Native Fish Species
- Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides)
- Longnose Gar (Lepisosteus osseus)
- Bowfin (Amia calva) - Also locally known as a "Mudfish"
- Chain Pickerel (Esox niger)
- Redfin Pickerel (Esox americanus americanus)
- Black Crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus)
- Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio)
- American Eel (Anguilla rostrata)
- Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
- Flat Bullhead (Ameiurus platycephalus)
- Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis)
- Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)
- Warmouth (Lepomis gulosus)
- Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus)
- Redbreast Sunfish (Lepomis auritus)
- Spotted Sunfish (Lepomis punctatus)
- Dollar Sunfish (Lepomis marginatus)
- Bluespotted sunfish (Enneacanthus gloriosus)
- Pirate Perch (Aphredoderus sayanus)
- Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)
- Brook Silverside (Labidesthes sicculus)
- Taillight Shiner (Notropis maculatus)
- Golden Shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas)
- Coastal Shiner (Notropis Petersoni)
- Dusky Shiner (Notropis cummingsae)
- Ironcolor Shiner (Notropis chalybaeus)
- Tessellated Darter (Etheostoma serrifer)
- Blackbanded Darter (Percina nigrofasciata)
- Sawcheek Darter (Etheostoma serrifer)
- Swamp Darter (Etheostoma fusiforme)


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