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Rare Fish Species Profiles

 

Scientific Name:

Acipenser brevirostrum [4] (Shortnose Sturgeon)
Alosa alabamae [5] (Alabama Shad)
Ameiurus serracanthus [6] (Spotted Bullhead)
Cyprinella caerulea [7] (Blue Shiner)
Cyprinella callitaenia [8] (Bluestripe Shiner)
Cyprinella xaenura [9] (Altamaha Shiner)
Elassoma okatie [10] (Bluebarred Pygmy Sunfish)
Enneacanthus chaetodon [11] (Blackbanded Sunfish)
Erimystax insignis [12] (Blotched Chub)
Etheostoma brevirostrum [13] (Holiday Darter)
Etheostoma chlorobranchium [14] (Greenfin Darter)
Etheostoma chuckwachatte [15] (Lipstick Darter)
Etheostoma ditrema [16] (Coldwater Darter)
Etheostoma duryi [17] (Black Darter)
Etheostoma etowahae [18] (Etowah Darter)
Etheostoma parvipinne [19] (Goldstripe Darter)
Etheostoma rupestre [20] (Rock Darter)
Etheostoma scotti [21] (Cherokee Darter)
Etheostoma tallapoosae [22] (Tallapoosa Darter)
Etheostoma trisella [23] (Trispot Darter)
Etheostoma vulneratum [24] (Wounded Darter)
Fundulus bifax [25] (Stippled Studfis)
Fundulus catenatus [26] (Northern Studfish)
Hemitremia flammea [27] (Flame Chub)
Hybopsis lineapunctata [28] (Lined Chub)
Ichthyomyzon bdellium [29] (Ohio Lamprey)
Lucania goodei [30] (Bluefin Killifish)
Macrhybopsis sp. 1 [31] (Coosa Chub)
Micropterus notius [32] (Suwannee bass)
Moxostoma carinatum [33] (River Redhorse)
Moxostoma robustum [34] (Robust Redhorse)
Moxostoma sp. 2 [35] (Sicklefin Redhorse)
Notropis ariommus [36] (Popeye Shiner)
Notropis asperifrons [37] (Burrhead Shiner)
Notropis hypsilepis [38] (Highscale Shiner)
Notropis photogenis [39] (Silver Shiner)
Notropis scepticus [40] (Sandbar Shiner)
Noturus eleutherus [41] (Mountain Madtom)
Noturus munitus [42] (Frecklebelly Madtom)
Percina antesella [43] (Amber Darter)
Percina aurantiaca [44] (Tangerine Darter)
Percina aurolineata [45] (Goldline Darter)
Percina crypta [46] (Halloween Darter)
Percina jenkinsi [47] (Conasauga Logperch)
Percina kusha [48] (Bridled Darter)
Percina lenticula [49] (Freckled Darter)
Percina sciera [50] (Dusky Darter)
Percina shumardi [51] (River Darter)
Percina smithvanizi [52] (Muscadine Darter)
Percina squamata [53] (Olive Darter)
Percina tanasi [54] (Snail Darter)
Phenacobius crassilabrum [55] (Fatlips Minnow)
Phenacobius uranops [56] (Stargazing Minnow)
Phoxinus tennesseensis [57] (Tennessee Dace)
Pteronotropis euryzonus [58] (Broadstripe Shiner)
Pteronotropis welaka [59] (Bluenose Shiner)
Typhlichthys subterraneus [60] (Southern Cavefish)
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Common Name:

Alabama Shad [5] (Alosa alabamae)
Altamaha Shiner [9] (Cyprinella xaenura)
Amber Darter [43] (Percina antesella)
Black Darter [17] (Etheostoma duryi)
Blackbanded Sunfish [11] (Enneacanthus chaetodon)
Blotched Chub [12] (Erimystax insignis)
Blue Shiner [7] (Cyprinella caerulea)
Bluebarred Pygmy Sunfish [10] (Elassoma okatie)
Bluefin Killifish [30] (Lucania goodei)
Bluenose Shiner [59] (Pteronotropis welaka)
Bluestripe Shiner [8] (Cyprinella callitaenia)
Bridled Darter [48] (Percina kusha)
Broadstripe Shiner [58] (Pteronotropis euryzonus)
Burrhead Shiner [37] (Notropis asperifrons)
Cherokee Darter [21] (Etheostoma scotti)
Coldwater Darter [16] (Etheostoma ditrema)
Conasauga Logperch [47] (Percina jenkinsi)
Coosa Chub [31] (Macrhybopsis sp. 1)
Dusky Darter [50] (Percina sciera)
Etowah Darter [18] (Etheostoma etowahae)
Fatlips Minnow [55] (Phenacobius crassilabrum)
Flame Chub [27] (Hemitremia flammea)
Frecklebelly Madtom [42] (Noturus munitus)
Freckled Darter [49] (Percina lenticula)
Goldline Darter [45] (Percina aurolineata)
Goldstripe Darter [19] (Etheostoma parvipinne)
Greenfin Darter [14] (Etheostoma chlorobranchium)
Halloween Darter [46] (Percina crypta)
Highscale Shiner [38] (Notropis hypsilepis)
Holiday Darter [13] (Etheostoma brevirostrum)
Lined Chub [28] (Hybopsis lineapunctata)
Lipstick Darter [15] (Etheostoma chuckwachatte)
Mountain Madtom [41] (Noturus eleutherus)
Muscadine Darter [52] (Percina smithvanizi)
Northern Studfish [26] (Fundulus catenatus)
Ohio Lamprey [29] (Ichthyomyzon bdellium)
Olive Darter [53] (Percina squamata)
Popeye Shiner [36] (Notropis ariommus)
River Darter [51] (Percina shumardi)
River Redhorse [33] (Moxostoma carinatum)
Robust Redhorse [34] (Moxostoma robustum)
Rock Darter [20] (Etheostoma rupestre)
Sandbar Shiner [40] (Notropis scepticus)
Shortnose Sturgeon [4] (Acipenser brevirostrum)
Sicklefin Redhorse [35] (Moxostoma sp. 2)
Silver Shiner [39] (Notropis photogenis)
Snail Darter [54] (Percina tanasi)
Southern Cavefish [60] (Typhlichthys subterraneus)
Spotted Bullhead [6] (Ameiurus serracanthus)
Stargazing Minnow [56] (Phenacobius uranops)
Stippled Studfish [25] (Fundulus bifax)
Suwannee bass [32] (Micropterus notius)
Tallapoosa Darter [22] (Etheostoma tallapoosae)
Tangerine Darter [44] (Percina aurantiaca)
Tennessee Dace [57] (Phoxinus tennesseensis)
Trispot Darter [23] (Etheostoma trisella)
Wounded Darter [24] (Etheostoma vulneratum)
 
 

Additional Links:

Identification guide and glossary [62]
Fishes of Georgia [63]

Georgia Wildlife Resources Division
2070 U.S. Hwy. 278, SE, Social Circle, GA 30025

Source URL: http://georgiawildlife.com/RareFish

Links:
[1] http://georgiawildlife.com/RareFish#Scientific_Name
[2] http://georgiawildlife.com/RareFish#Common_Name
[3] http://georgiawildlife.com/RareFish#Additional_Links
[4] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/acipenser_brevirostrum.pdf
[5] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/alosa_alabamae.pdf
[6] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/ameiurus_serracanthus.pdf
[7] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/cyprinella_caerulea.pdf
[8] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/cyprinella_callitaenia.pdf
[9] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/cyprinella_xaenura.pdf
[10] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/elassoma_okatie.pdf
[11] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/enneacanthus_chaetodon.pdf
[12] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/erimystax_insignis.pdf
[13] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/etheostoma_brevirostrum.pdf
[14] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/etheostoma_chlorobranchium.pdf
[15] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/etheostoma_chuckwachatte.pdf
[16] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/etheostoma_ditrema.pdf
[17] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/etheostoma_duryi.pdf
[18] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/etheostoma_etowahae.pdf
[19] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/etheostoma_parvipinne.pdf
[20] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/etheostoma_rupestre.pdf
[21] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/etheostoma_scotti.pdf
[22] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/etheostoma_tallapoosae.pdf
[23] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/etheostoma_trisella.pdf
[24] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/etheostoma_vulneratum.pdf
[25] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/fundulus_bifax.pdf
[26] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/fundulus_catenatus.pdf
[27] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/hemitremia_flammea.pdf
[28] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/hybopsis_lineapunctata.pdf
[29] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/ichthyomyzon_bdellium.pdf
[30] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/lucania_goodei.pdf
[31] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/macrhybopsis_sp._1.pdf
[32] http://georgiawildlife.com/Fishing/SuwanneeBass
[33] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/moxostoma_carinatum.pdf
[34] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/moxostoma_robustum.pdf
[35] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/moxostoma_sp._2.pdf
[36] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/notropis_ariommus.pdf
[37] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/notropis_asperifrons.pdf
[38] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/notropis_hypsilepis.pdf
[39] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/notropis_photogenis.pdf
[40] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/notropis_scepticus.pdf
[41] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/noturus_eleutherus.pdf
[42] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/noturus_munitus.pdf
[43] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/percina_antesella.pdf
[44] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/percina_aurantiaca.pdf
[45] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/percina_aurolineata.pdf
[46] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/percina_crypta.pdf
[47] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/percina_jenkinsi.pdf
[48] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/percina_kusha.pdf
[49] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/percina_lenticula.pdf
[50] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/percina_sciera.pdf
[51] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/percina_shumardi.pdf
[52] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/percina_smithvanizi.pdf
[53] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/percina_squamata.pdf
[54] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/percina_tanasi.pdf
[55] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/phenacobius_crassilabrum.pdf
[56] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/phenacobius_uranops.pdf
[57] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/phoxinus_tennesseensis.pdf
[58] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/pteronotropis_euryzonus.pdf
[59] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/pteronotropis_welaka.pdf
[60] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/fishes/typhlichthys_subterraneus.pdf
[61] http://georgiawildlife.com/Fishing/Walleye
[62] http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/uploads/wildlife/nongame/pdf/accounts/glossaries/fish_glossary.pdf
[63] http://fishesofgeorgia.uga.edu