Multistate Aquatic Resources Information System - MARIS - Fish

Study Extent

MARIS serves data collected by a variety of agencies and organizations over various time periods. Data collection techniques, gear, and protocols may not be consistent across all datasets. Therefore, users of MARIS data should be aware of the limitations of the data available through the system.

Sampling

With any fisheries data collection, sampling protocols will influence the results and ultimately the interpretation and comparability of samples. Different gears, gear deployment, sampling seasons, and purpose of sampling dictate what is eventually collected. To help interpret the data, all users of these data should read all available metadata and sampling manuals. Note that in the MARIS dataset, if data were collected using multi-pass electrofishing, only the results of the first pass are included in the "count" and catch-per-unit-effort fields, although the entirety of the sampling was likely used for calculating population estimates.

Quality Control

The MARIS partnership does not peer-review the quality of the data provided. MARIS data providers are credible and authoritative sources – mostly state agency data collectors. MARIS does not own or try to control or limit the use of any data or products accessible through its website. Accordingly, it does not take responsibility for the quality of such data or products, or the use that people may make of them. Data served through MARIS do not contain the entirety of any one data provider's dataset. MARIS only provides select variables related to fish (and in some cases invertebrate) collections that could be useful in determining status, trends, or distribution of a species.

Method steps

1. Presence: At a minimum, MARIS data can be used to determine presence of a species at a given time under the assumption that species were identified correctly. Lack of information on a species does not necessarily indicate absence.
2. Presence/Absence: In general much of the data in MARIS cannot be used to indicate absence of a species. If the field "Target Standard" is "Target" or "Unknown", the sample cannot be used for absence. If "Target Standard" is populated with "All," this indicates that all species were targeted during sampling, and the sample might be useful for determining absence. However, sampling factors such as gear, season, and amount of sampling effort must still be taken into consideration.
3. Distribution: MARIS data can be used to indicate the minimum distribution of a species within the geographic boundaries of the data presented in MARIS. However, data should not be used to indicate the maximum distribution of a species since not all waterways are sampled as well as factors discussed above under "Presence/Absence."
4. Abundance: MARIS contains several variables that provide varying measures of abundance, including Count (number of a species caught in a sample), four measures of Catch-Per-Unit-Effort, and a limited number of population estimates. Not all variables will be populated in all datasets. In fact, it is likely that only 1-2 of these variables will be present in a given dataset.
5. Water Quality: The MARIS Water Characteristics table is designed to capture physical/chemical attributes of a waterbody where a fish or invertebrate sample is taken. Water quality parameters, if included, are taken at the approximate time that the fish or invertebrate sampling occurs. MARIS should not be considered an extensive water quality database (which are available through other sources including state water quality agencies, US Environmental Protection Agency, etc.).

freshwater fish data, including 436 unique taxa.

1. Animalia
   common name: animals rank: kingdom
2. Acantharchus pomotis
   rank: species
3. Acanthuridae
   rank: family
4. Acipenser
   rank: genus
5. Acipenser fulvescens
   rank: species
6. Alosa aestivalis
   rank: species
7. Alosa alabamae
   rank: species
8. Alosa chrysochloris
   rank: species
9. Alosa mediocris
   rank: species
10. Alosa pseudoharengus
    rank: species
11. Alosa sapidissima
    rank: species
12. Ambloplites ariommus
    rank: species
13. Ambloplites rupestris
    rank: species
14. Ameiurus
    rank: genus
15. Ameiurus brunneus
    rank: species
16. Ameiurus catus
    rank: species
17. Ameiurus melas
    rank: species
18. Ameiurus natalis
    rank: species
19. Ameiurus nebulosus
    rank: species
20. Ameiurus platycephalus
    rank: species
21. Ameiurus serracanthus
    rank: species
22. Amia calva
    rank: species
23. Ammocrypta
    rank: species
24. Ammocrypta clara
    rank: species
25. Anchoa mitchilli
    rank: species
26. Anguilla rostrata
    rank: species
27. Apeltes quadracus
    rank: species
28. Aphredoderus sayanus
    rank: species
29. Aplodinotus grunniens
    rank: species
30. Archosargus probatocephalus
    rank: species
31. Atherinopsidae
    rank: family
32. Bothus ocellatus
    rank: species
33. Brevoortia tyrannus
    rank: species
34. Callinectes sapidus
    rank: species
35. Campostoma
    rank: genus
36. Campostoma anomalum
    rank: species
37. Campostoma oligolepis
    rank: species
38. Campostoma pauciradii
    rank: species
39. Caranx hippos
    rank: species
40. Carassius auratus
    rank: species
41. Carpiodes
    rank: genus
42. Carpiodes carpio
    rank: species
43. Carpiodes cyprinus
    rank: species
44. Carpiodes velifer
    rank: species
45. Catostomus
    rank: genus
46. Catostomus ardens
    rank: species
47. Catostomus catostomus
    rank: species
48. Catostomus commersonii
    rank: species
49. Catostomus discobolus
    rank: species
50. Catostomus latipinnis
    rank: species
51. Catostomus platyrhynchus
    rank: species
52. Centrarchidae
    rank: family
53. Centrarchus macropterus
    rank: species
54. Channa argus
    rank: species
55. Cheilopogon melanurus
    rank: species
56. Clinostomus elongatus
    rank: species
57. Clinostomus funduloides
    rank: species
58. Clupea harengus
    rank: species
59. Coregonus
    rank: genus
60. Coregonus alpenae
    rank: species
61. Coregonus artedi
    rank: species
62. Coregonus clupeaformis
    rank: species
63. Coregonus johannae
    rank: species
64. Coregonus nigripinnis
    rank: species
65. Coregonus reighardi
    rank: species
66. Coregonus zenithicus
    rank: species
67. Cottus
    rank: genus
68. Cottus bairdii
    rank: species
69. Cottus beldingi
    rank: species
70. Cottus caeruleomentum
    rank: species
71. Cottus carolinae
    rank: species
72. Cottus cognatus
    rank: species
73. Cottus girardi
    rank: species
74. Cottus ricei
    rank: species
75. Couesius plumbeus
    rank: species
76. Ctenopharyngodon idella
    rank: species
77. Culaea inconstans
    rank: species
78. Cycleptus elongatus
    rank: species
79. Cynoscion regalis
    rank: species
80. Cyprinella
    rank: genus
81. Cyprinella analostana
    rank: species
82. Cyprinella callisema
    rank: species
83. Cyprinella callistia
    rank: species
84. Cyprinella callitaenia
    rank: species
85. Cyprinella galactura
    rank: species
86. Cyprinella gibbsi
    rank: species
87. Cyprinella leedsi
    rank: species
88. Cyprinella lutrensis
    rank: species
89. Cyprinella nivea
    rank: species
90. Cyprinella trichroistia
    rank: species
91. Cyprinella venusta
    rank: species
92. Cyprinella xaenura
    rank: species
93. Cyprinellaloptera
    rank: species
94. Cyprinidae
    rank: family
95. Cyprinodon variegatus
    rank: species
96. Cyprinodontidae
    rank: species
97. Cyprinus carpio
    rank: species
98. Dorosoma cepedianum
    rank: species
99. Dorosoma petenense
    rank: species
100. Elassoma evergladei
     rank: species
101. Elassoma zonatum
     rank: species
102. Enneacanthus
     rank: family
103. Enneacanthus chaetodon
     rank: species
104. Enneacanthus gloriosus
     rank: species
105. Enneacanthus obesus
     rank: species
106. Epinephelus morio
     rank: species
107. Erimystax dissimilis
     rank: species
108. Erimystax insignis
     rank: species
109. Erimystax punctatus
     rank: species
110. Erimyzon oblongus
     rank: species
111. Erimyzon sucetta
     rank: species
112. Esox americanus
     rank: species
113. Esox americanus americanus
     rank: species
114. Esox americanus vermiculatus
     rank: species
115. Esox lucius
     rank: species
116. Esox masquinongy
     rank: species
117. Esox niger
     rank: species
118. Esox reicherti
     rank: species
119. Etheostoma
     rank: genus
120. Etheostoma asprigene
     rank: species
121. Etheostoma blennioides
     rank: species
122. Etheostoma brevirostrum
     rank: species
123. Etheostoma caeruleum
     rank: species
124. Etheostoma camurum
     rank: species
125. Etheostoma cervus
     rank: species
126. Etheostoma chlorobranchium
     rank: species
127. Etheostoma chuckwachatte
     rank: species
128. Etheostoma cinereum
     rank: species
129. Etheostoma coosae
     rank: species
130. Etheostoma duryi
     rank: species
131. Etheostoma edwini
     rank: species
132. Etheostoma exile
     rank: species
133. Etheostoma flabellare
     rank: species
134. Etheostoma fusiforme
     rank: species
135. Etheostoma hopkinsi
     rank: species
136. Etheostoma inscriptum
     rank: species
137. Etheostoma jessiae
     rank: species
138. Etheostoma jordani
     rank: species
139. Etheostoma maculatum
     rank: species
140. Etheostoma microperca
     rank: species
141. Etheostoma nigrum
     rank: species
142. Etheostoma olivaceum
     rank: species
143. Etheostoma olmstedi
     rank: species
144. Etheostoma parvipinne
     rank: species
145. Etheostoma pellucidum
     rank: species
146. Etheostoma percnurum
     rank: species
147. Etheostoma rufilineatum
     rank: species
148. Etheostoma rupestre
     rank: species
149. Etheostoma sagitta
     rank: species
150. Etheostoma simoterum
     rank: species
151. Etheostoma stigmaeum
     rank: species
152. Etheostoma swaini
     rank: species
153. Etheostoma tallapoosae
     rank: species
154. Etheostoma trisella
     rank: species
155. Etheostoma variatum
     rank: species
156. Etheostoma zonale
     rank: species
157. Etheostomactabile
     rank: species
158. Exoglossum laurae
     rank: species
159. Exoglossum maxillingua
     rank: species
160. Fundulidae
     rank: family
161. Fundulus
     rank: genus
162. Fundulus catenatus
     rank: species
163. Fundulus chrysotus
     rank: species
164. Fundulus diaphanus
     rank: species
165. Fundulus escambiae
     rank: species
166. Fundulus heteroclitus
     rank: species
167. Fundulus lineolatus
     rank: species
168. Fundulus majalis
     rank: species
169. Fundulus notatus
     rank: species
170. Fundulus notti
     rank: species
171. Fundulus olivaceus
     rank: species
172. Fundulus sciadicus
     rank: species
173. Fundulus stellifer
     rank: species
174. Fundulus zebrinus
     rank: species
175. Gambusia affinis
     rank: species
176. Gambusia holbrooki
     rank: species
177. Gasterosteidae
     rank: family
178. Gasterosteus aculeatus
     rank: species
179. Gila atraria
     rank: species
180. Gila robusta
     rank: species
181. Gobiosoma bosc
     rank: species
182. Gymnocephalus cernuus
     rank: species
183. Hemitremia flammea
     rank: species
184. Heterandria formosa
     rank: species
185. Hiodon
     rank: genus
186. Hiodon alosoides
     rank: species
187. Hiodon tergisus
     rank: species
188. Hippocampus erectus
     rank: species
189. Hybognathus
     rank: genus
190. Hybognathus hankinsoni
     rank: species
191. Hybognathus nuchalis
     rank: species
192. Hybognathus placitus
     rank: species
193. Hybognathus regius
     rank: species
194. Hybopsis amblops
     rank: species
195. Hybopsis amnis
     rank: species
196. Hybopsis lineapunctata
     rank: species
197. Hybopsis rubrifrons
     rank: species
198. Hybopsis winchelli
     rank: species
199. Hypentelium etowanum
     rank: species
200. Hypentelium nigricans
     rank: species
201. Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
     rank: species
202. Ichthyomyzon
     rank: genus
203. Ichthyomyzon bdellium
     rank: species
204. Ichthyomyzon castaneus
     rank: species
205. Ichthyomyzon fossor
     rank: species
206. Ichthyomyzon gagei
     rank: species
207. Ichthyomyzon greeleyi
     rank: species
208. Ichthyomyzon unicuspis
     rank: species
209. Ictaluridae
     rank: family
210. Ictalurus
     rank: species
211. Ictalurus furcatus
     rank: species
212. Ictalurus punctatus
     rank: species
213. Ictiobus
     rank: genus
214. Ictiobus bubalus
     rank: species
215. Ictiobus cyprinellus
     rank: species
216. Labidesthes sicculus
     rank: species
217. Lampetra
     rank: genus
218. Lampetra aepyptera
     rank: species
219. Lampetra appendix
     rank: species
220. Leiostomus xanthurus
     rank: species
221. Lepisosteus
     rank: genus
222. Lepisosteus oculatus
     rank: species
223. Lepisosteus osseus
     rank: species
224. Lepisosteus platostomus
     rank: species
225. Lepisosteus platyrhincus
     rank: species
226. Lepomis
     rank: genus
227. Lepomis auritus
     rank: species
228. Lepomis cyanellus
     rank: species
229. Lepomis gibbosus
     rank: species
230. Lepomis gulosus
     rank: species
231. Lepomis humilis
     rank: species
232. Lepomis hybrids
     rank: species
233. Lepomis macrochirus
     rank: species
234. Lepomis marginatus
     rank: species
235. Lepomis megalotis
     rank: species
236. Lepomis microlophus
     rank: species
237. Lepomis punctatus
     rank: species
238. Lota lota
     rank: species
239. Luxilus chrysocephalus
     rank: species
240. Luxilus coccogenis
     rank: species
241. Luxilus cornutus
     rank: species
242. Luxilus zonistius
     rank: species
243. Lythrurus atrapiculus
     rank: species
244. Lythrurus bellus
     rank: species
245. Lythrurus lirus
     rank: species
246. Lythrurus umbratilis
     rank: species
247. Macrhybopsis aestivalis
     rank: species
248. Macrhybopsis gelida
     rank: species
249. Macrhybopsis storeriana
     rank: species
250. Margariscus margarita
     rank: species
251. Menidia
     rank: genus
252. Menidia beryllina
     rank: species
253. Menidia menidia
     rank: species
254. Micropogonias undulatus
     rank: species
255. Micropterus
     rank: species
256. Micropterus cataractae
     rank: species
257. Micropterus coosae
     rank: species
258. Micropterus dolomieu
     rank: species
259. Micropterus punctulatus
     rank: species
260. Micropterus salmoides
     rank: species
261. Minytrema melanops
     rank: species
262. Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
     rank: species
263. Morone
     rank: genus
264. Morone americana
     rank: species
265. Morone chrysops
     rank: species
266. Morone mississippiensis
     rank: species
267. Morone saxatilis
     rank: species
268. Moxostoma
     rank: genus
269. Moxostoma anisurum
     rank: species
270. Moxostoma apalachicola redhorse
     rank: species
271. Moxostoma carinatum
     rank: species
272. Moxostoma collapsum
     rank: species
273. Moxostoma duquesnei
     rank: species
274. Moxostoma erythrurum
     rank: species
275. Moxostoma lachneri
     rank: species
276. Moxostoma macrolepidotum
     rank: species
277. Moxostoma poecilurum
     rank: species
278. Moxostoma robustum
     rank: species
279. Moxostoma rupiscartes
     rank: species
280. Moxostoma valenciennesi
     rank: species
281. Mugil curema
     rank: species
282. Mugilidae
     rank: family
283. Myoxocephalus quadricornis
     rank: species
284. Myoxocephalus thompsonii
     rank: species
285. Neogobius melanostomus
     rank: species
286. Nocomis biguttatus
     rank: species
287. Nocomis leptocephalus
     rank: species
288. Nocomis micropogon
     rank: species
289. Notemigonus crysoleucas
     rank: species
290. Notropis
     rank: genus
291. Notropis amoenus
     rank: species
292. Notropis amplamala
     rank: species
293. Notropis anogenus
     rank: species
294. Notropis asperifrons
     rank: species
295. Notropis atherinoides
     rank: species
296. Notropis baileyi
     rank: species
297. Notropis bifrenatus
     rank: species
298. Notropis blennius
     rank: species
299. Notropis buccatus
     rank: species
300. Notropis chalybaeus
     rank: species
301. Notropis chrosomus
     rank: species
302. Notropis cummingsae
     rank: species
303. Notropis dorsalis
     rank: species
304. Notropis harperi
     rank: species
305. Notropis heterodon
     rank: species
306. Notropis heterolepis
     rank: species
307. Notropis hudsonius
     rank: species
308. Notropis hypsilepis
     rank: species
309. Notropis leuciodus
     rank: species
310. Notropis longirostris
     rank: species
311. Notropis lutipinnis
     rank: species
312. Notropis maculatus
     rank: species
313. Notropis nubilus
     rank: species
314. Notropis percobromus
     rank: species
315. Notropis petersoni
     rank: species
316. Notropis photogenis
     rank: species
317. Notropis procne
     rank: species
318. Notropis rubellus
     rank: species
319. Notropis scepticus
     rank: species
320. Notropis stamineus
     rank: species
321. Notropis stilbius
     rank: species
322. Notropis stramineus
     rank: species
323. Notropis telescopus
     rank: species
324. Notropis texanus
     rank: species
325. Notropis topeka
     rank: species
326. Notropis volucellus
     rank: species
327. Notropis xaenocephalus
     rank: species
328. Notropisctrunculus
     rank: species
329. Noturus
     rank: genus
330. Noturus exilis
     rank: species
331. Noturus flavipinnis
     rank: species
332. Noturus flavus
     rank: species
333. Noturus funebris
     rank: species
334. Noturus gyrinus
     rank: species
335. Noturus insignis
     rank: species
336. Noturus leptacanthus
     rank: species
337. Noturus miurus
     rank: species
338. Noturus nocturnus
     rank: species
339. Oncorhynchus
     rank: genus
340. Oncorhynchus clarkii
     rank: species
341. Oncorhynchus clarkii bouveri
     rank: species
342. Oncorhynchus clarkii pleuriticus
     rank: species
343. Oncorhynchus clarkii utah
     rank: species
344. Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
     rank: species
345. Oncorhynchus kisutch
     rank: species
346. Oncorhynchus mykiss
     rank: species
347. Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita
     rank: species
348. Oncorhynchus nerka
     rank: species
349. Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
     rank: species
350. Opsopoeodus emiliae
     rank: species
351. Osmerus mordax
     rank: species
352. Palaemonetes
     rank: species
353. Paralichthys dentatus
     rank: species
354. Peprilus triacanthus
     rank: species
355. Perca flavescens
     rank: species
356. Percidae
     rank: family
357. Percina
     rank: genus
358. Percina antesella
     rank: species
359. Percina aurantiaca
     rank: species
360. Percina caprodes
     rank: species
361. Percina copelandi
     rank: species
362. Percina evides
     rank: species
363. Percina kathae
     rank: species
364. Percina kusha
     rank: species
365. Percina macrocephala
     rank: species
366. Percina maculata
     rank: species
367. Percina muscadine darter
     rank: species
368. Percina nigrofasciata
     rank: species
369. Percina palmaris
     rank: species
370. Percina peltata
     rank: species
371. Percina phoxocephala
     rank: species
372. Percina sciera
     rank: species
373. Percina shumardi
     rank: species
374. Percopsis omiscomaycus
     rank: species
375. Petromyzon marinus
     rank: species
376. Petromyzontidae
     rank: family
377. Phenacobius catostomus
     rank: species
378. Phenacobius crassilabrum
     rank: species
379. Phenacobius mirabilis
     rank: species
380. Phenacobius uranops
     rank: species
381. Phoxinus
     rank: genus
382. Phoxinus eos
     rank: species
383. Phoxinus erythrogaster
     rank: species
384. Phoxinus neogaeus
     rank: species
385. Phoxinus tennesseensis
     rank: species
386. Pimephales notatus
     rank: species
387. Pimephales promelas
     rank: species
388. Pimephales vigilax
     rank: species
389. Platygobio gracilis
     rank: species
390. Polyodonthula
     rank: genus
391. Polyprion americanus
     rank: species
392. Pomatomus saltatrix
     rank: species
393. Pomoxis
     rank: genus
394. Pomoxis annularis
     rank: species
395. Pomoxis nigromaculatus
     rank: species
396. Prosopium cylindraceum
     rank: species
397. Prosopium williamsoni
     rank: species
398. Pteronotropis euryzonus
     rank: species
399. Pteronotropis grandipinnis
     rank: species
400. Pteronotropis stonei
     rank: species
401. Pungitius pungitius
     rank: species
402. Pylodictis olivaris
     rank: species
403. Rhinichthys atratulus
     rank: species
404. Rhinichthys cataractae
     rank: species
405. Rhinichthys obtusus
     rank: species
406. Rhinichthys osculus
     rank: species
407. Richardsonius balteatus
     rank: species
408. Salmo letnica
     rank: species
409. Salmo salar
     rank: species
410. Salmo trutta
     rank: species
411. Salvelinus
     rank: genus
412. Salvelinus and salmo
     rank: species
413. Salvelinus fontinalis
     rank: species
414. Salvelinus namaycush
     rank: species
415. Salvelinus namaycush siscowet
     rank: species
416. Sander canadensis
     rank: species
417. Sander vitreus
     rank: species
418. Scaphirhynchus
     rank: species
419. Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
     rank: species
420. Scardinius erythrophthalmus
     rank: species
421. Selene setapinnis
     rank: species
422. Semotilus atromaculatus
     rank: species
423. Semotilus corporalis
     rank: species
424. Semotilus thoreauianus
     rank: species
425. Serranidae
     rank: family
426. Sparidae
     rank: family
427. Strongylura marina
     rank: species
428. Syngnathidae
     rank: family
429. Thymallus arcticus
     rank: species
430. Trinectes maculatus
     rank: species
431. Umbra
     rank: genus
432. Umbra limi
     rank: species
433. Umbra pygmaea
     rank: species
434. Umbridae
     rank: family
435. Esox
     rank: genus

Participating US states, from latitude 25.71999931 to 49.09999847 and longitude -111.0400009 to -71.90000153. State names: Alabama Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Indiana Iowa Maryland Michigan Minnesota Nebraska New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming