Species of Greatest Conservation Need By Taxon

Fish

Scientific Name Common Name RSGCN Concern Level
Noturus stigmosus Northern Madtom
Opsanus tau Oyster Toadfish
Osmerus mordax Rainbow Smelt
Paralichthys dentatus Summer Flounder
Paralichthys oblongus Fourspot Flounder
Peprilus triacanthus Butterfish
Perca flavescens Yellow Perch
Percina aurantiaca Tangerine Darter
Percina bimaculata Chesapeake Logperch High
Percina burtoni Blotchside Logperch High
Percina caprodes Logperch
Percina copelandi Channel Darter Moderate
Percina crassa Piedmont Darter
Percina evides Gilt Darter
Percina gymnocephala Appalachia Darter High
Percina macrocephala Longhead Darter High
Percina maculata Blackside Darter
Percina notogramma Stripeback Darter High
Percina oxyrhynchus Sharpnose Darter
Percina peltata Shield Darter Moderate
Percina phoxocephala Slenderhead Darter
Percina rex Roanoke Logperch Very High
Percina sciera Dusky Darter
Percina shumardi River Darter
Percina williamsi Sickle Darter
Petromyzon marinus Sea Lamprey
Phenacobius crassilabrum Fatlips Minnow
Phenacobius mirabilis Suckermouth Minnow
Phenacobius teretulus Kanawha Minnow High
Phoca vitulina Harbor Seal
Phocoena phocoena Harbor Porpoise Moderate
Physeter macrocephalus Sperm Whale Very High
Pimephales vigilax Bullhead Minnow
Pogonias cromis Black Drum
Pollachius virens Pollock
Polyodon spathula Paddlefish
Pomatomus saltatrix Bluefish Moderate
Pomoxis nigromaculatus Black Crappie
Prionace glauca Blue Shark
Prionotus carolinus Northern Searobin
Prionotus evolans Striped Searobin
Prosopium cylindraceum Round Whitefish High
Pseudopleuronectes americanus Winter Flounder High
Pungitius pungitius Ninespine Stickleback
Raja eglanteria Clearnose Skate
Rhincodon typus Whale Shark High
Rhinichthys atratulus Blacknose Dace
Rhinichthys cataractae Longnose Dace
Rhizoprionodon terraenovae Atlantic Sharpnose Shark
Salmo salar Atlantic Salmon