COMMON NAME TOTAL Blueback Herring 255,448 Atlantic Menhaden 223,296 Bay Anchovy 199,900 White Perch 129,771 American Shad 85,950 Eastern Silvery Minnow 72,539 Banded Killifish 67,164 Spottail Shiner 41,174 Atlantic Silverside 36,739 Mummichog 32,192 Striped Bass 28,722 Shiner/Minnow Species 24,461 Alewife 15,757 Spot 13,908 Hogchoker 11,526 Atlantic Croaker 11,327 Gizzard Shad 11,075 Rough Silverside 8,412 Tessellated Darter 7,980 Blue Crab* 4,511 Herring Species 3,254 Bluefish 3,117 Striped Anchovy 2,892 Silverside Species 1,896 Channel Catfish 1,695 Weakfish 1,432 Bluegill Sunfish 1,123 Inland Silverside 1,028 Pumpkinseed Sunfish 797 American Eel 728 Golden Shiner 583 Yellow Perch 452 Carp 384 Atlantic Needlefish 320 Crevalle Jack 272 Largemouth Bass 268 Smallmouth Bass 252 White Sucker 211 Temperate Bass Species 198 Black Drum 175 Striped Killifish 172 Killifish Species 165 Brown Bullhead 139 Goldfish 129 Summer Flounder 128 Naked Goby 105 Northern Pipefish 88 Black Bullhead 80 Striped Mullet 71

COMMON NAME TOTAL Northern Kingfish 58 Redbreast Sunfish 55 Black Crappie 47 Shad 45 Spanish Mackerel 44 Quillback 41 White Catfish 36 Sunfish Species 35 Comely Shiner 24 White Crappie 23 Banded Sunfish 22 Four-spined Stickleback 21 Creek Chubsucker 20 Silver Perch 17 Winter Flounder 14 Northern Puffer 13 Rock Bass 13 Creek Chub 12 Inshore Lizardfish 11 Southern Kingfish 9 Harvestfish 8 Tiger Muskie 8 Walleye 8 Northern Stargazer 6 Mosquitofish 5 White Mullet 5 Atlantic Herring 4 Spotfin Shiner 4 Green Sunfish 3 Rainwater Killifish 3 Shiner Species 3 Windowpane Flounder 3 Bridle Shiner 2 Longear Sunfish 2 Mullet Species 2 Northern Hogsucker 2 Striped Cusk-eel 2 Brown Trout 1 Chain Pickerel 1 Dace Species 1 Fallfish 1 Greater Amberjack 1 Muskellunge 1 Redfin Pickerel 1 Scup 1 Shortnose Sturgeon 1 Smallmouth Flounder 1 Striped Bass Hybrid 1 Sunshine Bass 1 GRAND TOTAL 1,304,648

*the survey did not count blue crabs until 1984

Delaware River Species and Fact Sheets