Lake Mendota: Fish Species Richness by Year
Species List
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|---|
| Bigmouth Buffalo | Ictiobus cyprinellus |
| Black Bullhead | Ameiurus melas |
| Black Crappie | Pomoxis nigromaculatus |
| Blacknose Shiner | Notropis heterolepis |
| Bluegill | Lepomis macrochirus |
| Bluntnose Minnow | Pimephales notatus |
| Bowfin | Amia calva |
| Brook Silverside | Labidesthes sicculus |
| Brown Bullhead | Ameiurus nebulosus |
| Central Mudminnow | Umbra limi |
| Channel Catfish | Ictalurus punctatus |
| Cisco/Lake Herring | Coregonus artedi |
| Common Carp | Cyprinus carpio |
| Crappie | |
| Emerald Shiner | Notropis atherinoides |
| Emerald Shiner X Spottail Shiner hybrid | Notropis atherinoides X N. hudsonius |
| Fathead Minnow | Pimephales promelas |
| Freshwater Drum | Aplodinotus grunniens |
| Golden Shiner | Notemigonus crysoleucas |
| Green Sunfish | Lepomis cyanellus |
| Green Sunfish x Bluegill hybrid | Lepomis cyanellus X L. macrochirus |
| Green sunfish x Pumpkinseed hybrid | Lepomis cyanellus X L. gibbosus |
| Iowa Darter | Etheostoma exile |
| Johnny Darter | Etheostoma nigrum |
| Largemouth Bass | Micropterus salmoides |
| Logperch | Percina caprodes |
| Longnose Gar | Lepisosteus osseus |
| Mimic Shiner | Notropis volucellus |
| Minnow | |
| Mottled Sculpin | Cottus bairdii |
| Northern Hog Sucker | Hypentelium nigricans |
| Northern Pike | Esox lucius |
| Northern Pike X Muskellunge hybrid | Esox lucius X E. masquinongy |
| Pumpkinseed | Lepomis gibbosus |
| Pumpkinseed x Bluegill hybrid | Lepomis gibbosus X L. macrochirus |
| Quillback | Carpiodes cyprinus |
| Rock Bass | Ambloplites rupestris |
| Shorthead Redhorse | Moxostoma macrolepidotum |
| Silver Redhorse | Moxostoma anisurum |
| Smallmouth Bass | Micropterus dolomieu |
| Smallmouth Buffalo | Ictiobus bubalus |
| Spotfin Shiner | Cyprinella spiloptera |
| Spottail Shiner | Notropis hudsonius |
| Sunfish | |
| Walleye | Sander vitreus |
| White Bass | Morone chrysops |
| White Crappie | Pomoxis annularis |
| White Sucker | Catostomus commersonii |
| Yellow Bass | Morone mississippiensis |
| Yellow Bullhead | Ameiurus natalis |
| Yellow Perch | Perca flavescens |
