Have You Seen This Fish?

These species of fish have been identified in the Chicago River system by scientists from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
We want to know if you have found them in the river system and where. Keep us posted by emaling your fish spottings to fish@chicagoriver.org
Thank you!
Common Name

Species

Alewife
Banded killifish
Bigmouth shiner
Black buffalo
Black bullhead
Black crappie
Blackstripe topminnow
Bluegill
Bluegill x Green sunfish hybrid
Bluntnose minnow
Brassy minnow
Brook silverside
Brook stickleback
Carp
Carp x Goldfish hybrid
Central mudminnow
Central stoneroller
Channel catfish
Coho salmon
Common carp
Creek chub
Emerald shiner
Fathead minnow
Freshwater drum
Ghost shiner
Gizzard shad
Gold fish
Golden shiner
Goldfish
Grass carp
Grass pickeral
Green sunfish
Iowa darter
Johnny darter
Largemouth bass

Alosa pseudoharengus
Fundulus diaphanus
Notropis dorsalis
Ictiobus niger
Ameiurus melas
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Fundulus notatus
Lepomis macrochirus
Lepomis macrochirus x L. cyanellus
Pimephales notatus
Hybognathus hankinsoni
Labidesthes sicculus
Culaea inconstans
Cyprinus carpio
Cyprinus carpio x Carassius auratus
Umbra limi
Campostoma anomalum
Ictalurus punctatus
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Cyprinus carpio
Semotilus atromaculatus
Notropis atherinoides
Pimephales promelas
Aplodinotus grunniens
Notropis buchanani
Dorosoma cepedianum
Carassius auratus auratus
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Carassius auratus
Ctenopharyngodon idella
Esox americanus
Lepomis cyanellus
Etheostoma exile
Etheostoma nigrum
Micropterus salmoides

Native vs.
Non

Main Stem

North
Branch

Upper North North Shore

Branch
Channel

Sanitary &
Ship

Calumet

Little
Calumet

Lake
Caumet

Tinley Creek Thorn Creek

Lasrgescale stoneroller

Campostoma oligolepis

Common Name

Species

Longear sunfish
Longnose dace
Mosquito fish
Mottled sculpin
Ninespine stickleback
Northern pike
Orangespotted sunfish
Oriental weatherfish
Pumpkinseed
Quillback
Rock bass
Round gobie
Sand shiner
Smallmouth bass
Smallmouth buffalo
Spotfin shiner
Spottail shiner
Steelhead
Tadpole madtom
Threespine stickleback
Trout perch
Warmouth
White bass
White crappie
White perch
White sucker
Yellow bullhead
Yellow perch
Other
Other
Other
Other
Other

Lepomis megalotis
Rhinichthys cataractae
Gambusia holbrooki
Cottus bairdii
Pungitius pungitius
Esox lucius
Lepomis humilis
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
Lepomis gibbosus
Ambloplites rupestris
Neogobius melanostomus
Notropis stramineus
Micropterus dolomieu
Ictiobus bubalus
Cyprinella spiloptera
Notropis hudsonius
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Noturus gyrinus
Gasterosteus aculeatus
Percopsis omiscomaycus
Warmouth
Morone chrysops
Pomoxis annularis
Morone americana
Catostomus commersoni
Ameiurus natalis
Perca flavescens

Native vs.
Non

Main Stem

North
Branch

Upper North North Shore

Branch
Channel

Sanitary &
Ship

Calumet

Little
Calumet

Lake
Caumet

Tinley Creek Thorn Creek