COMMON NAME TOTAL Blueback Herring 266,876 Atlantic Menhaden 226,112 Bay Anchovy 202,635 White Perch 135,921 American Shad 91,429 Eastern Silvery Minnow 74,113 Banded Killifish 70,066 Spottail Shiner 43,073 Atlantic Silverside 37,551 Mummichog 32,905 Striped Bass 30,705 Shiner/Minnow Species 24,472 Alewife 16,082 Spot 13,916 Gizzard Shad 11,908 Hogchoker 11,837 Atlantic Croaker 11,350 Rough Silverside 8,812 Tessellated Darter 8,334 Blue Crab 4,580 Herring Species 3,266 Bluefish 3,178 Striped Anchovy 2,897 Silverside Species 1,896 Channel Catfish 1,787 Weakfish 1,445 Bluegill Sunfish 1,220 Inland Silverside 1,076 Pumpkinseed Sunfish 840 American Eel 745 Golden Shiner 604 Yellow Perch 470 Carp 392 Atlantic Needlefish 331 Crevalle Jack 275 Largemouth Bass 273 Smallmouth Bass 253 White Sucker 225 Temperate Bass Species 198 Black Drum 176 Striped Killifish 173 Killifish Species 165 Brown Bullhead 146 Goldfish 133 Summer Flounder 130 Naked Goby 105 Northern Pipefish 88 Black Bullhead 80 Striped Mullet 71

COMMON NAME TOTAL Northern Kingfish 58 Hickory Shad 55 Redbreast Sunfish 55 Black Crappie 48 Spanish Mackerel 44 Quillback 41 White Catfish 36 Sunfish Species 35 Comely Shiner 27 White Crappie 23 Banded Sunfish 22 Four-spined Stickleback 22 Silver Perch 21 Creek Chubsucker 20 Rock Bass 14 Winter Flounder 14 Northern Puffer 13 Creek Chub 12 Inshore Lizardfish 11 Southern Kingfish 9 Walleye 9 Harvestfish 8 Tiger Muskie 8 Northern Stargazer 6 Mosquitofish 5 White Mullet 5 Atlantic Herring 4 Green Sunfish 4 Spotfin Shiner 4 Rainwater Killifish 3 Shiner Species 3 Windowpane Flounder 3 Bridle Shiner 2 Fallfish 2 Longear Sunfish 2 Mullet Species 2 Northern Hogsucker 2 Striped Cusk-eel 2 Brown Trout 1 Chain Pickerel 1 Dace Species 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 1,345,980

*the survey did not count blue crabs until 1984

Delaware River Species and Fact Sheets