Stream Redesignation Evaluation Report
Water Quality Standards Review

Lizard Creek
Fish Collections

Table 5

Fish collected by Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission at
Station LC1 (river mile 15.01) and Station LC5 (river mile 13.34) on
Lizard Creek, Schuylkill County on September 20, 1997.

SCIENTIFIC NAME

(COMMON NAME)

LC1 * LC5 *
Catostomus commersoni

(White sucker)

X X
Cottus cognatus

(Slimy sculpin)

X  
Esox americanus

(Redfin pickerel)

X  
Etheostoma olmstedi

(Tessellated darter)

  X
Exoglossum maxillingua

(Cutlips minnow)

X X
Luxilus comutus

(Common shiner)

  X
Micropterus salmoides

(Largemouth bass)

  X
Rhinichthys atratulus

(Blacknose dace)

X  
Salmo trutta

(Brown trout)

+Present (8) +Rare (1)
Salvelinus fontinalis

(Brook trout)

+Common (20) +Rare (1)
Semotilus atromaculatus

(Creek chub)

X X
Total Fish Species Collected 8 8
* Refer to Figure 2 and Table 1 for station locations.

+ Relative Abundance of fish collected at each station for
Brook and Brown Trout only (actual numbers collected in parenthesis):
R-rare (<3 individuals), P-present (3-9 individuals),
C-common (10-24 individuals), A-abundant (25-99 individuals),
VA-very abundant (>100 individuals)

 

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