The fishes of Tippecanoe County Indiana

The fish fauna of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, has been well documented historically. However, a county-wide survey had not been conducted since the mid-1970's. Between June and December 1994, seventy sites were sampled in Tippecanoe County to determine the current distribution of fish species. Ninety-seven species were collected, of which 13 (Lepisosteus oculatus, Dorosoma petenense, Umbra limi, Erimystax dissimilis, Macrhybopsis storeriana, Notropis wickliffi, Phoxinus erythrogaster, Noturus eleutherus, Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis, Lepomis microlophus, Percina phoxocephala, P. sciera, and P. shumardi) were new county records. Many of the new species, including U. limi, E. dissimilis, M. storeriana, P. phoxocephala, and P. sciera, were collected at several sites during the present survey. Etheostoma camurum, a state endangered species which had not been recorded in the County since 1942, was once again collected. Cyprinella whipplei, Pimephales vigilax, Cycleptus elongatus, and Micropterus punctulatus, historically uncommon species, have expanded their ranges in the County since the previous survey. Twelve fish species historically recorded from the County were not collected in 1994; notably absent was Ammocrypta pellucida, a state species of special concern, which had been collected during all three previous surveys. The total number of fish species recorded from Tippecanoe County is now 109.