek Creek Creek
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golden shiner --- --- --- --- --- 2 --- --- ---
creek chub 4 9 4 --- 7 --- --- --- ---
bluehead chub 21 9 20 12 --- 1 --- --- ---
bluefin stoneroller 89 16 59 --- --- 1 --- --- ---
bandfin shiner 169 47 10 2 --- --- --- --- ---
red shiner --- --- 39 --- 58 479 3 191 ---
yellowfin shiner --- 48 --- 21 --- --- --- --- ---
longnose shiner 26 9 --- 4 --- --- --- --- ---
silverjaw shiner --- --- 14 --- 6 1 --- --- ---
white sucker --- 2 --- --- 1 1 8 11 ---
spotted sucker 6 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Alabama hog sucker 71 28 28 71 3 --- 1 --- ---
grayfin redhorse 53 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
channel catfish --- --- --- --- --- 1 --- --- ---
yellow bullhead 1 1 2 --- --- --- --- --- 1
black bullhead --- --- --- --- --- 1 --- --- ---
brown bullhead --- --- 4 --- --- 7 --- --- ---
snail bullhead 17 1 1 --- 3 --- --- --- ---
flat bullhead 2 3 --- --- 22 --- --- --- ---
banded sculpin --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
southern studfish --- 1 --- 6 --- --- --- --- ---
mosquitofish --- --- --- --- 4 1143 3 --- ---
shadow bass --- --- --- --- 1 --- --- --- ---
largemouth bass 2 3 --- 2 2 --- --- 1 ---
redeye bass 7 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
smallmouth bass --- --- 2 --- --- --- --- --- ---
warmouth 2 5 1 1 1 2 1 --- ---
green sunfish --- 1 7 1 2 26 27 3 2
bluegill 27 80 37 117 30 7 24 --- 2
redear sunfish --- --- --- 17 --- --- --- --- ---
redbreast sunfish 48 20 21 20 78 31 13 18 ---
bluegill x redbreast --- --- --- --- --- 37 --- --- ---
hybrid
blackbanded darter 96 24 33 11 2 --- --- --- ---
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Total native species 16 15 13 12 11 11 5 2 2
Total species 17 18 16 13 15 15 8 5 3
Total individuals 641 307 282 285 220 1740 80 224 5
Percent non-native <1 2 17 <1 38 29 47 91 40
individuals
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