**Natural Resources**\
**Fish of Amistad National Recreation Area**

In the list that follows, sixty-four species of fish, representing
fourteen families, are known to presently or historically occur in the
Amistad area. Those preceeded by an asterisk (\*) represent species
documented from the literature as occurring in the Devils, Pecos, and
Rio Grande prior to inundation. They may now be present only further
upstream or just below the boundaries of the reservoir, on the Devils,
Rio Grande, and Pecos Rivers.

**Order Lepisosteiformes\
Family Lepisosteidae**

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  *Lepisosteus spatula*  Alligator gar \_\_\_     (X), (-)

  *Lepisosteus osseus*   Longnose gar\_\_\_       (X), (-), (\^), (+)

  *Lepisosteus oculatus* Spotted gar \_\_\_       (X), (-), (\^), (+)
  ---------------------- ------------------------ -----------------------

**Order Clupeiformes\
Family Clupeidae**

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  *Dorosoma cepedianum*  Gizzard shad \_\_\_      (X), (-), (\^), (+)

  *Dorosoma petenense*   Thread-fin shad\_\_\_    (X), (-), (\^), (+)
  ---------------------- ------------------------ -----------------------

**Order Cypriniformes\
Family Characidae**

  ---------------------- ------------------------ -----------------------
  *Astyanax mexicanus*   Mexican tetra \_\_\_     (X), (-)

  ---------------------- ------------------------ -----------------------

**Family Cyprinidae**

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  *Cyprinus carpo*       CommonCarp\_\_\_         (X), (-), (\^), (+)

  *\*Notemigonus         Golden Shiner\_\_\_      (X), (-), (+)
  crysoleucas*                                    

  *\*Hybopsis            Speckled Chub \_\_\_     (X), (-)
  aestivalis*                                     

  *\*Rhinichthys         Longnose Dace \_\_\_     (X), (-)
  cataractae*                                     

  *Phenacobius           Suckermouth Minnow\_\_\_ \(X\)
  mirabilis*                                      

  *\*Notropis jemezanus  Grande Shiner\_\_\_      (X), (-)
  Rio*                                            

  *Notropis amabilis*    Texas Shiner \_\_\_      (X), (-)

  *Notropis venustus*    Blacktail Shiner \_\_\_  (X), (-), (+)

  *Notropis lutrensis*   Red Shiner \_\_\_        (X), (-), (+)

  *Notropis proserpinus* Proserpine Shiner\_\_\_  (X), (-)

  *Notropis stramineus*  Sand Shiner\_\_\_        (X), (-)

  *Notropis volucellus*  Mimic Shiner \_\_\_      \(X\)

  *Dionda episcopa*      Roundnose Minnow\_\_\_   (X), (-)

  *\*Dionda diaboli*     Devils River             (X), (-)
                         Minnow\_\_\_             

  *Hybognathus nuchalis* Silvery Minnow\_\_\_     \(X\)

  *Hybognathus placitus* Plains Minnow\_\_\_      \(X\)

  *Pimephales vigilax*   Bullhead Minnow \_\_\_   (X), (-), (+)

  *Campostoma anomalum*  Central Stoneroller      (X), (-)
                         \_\_\_                   
  ---------------------- ------------------------ -----------------------

**Family Catostomidae**

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  *Cycleptus elongatus*  Blue Sucker \_\_\_       \(X\)

  *Ictiobus bubalus*     Smallmouth Buffalo\_\_\_ (X), (-), (\^)

  *Carpiodes carpio*     River Carpsucker\_\_\_   (\^), (-)

  *Moxostoma congestum*  Gray Redhorse \_\_\_     (X), (-)

  *Moxostoma erythrurum* Golden Redhorse\_\_\_    \(X\)
  ---------------------- ------------------------ -----------------------

**Family Ameiuridae**

  --------------------- ---------------------- --------------------------
  *Ictalurus natalis*   Yellow Bullhead \_\_\_ (X), (-)

  *Ictalurus atus*      Channel Catfish \_\_\_ (X), (-), (\^), (+)

  *Ictalurus furcatus*  Blue Catfish\_\_\_     (X), (-), (+)

  *\*Ictalurus melas*   Black Bullhead         (-), (+)
                        Catfish\_\_\_          

  *Pylodictus olivaris* Flathead Catfish\_\_\_ (X), (-), (\^), (+)
  --------------------- ---------------------- --------------------------

**Order Cyprinondontiformes\
Family Cyprinodontidae**

  --------------------- ---------------------- ---------------------------
  *\*Lucania parva*     Rainwater Killifish    (-)
                        \_\_\_                 

  *\*Fundulus kansae*   Plains Killifish        
                        \_\_\_                 

  *\*Fundulus zebrinus* Rio Grande              
                        Killifish\_\_\_        

  *\*Cyprinodon sp*.    Pecos River Pupfish    (-)
                        \_\_\_                 

  *\*Cyprinodon sp*     Devils River Pupfish    
                        \_\_\_                 
  --------------------- ---------------------- ---------------------------

**Family Poecilidae**

  --------------------- ---------------------- ---------------------------
  *\*Gambusia           Amistad Gambusia\_\_\_ (-)
  amistadensis*                                

  *\*Gambusia senilis*  Blotched Gambusia      (-)
                        \_\_\_                 

  *Gambusia affinis*    Mosquitofish\_\_\_     (X), (-), (+)

  *\*Gambusia geiseri*  Largespring            (-)
                        Gambusia\_\_\_         
  --------------------- ---------------------- ---------------------------

**Order Mugiliformes\
Family Antherinidae**

  --------------------- ---------------------- ---------------------------
  *Menida beryllina*    Inland Silverside      (X), (-), (+)
                        \_\_\_                 

  *Membras martinica*   Rough Silverside       \(X\)
                        \_\_\_                 
  --------------------- ---------------------- ---------------------------

**Order Perciformes\
Family Serranidae**

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  *Roccus saxatilus*     Striped Bass\_\_\_        (X), (-), (\^), (+)

  *Roccus chrysops*      White Bass\_\_\_          (X), (-), (\^), (+)
  ---------------------- ------------------------- -----------------------

**Family Centrarchidae\
Family Percidae**

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  *Stizostedion       Walleye \_\_\_           (X), (-), (\^), (+)
  vitrem*                                      

  *Percina caprodes*  Logperch\_\_\_           (X), (-), (+)

  *Etheostoma         Rio Grande Darter \_\_\_ \(X\)
  grahami*                                     
  ------------------- ------------------------ --------------------------

**Family Sciaenidae**

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  *Aplodinotus        Freshwater Drum \_\_\_   (X), (-), (\^), (+)
  grunniens*                                   

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**Family Cichilidae**

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  *Cichlasoma          Rio Grande Perch\_\_\_   (X), (-), (+)
  cyanoguttatum*                                

  *Tilapia mossambica* Mozambique Tilapia       \(X\)
                       \_\_\_                   
  -------------------- ------------------------ --------------------------

**(X)** - LoBello R.L. 1976. Thesis: Vertebrates of the Lake Amistad
National Recreation Area, Texas. Sul Ross State University.

**(-)** - Page L. M and B. M Burr. 1991. Petersons Field Guides:
Freshwater Fishes, North America, North of Mexico. Houghton Miffen
Company New York, New York

**(\^)**- Texas Park and Wildlife. 1983 and 1989. Gill Net Sampling
Statistics. 4200 Smith School RD. Austin, TX 78744

**(+)**- Performance Report. 1982. Checklist of Fish Species Collected
from Amistad Lake, Texas. Existing Reservoir and Stream Management
Recommendations. Federal Aide Project F-30-R-7. Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department. Austin, Texas.