Fish Data
PWD Fish Assessment Sites
KML file of all PWD (RBP V) fish assessment sites with number of species collected at each site.
Fish of Philadelphia Area Rivers and Streams
Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Feeding1 | PA Status2 | Tolerance3 | Links |
Catfish (Ictaluridae) |
Ameiurus catus | White Catfish | TC | RI | M | FB |
Ameiurus natalis | Yellow Bullhead Catfish | GF | RI | T | FB | |
Ameiurus nebulosus | Brown Bullhead Catfish | GF | RI | T | FB | |
Ictalurus punctatus | Channel Catfish | GF | RN IE | M | FB | |
Noturus insignis | Margined Madtom | BI | -- | -- | FB | |
Pylodictis olivaris | Flathead Catfish | -- | -- | -- | FB | |
Eels (Anguillidae) |
Anguilla rostrata | American Eel | TC | RI | T | FB |
Herring (Clupeidae) |
Alosa aestivalis | Blueback Herring | PI | NA | M | FB |
Alosa mediocris | Hickory Shad | PI | NA | -- | FB | |
Alosa pseudoharengus | Alewife | PI | NA | M | FB | |
Alosa sapidissima | American Shad | PI | NA | M | FB | |
Brevoortia tyrannus | Atlantic Menhaden | -- | -- | -- | FB | |
Dorosoma cepedianum | Gizzard Shad | PH | RI | T | FB | |
Minnows (Cyprinidae) |
Carassius auratus | Goldfish | GF | RN IE | T | FB |
Clinostomus funduloides | Rosyside Dace | WC | RI | I | FB | |
Ctenopharyngodon idella | Grass Carp | -- | -- | M | FB | |
Cyprinella analostana | Satinfin Shiner | WC | RI | T | FB | |
Cyprinella spiloptera | Spotfin Shiner | PH | RI | T | FB | |
Cyprinus carpio | Carp | GF | RN IE | T | FB | |
Exoglossum maxillingua | Cutlips Minnow | BI | RI | I | FB | |
Hybognathus regius | Eastern Silvery Minnow | BH | RI | I | FB | |
Luxilus cornutus | Common Shiner | GF | RI | M | FB | |
Notemigonus crysoleucas | Golden Shiner | GF | RI | T | FB | |
Notropis amoenus | Comely Shiner | WC | -- | T | FB | |
Notropis hudsonius | Spottail Shiner | WC | RI | M | FB | |
Notropis procne | Swallowtail Shiner | WC | RI | M | FB | |
Pimephales notatus | Bluntnose Minnow | GF | RI | T | FB | |
Pimephales promelas | Fathead Minnow | GF | NT | T | FB | |
Rhinichthys atratulus | Blacknose Dace | GF | RI | T | FB | |
Rhinichthys cataractae | Longnose Dace | GF | RI | T | FB | |
Semotilus atromaculatus | Creek Chub | GF | RI | T | FB | |
Semotilus corporalis | Fallfish | GF | RI | M | FB | |
Perch (Percidae) |
Etheostoma olmstedi | Tessellated Darter | BI | RI | M | FB |
Perca flavescens | Yellow perch | TC | RI | M | FB | |
Percina peltata | Shield Darter | -- | -- | -- | FB | |
Sander vitreus | Walleye | TC | IE | M | FB | |
Pike (Esocidae) |
Esox americanus | Redfin Pickerel | TC | RI | M | FB |
Esox lucius x masquinongy | Tiger Muskie | TC | NS | I | -- | |
Esox niger | Chain Pickerel | TC | RI | M | FB | |
Salmon (Salmonidae) |
Oncorhynchus mykiss | Rainbow Trout | TC | NS | I | FB |
Salmo trutta | Brown Trout | TC | NS | I | FB | |
Salvelinus fontinalis | Brook Trout | TC | NS | I | FB | |
Suckers (Catostomidae) |
Carpiodes cyprinus | Quillback | GF | RI | T | FB |
Catostomus commersonii | White Sucker | GF | RI | T | FB | |
Erimyzon oblongus | Creek Chubsucker | GF | RI | I | FB | |
Hypentelium nigricans | Northern Hogsucker | -- | -- | -- | FB | |
Sunfish (Centrachidae) |
Ambloplites rupestris | Rock Bass | TC | RN IE | M | FB |
Lepomis auritus | Redbreast Sunfish | GF | RI | M | FB | |
Lepomis cyanellus | Green Sunfish | GF | NT | T | FB | |
Lepomis gibbosus | Pumpkinseed Sunfish | GF | RI | M | FB | |
Lepomis macrochirus | Bluegill | GF | NT | T | FB | |
Micropterus dolomieu | Smallmouth Bass | TC | RN | IE | FB | |
Micropterus salmoides | Largemouth Bass | TC | RN IE | M | FB | |
Pomoxis annularis | White Crappie | -- | -- | -- | FB | |
Pomoxis nigromaculatus | Common Name | TC | RI | M | FB | |
Temperate Basses (Moronidae) |
Morone americana | White Perch | TC | RI | M | FB |
Morone saxatilis | Striped Bass | TC | NA | I | FB | |
Topminnows (Fundulidae) |
Fundulus diaphanus | Banded Killifish | WC | RI | T | FB |
Fundulus heteroclitus | Mummichog | GF | RI | T | FB | |
1.) Feeding Type Key PI - Planktivorous Invertivore; PH - Planktivorous Herbivore; TC - Top Carnivore; GF - Generalist Feeder WC - Water Column Insectivore; BI - Benthic Insectivore; BH - Benthic Herbivore 2.) Status Key NA - Native Anadromous; RI - Resident Indigenous; RN - Resident Naturalized; NS - Non-resident Stocked NT - Non-resident Transient 3.) Tolerance Key T - Tolerant; M - Moderately Tolerant; I - Intolerant |