Table 3 Numbers, relative abundances, trophic guilds, and environmental tolerances of 57 fish species collected in forest (n = 2237) and agriculture (n = 1298) streams of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain ecoregion

Banded Pygmy Sunfish Elassosoma zonatum

I

M

4

0.3

0

Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas

I

M

1

 < 0.1

0

Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus

P

M

9

0.7

15

Blackside Darter Percina maculata

I

M

1

 < 0.1

0

Blackspotted Topminnow Fundulus olivaceus

I

M

5

0.4

59

Blackstripe Topminnow Fundulus notatus

I

M

0

0.0

18

Blacktail Shiner Cyprinella venusta

I

M

2

0.2

11

Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus

I

M

151

11.6

109

Bluntnose Darter Etheostoma chlorosomum

I

M

16

1.2

11

Brook Silverside Labidesthes sicculus

I

M

2

0.2

82

Bullhead Minnow Pimephales vigilax

O

M

56

4.3

3

Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus

P

M

10

0.8

1

Common Carp Cyprinus carpio

O

T

2

0.2

2

Crystal Darter Crystallaria asprella

I

I

0

0.0

2

Cypress Darter Etheostoma proeliare

I

M

6

0.5

0

Cypress Minnow Hybognathus hayi

O

M

13

1.0

5

Dusky Darter Percina sciera

I

M

1

 < 0.1

9

Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides

I

M

23

1.8

884

Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris

P

M

7

0.5

1

Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens

V

M

4

0.3

0

Ghost Shiner Notropis buchanani

I

M

21

1.6

6

Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum

O

M

8

0.6

17

Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas

O

T

10

0.8

3

Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus

I

T

15

1.2

13

Harlequin Darter Etheostoma histrio

I

I

0

0.0

1

Ironcolor shiner Notropis chalybaeus

I

I

1

 < 0.1

0

Logperch Percina caprodes

I

M

0

0.0

1

Longear sunfish Lepomis megalotis

I

M

0

0.0

4

Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus

P

M

5

0.4

4

Mimic Shiner Notropis volucellus

I

I

12

0.9

6

Mud Darter Etheostoma asprigene

I

M

0

0.0

4

Orangespotted Sunfish Lepomis humilis

I

M

135

10.4

6

Pallid Shiner Notropis amnis

I

I

9

0.7

89

Pirate Perch Aphredoderus sayanus

I

M

159

12.3

20

Pugnose Minnow Opsopoeodus emiliae

I

I

33

2.5

18

Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis

O

T

146

11.3

1

Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus

I

M

16

1.2

0

Ribbon Shiner Lythrurus fumeus

I

M

0

0.0

2

River Darter Percina shumardi

I

M

2

0.2

2

River Shiner Notropis blennius

I

M

90

6.9

185

Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum

I

M

0

0.0

1

Shortnose Gar Lepisosteus platostomus

P

M

9

0.7

1

Silverband Shiner Notropis shumardi

I

M

15

1.2

16

Slough Darter Etheostoma gracile

I

M

2

0.2

1

Smallmouth Buffalo Ictiobus bubalus

I

M

5

0.4

0

Shoal Chub Macrhybopsis hyostoma

I

I

1

 < 0.1

8

Spotted Bass Micropterus punctulatus

P

M

0

0.0

3

Spotted Gar Lepisosteus oculatus

P

M

20

1.5

4

Spotted Sunfish Lepomis punctatus

I

M

4

0.3

1

Tadpole Madtom Noturus gyrinus

I

M

63

4.9

2

Taillight Shiner Notropis maculatus

I

M

3

0.2

2

Warmouth Lepomis gulosus

P

M

59

4.6

9

Weed Shiner Notropis texanus

I

I

10

0.8

569

Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis

I

M

87

6.7

16

White Bass Morone chrysops

P

M

2

0.2

0

White Crappie Pomoxis annularis

P

M

42

3.2

10

Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis

I

T

1

 < 0.1

0