Fish and Aquatic Animals of the Big Thicket in East Texas

Crawling Water Beetle

Crawling Water Beetle

Predacious Diving Beetle

Predaceous Diving Beetle

Predaceous Diving Beetle

Predaceous Diving Beetle

Haliplus fasciatus or triopsis

Haliplus fasciatus or triopsis

Celina sp.

Celina sp.

Neoporus sp.

Prob. Lioporeus sp.

Crawling Water Beetle

Eastern Toe-Biter Waterbug

For Later Use

For Later Use

For Later Use

For Later Use

Peltodytes sp.

Lethocerus griseus

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Other Water Beetles & Water Bugs Attracted to Light

Channel Catfish, Look for the spots.

Channel Catfish

Mud Catfish(Yellow Bullhead)

Spotted Black Bass

White Bass

Alligator Gar

Ictalarus punctatus

Ictalarus punctatus

Ameiurus natalis

Micropterus punctulatus

Morone chrysops

Atractosteus sp.

School of Striped Mullet a long way from saltwater

Freshwater Drun (gaspergou)

Common Carp

Blacktail Shiner Minnow

Dusky Darter

Dusky Darter

Mugal cephalus

Aplodinotus grunniens

Cyprinus carpio

Cyprinella venusta

Percina sciera

Percina sciera

Crayfish

Crayfish

Crayfish

Babies carried under tail.

Freshwater Shrimp

Freshwater Shrimp

Family Cambaridae

Family Cambaridae

Family Cambaridae

Family Cambaridae

Palaemonetes sp.

Palaemonetes sp.

Water Strider

Smaller Water Strider

Dragonfly Larvae

Dragonfly Larvae(possible clubtail)

A Well Hidden Larvae, Probable Damselfly

Dobsonfly Hellgrammite

Gerris sp.

Microvelia sp.

Suborder Anisoptera

Suborder Anisoptera

Suborder Zygoptera

Corydalus sp.

Horsehair Worm

Aquatic Earthworm

Leech

Leech

Mosquito Larvae

Mosquito Larvae

Family Gordioidea

Subclass Oligochaeta

Phylum Annelida

Placobdella parasitica

Family Culicidae

Family Culicidae

Brown Waterscorpion

Predaceous Diving Beetle

Predaceous Diving Beetle(Bottom up for air)

Predaceous Diving Beetle

Predaceous Diving Beetle

Uknown

Ranatra fusca

Acilius sp.

Platambus sp.

Laccophilus sp.

Coptotomus sp.

tbd

Water Boatman

Water Boatmen

Water Boatmen

Whirligig Beetle

Whirligig Beetle

Burrowing Water Beetle

Family Corixidae

Sigara sp.

Trichocorixa sp.

Dineutus sp.

Dineutus sp.

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Caddisfly Net

Caddisfly Net

One Inch Stick That Swims

Saddle Builder Caddisfly Nymph

Case Builder Caddisfly Nymph

Aquatic Snail

Order Trichoptera

Order Trichoptera

Order Trichoptera

Order Trichoptera

Order Trichoptera

Class Gastropoda

A mini waterfall of clean water, ITW(There is something swiimming there)

For Later Use

For Later Use

For Later Use

For Later Use

For Later Use

Bluegill Sunfish

Bluegill Sunfish

Bluegill Sunfish

Bluegill Longear Hybrid Sunfish

Bluegill Longear Hybrid Sunfish

Bluegill Longear Hybrid Sunfish

Bluegill Sunfish

Bluegill Sunfish

Bluegill Sunfish

Bluegill/Longear Hybrid Sunfish

Bluegill/Longear Hybrid Sunfish

Bluegill/Longear Hybrid Sunfish

Bluegill Redbreast Hybrid Sunfish

Redbreast Sunfish

Readbreast Redear Hybrid Sunfish

Warmouth Sunfish

For Later Use

For Later Use

Bluegill/Redbreast Hybrid Sunfish

Redbreast Sunfish

Redbreast/Redear Hybrid Sunfish

Warmouth Sunfish

Sunfish of the Big Thicket (Lepomis sp.)

Other Aquatic Animals of the Big Thicket

Note: Due to the fact that hybrids exist, identification is a lot tougher than you would think. Different species
are breeding making colors and markings unreliable. Check the color, length, border, and shape of the gill
cover(operculum) for variations.

AQUATIC ANIMALS of the Big Thicket in East Texas
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Long-toed Water Beetle

Riffle Beetle

Riffle Beetle

Riffle Beetle

Riffle Beetle

For Later Use

Helichus lithophilus

Stenelmis sp.

Stenelmis sp.

Probable Stenelmis sp.

Stenelmis sp.

Long-Toed Water Beetles (Family Dryopidae) & Riffle Beetles (Family Elmidae)

Water Scavenger Beetle

Water Scavenger Beetle

Water Scavenger Beetle

Water Scavenger Beetle

Water Scavenger Beetle

Water Scavenger Beetle

Berosus sp.

Berosus sp.

Berosus sp.

Berosus sp.

Enochrus sp.

Helobata larvalis

Water Scavenger Beetle

Giant Water Scavenger Beetle

Water Scavenger Beetle

For Later Use

For Later Use

For Later Use

Tropisternus sp.

Hydrophilus ovatus

Tribe Hydrophilini

Water Scavenger Beetles (Family Hydrophilidae)

SPOTTED GAR
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SUNFISH FEEDING FRENZY
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CURIOUS & FEISTY SUNFISH
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