TPWD 1954 F-3-R-1 #63: Inventory of Species present and their distribution in those portions of Little Cypress, Cypress and Black Cypress bayous which lie within Marion County, Texas

--- Page 1 --- STATE Texas (P Wl PROJECT NO. F-3-R-1, Job B-5 PERIOD July, 1953 - May 30, 1954 Job Completion Report by Robert J. Kemp, Jr. TITLE Inventory of Species present and their distribution in those portions of Little Cypress, Cypress and Black Cypress bayous which lie within Marion County, Texas. OBJECTIVES To determine the distribution of the species present and their relative abun- dance and the ecological factors influencing their distribution. METHODS A total of 96 collections were made at six generalized locations on Little Cy- press, Cypress and Black Cypress Bayous in Marion County. (figure #1). Thirty-five seining collections were made with a 26 by 6 ft. bag seine. Collections were made with hoop nets of 1,2 and 3 inch mesh. Seining collection specimens were preserved in 10% formalin solution and later identified and counted at the lab. Hoop net specimens were counted and weighed in the field. Dissolved oxygen and carbon dioxide, pH and turbidity were recorded, slong with ecological data, in conjunction with Job A-l. Lack of waders prevented seining from November 1953 through Februery 1954. Al- so, lack of proper equipment prevented oxygen and carbon dioxide determination until the last phases of the study. RESULTS There were 64 species of fish taken by all methods of collection. Table 1 lists all species and the stream where each was found. Only 20 of the 64 species were found in all three bayous. Black Cypress, with 46, had the most species while Little Cypress had the least at 38. It may be that the clearer, more acid water is preferred by a wider range of species. Seining collections produced a total of 1,793 specimens including 55 different species. Table 2 gives numbers and localities of each species taken by this means. The most abundant species (Notropis amabilis), 13.8% was not taken at all in Black Cypress. The black stripe topminnow was second in abundance at 11.3% and the silvery minnow was third at 7.8%. Cyprinids made up 55% of the seining collections. Other forage species (shad, topminnow, etc.) made up 23.5% of the collections. --- Page 2 --- Mt Hoop net collections produced 97 specimens weighing 264.69 pounds, including 18 different species. Table 3 shows the results of hoop net collections, ven though the average catch was only about 2.5 fish per set, nine of the species taken were not collected by seining. SUMMARY 1. The area included in this inventory of species was Little Cypress, Cypress and Black Cypress Bayou 3 in Marion County, which make up the main tributaries of Cad- do Lake. 2. There were 64 separate species taken by all collection methods with only 20 species being found in all three streams. 3. A slightly wider range of species was found in the clearer waters of Black Cypress than in the other bayous. 4, 55 species were collected by seining. Cyprinids and other forage species made up 78.5% of collections. 5. 18 species were collected with hoop nets, including nine species not taken by other means. --- Page 3 --- 3. Table Number 1 Cypress, Little Cypress and Black Cypress Species Distribution Species Lepisosteus productus Lepisosteus osseus Dorosoma cepedianum ESsox vermiculatus Esox niger Ictiobus niger Ictiobus bubalus Minytrema melanops Notemigonus crysoleucas Opsopoeodus emiliae Notropis Notropis Notropis Notropis Notropis } ‘Opis Notropis Notropis Notropis Notropis Notropis Notropis Hybognat atherinoides percobromus amabilis fumeus umbratilis chalybeus roseus amnis venustus lutrensis deliciosus atrocaudalis hus nuchalis Hybognathus hayi Icatalurus punctatus Icatalurus furcatus Ameiurus melas Ameiurus natalis Pilodictus olivaris Schilbeodes mollis Schilbeodes nocturnus Anguilla rostrata Fundulus Fundulus Fundulus Gambusia chrysotus notti notatus affinis Aphredoderus sayanus Labidesthes sicculus Morone chrysops Micropterus punctulatus Ny opterus salmoides Chaenobryttus coronarius Lepomis cyanellus Lepomis punctatus Lepomis symmetricus Lepomis microlophus Lepomis macrochirus Checklist Common Name Spotted gar Longnose gar Gizzard shad Grass pickerel Chain pickerel Black buffalo Smallmouth buffalo Spotted sucker Golden shiner Pugnose minnow Emerald shiner Plains shiner Texas shiner Ribbon shiner Redfin shiner Ironcolor shiner Central weed shiner Pallid shiner Blacktail shiner Red shiner Sand shiner Blackspot shiner Silvery minnow Cypress minnow Southern channel catfish Blue cat Black bullhead Yellow bullhead Flathead cat Tadpole madtom Freckled madtom American eel Redspot topminnow Starhead topminnow Blackstripe topminnow Mosquito fish Pirate perch Brook silversides White bass Spotted bass Largemouth bass Warmouth Green sunfish Spotted sunfish Small sunfish Redear Bluegill Little Cypress PS Pd PS Ot Pd PS OPS OO Pt ed Pa PS Od PS PS PS Od PS PI PS PS PS PS PS Ps P< Ps PS a PS PS PS Pd P< 2s PS PS Ps Pd Pd Dd Dd Pi bd bd PY PS Pd PS DS DS Bd PS PS mops Pa Ps PS PS P< PS Ds PSDs Pd Od al Xx x iy m< PS py bd be Po Pd OS PS Pd Pe Pd Pd --- Page 4 --- (Table #1, continued) Little - Cypress Black Species Common Name Cypress Cypress Lepomis humilis oranged spotted sunfish x Lepomis auritus Yellow belly sunfish xX Xx Lepomis megalotis Longear sunfish x Lepomis marginatus Dollar sunfish xX x Pomoxis annularis White crappie x Pomoxis nigromaculatus Black erappie xX x x Centrarchus macropterus Flier x Elassoma zonatum Banded pigmy sunfish xX xX Hadropterus maculatus Black side darter X x Hadropterus scierus Dusky darter x x Hadropterus shumardi River darter xX Ammocrypta vivax Arkansas sand darter xX x Etheostoma chlorosomum Bluntnose darter Xx x Ethsostoma gracile Western swamp darter Xx x x Etheostoma proliare Cypress darter Xx Xx Etheostoma parvipinne Goldstripe darter Xx x Aplodinotus grunniens Drum x x xX Totals 64 species 38 ho 6 --- Page 5 --- Species Longnose gar Spotted gar Gizzard shad Grass pickerel Chain pickerel Spotted sucker Golden shiner Pugnose minnow Emerald shiner Plains shiner Texas shiner Ribbon shiner Redfin shiner Ironcolor shiner Central Weed shiner Pallid shiner jBlacktail shiner Re * shiner S . shiner Blackspot shiner Silvery minnow Cypress minnow iellow bullhead ffadpole madtom freckled madtom Redspot topminnow [Starhead topminnow iBlackstripe topminnow Mosquito fish Pirate perch IBrook silversides Spotted bass Largemouth bass armouth Green sunfish Spotted sunfish Small sunfish Redear Bluegill Orangespotted sunfish Yellow belly sunfish Longear sunfish Dr°"ar sunfish Wi. e crappie Black crappie Flier De Table No. 2 Seining Collections Little Cypress Cypress 1 0 1 re) 0 fe) 4 1 7 1 1 5 e) 3 0 fe) 14 14 h 2 74 173 0 fe) e) 5 ho 7 26 2h 0 14 3 105 0 7 28 10 21 8 1h 36 0 2 0 0 0 fe) 0 1 1 ) 0 0 91 21 31 11 1 0 18 hy 2 6 5 2 0 1 0 3 3 6 0 0 3 3 2 3 0 0 0 2 ) 0 2 0 fe) 1 0 3 9) 7 Black Cypress \O KF PO MNO FUE Mr hy MPMMWONO ae OWO Fww (ee) Totals 203 NOV OW b 00.05 00.05 01.3 00.7 00.7 02.2 03.9 00.6 01.6 00.3 13.8 03.2 00.6 06.2 O45 00.8 01.1 00.4 02.2 02.6 07.8 05.5 00.1 00.2 00.05 00.2 00.7 11.3 03.6 00.7 06.5 00.5 00.9 00.2 00.2 00,8 00.2 01.5 01.8 00.05 00.3 00.2 00.3 00.05 03.4 00.4. --- Page 6 --- Banded pigmy sunfish Blackside darter Dusky darter River darter Arkansas darter Bluntnose darter Western swamp darter Cypress darter Goldstripe darter 55 species 6. Table No. 2 (con'd) Little Cypress Cypress 2 0 4 0 0 2 0 a 0 16 9) 3 6 9 12 0 1 0 Te}e) 465 Black Totals Cypress a 3 4 8 Ai 3 0) 2 4 20 6 9 14 29 17 29 1 2 906 1,793 wa 9 ° e ° ° e FPOOAWF FR NM ETN 2°ceoeeccoce OFrFOrFOOCGS ° 99-95 EEE ee --- Page 7 --- Dpecies ongnose gar Shad Spotted sucker Black buffalo Smallmouth buffalo Bel hannel cat Blue cat Flathead cat ellow bullhead Black bullhead .ite bass Bluegill Redear Black crappie hite crappie armouth ir 4 18 species Li No Loe) MEMPPDP 18 61 7, Table No. 3 Hoop Net Collections ttle Cypress : Weight 135.00 1.25 1.50 8.75 28.12 1.75 1.37 0.50 0.50 1.25 40.75 220.74 lbs. Cypress No. Weight 1 3.50 hy 5.62 7 425 1 1.50 1 0.62 1 0.30 2 0.30 2 0.62 1 0.25 1 1.50 21 18.46 lbs. Black Cypress No. O Ww 5 en -eep nti ynenmeneeennt tenn Totals Weight No. Weight 32 138.50 2 1.25 5 7.12 1 8.75 2 28.12 1 1.75 9 5.62 2 1.50 6.62 1 6.62 i 0.50 0.50 1 0.50 Ll 0.62 0.50 3 1.30 2 0.30 3 LsOy 4 0.25 1.50 3 1.50 16.37 28 58.62 25.49 lbs. --- Page 8 --- we weer cow eo urr?ry omnis county} vor 8 HU R Dr emaneger Lt) j fess EE LEGEND =o SS ors _*. Serer wm ornonte e exsgehlogs wi peteis cope ocr = ES i —— it ae dacs 2 forme somes some SSP SED pete comet east =-- =a. * npn — | — eine ae — tel == 23 ® Se thing Stations x HY oop Net Statyons GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP MARION COUNTY TEXAS PREPARED BY THE TEXAS STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT @ COOPERATION WITH THe U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BUREAU OF PUBLIG ROADS bara. cOTaiNED PRON STATE-WIDE HIGHWAY PLANNING SURVEY: some —————S=_ 1941 ‘STATE WeGRORTS REVISED YO JAeRIAAY |, 1091 pescce FROME TION weeTH samme Baty Conve: 8. Cant ond Conde Cary aod U8. Cote Sammy eapten 4 cou veme 156