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Delaware River Seine Survey Species Totals
(Total number caught from 1980-2008)

Clicking on species names (where linked) will open a species fact sheet in PDF format; file size ranges from 24kb to 44 kb.

COMMON NAME TOTAL
Blueback Herring 246,149
Atlantic Menhaden 208,251
Bay Anchovy 191,744
White Perch 118,306
American Shad 72,303
Eastern Silvery Minnow 61,990
Banded Killifish 55,981
Spottail Shiner 36,157
Atlantic Silverside 34,255
Mummichog 27,241
Striped Bass 24,919
Shiner/minnow Species 24,461
Alewife 15,484
Spot 13,158
Atlantic Croaker 11,211
Hogchoker 10,985
Gizzard Shad 10,073
Rough Silverside 7,438
Tessellated Darter 6,934
Blue Crab* 4,199
Bluefish 2,877
Striped Anchovy 2,877
Silverside Species 1,896
Channel Catfish 1,437
Weakfish 1,424
Herring Species 1,289
Bluegill Sunfish 927
American Eel 686
Pumpkinseed 668
Inland Silverside 617
Golden Shiner 543
Yellow Perch 429
Carp 354
Atlantic Needlefish 292
Crevalle Jack 263
Largemouth Bass 253
Smallmouth Bass 237
Temperate Bass Species 198
White Sucker 175
Black Drum 166
Striped Killifish 166
Killifish Species 165
Goldfish 128
Brown Bullhead 125
Summer Flounder 121
Naked Goby 104
Northern Pipefish 86
Striped Mullet 71
COMMON NAME TOTAL
Black Bullhead 65
Northern Kingfish 58
Redbreast Sunfish 54
Black Crappie 47
Spanish Mackerel 43
Quillback 41
Hickory Shad 38
Sunfish Species 34
White Catfish 28
White Crappie 23
Creek Chubsucker 20
Banded Sunfish 16
Comely Shiner 16
Silver Perch 16
Winter Flounder 14
Northern Puffer 13
Rock Bass 13
Creek Chub 12
Four-spined Stickleback 12
Inshore Lizardfish 11
Southern Kingfish 9
Harvestfish 8
Tiger Muskie 8
Northern Stargazer 6
White Mullet 5
Atlantic Herring 4
Mosquitofish 4
Spotfin Shiner 4
Walleye 4
Green Sunfish 3
Rainwater Killifish 3
Shiner Species 3
Windowpane Flounder 3
Bridle Shiner 2
Longear Sunfish 2
Mullet Species 2
Northern Hog Sucker 2
Striped Cusk-eel 2
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 1,200,471

*the survey did not count blue crabs until 1984

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Last Updated: December 7, 2009