Archbold Biological Station biodiversity

Checklist of Fishes of the Reserve,
Highlands County, Florida

by Eva Hohausova
September 2004

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Introduction

This list includes fishes recorded from the Reserve during 2002-2004 by Eva Hohausova. The classification and nomenclature follow Nelson, J.S., et al. (2004). 

Nine native species (4 families) and two introduced species are known from the Reserve. This is a sub-set of the 24 species (11 families) of native fishes and two introduced species recorded from the adjacent Archbold Biological Station (Layne 1999).

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Order Lepisosteiformes  Navigation | Top

Family Lepisosteidae - gars

• Florida gar Lepisosteus platyrhincus  

Order Siluriformes   Navigation | Top

Family Ictaluridae - North American catfishes

• Brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus  

Family Clariidae - labyrinth catfishes

• Walking catfish Clarias batrachus -- Introduced. 

Family Callichthyidae - armored catfishes

• Brown hoplo Hoplosternum littorale -- Introduced.  

Order Cyprinidontiformes Navigation | Top

Family Poeciliidae - livebearers

• Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis  
• Least killifish Heterandria formosa  

Order Perciformes   Navigation | Top

Family Centrarchidae - sunfishes

• Warmouth Lepomis gulosus  
• Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus  
• Largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides  

Family Percidae - perches

• Swamp darter Etheostoma fusiforme

Family Elassomatidae - pygmy sunfishes

• Everglades pygmy sunfish Elassoma evergladei  

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Literature Cited    Top

Layne, J.N. 1999. Annotated checklist of fishes of the Archbold Biological Station, Highlands County, Florida. Archbold Biological Station.  http://www.archbold-station.org/abs/data/lists/fishlist.htm

Nelson, J.S., et al. 2004. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth edition. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication No. 29:1-386.

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