Fishes of the main channel New River, West Virginia
Easton RS and Orth DJ. 1994. Fishes of the main channel New River, West Virginia. Virginia Journal of Science. 45(4):265-278
Fishes were collected at five sites within a 92-km section of the New River in southern West Virginia in 1988, 1989, and 1990, and compared to previous surveys from 1979 and 1984. A total of 42 species were collected, representing five orders and eight families. Twenty of the 42 species (48 percent) are considered introduced to the drainage. A low number of native species (22 native species) was collected since 1979 and indicates a relatively depauperate fish fauna. Of the six endemic species in the New River drainage, only the bigmouth chub Nocomis platyrhynchus was common; the others were rare or not collected. Species richness was higher at the site immediately below Bluestone Dam compared to sites further downstream. New main channel distributional records were documented for gizzard shad and mountain redbelly dace.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Easton, Robert; Orth, Donald
- Units
- NERI
- Keywords
- Collection, Fishes, main channel