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Fish Species Richness
Number of fish species declines significantly with urbanization
(Data from References 3 and 5)
 
SpeciesN. Trib.S. Trib.
American eel

X

X

Rosyside dace

X

X

Golden shiner

X

X

Spotail shiner

X

X

Blacknose dace

0

X

Longnose dace

X

X

Creek chub

0

X

White sucker

X

X

Creek chubsucker

X

X

Northern hogsucker

X

X

Margined madtom

0

X

Banded killifish

X

0

Green sunfish

0

X

Pumpkinseed

0

X

Bluegill

X

X

Tesselated darter

X

X

Blueback herring

0

X

Alewife herring

0

X

* Unless noted with †,  via electrofishing, April 1995 (Ref. 5).
† Detected during icthyoplankton surveys (Ref. 3).