List of fish of the Indiana Dunes
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The Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
is a National Park Service
unit on the shore of Lake Michigan
in Indiana
, USA. A BioBlitz
took place there on May 15 and 16, 2009. During that time, a list of organisms was compiled which included a preliminary listing of the (freshwater) fish of the area.
Unclassified
Pickerel
Darters
Sunfish
Bass
Goby
Shiners
Salmon
Minnow
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is a U.S. National Lakeshore located in northwest Indiana and managed by the National Park Service. It was authorized by Congress in 1966. The national lakeshore runs for nearly along the southern shore of Lake Michigan, from Gary, Indiana, on the west to Michigan...
is a National Park Service
National Park Service
The National Park Service is the U.S. federal agency that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations...
unit on the shore of Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States. It is the second largest of the Great Lakes by volume and the third largest by surface area, after Lake Superior and Lake Huron...
in Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
, USA. A BioBlitz
BioBlitz
A BioBlitz, also written without capitals bioblitz, is an intense period of biological surveying in an attempt to record all the living species within a designated area. Groups of scientists, naturalists and volunteers conduct an intensive field study over a short, usually 24 hour, time...
took place there on May 15 and 16, 2009. During that time, a list of organisms was compiled which included a preliminary listing of the (freshwater) fish of the area.
List of fish species
Invasive Species- Alosa pseudoharengus - Alewife
Unclassified
- Chaenobryttus gulosus - WarmouthWarmouthThe common name of Lepomis gulosus is the warmouth. It is one of the 324 fish species found in Tennessee.-Introduction:The following is a description of a monitoring plan for the Warmouth . One of the eleven species in the Lepomis genus, the species name gulosus refers to the warmouths big eyes...
Pickerel
- Esox americanus - American pickerel
Darters
- Etheostoma exile - Iowa darter
Sunfish
- Lepomis cyanellus - Green sunfish
- Lepomis gibbosus - Pumpkinseed
Bass
- Micropterus salmoides - Largemouth bass
Goby
- Neogobius melanostomus - Round goby
Shiners
- CyprinellaCyprinellaCyprinella is the genus of satinfin shiners, ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.It contains the following species:*Cyprinella alvarezdelvillari Contreras-Balderas & Lozano-Vilano, 1994...
spiloptera - Spotfin Shiner - Notropis atherinoides - Emerald shiner
- NotropisNotropisNotropis, commonly known as the eastern shiners or simply "shiners", is a genus of cyprinid fish found in North America, and is the second largest genus of freshwater fish on the continent. Most small minnows found in North American belong to Notropis. Not all small cyprinids commonly referred...
hudsonius - Spottail shiner - Notropis stramineus - Sand shiner
- NotropisNotropisNotropis, commonly known as the eastern shiners or simply "shiners", is a genus of cyprinid fish found in North America, and is the second largest genus of freshwater fish on the continent. Most small minnows found in North American belong to Notropis. Not all small cyprinids commonly referred...
volucellus - Mimic shiner - Notemigonus crysoleucas - Golden shiner
Salmon
- Oncorhynchus kisutch - Coho salmon
- Oncorhynchus mykiss - Rainbow trout
- Oncorhynchus tshawytscha - Chinook salmon
Minnow
- Umbra limi - Central mudminnow
Fishing areas
- Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk. There is a new (2009) fishing pier along the breakwall for the Burns Waterway entry. This area has been noted for small mouth bass, carpCarpCarp are various species of oily freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, a very large group of fish native to Europe and Asia. The cypriniformes are traditionally grouped with the Characiformes, Siluriformes and Gymnotiformes to create the superorder Ostariophysi, since these groups have certain...
, catfishCatfishCatfishes are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the heaviest and longest, the Mekong giant catfish from Southeast Asia and the second longest, the wels catfish of Eurasia, to detritivores...
, salmonSalmonSalmon is the common name for several species of fish in the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the same family are called trout; the difference is often said to be that salmon migrate and trout are resident, but this distinction does not strictly hold true...
, and troutTroutTrout is the name for a number of species of freshwater and saltwater fish belonging to the Salmoninae subfamily of the family Salmonidae. Salmon belong to the same family as trout. Most salmon species spend almost all their lives in salt water...
. - Long Lake is accessed through the West Beach entrance on Lake and Porter County Line Road. It is known for large mouth bass, and bluegillBluegillThe Bluegill is a species of freshwater fish sometimes referred to as bream, brim, or copper nose. It is a member of the sunfish family Centrarchidae of the order Perciformes.-Range and distribution:...
. - Salt Creek at the junction of the East Branch of the Little Calumet River. Difficult to get to in Burns Harbor, this area has produced large mouth bass, salmonSalmonSalmon is the common name for several species of fish in the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the same family are called trout; the difference is often said to be that salmon migrate and trout are resident, but this distinction does not strictly hold true...
, and troutTroutTrout is the name for a number of species of freshwater and saltwater fish belonging to the Salmoninae subfamily of the family Salmonidae. Salmon belong to the same family as trout. Most salmon species spend almost all their lives in salt water...
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