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A labelled map of the major rivers in Kansas There are roughly 135 recorded species of fish in the U.S. State of Kansas . [ 1 ] This list is an amalgamation of the works Cross & Collins books Handbook of Fishes of Kansas (1967) and Fishes in Kansas (1995) as well as Current Status of Native Fish Species in Kansas (2005) by multiple authors and ...
The Kansas River in confluence with the Missouri in Kansas City, Kansas with Kansas City, Missouri in the background. The Kansas River at Lawrence, Kansas, aerial view from the north with Lake View Lake (the oxbow lake in the right foreground) and I-70 crossing. The first map showing the Kansas River is French cartographer Guillaume de L'Isle's ...
Lakes, rivers, streams – escaped from a fish farm during a high water event INVASIVE Hornyhead chub: Nocomis biguttatus: Clear streams with permanent flow and clean gravel Golden shiner: Notemigonus crysoleucas: Sloughs, ponds, lakes, quiet pools of streams Fathead minnow: Pimephales promelas: Mid water or near bottom, streams, pools Flathead ...
There is a large amount of fresh water present due to the Mississippi River, Missouri River, and Lake of the Ozarks, with numerous smaller rivers, streams, and lakes. North of the Missouri River, the state is primarily rolling hills of the Great Plains , whereas south of the Missouri River, the state is dominated by the oak-hickory Central U.S ...
The channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), known informally as the "channel cat", is North America's most abundant catfish species. It is the official fish of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Tennessee. The channel catfish is the most fished species of catfish in the United States, with around 8 million anglers angeling them per year
It was the first fish species in the Missouri River drainage area to be listed as endangered, and a loss of its habitat is thought to be responsible for its decline. The vast majority of the Missouri River drainage system has been channeled and dammed, reducing the gravel deposits and slow-moving side channels that are its favored spawning areas.
The sauger (Sander canadensis) is a freshwater perciform fish of the family Percidae that resembles its close relative, the walleye. The species is a member of the largest vertebrate order, the Perciformes. [3] It is the most migratory percid species in North America. [4]
The rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) is a North American species of fish of the family Osmeridae. Walleye, trout, and other larger fish prey on these smelt.The rainbow smelt prefer juvenile ciscoes, zooplankton such as calanoid copepods (Leptodiaptomus ashlandi, L. minutus, L. sicilis), and other small organisms, but are aggressive and will eat almost any fish they find.