NUMBERS OF MICHIGAN FISH COLLECTIONS BY SPECIES G. R. Smith August 1994 (with ## collections)

LAMPREYS
Chestnut lamprey (Ichthyomyzon castaneus) 55
North. brook lamprey (Ichthyomyzon fossor) 122
Silver lamprey (Ichthyomyzon unicuspis) 77
American brook lamprey (Lampetra appendix) 155
Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)^ 69

STURGEONS
Lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) 20

PADDLEFISHES
Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) 0

GARS
Spotted gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) 12
Longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus) 90

BOWFIN
Bowfin (Amia calva) 83

FRESHWATER EELS
American eel (Anguilla rostrata)^ 18

HERRINGS
Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)^ 27
Skipjack herring (Alosa chrysochoris)^ 1
Gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) 30

MOONEYES
Mooneye (Hiodon tergisus) 7

MINNOWS AND CARPS
Central stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum) 227
Goldfish (Carassius auratus)^ 21
Lake chub (Couesius plumbeus) 95
Common carp (Cyprinus carpio)^ 76
Silverjaw minnow (Ericymba buccata) 37
Brassy minnow (Hybognathus hankinsoni) 104
Bigeye chub (Notropis amblops) 9
Silver chub (Hybopsis storeriana) 6
Horneyhead chub (Nocomis biguttatus) 360
River chub (Nocomis micropogon) 157
Golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas) 447
Spotfin shiner (Cyprinella spiloptera) 130
Striped shiner (Luxilus chrysocephalus) 88
Common shiner (Luxilus cornutus) 1065
Pugnose shiner (Notropis anogenus) 37
Emerald shiner (Notropis atherinoides) 198
Ironcolor shiner (Notropis chalybaeus) 6
Bigmouth shiner (Notropis dorsalis) 60
Pugnose minnow (Notropis emiliae) 5
Blackchin shiner (Notropis heterodon) 301
Blacknose shiner (Notropis heterolepis) 566
Spottail shiner (Notropis hudsonius) 295
Silver shiner (Notropis photogenis) 16
Rosyface shiner (Notropis rubellus) 196
Sand shiner (Notropis stramineus) 268
Weed shiner (Notropis texanus) 18
Redfin shiner (Notropis umbratilis) 64
Mimic shiner (Notropis volucellus) 310
Suckermouth minnow (Phenacobius mirabilis)^ 1
Northern redbelly dace (Phoxinus eos) 270
South. redbelly dace (Phoxinus erythrogaster) 16
Finescale dace (Phoxinus neogaeus) 129
Bluntnose minnow (Pimephales notatus) 1117
Flathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) 150
Blacknose dace (Rhinichthys atratulus) 850
Longnose dace (Rhinichthys cataractae) 253
Redside dace (Clinostomus elongatus) 7
Creek chub (Semotilus atromaculatus) 1020
Pearl dace (Semotilus margarita) 274
Ide (Leuciscus idus)^ 1
Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)^ 1

SUCKERS
Quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus) 25
Longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus) 115
White sucker (Catostomus commersoni) 1264
Creek chubsucker (Erimyzon oblongus) 7
Lake chubsucker (Erimyzon sucetta) 133
Northern hog sucker (Hypentelium nigricans) 188
Bigmouth buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus)^ 8
Black buffalo (Ictiobus niger)^ 7
Spotted sucker (Minytrema melanops) 33
Silver redhorse (Moxostoma anisurum) 54
River redhorse (Moxostoma carinatum) 3
Black redhorse (Moxostoma duquesnei) 43
Golden redhorse (Moxostoma erythrurum) 156
Shorthead redhorse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum) 93
Greater redhorse (Moxostoma valenciennesi) 57

LOACHES
Oriental weatherfish (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)^ 5

BULLHEAD CATFISHES
Black bullhead (Ictalurus melas) 120
Yellow bullhead (Ictalurus natalis) 273
Brown bullhead (Ictalurus nebulosus) 222
Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) 43
Stonecat (Noturus flavus) 84
Tadpole madtom (Noturus gyrinus) 136
Margined madtom (Noturus insignis)^ 1
Brindled madtom (Noturus miurus) 39
Northern madtom (Noturus stigmosus) 33
Flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris) 7

PIRATE PERCHES
Pirate perch (Aphredoderus sayanus) 25

TROUT-PERCHES
Trout-perch (Percopsis omiscomaycus) 81

CODFISHES
Burbot (Lota lota) 125

MUDMINNOWS
Central mudminnow (Umbra limi) 660

PIKES
Grass pickerel (Esox americanus) 172
Northern pike (Esox lucius) 369
Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) 19
Masquinonge (Esox lacustris) 1

SMELTS
Rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax)^ 60

WHITEFISH, GRAYLING, TROUTS, AND SALMONS
Round whitefish (Prosopium cylindraceum) 103
Pygmy whitefish (Prosopium coulteri) 11
Lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) 218
Lake herring (Coregonus artedi) 466
Bloater (Coregonus hoyi) 210
Kiyi (Coregonus kiyi) 256
Shortnose cisco (Coregonus reighardi) 124
Shortjaw cisco (Coregonus zenithicus) 570
Deepwater cisco (Coregonus johannae) 266
Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) 26
Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) 1043
Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) 83
Siscowet (Salvelinus siscowet) ?
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)^ 10
Brown trout (Salmo trutta)^ 163
Rainbow trout, steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss)^ 265
Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)^ 16
Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)^ 16
Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)^ 7
Kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)^ 3

KILLIFISHES
Banded killifish (Fundulus diaphanus) 279
Starhead topminnow (Fundulus dispar) 13
Blackstripe topminnow (Fundulus notatus) 34

LIVEBEARERS
Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)^ 1

SILVERSIDES
Brook silverside (Labidesthes sicculus) 128

TEMPERATE BASSES
White perch (Morone americana)^ 10
White bass (Morone chrysops) 25
Striped bass (Morone saxatilis)^ 2

SUNFISHES
Rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris) 709
Green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) 166
Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) 668
Warmouth (Lepomis gulosus) 84
Orangespotted sunfish (Lepomis humilis)^ 5
Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) 525
Longear sunfish (Lepomis megalotis) 167
Redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus)^ 6
Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieui) 394
Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) 606
White crappie (Pomoxis annularis) 40
Black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) 140

PERCHES
Eastern sand darter (Ammocrypta pellucida) 14
Greenside darter (Etheostoma blennioides) 61
Rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum) 309
Iowa darter (Etheostoma exile) 536
Barred fantail darter (Etheostoma flabellare) 102
Least darter (Etheostoma microperca) 170
Johnny darter (Etheostoma nigrum) 1114
Orangethroat darter (Etheostoma spectabile) 22
Banded darter (Etheostoma zonale)^ 2
Yellow perch (Perca flavescens) 1171
Logperch (Percina caprodes) 369
Channel darter (Percina copelandi) 43
Blackside darter (Percina maculata) 304
River darter (Percina shumardi) 5
Sauger (Stizostedion canadense) 25
Blue pike (Stizostedion vitreum glaucum) 0
Walleye (Stizostedion vitreum vitreum) 169
Ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus)^ 1

DRUMS
Freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) 17

FLOUNDERS
European flounder (Platichthys flesus)^ 2

STICKLEBACKS
Brook stickleback (Culaea inconstans) 468
Threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)^ 13
Ninespine stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) 47

SCULPINS
Mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdi) 874
Slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus) 361
Spoonhead sculpin (Cottus ricei) 27
Deepwater sculpin (Myoxocephalus thompsoni) 49

GOBIES
Round goby (Neogobius melanostomus)^ 5
Tubenose goby (Proterorhinus marmoratus)^ 4

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^ = not native to Michigan = 33
Native to Michigan = 128
Total = 161
Families = 30