Forbes & Richardson
- fish collected from the Illinois River Basin
128 species of fish collected from the Illinois River Basin (as listed in Forbes and Richardson 1908/1920, pages lxxxiv-xciv, and xcii-xciv). If only a scientific name is listed in the first column, then Forbes and Richardson gave no common name anywhere in their book. The re-identification and splitting of taxa is base on information in Smith 1979. The taxonomy is updated to comply with current scientific nomenclature and common name used by the American Fisheries Society as found on the FishBase website (www.fishbase.org/search.cfm) 2004).
| Forbes & Richardson collections from Illinois River Basin, as listed in 1908/1920 publication collected | Scientific nomenclature used in Forbes & Richardson 1908/1920 | Current scientific nomenclature and common name (taxonomy complies with FishBase). |
| Silvery lamprey | Ichthyomyzon concolor | Ichthyomyzon unicuspis (Silver lamprey) and Ichthyomyzon astaneus (Chestnut lamprey) |
| Paddlefish | Polydon spathula | Polydon spathula (Paddlefish) |
| Lake sturgeon | Acipenser rubicundus | Acipenser fulvescens (Lake sturgeon) |
| Shovel-nosed sturgeon | Scaphirhynchus platorhynchus | Scaphirhynchus platorhynchus (Shovelnose sturgeon) |
| Long-nosed gar | Lepisosteus osseus | Lepisosteus osseus (Longnose gar) |
| Short-nosed gar | Lepisosteus platostomus | Lepisosteus platostomus (Shortnose gar) and Lepisosteus oculatus (Spotted gar) |
| Alligator-gar | Lepisosteus tristoechus | Atractosteus spatula (Alligator gar) |
| Dogfish | Amia calva | Amia calva (Bowfin) |
| Mooneye [they also called it Northern mooneye] | Hiodon alsoides | Hiodon alsoides is now the goldeye |
| Toothed herring [they also called it Mooneye] | Hiodon tergisus | Hiodon tergisus is now the mooneye |
| Gizzard-shad | Dorosoma cepedianum | Dorosoma cepedianum (Gizzard-shad) |
| Skipjack | Pomolobus chrysochloris | Alosa chrysochloris (Skipjack herring) |
| Eel | Anguilla chryspa | Anguilla rostrata (American eel) |
| Black-horse | Cycleptus elongatus | Cycleptus elongatus (Blue sucker) |
| Red-mouth buffalo | Ictiobus cyprinella | Ictiobus cyprinellus (Bigmouth buffalo) |
| Mongrel buffalo | Ictiobus urus | Ictiobus niger (Black buffalo) |
| Small-mouth buffalo | Ictiobus bubalus | Ictiobus bubalus (Smallmouth buffalo) |
| River carp [this is F & R’s common river carp, a native species] | Carpiodes carpio | Carpiodes carpio (River carpsucker) |
| Blunt-nosed carp | Carpiodes difformis | Carpiodes velifer (Highfin carpsucker) |
| Lake carp | Carpiodes thompsoni | Carpiodes cyprinus (Quillback) |
| Quillback carp | Carpiodes velifer | Carpiodes cyprinus (Quillback) |
| Chub-sucker | Erimyzon sucetta oblongus | Erimyzon oblongus (Creek chubsucker) and Erimyzon sucetta (Lake chubsucker) |
| Striped sucker | Minytrema melanops | Minytrema melanops (Spotted sucker) |
| Common sucker | Catostomus commersonii | Catostomus commersoni (White sucker) |
| Hogsucker | Catostomus nigricans | Hypentelium nigricans (Northern hog sucker) |
| White-nosed sucker | Moxostoma anisurum | Moxostoma anisurum (Silver redhorse) |
| Common red-horse | Moxostoma aureolum | Moxostoma duquesnei (Black redhorse) and Moxostoma erythrurum (Golden redhorse) and Moxostoma valenciennesi (Greater redhorse) |
| Short-headed red-horse | Moxostoma breviceps | Moxostoma macrolepidotum (Shorthead redhorse) |
| Placopharynx duquesni | Moxostoma carinatum (River redhorse) | |
| Cyprinus carpio (Carp ) [Although not on Forbes & Richardson’ list, the European carp (Mirror carp) was introduced 1879 into Illinois waters and 1885 into Illinois River 1886 1st large specimen caught at Meredosia,Forbes & Richardson 1920:105] |
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| Stone-roller | Campostoma anomalum | Campostoma anomalum (Common stoneroller) and Campostoma oligolepis (Largescale stoneroller) |
| Red-bellied dace | Chrosomus erythrogaster | Phoxinus erythrogaster (Southern redbelly dace) |
| Silvery minnow | Hybognathus nuchalis | Hybognathus nuchalis (Silvery minnow) |
| Black-head minnow | Pimephalus promelas | Pimephales promelas (Fathead minnow) |
| Blunt-nosed minnow | Pimephalus notatus | Pimephales notatus (Blunt-nosed minnow) |
| Horned dace | Semotilus astromaculatus | Semotilus astromaculatus (Creek chub) |
| Opsopoeodus emiliæ | Opsopoeodus emiliæ (Pugnose minnow) | |
| Golden shiner | Abramis crysoleucas | Notemigonus crysoleucas (Golden shiner) |
| Bullhead minnow | Cliola vigilax | Pimephales vigilax (Bullhead minnow) |
| Notropis anogenus | Notropis anogenus (Pugnose shiner) | |
| Notropis cayuga | Hybopsis amnis (Pallid shiner) and Notropis heterolepis (Blacknoseshiner) | |
| Notropis heterodon | Notropis chalybaeus (Ironcolor shiner) and Notropis texanus (Weed shiner) | |
| Straw-colored minnow | Notropis blennius | Notropis stramineus (Sand shiner) and Notropis buchanani (Ghost shiner) |
| Notropis phenacobius | Notropis stramineus (Sand shiner) | |
| Notropis gilberti | Notropis dorsalis (Bigmouth shiner) | |
| Notropis illecebrosus | Notropis boops (Bigeye shiner) | |
| Spot-tailed minnow | Notropis hudsonius | Notropis hudsonius (Spottail shiner) |
| Redfin (lutrensis) | Notropis lutrensis | Cyprinella lutrensisRed shiner) |
| Silverfin | Notropis whipplii | Cyprinella whipplii (Steelcolor shiner) and Cyprinella spilopterus (Spotfin shiner) |
| Common shiner | Notropis cornutus | Luxilis cornutus (Common shiner) and Luxilis chrysocephalus (Striped shiner) |
| Notropis pilsbryi | Luxilis chrysocephalus (Striped shiner) | |
| Notropis jejunus | Notropis blennius (River shiner) | |
| Shiner | Notropis atherinoides | Notropis atherinoides (Emerald shiner) |
| Rosy-faced minnow | Notropis rubrifons | Notropis rubellus (Rosyface shiner) |
| Blackfin | Notropis umbratilis atripes | Lythrurus umbratilis (Redfin shiner) |
| Silver-mouthed minnow | Ericymba buccata | Ericymba buccata (Silverjaw minnow) |
| Sucker-mouthed minnow | Phenacobius mirabilis | Phenacobius mirabilis (Suckermouth minnow) |
| Black-nosed dace | Rhinichthys atronasus | Rhinichthys atratulus (Blacknose dace) |
| Hybopsis hyostomus | Macrhybopsis aestivalis (Speckled chub) | |
| Spotted shiner | Hybopsis dissimilis | Erimystax x-punctatus (Gravel chub) |
| Silver chub [Big-eyed chub] | Hybopsis amblops | Hybopsis amblops (Bigeye chub) |
| Storers chub | Hybopsis storerianus | Macrhybopsis storeriana (Silver chub) |
| River chub | Hybopsis kentuckiensis | Nocomis biguttatus (Hornyhead chub) [note Nocomis micropogon is current name for river chub] |
| Blue cat | Ictalurus furcatus | Ictalurus furcatus (Blue catfish) |
| Ictarulus anguilla | Ictalurus punctatus (Channel catfish) | |
| Channel-cat | Ictalurus punctatus | Ictalurus punctatus (Channel catfish) |
| Yellow bullhead | Ameiurus natalis | Ameiurus natalis (Yellow bullhead) |
| Common bullhead | Ameiurus nebulosus | Ameiurus nebulosus (Brown bullhead) |
| Black bullhead | Ameiurus melas | Ameiurus melas (Black bullhead) |
| Mud-cat | Leptops olivaris | Pylodictis olivaris (Flathead catfish) |
| Stonecat | Noturus flavus | Noturus flavus (Stonecat) |
| Tadpole cat | Schilbeodes gyrinus | Noturus gyrinus (Tadpole madtom) |
| Freckled stonecat | Schilbeodes nocturnus | Noturus nocturnes (Freckled madtom) |
| Slender stonecat | Schilbeodes exilis | Noturus exilis (Slender madtom) |
| Brindled stonecat | Schilbeodes miurus | Noturus miurus (Brindled madtom) |
| Mud-minnow | Umbra limi | Umbra limi (Central mudminnow) |
| Grass | Esox vermiculatus | Esox americanus (Grass pickerel) |
| Pike | Esox lucius | Esox lucius (Northern pike) |
| Muskallunge | Esox masquinongy | Esox masquinongy (Muskellunge) |
| Menona top-minnow | Fundulus diaphanus menona | Fundulus diaphanous (Banded killifish) |
| Striped top-minnow | Fundulus dispar | Fundulus dispar (Starhead topminnow) |
| Common top-minnow | Fundulus notatus | Fundulus notatus (Blackstripe topminnow) |
| Viviparous top-minnow | Gambusia affinis | Gambusia affinis (Mosquitofish) |
| Brook stickleback | Eucalia inconstans | Culaea inconstans (Brook stickleback) |
| Trout-perch | Percopsis guttatus | Percopsis omiscomaycus (Trout-perch) |
| Brook silverside | Labidesthes sicculus | Labidesthes sicculus (Brook silverside) |
| Pirate perch | Aphredoderus sayanus | Aphredoderus sayanus (Pirate perch) |
| White crappie | Pomoxis annularis | Pomoxis annularis (White crappie) |
| Black crappie | Pomoxis sparoides | Pomoxis nigromaculatus (Black crappie) |
| Round sunfish | Centrarchus macropterus | Centrarchus macropterus (Flier) |
| Rock bass | Ambloplites rupestris | Ambloplites rupestris (Rock bass) |
| Warmouth | Chaenobryttus gulosus | Lepomis gulosus (Warmouth) |
| Green sunfish | Lepomis cyanellus | Lepomis cyanellus (Green sunfish) |
| Lepomis ischyrus | Lepomis cyanellus (Green sunfish) | |
| Lepomis symmetricus | Lepomis symmetricus(Bantam sunfish) | |
| Lepomis euryorus | Hybrid of green sunfish and pumpkinseed according to Hubbs 1920 | |
| Lepomis miniatus [Garman’s sunfish] | Lepomis punctatus (Spotted sunfish) and Lepomis miniatus (Redspotted sunfish) | |
| Long-eared sunfish | Lepomis megalotis | Lepomis megalotis (Long-eared sunfish) |
| Orange-spotted sunfish | Lepomis humilis | Lepomis humilis (Orange-spotted sunfish) |
| Bluegill | Lepomis pallidus | Lepomis macrochirus (Bluegill) |
| Pumpkinseed | Eupomotis gibbosus | Lepomis gibbosus (Pumpkinseed) |
| Small-mouthed black bass | Micropterus dolomieu | Micropterus dolomieu (Smallmouth bass) |
| Large-mouthed black bass | Micropterus salmoides | Micropterus salmoides (Largemouth bass) |
| Pike-perch | Stizostedion vitreum | Stizostedion vitreum (Walleye) |
| Sauger | Stizostedion canadense | Stizostedion canadense (Sauger) |
| Yellow perch | Perca flavescens | Perca flavescens (Yellow perch) |
| Log-perch | Percina caprodes | Percina caprodes (Logperch) |
| Black-sided darter | Hadropterus aspro | Percina maculata (Blackside darter) |
| Hadropterus evermanni | Hybrid of Logperch and Blackside darter according to Hubbs 1920 | |
| Hadropterus phoxocephalus | Percina phoxocephala (Slenderhead darter) | |
| Hadropterus scierus | Percina sciera (Dusky darter) | |
| Cottogaster shumardi | Percina shumardi (River darter) | |
| Green-sided darter | Diplesion blennioides | Etheostoma blennioides (Greenside darter) |
| Johnny darter | Boleosoma nigrum | Etheostoma nigrum (Johnny darter) |
| Boleosoma camurum | Etheostoma chlorosomum (Bluntnose darter) | |
| Sand darter | Ammocrypta pellucida | Ammocrypta pellucida (Eastern sand darter) and Ammocrypta clarra (Western sand darter) |
| Banded darter | Etheostoma zonale | Etheostoma zonale (Banded darter) |
| Blue-breasted darter | Etheostoma camurum | Etheostoma camurum (Bluebreast darter) [Smith 1799 does not show this species as ever being in Illinois River Basin] |
| Etheostoma iowae | Etheostoma exile (Iowa darter) and Etheostoma gracile (Slough darter) | |
| Boleichthys fusiformis | Etheostoma exile (Iowa darter) and Etheostoma gracile (Slough darter) | |
| Etheostoma jessiae | Etheostoma asprigene (Mud darter) | |
| Rainbow darter | Etheostoma coeruleum | Etheostoma caeruleum (Rainbow darter) and Etheostoma spectabile (Orangethroat darter) |
| Fan-tailed darter | Etheostoma flabellare | Etheostoma flabellare (Fantail darter) |
| Least darter | Microperca punctulata | Etheostoma microperca (Least darter) and Etheostoma proeliare (Cypress darter) in southern Illinois |
| White bass | Roccus chrysops | Morone chrysops (White bass) |
| Yellow bass | Morone interrupta | Morone mississippiensis (Yellow bass) |
| Sheepshead | Aplodinotus grunniens | Aplodinotus grunniens (Freshwater drum) |
| Millers thumb [Common sculpin] | Cottus ictalops | Cottus bairdi (Mottled sculpin) and Cottus carolinae (Banded sculpin) |
| Burbot | Lota maculosa | Lota lota (Burbot) |
