Table 1. -- Accepted common, scientific, and local names of fishes taken by anglers in 1950 and 
Scientific Name 
1951 at Lake Chautauqua. 
Accepted Common Name 
Gars 
Longnose gar 
Shortnose gar 
Bowfin 
Bowfin 
Mooneye 
Mooneye 
Herring 
Gizzard shad 
Eel 
American eel 
Sucker 
Quillback 
Introduced carp 
Carp 
Fresh-water catfishes 
Channel catfish 
Yellow bullhead 
Brown bullhead 
Black bullhead 
Flathead catfish 
Perch 
Yellow perch 
Black basses and sunfishes 
Smallmouth black bass 
Largemouth black bass 
Green sunfish 
Bluegill 
Pumpkinseed 
Warmouth 
White crappie 
Black crappie 
Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus) 
Lepisosteus platostomus Rafinesque 
Hiodon tergisus Le Sueur 
Dorosoma cepedianum (Le Sueur) 
Anguilla bostoniensis (Le Sueur) 
Carpiodes cyprinus (Le Sueur) 
Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus 
Amia calva Linnaeus 
Ictalurus lacustris (Walbaum) 
Ameiurus natalis (Le Sueur) 
Ameiurus nebulosus (Le Sueur) 
Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque) 
Pilodictis olivaris (Rafinesque) 
Perca flavescens (Mitchill) 
Micropterus dolomieu Lacépede 
Micropterus salmoides (Lacépede) 
Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque 
Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque 
Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus) 
Chaenobryttus coronarius (Bartram) 
Pomoxis annularis Rafinesque 
Pomoxis nigro-maculatus (Le Sueur) 
Basses 
White bass 
Yellow bass 
Drum 
Freshwater drum 
Lepibema chrysops (Rafinesque) 
Morone interrupta Gill 
Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque 
Local Name 
Billy gar, pickerel, gar 
Gar, pickerel, billy gar 
Dogfish, grindle 
Herring 
Shad 
Eel 
Silver carp 
Geman carp 
Morgan cat, fiddler, catfish, 
bluecat 
Yellow cat, yellow-bellied 
cat 
Bullhead, willow cat, 
speckled bullhead 
Bullhead 
Yellow cat, mudcat 
Perch, ring perch, ringtail 
perch 
Smallmouth 
Bigmouth, black bass, bass 
Goggle-eye, sunfish 
Sunfish 
Sunfish 
Rock bass, goggle-eye 
Crappie, white crappie 
Calico bass, black crappie, 
crappie 
Striped bass 
Streaker 
Drum, sheepshead, white 
perch 
