A GIS Framework for Fish Habitat Prediction at the River Basin Scale

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