Download - Fishes of Fairfax County
Fishes of
Fairfax County
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Least Brook Lamprey Lampetra aepyptera
Lampreys - Petromyzontidae
Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus
Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
Herrings - Clupeidae
White Perch Morone americana
Striped Basses - Moronidae
Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus
Killifishes - Fundulidae
Potomac Sculpin Cottus girardi
Sculpins - Cottidae
* Photographs by Billy Teels, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Eels - Anguillidae
American Eel Anguilla rostrata
Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
Livebearers - Poeciliidae
Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services Stormwater Planning Division
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 449
Fairfax, Virginia 22035-0052
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes/stormwater
703-324-5500, TTY 711
September 2014
Eastern Mudminnow Umbra pygmaea
Mudminnows - Umbridae
Perches - Percidae
Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
Stripeback Darter Percina notogramma
Greenside Darter Etheostoma blennioides
Shield Darter Percina peltata
Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
Suckers - Catostomidae
Northern Hogsucker Hypentelium nigricans
Creek Chubsucker Erimyzon oblongus
Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
White Sucker Catostomus commersoni
Eastern Silvery Minnow Hybognathus regius
Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
Spotfin Shiner* Cyprinella spiloptera
Spottail Shiner Notropis hudsonius
Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
Comely Shiner Notropis amoenus
Silverjaw Minnow Notropis buccatus
River Chub Nocomis micropogon
Minnows - Cyprinidae
Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
Goldfish Carassius auratus
Cutlips Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
Common Carp Cyprinus carpio
Satinfin Shiner Cyprinella analostana
Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
Swallowtail Shiner Notropis procne
Snakeheads - Channidae
Northern Snakehead Channa argus
Gars - Lepisosteidae
Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus
Sunfishes - Centrarchidae
Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
Longear Sunfish Lepomis megalotis
Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
Bluespotted Sunfish Enneacanthus gloriosus
Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
A Fairfax County, Va., publication
Bullhead Catfishes - Ictaluridae
Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
White Catfish Ameiurus catus
Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
