Fish Species List From Hurricane Creek At The Walls Of Jericho

I received the fish species totals from last June's BioBlitz at the Walls of Jericho tract in Jackson County, AL. Three different groups sampled Hurricane Creek for fish. My group used seine nets initially, with a follow-up visit in July with more seining and also snorkeling observations by Casper Cox. The other two groups primarily used electroshocking, which is pretty much the only way some of the larger, more athletic fish species such as bass and redhorse suckers can be taken. Before pooling all of these observations, our group had captured or visually ID'd 26 species which I knew was low. Putting all three groups' results together, 38 species have been found in a roughly one kilometer stretch of a not very big creek. This is a large number by North American standards. My group found three species that the other groups didn't - the sawfin shiner, blotchside logperch, and common logperch, all three found on our second visit in July. Blotchside logperch are a species at risk, and also notoriously difficult to capture because of their preferred habitat of deep pools at the base of riffles. So we done good... The one glaring omission on this list to date is that no one has found any madtom species, a widespread group of small catfishes usually found in highland streams like Hurricane Creek. They're hard to find since they're nocturnal and often spend days in a burrow along a bank. We hope to do that by spring, anyway(!).

Anyway, here's the list:

(Binomial, Common Name)

Cottus carolinae, Banded Sculpin
Catostomus commersonii, White Sucker
Moxostoma duquesnii, Black Redhorse
Hypentelium nigricans, Northern Hog Sucker
Ambloplites rupestris, Rock Bass
Lepomis auritus, Redbreast Sunfish
Lepomis cyanellus, Green Sunfish
Lepomis megalotis, Longear Sunfish
Micropterus dolomieu, Smallmouth Bass
Micropterus salmoides, Largemouth Bass
Fundulus catenatus, Northern Studfish
Fundulus olivaceus, Blackspotted Topminnow
Campostoma oligolepis, Largescale Stoneroller
Clinostomus funduloides, Rosyside Dace
Hemitremia flammea, Flame Chub
Hybopsis amblops, Bigeye Chub
Luxilus chrysocephalus, Striped Shiner
Lythrurus fasciolaris, Scarletfin Shiner
Notropis albizonatus, Palezone Shiner
Notropis leuciodus, Tennessee Shiner
Notropis telescopus, Telescope Shiner
Notropis sp. "sawfin shiner", Sawfin Shiner
Pimephales notatus, Bluntnose Minnow
Rhinichthys atratulus, Blacknose Dace
Semotilus atromaculatus, Creek Chub
Etheostoma blennioides, Greenside Darter
Etheostoma caeruleum, Rainbow Darter
Etheostoma duryi, Black Darter
Etheostoma flabellare, Fantail Darter
Etheostoma jessiae, Blueside Darter
Etheostoma kennicotti, Stripetail Darter
Etheostoma nigripinne, Blackfin Darter
Etheostoma nigrum, Johnny Darter
Etheostoma rufilineatum, Redline Darter
Etheostoma simoterum, Tennessee Snubnose Darter
Etheostoma zonale, Banded Darter
Percina burtoni, Blotchside Logperch
Percina caprodes, Logperch