NAS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species
Burr, B.M., and M.L. Warren, Jr. 1986. A distributional atlas of Kentucky fishes. Scientific and Technical Series No. 4. Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission, Frankfort, KY.
Reference Number: 82 Type: Book Author: Burr, B.M., and M.L. Warren, Jr. Date (year): 1986 Edition: Title:A distributional atlas of Kentucky fishes. Scientific and Technical Series No. 4. Publisher:Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission Publisher Location:Frankfort, KY Volume: Pages: 398 pp URL: Keywords: Kentucky, fishes, Lepomis microlophus, redear sunfish
Alosa chrysochloris TN - Obey (HUC-8) TN - Obey (HUC-8) KY - Licking River drainage KY - Lower Kentucky (HUC8) non-specific WV - Big Sandy drainage - Bayou De Chien-Mayfield (HUC8) non-specific TN - Obey (HUC-8) KY - Licking River drainage KY - Lower Kentucky drainage TN - Obey drainage KY - Licking River drainage KY - Lower Kentucky (HUC8) non-specific WV - Big Sandy drainage - Upper Cumberland-Lake Cumberland (HUC8) non-specific - Bayou De Chien-Mayfield (HUC8) non-specific
Alosa pseudoharengus KY - Ohio River, main channel KY - Ohio River, main channel KY - Ohio River, main channel KY - Ohio River, main channel KY - Ohio River, main channel VA - Claytor Lake
Ameiurus catus KY - state non-specific KY - Greenbo Lake KY - Ohio River KY - Ohio River KY - Kinniconick Creek KY - Tygarts Creek KY - Little Sandy River
Ameiurus nebulosus KY - Salt River KY - Rolling Fork and Beech Fork KY - Kentucky River, lower, to Red River KY - Kentucky River, upper, and Red River KY - Licking River KY - waters east of Green River drainage
Amia calva KY - Scott County, ponds KY - Kentucky River, Franklin County (east of Green River) KY - Licking River, Bath County (east of Green River) KY - Salt River drainage
Carassius auratus KY - Big Sandy (HUC6) non-specific KY - Running Slough and oxbows (Ohio drainage) KY - Bayou du Chien and Obion Creek KY - Ohio River KY - Clarks River KY - Cumberland River, lower, and Red River KY - Cumberland River, middle, below falls KY - Cumberland River, upper, above falls KY - Barren River KY - Green River, lower, to Barren River KY - Green River, upper, and Nolin River KY - Salt River KY - Kentucky River, lower, to Red River KY - Kentucky River, upper, and Red River KY - Licking River KY - South Fork Licking River
Ctenopharyngodon idella KY - Mississippi River KY - Murphy Pond KY - Barkley Lake Reservoir KY - Salt River KY - McNeely Lake KY - Guist Creek KY - Boone Fork KY - Montgomery County, ponds KY - Mason County, ponds KY - Henderson County, farm ponds (Ohio drainage) KY - Webster County, farm ponds (Ohio drainage) KY - Mississippi River KY - Mississippi River KY - Running Slough and oxbows (Ohio drainage) KY - Bayou du Chien and Obion Creek KY - Cumberland River, lower, and Red River KY - Salt River KY - Kentucky River, upper, and Red River KY - Licking River TN - Reelfoot Lake
Culaea inconstans KY - Meadow Creek KY - South Fork Triplett Creek KY - Johns Creek KY - Levisa Fork KY - state non-specific KY - Kentucky River, upper, and Red River KY - Licking River KY - Big Sandy River
Cyprinella galactura KY - Big Sandy River drainage
Cyprinus carpio KY - state non-specific KY - Ohio River, lower KY - Ohio River; Lower Ohio-Salt drainage KY - Ohio River; Middle Ohio-Little Miami drainage KY - Ohio River; Middle Ohio-Raccoon drainage KY - Bayou du Chien and Obion Creek KY - Mayfield Creek drainage KY - Tennessee River KY - Clarks River KY - Red River KY - Cumberland River, lower, and Red River KY - Cumberland River, middle, below falls KY - Big South Fork KY - Rockcastle River KY - Cumberland River, upper, above falls KY - Tradewater watershed KY - Green River, lower, to Barren River KY - Pond River KY - Rough River KY - Mud River KY - Barren River KY - Green River, upper, and Nolin River KY - Salt River KY - Rolling Fork and Beech Fork KY - Kentucky River, lower, to Red River KY - Kentucky River, upper, and Red River KY - Licking River KY - South Fork Licking River KY - Kinniconick Creek, Tygarts Creek & Little Sandy River (Ohio River tribs in NE KY) KY - Big Sandy (HUC6) non-specific
Dorosoma cepedianum KY - Martins Fork Lake and other small impoundments above Cumberland Falls KY - Rockcastle River KY - Rockcastle River - Upper Cumberland (HUC8) non-specific KY - Rockcastle drainage - Upper Cumberland-Lake Cumberland (HUC8) non-specific - Upper Cumberland (HUC8) non-specific
Dorosoma petenense KY - state non-specific KY - Cumberland River, middle, below falls KY - Cumberland River, upper, above falls KY - Barren River KY - Green River drainage, upper KY - Nolin River KY - Kentucky River, upper and lower KY - Red River KY - Licking River KY - Kinniconick Creek KY - Tygarts Creek KY - Little Sandy River KY - Big Sandy River - Middle Ohio-Laughery (HUC8) non-specific OH - Ohio Brush-Whiteoak drainage - Silver-Little Kentucky (HUC8) non-specific IN - Blue-Sinking drainage IN - Highland-Pigeon drainage IN - Lower Ohio-Little Pigeon drainage - Lower Ohio-Bay (HUC8) non-specific - Lower Ohio (HUC8) non-specific KY - Middle Green (HUC8) non-specific
Esox lucius KY - state non-specific KY - Ohio River in Greenup County KY - strip-mine pit in Muhlenberg County KY - pay lake in Rowan County KY - Ohio River KY - Tennessee River KY - Pond River KY - Kentucky River, lower, to Red River KY - Licking River KY - Licking River KY - Big Sandy River
Esox masquinongy KY - Dale Hollow Reservoir KY - Dale Hollow Reservoir KY - Cave Run Lake KY - strip-mine pit in Ohio County KY - state non-specific KY - Cumberland River, middle, below falls KY - Green River, lower, to Barren River TN - Dale Hollow Reservoir
Fundulus catenatus KY - Big Sandy River KY - Dix River KY - Beech Fork KY - Rolling Fork KY - Licking River and Cave Run Lake KY - Rockhouse Fork KY - Middle Creek (Levisa Fork Drainage)
Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus OH - Cluff (Clough) Creek (Ohio drainage) near Cincinatti
Gambusia affinis KY - Salt River KY - Kentucky River KY - Licking River KY - Cumberland River, middle, below falls KY - Cumberland River, upper, above falls KY - Tygarts Creek KY - Kentucky River, upper, and Red River KY - South Fork Licking River KY - Kinniconick Creek KY - Tygarts Creek and Little Sandy River
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix AR - state non-specific KY - Ohio River at Louisville (at falls) KY - Ohio River at Uniontown Dam
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix × nobilis KY - Jonathon Creek Arm of Kentucky Lake
Lepomis auritus KY - Little River KY - Cypress Creek KY - Cypress Creek KY - Cumberland River, upper KY - Cumberland River, upper KY - Cumberland River, upper KY - Kentucky River KY - Paintsville Lake Reservoir KY - strip-mine pits in Hopkins County (Ohio drainage) KY - strip-mine pits in Ohio County KY - Licking River KY - Cumberland River, lower, and Red River KY - Cumberland River, upper, above falls KY - Green River, lower, to Barren River KY - Pond River KY - Kentucky River, lower, to Red River KY - Kentucky River, upper, and Red River KY - Licking River KY - Big Sandy River
Lepomis gibbosus KY - Licking River KY - Greenbo Lake KY - Licking River drainage
Lepomis gulosus KY - Nolin River KY - Barren River KY - Cumberland River, middle, above the falls KY - Cumberland River, upper, above falls KY - Green River, upper KY - Cumberland River, middle, below falls KY - Cumberland River, upper, above falls KY - Kentucky River, lower, to Red River KY - Kentucky River, upper, and Red River KY - Licking River drainage KY - South Fork Licking River KY - Kinniconick Creek KY - Tygarts Creek KY - Little Sandy River KY - Big Sandy River KY - Upper Kentucky (HUC8) non-specific OH - Little Scioto-Tygarts drainage KY - Lower Green drainage KY - Rough (HUC8) non-specific KY - Pond (HUC8) non-specific KY - Middle Green (HUC8) non-specific KY - Red River KY - Licking River drainage KY - Lower Kentucky (HUC8) non-specific KY - South Fork Licking (HUC8) non-specific - North Fork Kentucky (HUC8) non-specific KY - South Fork Kentucky (HUC8) non-specific - Ohio River; Upper Ohio-Shade drainage OH - Raccoon-Symmes drainage KY - Big South Fork drainage OH - Little Scioto-Tygarts drainage KY - Lower Green drainage KY - Rough (HUC8) non-specific KY - Pond (HUC8) non-specific KY - Middle Green (HUC8) non-specific - Red (HUC8) non-specific KY - Licking River drainage KY - Lower Kentucky drainage KY - South Fork Licking (HUC8) non-specific - North Fork Kentucky (HUC8) non-specific KY - South Fork Kentucky (HUC8) non-specific
Lepomis microlophus KY - Cumberland River, middle, below falls KY - Rockcastle River KY - Salt River KY - Rolling Fork and Beech Fork KY - Kentucky River, lower, to Red River KY - Kentucky River, upper, and Red River KY - Licking River KY - South Fork Licking River KY - Kinniconick Creek KY - Tygarts Creek KY - Little Sandy River KY - Big Sandy River - Tug (HUC8) non-specific KY - Licking River drainage KY - Lower Kentucky drainage KY - South Fork Licking (HUC8) non-specific KY - Salt River drainage - Lower Levisa (HUC8) non-specific KY - Big South Fork drainage - North Fork Kentucky (HUC8) non-specific KY - Middle Fork Kentucky (HUC8) non-specific KY - Rolling Fork (HUC8) non-specific - Upper Cumberland (HUC8) non-specific OH - Little Scioto-Tygarts drainage
Micropterus coosae KY - Martins Fork Lake and tributaries KY - Martins Fork Lake and tributaries KY - Cumberland River, upper, above falls
Micropterus dolomieu KY - Cumberland River, upper, above falls - Upper Cumberland (HUC8) non-specific
Micropterus punctulatus KY - Cumberland River, upper, above falls - Upper Cumberland (HUC8) non-specific
Micropterus salmoides KY - Cumberland River, upper, above falls KY - Cumberland River, upper, above falls
Morone chrysops KY - South Fork Licking (HUC8) non-specific KY - Rolling Fork (HUC8) non-specific WV - Big Sandy drainage - Lower Levisa (HUC8) non-specific VA - Levisa system, upper
Morone mississippiensis KY - Tradewater watershed KY - Salt River drainage KY - Kentucky River, lower, to Red River KY - Guist Creek KY - Lake Beshear KY - Game Farm Lake
Morone saxatilis KY - main channel of lower Licking River KY - Tennessee River, lower, main channel KY - Cumberland River, lower, main channel KY - Mississippi River, main channel, lower KY - state non-specific KY - Ohio River KY - Mississippi River KY - Tennessee River KY - Mud River KY - Cumberland River, lower, and Red River KY - Cumberland River, middle, below falls KY - Big South Fork drainage KY - Green River, lower, to Barren River KY - Barren River KY - Green River, upper, and Nolin River KY - Kentucky River, lower, to Red River KY - Kentucky River, upper, and Red River KY - Licking River KY - Big Sandy River
Nocomis biguttatus KY - Lower Kentucky drainage
Notemigonus crysoleucas KY - Cumberland River above falls KY - Cumberland River below falls
Oncorhynchus kisutch KY - Ohio River
Oncorhynchus mykiss TN - Cumberland River and Red River (SPLIT) KY - Cumberland River, middle, below falls KY - Big South Fork Licking River KY - Rockcastle River KY - Cumberland River, upper, above falls KY - Rough River KY - Barren River KY - Green River, upper, and Nolin River KY - Kentucky River, lower, to Red River KY - Kentucky River, upper, and Red River KY - Licking River KY - South Fork Licking River KY - Kinniconick Creek KY - Tygarts Creek KY - Little Sandy River KY - Big Sandy River
Osmerus mordax KY - Mississippi River
Perca flavescens KY - Fern Lake KY - Wilton Lake KY - Ohio River KY - Cumberland River, lower, and Red River KY - Cumberland River, middle, below falls KY - Cumberland River, upper, above falls
Pimephales promelas KY - Cumberland River, middle, below falls KY - Big South Fork KY - Rockcastle River KY - Cumberland River, upper, above falls KY - Green River, lower, to Barren River KY - Barren River KY - Green River, upper, and Nolin River KY - Salt River KY - Rolling Fork KY - Beech Fork
Pomoxis annularis KY - Rockcastle River KY - Cumberland River above falls
Pomoxis nigromaculatus KY - Cumberland River above falls KY - Cumberland River, middle, below falls AZ - Lower Gila (huc-8) - Lower Levisa (HUC8) non-specific VA - Levisa system, upper
Salmo trutta KY - Indian Creek KY - Indian Creek (Ohio drainage) KY - Big Double Creek KY - Trammel Fork KY - Caney Creek KY - Cumberland Lake tailwaters KY - Ohio River in Greenup County KY - Cumberland River, middle, below falls KY - Barren River KY - Kentucky River, upper, and Red River KY - Kinniconick Creek KY - Tygarts Creek KY - Little Sandy River
Salvelinus fontinalis KY - Shillalah Creek and Martins Fork KY - Bad Branch (Ohio drainage) KY - Shillalah Creek and Martins Fork KY - Station Camp Creek KY - Cumberland River, upper, above falls KY - Kentucky River, upper, and Red River
Salvelinus namaycush KY - Dale Hollow Reservoir KY - Dale Hollow Reservoir KY - Lake Cumberland TN - Dale Hollow Reservoir
Sander vitreus KY - Red River KY - Rough River KY - Cumberland River, upper, above falls KY - Kentucky River, upper - Upper Cumberland (HUC8) non-specific
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Citation information: U.S. Geological Survey. [2025]. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida. Accessed [5/22/2025].
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