Fishes at Archbold Biological Station (ABS)

•26 species are known, including 24 native and 2 exotic species*. •Fish are found in Lake Annie and in borrow pits. They also occur in seasonal ponds and ditches during the wet season. •Fish range in size from less than inch to over 2 feet long. •Most common species are mosquitofish, bluegill, largemouth bass, and 3 species of topminnows. •Exotic species include brown hoplo (armored catfish from South America) and walking catfish (from Africa).

Brown hoplo* (Hoplosternum littorale)

Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)

Golden topminnow (Fundulus chrysotus)

Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)

Fishes at Archbold Biological

Mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki)

Station (ABS)

Compiled by Eva Hohausova, March 2003.

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E. Hohausova

Eva Hohausova