Investigating the Fish Assemblages of the Neosho River System

Table 3

Relative abundance (%) and frequency of occurrence (%) of 67 species observed at 12 sampling sites on the Neosho River system from 2021 to 2022.

Common name	N	Sites present	Relative abundance (%)	Frequency of occurrence (%)
Gizzard Shad	7,183	12	25.9	100.0
Red Shiner	4,750	12	17.2	100.0
Bullhead Minnow	1,573	12	5.7	100.0
Freshwater Drum	1,499	12	5.4	100.0
Mimic Shiner	1,420	11	5.1	91.7
Smallmouth Buffalo	1,279	12	4.6	100.0
Carmine Shiner	1,121	6	4.0	50.0
White Bass	1,097	10	4.0	83.3
Bluegill	916	11	3.3	91.7
White Crappie	700	10	2.5	83.3
Longnose Gar	599	12	2.2	100.0
Orangespotted Sunfish	565	11	2.0	91.7
Channel Catfish	553	11	2.0	91.7
River Carpsucker	481	12	1.7	100.0
Bluntnose Minnow	456	11	1.6	91.7
Common Carp	429	12	1.5	100.0
Black Buffalo	418	12	1.5	100.0
Flathead Catfish	415	12	1.5	100.0
Shortnose Gar	351	10	1.3	83.3
Bigmouth Buffalo	194	12	0.7	100.0
Slim Minnow	178	10	0.6	83.3
Longear Sunfish	150	10	0.5	83.3
Pealip Redhorse	144	6	0.5	50.0
Brook Silverside	113	8	0.4	66.7
Spotted Bass	108	9	0.4	75.0
Emerald Shiner	105	5	0.4	41.7
Spotted Gar	103	6	0.4	50.0
Blue Catfish	91	8	0.3	66.7
Fathead Minnow	85	6	0.3	50.0
Logperch	75	8	0.3	66.7
Spotfin Shiner	68	2	0.2	16.7
Largemouth Bass	65	10	0.2	83.3
Green Sunfish	59	11	0.2	91.7
Highfin Carpsucker	51	3	0.2	25.0
Western Mosquitofish	45	6	0.2	50.0
Spotted Sucker	23	3	0.1	25.0
Threadfin Shad	23	3	0.1	25.0
Blue Sucker	18	5	0.1	41.7
Black Redhorse	18	1	0.1	8.3
Redear Sunfish	16	3	0.1	25.0
Warmouth	15	4	0.1	33.3
Grass Carp	14	5	0.1	41.7
Black Crappie	12	3	<0.1	25.0
Suckermouth Minnow	10	5	<0.1	41.7
Bigeye Shiner	9	2	<0.1	16.7
Paddlefish	8	3	<0.1	25.0
Banded Darter	8	2	<0.1	16.7
Golden Redhorse	8	2	<0.1	16.7
River Redhorse	7	2	<0.1	16.7
Orangethroat Darter	6	3	<0.1	25.0
Striped x White Bass	6	2	<0.1	16.7
Quillback	6	1	<0.1	8.3
Bluegill x Green Sunfish	5	4	<0.1	33.3
Smallmouth bass	5	2	<0.1	16.7
Blackstripe Topminnow	4	3	<0.1	25.0
Tadpole Madtom	3	3	<0.1	25.0
Rock Bass	3	2	<0.1	16.7
Sauger x Walleye	3	2	<0.1	16.7
Sand Shiner	3	2	<0.1	16.7
Redear Sunfish x Bluegill	3	1	<0.1	8.3
Central Stoneroller	2	2	<0.1	16.7
Black Bullhead	1	1	<0.1	8.3
Golden Shiner	1	1	<0.1	8.3
Northern Hog Sucker	1	1	<0.1	8.3
Redspot Chub	1	1	<0.1	8.3
Slenderhead Darter	1	1	<0.1	8.3
Stonecat	1	1	<0.1	8.3
Total	27,683

Kansas sportfish not historically native to the Neosho River system are denoted with an asterisk.