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Delaware River Seine Survey Species Totals
(Total number caught from 1980-2011)

COMMON NAME TOTAL
Blueback Herring 266,876
Atlantic Menhaden 226,112
Bay Anchovy 202,635
White Perch 135,921
American Shad 91,429
Eastern Silvery Minnow 74,113
Banded Killifish 70,066
Spottail Shiner 43,073
Atlantic Silverside 37,551
Mummichog 32,905
Striped Bass 30,705
Shiner/Minnow Species 24,472
Alewife 16,082
Spot 13,916
Gizzard Shad 11,908
Hogchoker 11,837
Atlantic Croaker 11,350
Rough Silverside 8,812
Tessellated Darter 8,334
Blue Crab 4,580
Herring Species 3,266
Bluefish 3,178
Striped Anchovy 2,897
Silverside Species 1,896
Channel Catfish 1,787
Weakfish 1,445
Bluegill Sunfish 1,220
Inland Silverside 1,076
Pumpkinseed Sunfish 840
American Eel 745
Golden Shiner 604
Yellow Perch 470
Carp 392
Atlantic Needlefish 331
Crevalle Jack 275
Largemouth Bass 273
Smallmouth Bass 253
White Sucker 225
Temperate Bass Species 198
Black Drum 176
Striped Killifish 173
Killifish Species 165
Brown Bullhead 146
Goldfish 133
Summer Flounder 130
Naked Goby 105
Northern Pipefish 88
Black Bullhead 80
Striped Mullet 71
COMMON NAME TOTAL
Northern Kingfish 58
Hickory Shad 55
Redbreast Sunfish 55
Black Crappie 48
Spanish Mackerel 44
Quillback 41
White Catfish 36
Sunfish Species 35
Comely Shiner 27
White Crappie 23
Banded Sunfish 22
Four-spined Stickleback 22
Silver Perch 21
Creek Chubsucker 20
Rock Bass 14
Winter Flounder 14
Northern Puffer 13
Creek Chub 12
Inshore Lizardfish 11
Southern Kingfish 9
Walleye 9
Harvestfish 8
Tiger Muskie 8
Northern Stargazer 6
Mosquitofish 5
White Mullet 5
Atlantic Herring 4
Green Sunfish 4
Spotfin Shiner 4
Rainwater Killifish 3
Shiner Species 3
Windowpane Flounder 3
Bridle Shiner 2
Fallfish 2
Longear Sunfish 2
Mullet Species 2
Northern Hogsucker 2
Striped Cusk-eel 2
Brown Trout 1
Chain Pickerel 1
Dace Species 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 1,345,980

*the survey did not count blue crabs until 1984

Delaware River Species and Fact Sheets

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