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Fish   Family Salmonidae - Salmon Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill) - Eastern Brook Trout Salmo trutta Linnaeus - Brown Trout (This non-native species is referred to in the article, Biological Invasions.) Salmo gairdneri Richardson - Rainbow Trout Family Esocidae - Pike *Esox lucius Linnaeus - Northern Pike Esox americanus Lesueru - Grass Pickerel Family Umbridae - Mudminnows Umbra limi (Kirtland) - Central Mudminnow Family Cyprinidae - Minnows Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque) - Stoneroller Rhinichthys atratulus (Herman) - Blacknose Dace Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill) - Creek Chub Semotilus margarita (Cope) - Pearl Dace Notemigonus crysoleucas )Mitchill) - Golden Shiner Pimephales promelas Rafinesque - Fathead Minnow Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque) - Bluntnose Minnow Hybopsis biguttata (Kirkland) - Horneyhead Chub Hybopsos micropogon (Cope) - River Chub Notropis cornutus (Mitchill) - Common Shiner Notropis anogenus - (Forbes) Pugnose shiner (Mich. Natural Inventory List) Family Catostomidae - Suckers Hypentelium nigricans (Lesuer) - Norhtern Hogsucker Catostomus commersoni (Lacepede) - White Sucker Erimyzon sucetta (Lacepede) - Lake Chubsucker Family Ictaluridae - Catfish Ictalluras melas (Rafinesque) - Black Bullhead Ictaluras natalis (Lesueur) - Yellow Bullhead Family Cottidae - Sculpin Cottus bairdi Girard - Mottled Sculpin Family Centrarchidae - Sunfish Micropterus dolomieui Lacepede - Smallmouth Bass *Micropterus salmoides (Lacepede) - Largemouth Bass *Chaenobryttus gulosus (Cuvier) - Warmouth Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque - Rock Bass *Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque - Green Sunfish Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque) - Longear Sunfish *Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque - Bluegill Sunfish *Pomoxis nigromaculatus (Lesueur) - Black Crappie Family Percidae - Perch Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque - Johnny Darter Etheostoma caeruleum Storer - Rainbow Darter Hadropterus maculatus (Girard) - Blackside Darter *Uncommon in flowing waters. Reference: Mahan, David C. and Kenneth W. Cummins. A Profile of Augusta Creek In Kalamazoo and Barry counties, Michigan. Technical Report No. 3, W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, Michigan.12 p.

 

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