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Delaware River Seine Survey Species Totals
(Total number caught from 1980-2009)

Clicking on species names (where linked) will open a species fact sheet in PDF format; file sizes range from 24kb to 52kb.

COMMON NAME TOTAL
Blueback Herring 252,245
Atlantic Menhaden 211,322
Bay Anchovy 198,159
White Perch 124,577
American Shad 82,956
Eastern Silvery Minnow 64,814
Banded Killifish 62,169
Spottail Shiner 38,439
Atlantic Silverside 35,497
Mummichog 30,640
Striped Bass 27,250
Shiner/Minnow Species 24,461
Alewife 15,740
Spot 13,171
Atlantic Croaker 11,273
Hogchoker 11,227
Gizzard Shad 10,348
Rough Silverside 7,847
Tessellated Darter 7,775
Blue Crab* 4,310
Herring Species 3,254
Bluefish 2,956
Striped Anchovy 2,883
Silverside Species 1,896
Channel Catfish 1,594
Weakfish 1,430
Bluegill Sunfish 984
Pumpkinseed 719
American Eel 712
Inland Silverside 654
Golden Shiner 562
Yellow Perch 444
Carp 366
Atlantic Needlefish 297
Crevalle Jack 269
Largemouth Bass 258
Smallmouth Bass 248
Temperate Bass Species 198
White Sucker 196
Black Drum 168
Striped Killifish 166
Killifish Species 165
Brown Bullhead 130
Goldfish 128
Summer Flounder 126
Naked Goby 104
Northern Pipefish 86
Black Bullhead 73
COMMON NAME TOTAL
Striped Mullet 71
Northern Kingfish 58
Redbreast Sunfish 55
Black Crappie 47
Spanish Mackerel 44
Hickory Shad 43
Quillback 41
White Catfish 34
Sunfish Species 34
White Crappie 23
Comely Shiner 22
Banded Sunfish 22
Creek Chubsucker 20
Silver Perch 17
Four-Spined Stickleback 17
Winter Flounder 14
Rock Bass 13
Northern Puffer 13
Creek Chub 12
Inshore Lizardfish 11
Southern Kingfish 9
Tiger Muskie 8
Harvestfish 8
Walleye 7
Northern Stargazer 6
White Mullet 5
Mosquitofish 5
Atlantic Herring 4
Windowpane Flounder 3
Spotfin Shiner 3
Shiner Species 3
Rainwater Killifish 3
Green Sunfish 3
Striped Cusk-Eel 2
Northern Hogsucker 2
Mullet Species 2
Longear Sunfish 2
Bridle Shiner 2
Sunshine Bass 1
Striped Bass Hybrid 1
Smallmouth Flounder 1
Shortnose Sturgeon 1
Scup 1
Redfin Pickerel 1
Muskellunge 1
Greater Amberjack 1
Dace Species 1
Chain Pickerel 1
GRAND TOTAL 1,255,984

*the survey did not count blue crabs until 1984

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