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FISH SURVEY
Locality: Saucon Creek, Northampton County
Sampling Gear: Electrofishing backpack 100-1100 V DC/ Blocknets/Dip nets
Sampling length: 150m upstream of Walnut Street Bridge


Common Name Number of Individuals
White Sucker (Catostomus commersoni) 51
Brown Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) 34
Blacknose Dace (Rhinichthys atratulus) 25
Shield Darter (Percina peltata) 5
Redbreasted Sunfish (Lepomis auritus) 5
Pumpkinseed Sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus) 4
American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) 3
Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris) 2
Creek Chub (Semotilus atromaculatus) 2
Banded Killifish (Fundulus diaphanus) 2
Tesselated Darter (Etheostoma olmstedi) 2
Longnose Dace (Rhinichthys cataractae) 2
Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) 1
Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) 1
   
Total Number in Sample 139

(Source: Saucon Valley High School field data)
All Dominica lessons and photography © 1999 Lance Leonhardt


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