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Fishes of Itasca State Park

Authors: James Underhill and John Dobie
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Families: 11.
Genera: 30.
Species: 45.
Total Taxa: 45.
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Ambloplites rupestris - Rock bass
Common, Present in Lake Itasca, Mary Lake, Elk Lake, Ozawindib Lake, Mississippi River, LaSalle Creek, and Sucker Brook
Ameiurus melas - Black bullhead
Occasional, Present in LaSalle Creek
Ameiurus nebulosus - Brown bullhead
Occasional, Present in Lake Itasca, Elk Lake, and the Mississippi River
Catostomus commersonii - White sucker
Common, Present in Lake Itasca, Elk Lake, Ozawindib Lake, Mississippi River, LaSalle Creek, and Sucker Brook
Chrosomus eos - Northern redbelly dace
Common, Present in the Mississippi River, LaSalle Creek, and Sucker Brook
Chrosomus neogaeus - Finescale dace
Rare, Present in the Mississippi River
Coregonus artedi - Cisco
Common, Present in Lake Itasca and Elk Lake
Cottus bairdii - Mottled sculpin
Common, Present in the Mississippi River, LaSalle Creek, and Sucker Brook
Culaea inconstans - Brook stickleback
Common, Present in Lake Itasca, Mary Lake, Elk Lake, Ozawindib Lake, Mississippi River, LaSalle Creek, and Sucker Brook
Cyprinella spiloptera - Spotfin shiner
Rare, Present in the Mississippi River
Esox lucius - Northern pike
Common, Present in Lake Itasca, Mary Lake, Elk Lake, Ozawindib Lake, Mississippi River, LaSalle Creek, and Sucker Brook
Etheostoma exile - Iowa darter
Common, Present in Lake Itasca, Mary Lake, Elk Lake, Ozawindib Lake, Mississippi River, LaSalle Creek, and Sucker Brook
Etheostoma nigrum - Johnny darter
Common, Present in Lake Itasca, Mary Lake, Elk Lake, Ozawindib Lake, Mississippi River, LaSalle Creek, and Sucker Brook
Fundulus diaphanus - Banded killifish
Common, Present in Lake Itasca, Mary Lake, Elk Lake, Ozawindib Lake, Mississippi River, LaSalle Creek, and Sucker Brook
Hybognathus hankinsoni - Brassy minnow
Occasional, Present in the Mississippi River and Sucker Brook
Lepomis cyanellus - green sunfish
Common, Present in Lake Itasca, Elk Lake, Ozawindib Lake, Mississippi River, and Sucker Brook
Lepomis gibbosus
Common, Present in Lake Itasca, Mary Lake, Elk Lake, Ozawindib Lake, Mississippi River, LaSalle Creek, and Sucker Brook
Lepomis macrochirus - Bluegill
Common, Present in Lake Itasca, Mary Lake, Elk Lake, Ozawindib Lake, Mississippi River, LaSalle Creek, and Sucker Brook
Margariscus margarita - Pearl dace
Occasional, Present in the Mississippi River
Micropterus dolomieu - Smallmouth bass
Uncommon, Introdocued in Lake Itasca
Micropterus salmoides - Largemouth bass
Common, Present in Lake Itasca, Mary Lake, Elk Lake, Ozawindib Lake, Mississippi River, LaSalle Creek, and Sucker Brook
Moxostoma macrolepidotum - Shorthead redhorse
Occasional, Present in the Mississippi River
Nocomis biguttatus - Hornyhead chub
Common, Present in LaSalle Creek and the Mississippi River
Notemigonus crysoleucas - Golden shiner
Occasional, Present in Lake Itasca, Elk Lake, Mississippi River, LaSalle Creek, and Sucker Brook
Notropis atherinoides - Emerald shiner
Rare, Present in Lake Itasca
Notropis cornutus
Common, Presemt in Lake Itasca, Mary Lake, Elk Lake, Ozawindib Lake, Mississippi River, LaSalle Creek, and Sucker Brook
Notropis dorsalis - Bigmouth shiner
Rare, Present in the Mississippi River
Notropis heterodon - Blackchin shiner
Common, Presemt in Lake Itasca, Mary Lake, Elk Lake, Ozawindib Lake, Mississippi River, LaSalle Creek, and Sucker Brook
Notropis heterolepis - Blacknose shiner
Common, Present in Lake Itasca, Mary Lake, Elk Lake, Mississippi River, LaSalle Creek, and Sucker Brook
Notropis hudsonius - Spottail shiner
Rare, Present in the Mississippi River
Notropis stramineus - Sand shiner
Rare, Present in the Mississippi River
Notropis volucellus - Mimic shiner
Common, Present in Lake Itasca, Mary Lake, Elk Lake, Ozawindib Lake, Mississippi River, LaSalle Creek, and Sucker Brook
Noturus gyrinus - Tadpole madtom
Common, Present in Lake Itasca, Elk Lake, and the Mississippi River
Oncorhynchus mykiss - Rainbow trout
Occasional, Introduced in Sucker Brook
Perca flavescens - Yellow perch
Common, Present in Lake Itasca, Mary Lake, Elk Lake, Ozawindib Lake, Mississippi River, LaSalle Creek, and Sucker Brook
Pimephales notatus - Bluntnose minnow
Common, Present in Lake Itasca, Mary Lake, Elk Lake, Ozawindib Lake, Mississippi River, LaSalle Creek, and Sucker Brook
Pimephales promelas - Fathead minnow
Common, Present in the Mississippi River
Pomoxis nigromaculatus - Black crappie
Common, Present in Lake Itasca, Mary Lake, Elk Lake, Ozawindib Lake, Mississippi River, LaSalle Creek, and Sucker Brook
Rhinichthys cataractae - Longnose dace
Occasional, Present in the Mississippi River
Rhinichthys obtusus - Western Blacknose Dace
Common, Present in the Mississippi River, LaSalle Creek, and Sucker Brook
Salmo trutta - Brown trout
Uncommon, Introduced in LaSalle Creek and Sucker Brook
Salvelinus fontinalis - Brook trout
Common, Introduced in LaSalle Creek and Sucker Brook
Sander vitreus - Walleye
Common, Present in Lake Itasca, Elk Lake, Ozawindib Lake, and the Mississippi River
Semotilus atromaculatus - Creek chub
Common, Present in Elk Lake, Ozawindib Lake, Mississippi River, LaSalle Creek, and Sucker Brook
Umbra limi - Central mudminnow
Common, Present in Lake Itasca, Mary Lake, Elk Lake, Ozawindib Lake, Mississippi River, LaSalle Creek, and Sucker Brook
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