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Delaware River Seine Survey Species Totals
(Total number caught from 1980-2010)

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

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