Invasive Species Information
 

 

NONINDIGENOUS FISH SPECIES REPORTED
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA

(click on hyperlinked names for species profile or image)

Genus/species


common name

 

Alosa aestivals

blueback herring

 

 

Alosa pseudoharengus

alewife

 

 

Ambloplites rupestris

rock bass

 

 

Ameiurus melas

black bullhead

 

 

Astronotus ocellatus

oscar

 

 

Atractosteus spatula

alligator gar

 

 

Campostoma anomalum

central stoneroller

 

 

Carassius auratus

goldfish

 

 

Carpiodes velifer

highfin carpsucker

 

 

Colossoma macropomum

tambaqui

 

 

Colossoma or Piaractus sp.

unidentified pacu

 

 

Ctenopharyngodon idella

grass carp

 

 

Cyprinella galactura

whitetail shiner

 

 

Cyprinella lutrensis

red shiner

 

 

Cyprinella pyrrhomelas

fieryblack shiner

 

 

Cyprinus carpio

common carp

 

 

Dorosoma petenense

threadfin shad

 

 

Esox masquinongy

muskellunge

 

 

Etheostoma zonale

banded darter

 

 

Ictalurus furcatus

blue catfish

 

 

Ictalurus punctatus

channel catfish, graceful catfish

 

 

Ictiobus bubalus

smallmouth buffalo

 

 

Ictiobus cyprinellus

bigmouth buffalo

 

 

Jordanella floridae

flagfish

 

 

Lepomis cyanellus

green sunfish

 

 

Lepomis macrochirus

bluegill

 

 

Lepomis microlophus

redear sunfish

 

 

Lucania goodei

bluefin killifish

 

 

Luxilus coccogenis

warpaint shiner

 

 

Micropterus dolomieu

smallmouth bass

 

 

Micropterus punctulatus

spotted bass

 

 

Morone americana x saxatilis

white perch x striped bass

 

 

Morone chrysops

white bass

 

 

Morone chrysops x saxatilis

wiper

 

 

Moxostoma rupiscartes

striped jumprock

 

 

Morone saxatilis

striped bass

 

 

Nocomis micropogon

river chub

 

 

Notropis leuciodus

Tennessee shiner

 

 

Notropis spectrunculus

mirror shiner

 

 

Notropis telescopes

telescope shiner

 

 

Oncorhynchus mykiss

rainbow trout

 

 

Perca flavescens

yellow perch

 

 

Phoxinus oreas

mountain redbelly dace

 

 

Piaractus brachypomus

pirapatinga, red-bellied pacu

 

 

Pimephales promelas

fathead minnow

 

 

Pomoxis annularis

white crappie

 

 

Pterois volitans

lionfish

 

 

Pterygoplichthys pardalis

sailfin catfish

 

 

Pylodictis olivaris

flathead catfish

 

 

Salmo salar

Atlantic salmon

 

 

Salmo trutta

brown trout

 

 

Salvelinus fontinalis

brook trout

 

 

Sander canadense

sauger

 

 

Sander vitreus

walleye

 

 

Tilapia zillii

redbelly tilapia

 

 

Tinca tinca

tench