Investigating the Fish Assemblages of the Neosho River System

Table 10

Species in need of conservation (SINC) and threatened species (i.e., Redspot Chub) according to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks in terms of number encountered during boat electrofishing and netting and their respective relative abundance (%).

	Neosho River		Spring River		Total
	N	Relative abundance (%)	N	Relative abundance (%)	N	Relative abundance (%)
Banded Darter	2	<0.1	6	0.1	8	<0.1
Bigeye Shiner	0	—	9	0.2	9	<0.1
Black Redhorse	0	—	18	0.3	18	0.1
Blue Sucker	18	0.1	0	—	18	0.1
Highfin Carpsucker	7	<0.1	44	0.8	51	0.2
Northern Hog Sucker	0	—	1	<0.1	1	<0.1
Redspot Chub	0	—	1	<0.1	1	<0.1
River Redhorse	0	—	7	0.1	7	<0.1
Spotfin Shiner	0	—	68	1.2	68	0.2
Spotted Sucker	6	<0.1	17	0.3	23	0.1
Tadpole Madtom	3	<0.1	0	—	3	<0.1