Site Features:

Shenandoah River Species

Centrarchidae

 

Rock bass Ambloplites rupestris

Ambloplites = "blunt armature", rupestris = "living among rocks"

North Fork, South Fork & Mainstem Shenandoah Rivers

 

Smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieu

Micropterus = "small fin", dolomieu = "for M. Dolomieu, a French mineralogist"

North Fork, South Fork, & Mainstem Shenandoah Rivers

 

Largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides

Micropterus = "small fin", salmoides = "salmonlike"

North Fork, South Fork & Mainstem Shenandoah Rivers

 

Green sunfish Lepomis cyanellus

Lepomis = "scale, operculum", cyanellus = "blue"

North Fork, South Fork & Mainstem Shenandoah River

 

Bluegill sunfish Lepomis macrochirus

Lepomis = "scale, operculum", macrochirus = "large hand"

North Fork, South Fork & Mainstem Shenandoah Rivers

 

Redbreast sunfish Lepomis auritus

Lepomis = "scale, operculum", auritus = "eared"

North Fork, South Fork & Mainstem Shenandoah Rivers

 

Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus

Lepomis = "scale operculum", gibbosus = "humpbacked"

North Fork, South Fork & Mainstem Shenandoah Rivers