Both the pond and Wolf Trap Run are home to several species of fish. In April 2003 an inventory of fishes began.
The following fish have been identified either by park staff or by the National Capital Region Inventory and Monitoring Program as occurring in Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts:
Common Name Scientific Name
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Eel, American |
Anguilla rostrata |
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Shiner, golden |
Notemigonus crysoleucas |
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Dace, rosyside |
Clinostomus funduloides |
|
Chub, creek |
Semotilus atromaculatus |
|
Fallfish |
Semotilus corporalis |
|
Chub, river |
Nocomis micropogon |
|
Stoneroller, central |
Campostoma anomalum |
|
Minnow, cutlips |
Exoglossum maxillingua |
|
Dace, blacknose |
Rhinichthys atratulus |
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Dace, longnose |
Rhinichthys cataractae |
|
Minnow, eastern silvery |
Hybognathus regius |
|
Minnow, bluntnose |
Pimephales notatus |
|
Shiner, common |
Luxilus cornutus |
|
Shiner, satinfin |
Cyprinella analostana |
|
Shiner, spotfin |
Cyprinella spiloptera |
|
Shiner, comely |
Notropis amoenus |
|
Minnow, silverjaw |
Notropis buccatus |
|
Shiner, spottail |
Notropis hudsonius |
|
Shiner, swallowtail |
Notropis procne |
|
Shiner, rosyface |
Notropis rubellus |
|
Sucker, white |
Catostomus commersoni |
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Chubsucker, creek |
Erimyzon oblongus |
|
Bullhead, yellow |
Ameiurus natalis |
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Madtom, margined |
Noturus insignis |
|
Bass, smallmouth |
Micropterus dolomieu |
|
Sunfish, redbreast |
Lepomis auritus |
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Sunfish, green |
Lepomis cyanellus |
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Pumpkinseed |
Lepomis gibbosus |
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Bluegill |
Lepomis macrochirus |
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Darter, tessellated |
Etheostoma olmstedi |
|
Darter, glassy |
Etheostoma vitreum |
|
Total Species |
31 |
