The South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks conducts periodic surveys to determine what species of fish are found in the White River. 

This chart shows the change in the species that were found between the 1962 survey and the 1995-97 survey.

Species

1995-97

1962

Black Bullhead

Brassy Minnow

Channel Catfish

Common Carp

X

-

Emerald Shiner

X

-

Fathead Minnow

X

X

Flathead Chub

X

X

Gold Eye

X

X

Green Sunfish

X

-

Large Mouth Bass

X

X

Longnose Dace

X

X

Paddle Fish

X

X

Plains minnow

X

X

Red Shiner

X

X

River Carpsucker

X

X

Saugar

X

X

Short-Head Red Horse

X

X

Stonecat

X

-

Sturgeon Club

X

X

Western Silvery Minnow

X

X

White Sucker

X

X