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Potomac fish fauna comprises 81 species
The Potomac waters host 81 fish species in 31 families and 62 groups, from tiny minnows to 20 to 25 pounders. Major families include catfish, suckers, shad, herring, and bass, with about 30 species economically important led by shad rockfish, white perch, yellow perch, eel, sturgeon and catfishes. Striped bass dominates in size and value, found year round and ascending to Great Falls.
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