Table 2: Stream size, stream quality, and water quality preferences and tolerances for fish species in the upper Allegheny River basin. Size: S: small, M: midsize, L: large. Stream quality and water quality tolerances: I: intolerant, M: moderately tolerant, T: tolerant.

Common name Species name Size Stream quality tolerance Water quality tolerance American eel Anguilla rostrata SML T I American brook lamprey Lampetra appendix SM M I Banded darter Etheostoma zonale M I I Banded killifish Fundulus diaphanus ML M T Bigeye chub Hybopsis amblops ML I I Bigmouth shiner Hybopsis dorsalis SM T I Black crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus LM M I Black red horse Moxostoma duquesnii M I I Blackchin shiner Notropis heterodon SM M I Blacknose dace Rhinichthys atratulus S M T Blacknose shiner Notropis heterolepis S I I Blackside darter Percina maculata M T I Bluebreast darter Etheostoma camurum M M I Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus M M I Bluntnose minnow Pimephales notatus M T T Brindled madtom Noturus miurus LM M I Brook silverside Labidesthes sicculus ML I I Brook stickleback Culaea inconstans S M I Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis S I I Brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus ML T T Brown trout Salmo trutta SM I I Burbot Lota Iota LM T I Central mudminnow Umbra limi SM T T Central stoneroller Campostoma anomalum SM M I Chain pickerel Esox niger M M I Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus LM T I Channel darter Percina copelandi LM I I Common carp Cyprinus carpio LM T T Common shiner Luxilus cornutus SM I I Creek chub Semotilus atromaculatus SM T T Creek chubsucker Erimyzon oblongus SM T I Cutlips minnow Exoglossum maxillingua SM I I Eastern mudminnow Umbra pygmaea SM T T Eastern sand darter Ammocrypta pellucida M I I Eastern silvery minnow Hybognathus regius ML T I Emerald shiner Notropis atherinoides LM T I Fantail darter Etheostoma flabellare SM M I Fathead minnow Pimephales promelas SM T T Flathead catfish Pylodictis olivaris LM T I Freshwater drum Aplodinotus grunniens L T I Gilt darter Percina evides M I I Gizzard shad Dorosoma cepedianum ML T I Golden red horse Moxostoma erythrurum ML M I Golden shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas LM T T Grass pickerel Esox americanus S M I Gravel chub Erimystax x-punctatus ML M I Green sunfish Lepomis cyanellus MS T T Greenside darter Etheostoma blennioides M I I Highfin carpsucker Carpiodes velifer LM I I Horneyhead chub Nocomis biguttatus MS I I Iowa darter Etheostoma exile SM I I Johnny darter Etheostoma nigrum M M I Largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides L T I Logperch Percina caprodes M I I Longear sunfish Lepomis megalotis M I I Longhead darter Percina macrocephala M M I Longnose dace Rhinichthys cataractae SM M T Longnose gar Lepisosteus osseus LM M I Margined madtom Noturus insignis M I I Mimic shiner Notropis volucellus ML M I Mottled sculpin Cottus bairdii SM I I Mountain brook lamprey Ichthyomyzon greeleyi SM I I Mountain madtom Noturus eleutherus ML I I Muskellunge Esox masquinongy LM M I Northern hog sucker Hypentelium nigricans MS I I Northern madtom Noturus stigmosus SM M I Northern pike Esox lucius ML M I Northern redbelly dace Phoxinus eos S M I Ohio lamprey Ichthyomyzon bdellium SML I Pearl dace Margariscus margarita S T I Popeye shiner Notropis ariommus M I I Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus M M I Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus LM M I Rainbow darter Etheostoma caeruleum SM I I Rainbow smelt Osmerus mordax M T I Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss SM I I Redear sunfish Lepomis microlophus M M I Redfin shiner Lythrurus umbratilis ML T I Redside dace Clinostomus elongatus S I I River chub Nocomis micropogon MS T T River redhorse Moxostoma carina tum M I I Rock bass Ambloplites rupestris M I I Rosyface shiner Notropis rubellus M I I Rosyside dace Clinostomus funduloides S I I Sand shiner Notropis stramineus M M I Sauger Sander canadensis LM T I Shorthead red horse Moxostoma macrolepidotum ML I I Silver redhorse Moxostoma anisurum ML I I Silver shiner Notropis photogenis M I I Silverjaw minnow Notropis buccatus MS M I Smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieu M M I Snubnose darter Etheostoma simoterum SM M I Southern red belly dace Phoxinus erythrogaster S I I Spotfin shiner Cyprinella spiloptera ML M I Spottail shiner Notropis hudsonius SML I I Spotted darter Etheostoma macula tum M I I Steelcolor shiner Cyprinella whipplei SM M I Stonecat Noturus f1avus M I I Streamline chub Erimystax dissimilis ML I I Striped shiner Luxilus chrysocephalus M M I Tadpole madtom Noturus gyrinus SML M T Tessellated darter Etheostoma olmstedi SML M T Tippecanoe darter Etheostoma tippecanoe M I I Tonguetied minnow Exoglossum laurae M I I Trout-perch Percopsis omiscomaycus LM T I Variegate darter Etheostoma varia tum M I I Walleye Sander vitreus LM T I Warmouth Lepomis gulosus L T I White bass Morone chrysops L M I White catfish Ameiurus catus LM T I White crappie Pomoxis annularis LM T I White sucker Catostomus commersonii MS T T Yellow bullhead Ameiurus natalis SM T T Yellow perch Perca f1avescens ML M I