MBSS Fish Distributions

The fishes in the table below were collected by the Maryland Biological Stream Survey 1995-2025.

This list includes common and scientific names (Genus species), is sorted by common name, and is linked to information about the species distribution in freshwater streams in Maryland.

MBSS biologists electrofishing and sampling fish in a stream

Common name	Scientific name (Genus species)
American eel (opens in new window)	Anguilla rostrata (opens in new window)
Banded darter (opens in new window)	Etheostoma zonale (opens in new window)
Banded killifish (opens in new window)	Fundulus diaphanus (opens in new window)
Black crappie (opens in new window)	Pomoxis nigromaculatus (opens in new window)
Blacknose dace (opens in new window)	Rhinichthys atratulus (opens in new window)
Blue ridge sculpin (opens in new window)	Cottus caeruleomentum (opens in new window)
Blueback herring (opens in new window)	Alosa aestivalis (opens in new window)
Bluegill (opens in new window)	Lepomis macrochirus (opens in new window)
Bluntnose minnow (opens in new window)	Pimephales notatus (opens in new window)
Brown bullhead (opens in new window)	Ameiurus nebulosus (opens in new window)
Brown trout (opens in new window)	Salmo trutta (opens in new window)
Central stoneroller (opens in new window)	Campostoma anomalum (opens in new window)
Chain pickerel (opens in new window)	Esox niger (opens in new window)
Channel catfish (opens in new window)	Ictalurus punctatus (opens in new window)
Common carp (opens in new window)	Cyprinus carpio (opens in new window)
Common shiner (opens in new window)	Luxilus cornutus (opens in new window)
Creek chub (opens in new window)	Semotilus atromaculatus (opens in new window)
Creek chubsucker (opens in new window)	Erimyzon oblongus (opens in new window)
Cutlip minnow (opens in new window)	Exoglossum maxillingua (opens in new window)
Cutthroat trout (opens in new window)	Oncorhynchus clarki (opens in new window)
Eastern Mosquitofish (opens in new window)	Gambusia holbrooki (opens in new window)
Eastern mudminnow (opens in new window)	Umbra pygmaea (opens in new window)
Eastern silvery minnow (opens in new window)	Hybognathus regius (opens in new window)
Fallfish (opens in new window)	Semotilus corporalis (opens in new window)
Fantail darter (opens in new window)	Etheostoma flabellare (opens in new window)
Fathead minnow (opens in new window)	Pimephales promelas (opens in new window)
Gizzard shad (opens in new window)	Dorosoma cepedianum (opens in new window)
Golden redhorse (opens in new window)	Moxostoma erythrurum (opens in new window)
Golden shiner (opens in new window)	Notemigonus crysoleucas (opens in new window)
Goldfish (opens in new window)	Carassius auratus (opens in new window)
Green sunfish (opens in new window)	Lepomis cyanellus (opens in new window)
Greenside darter (opens in new window)	Etheostoma blennioides (opens in new window)
Largemouth bass (opens in new window)	Micropterus salmoides (opens in new window)
Least brook lamprey (opens in new window)	Lampetra aepyptera (opens in new window)
Longear sunfish (opens in new window)	Lepomis megalotis (opens in new window)
Longnose dace (opens in new window)	Rhinichthys cataractae (opens in new window)
Margined madtom (opens in new window)	Noturus insignis (opens in new window)
Mosquitofish (opens in new window)	Gambusia holbrooki (opens in new window)
Mottled sculpin (opens in new window)	Cottus bairdi (opens in new window)
Mummichog (opens in new window)	Fundulus heteroclitus (opens in new window)
Northern hogsucker (opens in new window)	Hypentelium nigricans (opens in new window)
Pirate perch (opens in new window)	Aphredoderus sayanus (opens in new window)
Potomac sculpin (opens in new window)	Cottus girardi (opens in new window)
Pumpkinseed (opens in new window)	Lepomis gibbosus (opens in new window)
Rainbow darter (opens in new window)	Etheostoma caeruleum (opens in new window)
Rainbow trout (opens in new window)	Oncorhynchus mykiss (opens in new window)
Redbreast sunfish (opens in new window)	Lepomis auritus (opens in new window)
Redfin pickerel (opens in new window)	Esox americanus (opens in new window)
River chub (opens in new window)	Nocomis micropogon (opens in new window)
Rock bass (opens in new window)	Ambloplites rupestris (opens in new window)
Rosyface shiner (opens in new window)	Notropis rubellus (opens in new window)
Rosyside dace (opens in new window)	Clinostomus funduloides (opens in new window)
Satinfin shiner (opens in new window)	Cyprinella analostana (opens in new window)
Sea lamprey (opens in new window)	Petromyzon marinus (opens in new window)
Shorthead redhorse (opens in new window)	Moxostoma macrolepidotum (opens in new window)
Silverjaw minnow (opens in new window)	Notropis buccatus (opens in new window)
Smallmouth bass (opens in new window)	Miropterus dolomieu (opens in new window)
Spotfin shiner (opens in new window)	Cyprinella spilopterus (opens in new window)
Spottail shiner (opens in new window)	Notropis hudsonius (opens in new window)
Striped bass (opens in new window)	Morone saxatilis (opens in new window)
Striped shiner (opens in new window)	Luxilus chrysocephalus (opens in new window)
Tadpole madtom (opens in new window)	Noturus gyrinus (opens in new window)
Tessellated darter (opens in new window)	Etheostoma olmstedi (opens in new window)
White perch (opens in new window)	Morone americana (opens in new window)
White sucker (opens in new window)	Catostomus commersoni (opens in new window)
Yellow bullhead (opens in new window)	Ameiurus natalis (opens in new window)
Yellow perch (opens in new window)	Perca flavescens (opens in new window)