Kentucky Fishes 
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Anguillidae — freshwater eels 
Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur). American eel. C,D,E,G,H,J,K,L. 
Catadromous. Sporadic in large rivers throughout the state, although I 
know of no valid records from the upper Green River. 
Clupeidae — herrings 
Alosa alabamae Jordan and Evermann. Alabama shad. Ana- 
dromous. Formerly present in the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. Not 
reported from Kentucky waters since just before 1900 although Pflieger 
(1975) and Smith (1979) reported recent records from Missouri and 
Illinois, respectively. Probably only enters the Kentucky part of the Mis- 
sissippi River for spawning. 
Alosa chrysochloris (Rafinesque). Skipjack herring. C,D,E,G,J. 
Common in the main channels of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers and the 
lower reaches of their major tributaries. 
Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur). Gizzard shad. A,C,D,E,F,G,H, 
J,K,L. Abundant and generally distributed throughout the state, and es- 
pecially common in large rivers, lakes and reservoirs. 
Dorosoma petenense (Gunther). Threadfin shad. C,D,E,F,H,J. 
Generally distributed in the main channel of the Ohio River from 
Louisville to its mouth (Minckley and Krumholz 1960), and the main 
channels of the Mississippi, lower Cumberland, lower Tennessee and 
lower Green rivers. Introduced into reservoirs throughout the state. 
Hiodontidae — mooneyes 
Hiodon alosoides (Rafinesque). Goldeye. A,C,D,E,F,H,J. Occa- 
sional to common in the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and in large and 
medium-size rivers throughout the state. 
Hiodon tergisus Lesueur. Mooneye. C,D,E,F,G,H,J,K. Sporadic in 
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Occasional in large and medium-size 
rivers throughout the state, except the Big Sandy drainage. 
Salmonidae — trouts 
Salmo gairdneri Richardson. Rainbow trout. D,F,G,H,J,K,L. In- 
troduced. Sporadic in the reservoirs and streams where it has been in- 
troduced. Most stocking, with marginal success, has taken place in Lake 
Cumberland (Axon 1974). 
Salmo trutta Linnaeus. Brown trout. F,J. Introduced. Recently 
(1977) stocked in Indian Creek (Powell and Menifee counties), Big Dou- 
ble Creek (Clay County) and Trammel Fork (Allen County). However, 
sampling in those streams by district fishery biologists indicates no sur- 
vival (Peter W. Pfeiffer, pers. comm.). 
Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill). Brook trout. H. Introduced. Pres- 
ently known only from Martin’s Fork and Shillalah Creek, Bell County, 
where it is sporadic in occurrence. 
