Lake Michigan, winding creeks, sprawling swamps, and one of the world’s great rivers--Illinois’s variety of aquatic habitats makes the Prairie State home to a diverse array of fishes. The first book of its kind in over forty years, An Atlas of Illinois Fishes is a combination of nature guide and natural history. It provides readers with an authoritative resource based on the extensive biological data collected by scientists since the mid-1850s. Each of the entries on Illinois’s 217 current and extirpated fish species offers one or more color photographs; maps depicting distributions at three time periods; descriptions of identifying features; notes on habitat preference; and comments on distribution. In addition, the authors provide a pictorial key for identifying Illinois fishes. Scientifically up-to-date and illustrated with over 240 color photos, An Atlas of Illinois Fishes is a benchmark in the study of Illinois’s ever-changing fish communities and the habitats that support them.
Author(s): Brian A. Metzke, Brooks M. Burr, Leon C. Hinz Jr., Lawrence M. Page, Christopher A. Taylor
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 425
City: Urbana
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Purpose and Scope
Setting the Scene
A Historical Perspective of Illinois Fishes
Fish Morphology
Organization of Illinois Family and Species Accounts
Methods for Mapping Species Distributions
Key to the Families and Species of Illinois Fishes
LAMPREYS Family Petromyzontidae Bonaparte 1831
Key to the Lampreys (Petromyzontidae)
OHIO LAMPREY Ichthyomyzon bdellium (Jordan 1885)
CHESTNUT LAMPREY Ichthyomyzon castaneus Girard 1858
NORTHERN BROOK LAMPREY Ichthyomyzon fossor Reighard & Cummins 1916
SILVER LAMPREY Ichthyomyzon unicuspis Hubbs & Trautman 1937
LEAST BROOK LAMPREY Lampetra aepyptera (Abbott 1860)
AMERICAN BROOK LAMPREY Lethenteron appendix (DeKay 1842)
STURGEONS Family Acipenseridae Bonaparte 1831
Key to the Sturgeons (Acipenseridae)
LAKE STURGEON Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque 1817
PALLID STURGEON Scaphirhynchus albus (Forbes & Richardson 1905)
SHOVELNOSE STURGEON Scaphirhynchus platorynchus (Rafinesque 1820)
PADDLEFISHES Family Polyodontidae Bonaparte 1835
PADDLEFISH Polyodon spathula (Walbaum 1792)
GARS Family Lepisosteidae Bonaparte 1835
Key to the Gars (Lepisosteidae)
ALLIGATOR GAR Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède 1803)
SPOTTED GAR Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell 1864
LONGNOSE GAR Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus 1758)
SHORTNOSE GAR Lepisosteus platostomus Rafinesque 1820
BOWFINS Family Amiidae Bonaparte 1831
BOWFIN Amia calva Linnaeus 1766
FRESHWATER EELS Family Anguillidae Rafinesque 1810
AMERICAN EEL Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur 1817)
MOONEYES Family Hiodontidae Valenciennes 1847
Key to the Mooneyes (Hiodontidae)
GOLDEYE Hiodon alosoides (Rafinesque 1818)
MOONEYE Hiodon tergisus Lesueur 1818
SHADS AND HERRINGS Family Clupeidae Cuvier 1816
Key to the Shad and Herrings (Clupeidae)
ALABAMA SHAD Alosa alabamae Jordan & Evermann 1896
SKIPJACK HERRING Alosa chrysochloris (Rafinesque 1820)
ALEWIFE Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson 1811)
GIZZARD SHAD Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur 1818)
THREADFIN SHAD Dorosoma petenense (Günther 1867)
SUCKERS Family Catostomidae Agassiz 1850
Key to the Suckers (Catostomidae)
RIVER CARPSUCKER Carpiodes carpio (Rafinesque 1820)
QUILLBACK Carpiodes cyprinus (Lesueur 1817)
HIGHFIN CARPSUCKER Carpiodes velifer (Rafinesque 1820)
LONGNOSE SUCKER Catostomus catostomus (Forster 1773)
WHITE SUCKER Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède 1803)
BLUE SUCKER Cycleptus elongatus (Lesueur 1817)
WESTERN CREEK CHUBSUCKER Erimyzon claviformis (Girard 1856)
LAKE CHUBSUCKER Erimyzon sucetta (Lacepède 1803)
NORTHERN HOG SUCKER Hypentelium nigricans (Lesueur 1817)
SMALLMOUTH BUFFALO Ictiobus bubalus (Rafinesque 1818)
BIGMOUTH BUFFALO Ictiobus cyprinellus (Valenciennes 1844)
BLACK BUFFALO Ictiobus niger (Rafinesque 1819)
SPOTTED SUCKER Minytrema melanops (Rafinesque 1820)
SILVER REDHORSE Moxostoma anisurum (Rafinesque 1820)
RIVER REDHORSE Moxostoma carinatum (Cope 1870)
BLACK REDHORSE Moxostoma duquesnei (Lesueur 1817)
GOLDEN REDHORSE Moxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque 1818)
SHORTHEAD REDHORSE Moxostoma macrolepidotum (Lesueur 1817)
GREATER REDHORSE Moxostoma valenciennesi Jordan 1885
BARBS AND CARPS Family Cyprinidae Rafinesque 1815
Key to the Barbs and Carps (Cyprinidae)
GOLDFISH Carassius auratus (Linnaeus 1758)
COMMON CARP Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus 1758
SHARPBELLIES Family Xenocyprididae Günther 1868
Key to the Sharpbellies (Xenocyprididae)
GRASS CARP Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes 1844)
SILVER CARP Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes 1844)
BIGHEAD CARP Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (Richardson 1845)
BLACK CARP Mylopharyngodon piceus (Richardson 1846)
MINNOWS Family Leuciscidae Bonaparte 1835
Key to the Minnows (Leuciscidae)
CENTRAL STONEROLLER Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque 1820)
LARGESCALE STONEROLLER Campostoma oligolepis Hubbs & Greene 1935
SOUTHERN REDBELLY DACE Chrosomus erythrogaster (Rafinesque 1820)
REDSIDE DACE Clinostomus elongatus (Kirtland 1840)
LAKE CHUB Couesius plumbeus (Agassiz 1850)
RED SHINER Cyprinella lutrensis (Baird & Girard 1853)
SPOTFIN SHINER Cyprinella spiloptera (Cope 1867)
BLACKTAIL SHINER Cyprinella venusta Girard 1856
STEELCOLOR SHINER Cyprinella whipplei Girard 1856
SILVERJAW MINNOW Ericymba buccata Cope 1865
GRAVEL CHUB Erimystax x-punctatus (Hubbs & Crowe 1956)
WESTERN SILVERY MINNOW Hybognathus argyritis Girard 1856
BRASSY MINNOW Hybognathus hankinsoni Hubbs 1929
CYPRESS MINNOW Hybognathus hayi Jordan 1885
MISSISSIPPI SILVERY MINNOW Hybognathus nuchalis Agassiz 1855
PLAINS MINNOW Hybognathus placitus Girard 1856
BIGEYE CHUB Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque 1820)
PALLID SHINER Hybopsis amnis (Hubbs & Greene 1951)
STRIPED SHINER Luxilus chrysocephalus Rafinesque 1820
COMMON SHINER Luxilus cornutus (Mitchill 1817)
BLEEDING SHINER Luxilus zonatus (Putnam 1863)
SCARLET SHINER Lythrurus fasciolaris (Gilbert 1891)
RIBBON SHINER Lythrurus fumeus (Evermann 1892)
REDFIN SHINER Lythrurus umbratilis (Girard 1856)
STURGEON CHUB Macrhybopsis gelida (Girard 1856)
SHOAL CHUB Macrhybopsis hyostoma (Gilbert 1884)
SICKLEFIN CHUB Macrhybopsis meeki (Jordan & Evermann 1896)
SILVER CHUB Macrhybopsis storeriana (Kirtland 1845)
HORNYHEAD CHUB Nocomis biguttatus (Kirtland 1840)
RIVER CHUB Nocomis micropogon (Cope 1865)
GOLDEN SHINER Notemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill 1814)
PUGNOSE SHINER Notropis anogenus Forbes 1885
EMERALD SHINER Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque 1818
RIVER SHINER Notropis blennius (Girard 1856)
BIGEYE SHINER Notropis boops Gilbert 1884
GHOST SHINER Notropis buchanani Meek 1896
IRONCOLOR SHINER Notropis chalybaeus (Cope 1867)
BIGMOUTH SHINER Notropis dorsalis (Agassiz 1854)
BLACKCHIN SHINER Notropis heterodon (Cope 1865)
BLACKNOSE SHINER Notropis heterolepis Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1893
SPOTTAIL SHINER Notropis hudsonius (Clinton 1824)
TAILLIGHT SHINER Notropis maculatus (Hay 1881)
OZARK MINNOW Notropis nubilus (Forbes 1878)
CARMINE SHINER Notropis percobromus (Cope 1871)
SILVER SHINER Notropis photogenis (Cope 1865)
ROSYFACE SHINER Notropis rubellus (Agassiz 1850)
SILVERBAND SHINER Notropis shumardi (Girard 1856)
SAND SHINER Notropis stramineus (Cope 1865)
WEED SHINER Notropis texanus (Girard 1856)
MIMIC SHINER Notropis volucellus (Cope 1865)
CHANNEL SHINER Notropis wickliffi Trautman 1931
PUGNOSE MINNOW Opsopoeodus emiliae Hay 1881
SUCKERMOUTH MINNOW Phenacobius mirabilis (Girard 1856)
BLUNTNOSE MINNOW Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque 1820)
FATHEAD MINNOW Pimephales promelas Rafinesque 1820
BULLHEAD MINNOW Pimephales vigilax (Baird & Girard 1853)
FLATHEAD CHUB Platygobio gracilis (Richardson 1836)
LUEHEAD SHINER Pteronotropis hubbsi (Bailey & Robison 1978)
LONGNOSE DACE Rhinichthys cataractae (Valenciennes 1842)
WESTERN BLACKNOSE DACE Rhinichthys obtusus Agassiz 1854
CREEK CHUB Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill 1818)
SPINED LOACHES Family Cobitidae Swainson 1838
ORIENTAL WEATHERFISH Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor 1842)
NORTH AMERICAN CATFISHES Family Ictaluridae Gill 1861
Key to the North American Catfishes (Ictaluridae)
WHITE CATFISH Ameiurus catus (Linnaeus 1758)
BLACK BULLHEAD Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque 1820)
YELLOW BULLHEAD Ameiurus natalis (Lesueur 1819)
BROWN BULLHEAD Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur 1819)
BLUE CATFISH Ictalurus furcatus (Valenciennes 1840)
CHANNEL CATFISH Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque 1818)
MOUNTAIN MADTOM Noturus eleutherus Jordan 1877
SLENDER MADTOM Noturus exilis Nelson 1876
STONECAT Noturus flavus Rafinesque 1818
TADPOLE MADTOM Noturus gyrinus (Mitchill 1817)
BRINDLED MADTOM Noturus miurus Jordan 1877
FRECKLED MADTOM Noturus nocturnus Jordan & Gilbert 1886
NORTHERN MADTOM Noturus stigmosus Taylor 1969
FLATHEAD CATFISH Pylodictis olivaris (Rafinesque 1818)
PIKES AND MUDMINNOWS Family Esocidae Rafinesque 1815
Key to the Pikes and Mudminnows (Esocidae)
GRASS PICKEREL Esox americanus Gmelin 1789
NORTHERN PIKE Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758
MUSKELLUNGE Esox masquinongy Mitchill 1824
CENTRAL MUDMINNOW Umbra limi (Kirtland 1840)
TROUTS, SALMONS, AND WHITEFISHES Family Salmonidae Jarocki or Schinz 1822
Key to the Trouts, Salmon, and Whitefishes (Salmonidae)
CISCO Coregonus artedi Lesueur 1818
LAKE WHITEFISH Coregonus clupeaformis (Mitchill 1818)
BLOATER Coregonus hoyi (Milner 1874)
BLACKFIN CISCO Coregonus nigripinnis (Milner 1874)
COHO SALMON Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum 1792)
RAINBOW TROUT Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum 1792)
CHINOOK SALMON Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum 1792)
ROUND WHITEFISH Prosopium cylindraceum (Pennant 1784)
BROWN TROUT Salmo trutta Linnaeus 1758
BROOK TROUT Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill 1814)
LAKE TROUT Salvelinus namaycush (Walbaum 1792)
SMELTS Family Osmeridae Regan 1913
RAINBOW SMELT Osmerus mordax (Mitchill 1814)
TROUT-PERCHES Family Percopsidae Agassiz 1850
TROUT-PERCH Percopsis omiscomaycus (Walbaum 1792)
PIRATE PERCHES Family Aphredoderidae Bonaparte 1845
PIRATE PERCH Aphredoderus sayanus (Gilliams 1824)
CAVEFISHES Family Amblyopsidae Bonaparte 1845
Shawnee Hills CAVEFISH Forbesichthys papilliferus (Forbes 1882)
CUSKFISHES Family Lotidae Bonaparte 1835
BURBOT Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758)
GOBIES Family Gobiidae Cuvier 1816
ROUND GOBY Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas 1814)
NEW WORLD SILVERSIDES Family Atherinopsidae Fitzinger 1873
Key to the New World Silversides (Atherinopsidae)
BROOK SILVERSIDE Labidesthes sicculus (Cope 1865)
INLAND SILVERSIDE Menidia beryllina (Cope 1867)
TOPMINNOWS Family Fundulidae Günther 1866
Key to the Topminnows (Fundulidae)
NORTHERN STUDFISH Fundulus catenatus (Storer 1846)
BANDED KILLIFISH Fundulus diaphanus (Lesueur 1817)
STARHEAD TOPMINNOW Fundulus dispar (Agassiz 1854)
BLACKSTRIPE TOPMINNOW Fundulus notatus (Rafinesque 1820)
BLACKSPOTTED TOPMINNOW Fundulus olivaceus (Storer 1845)
LIVEBEARERS Family Poeciliidae Bonaparte 1831
WESTERN MOSQUITOFISH Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard 1853)
MULLETS Family Mugilidae Jarocki 1822
STRIPED MULLET Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758
SUNFISHES Family Centrarchidae Bleeker 1859
Key to the Sunfishes (Centrarchidae)
ROCK BASS Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque 1817)
FLIER Centrarchus macropterus (Lacepède 1801)
GREEN SUNFISH Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque 1819
PUMPKINSEED Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus 1758)
WARMOUTH Lepomis gulosus (Cuvier 1829)
ORANGESPOTTED SUNFISH Lepomis humilis (Girard 1858)
BLUEGILL Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque 1819
LONGEAR SUNFISH Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque 1820)
REDEAR SUNFISH Lepomis microlophus (Günther 1859)
NORTHERN SUNFISH Lepomis peltastes Cope 1870
SPOTTED SUNFISH Lepomis punctatus (Valenciennes 1831)
BANTAM SUNFISH Lepomis symmetricus Forbes 1883
SMALLMOUTH BASS Micropterus dolomieu Lacepède 1802
SPOTTED BASS Micropterus punctulatus (Rafinesque 1819)
LARGEMOUTH BASS Micropterus salmoides (Lacepède 1802)
WHITE CRAPPIE Pomoxis annularis Rafinesque 1818
BLACK CRAPPIE Pomoxis nigromaculatus (Lesueur 1829)
PYGMY SUNFISHES Family Elassomatidae Jordan 1877
BANDED PYGMY SUNFISH Elassoma zonatum Jordan 1877
WHITE BASSES Family Moronidae Jordan & Evermann 1896
Key to the White Basses (Moronidae)
WHITE PERCH Morone americana (Gmelin 1789)
WHITE BASS Morone chrysops (Rafinesque 1820)
YELLOW BASS Morone mississippiensis Jordan & Eigenmann 1887
STRIPED BASS Morone saxatilis (Walbaum 1792)
DRUMS AND CROAKERS Family Sciaenidae Cuvier 1829
FRESHWATER DRUM Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque 1819
DARTERS AND PERCHES Percidae Rafinesque 1815
Key to the Darters and Perches (Percidae)
WESTERN SAND DARTER Ammocrypta clara Jordan & Meek 1885
EASTERN SAND DARTER Ammocrypta pellucida (Putnam 1863)
CRYSTAL DARTER Crystallaria asprella (Jordan 1878)
MUD DARTER Etheostoma asprigene (Forbes 1878)
GREENSIDE DARTER Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque 1819
RAINBOW DARTER Etheostoma caeruleum Storer 1845
BLUEBREAST DARTER Etheostoma camurum (Cope 1870)
BLUNTNOSE DARTER Etheostoma chlorosoma (Hay 1881)
FRINGED DARTER Etheostoma crossopterum Braasch & Mayden 1985
IOWA DARTER Etheostoma exile (Girard 1859)
FANTAIL DARTER Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque 1819
SLOUGH DARTER Etheostoma gracile (Girard 1859)
HARLEQUIN DARTER Etheostoma histrio Jordan & Gilbert 1887
STRIPETAIL DARTER Etheostoma kennicotti (Putnam 1863)
LEAST DARTER Etheostoma microperca Jordan & Gilbert 1888
JOHNNY DARTER Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque 1820
CYPRESS DARTER Etheostoma proeliare (Hay 1881)
ORANGETHROAT DARTER Etheostoma spectabile (Agassiz 1854)
SPOTTAIL DARTER Etheostoma squamiceps Jordan 1877
BANDED DARTER Etheostoma zonale (Cope 1868)
YELLOW PERCH Perca flavescens (Mitchill 1814)
LOGPERCH Percina caprodes (Rafinesque 1818)
LOGPERCH Percina caprodes (Rafinesque 1818)
GILT DARTER Percina evides (Jordan & Copeland 1877)
BLACKSIDE DARTER Percina maculata (Girard 1859)
SLENDERHEAD DARTER Percina phoxocephala (Nelson 1876)
DUSKY DARTER Percina sciera (Swain 1883)
RIVER DARTER Percina shumardi (Girard 1859)
STARGAZING DARTER Percina uranidea (Jordan & Gilbert 1887)
SAUGER Sander canadense (Griffith & Smith 1834)
WALLEYE Sander vitreum (Mitchill 1818)
STICKLEBACKS Family Gasterosteidae Bonaparte 1831
Key to the Sticklebacks (Gasterosteidae)
BROOK STICKLEBACK Culaea inconstans (Kirtland 1840)
THREESPINE STICKLEBACK Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 1758
NINESPINE STICKLEBACK Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus 1758)
SCULPINS Family Cottidae Bonaparte 1831
Key to the Sculpins (Cottidae)
SPOONHEAD SCULPIN Cottus ricei (Nelson 1876)
DEEPWATER SCULPIN Myoxocephalus thompsonii (Girard 1851)
MOTTLED SCULPIN Uranidea bairdii (Girard 1850)
BANDED SCULPIN Uranidea carolinae (Gill 1861)
SLIMY SCULPIN Uranidea cognata (Richardson 1836)
Photo Credits and Locations
Glossary
Literature Cited
Index of Common and Scientific Names
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