| Fish Species Richness at Middle Waterway (City of Tacoma) - Year 1 (2002) | ||
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Number Caught |
| Chinook salmon | Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | 4 |
| Chum salmon | Oncorhynchus keta | 160 |
| Pink | Oncorhynchus gorbuscha | 6 |
| Starry flounder | Platichthys stellatus | 2 |
| Speckled sandab | Citharichthys stigmaeus | 1 |
| Staghorn sculpin | Leptocottus armatus | 92 |
| Sculpin | unidentified species | 1 |
| Shiner perch | Cymatogaster aggregata | 3,678 |