List of fishes in Canada
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The following is a list of common fish species known to occur in the lakes and rivers of Canada.
Order Petromyzontiformes (lampreys)
[edit]Family Petromyzontidae (northern lampreys)
- Vancouver lamprey (Entosphenus macrostoma)
- Pacific lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus)
- Chestnut lamprey (Icthyomyzon castaneus)
- Northern brook lamprey (Icthyomyzon fossor)
- Silver lamprey (Icthyomyzon unicuspis)
- Western river lamprey (Lamptera ayresii)
- Western brook lamprey (Lamptera richardsoni)
- American brook lamprey (Lethenteron appendix)
- Arctic lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum)
Order Acipenseriformes (sturgeons and paddlefish)
[edit]Family Acipenseridae (sturgeons)
- Shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)
- Lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)
- Green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris)
- Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus)
- White sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus)
Order Lepisosteiformes (gars)
[edit]Family Lepisosteidae (gars)
- Spotted gar (Lepisosteus oculatus)
- Longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus)
Order Amiiformes (Bowfins)
[edit]Family Amiidae (Bowfins)
- Eyetail bowfin (Amia ocellicauda)
Order Hiodontiformes (mooneyes)
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Family Hiodontidae (mooneyes)
Order Anguilliformes (eels)
[edit]Family Anguillidae (freshwater eels)
- American eel (Anguilla rostrata)
Order Clupeiformes (herrings and relatives)
[edit]Family Clupeidae (herrings, shads, and relatives)
- Blueback shad (Alosa aestivalis)
- Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)
- American shad (Alosa sapidissima)
- American gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum)
Order Cypriniformes (carps, minnows, and relatives)
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Family Catostomidae (suckers)
- Longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus)
- White sucker (Catostomus commersonii)
- Largescale sucker (Catostomus macrocheilus)
- Quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus)
- Lake chubsucker (Erimyzon sucetta)
- Northern hog sucker (Hypentelium nigricans)
- Bigmouth buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus)
- Black buffalo (Ictiobus niger)
- Spotted sucker (Minytrema melanops)
- Silver redhorse (Moxostoma anisurum)
- River redhorse (Moxostoma carinatum)
- Black redhorse (Moxostoma dubuquesnei)
- Golden redhorse (Moxostoma erythurum)
- Copper redhorse (Moxostoma hubbsi)
- Shorthead redhorse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum)
- Greater redhorse (Moxostoma valenciennesi)
- Plains sucker (Pantosteus jordani)
Family Cobitidae (True loaches)
- Oriental weatherfish (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus) (I)
Family Cyprinidae (Cyprinids)
- Goldfish (Carassius auratus) (I)
- Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio) (I)[1]
- European carp (Cyprinus carpio) (I)
- Amur carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus) (I)
Family Leuciscidae (True minnow)
- Central stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum)
- Northern redbelly dace (Chrosomus eos)
- Finescale dace (Chrosomus neogaeus)
- Redside dace (Clinostomus elongatus)
- Lake chub (Couesius plumbeus)
- Spotfin shiner (Cyprinella spiloptera)
- Cutlip minnow (Exoglossum maxillingua)
- Chiselmouth (Gila alutacea)
- Brassy minnow (Hybognathus hankisoni)
- Eastern silvery minnow (Hybognathus regius)
- Striped shiner (Luxilus chrysocephalus)
- Common shiner (Luxilus cornutus)
- Redfin shiner (Lythrurus umbratilis)
- Silver chub (Macrhybopsis storeriana)
- Northern pearl dace (Margariscus nachtriebi)
- Peamouth (Mylocheilus caurinus)
- Hornyhead chub (Nocomis biguttatus)
- River chub (Nocomis micropogon)
- Golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas)
- Pugnose shiner (Notropis anogenus)
- Emerald shiner (Notropis atherinoides)
- Bridle shiner (Notropis bifrenatus)
- River shiner (Notropis blennius)
- Ghost shiner (Notropis buchanani)
- Bigmouth shiner (Notropis dorsalis)
- Blackchin shiner (Notropis heterodon)
- Blacknose shiner (Notropis heterolepis)
- Spottail shiner (Notropis hudsonius)
- Silver shiner (Notropis photogenis)
- Rosyface shiner (Notropis rubellus)
- Sand shiner (Notropis stramineus)
- Mimic shiner (Notropis volucellus)
- Bluntnose minnow (Pimephales notatus)
- Fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas)
- Flathead chub (Platygobio gracilis)
- Northern pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus oregonensis)
- Eastern blacknose dace (Rhinichthys atratulus)
- Longnose dace (Rhinichthys cataractae)
- Leopard dace (Rhinichthys falcatus)
- Western blacknose dace (Rhinichthys obtusus)
- Speckled dace (Rhinichthys osculus)
- Umatilla dace (Rhinichthys umatilla)
- Redside shiner (Richardsonius balteatus)
- Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) (I)[2]
- Creek chub (Semotilus atromaculatus)
- Fallfish (Semotilus corporalis)
Family Tincidae (Tenches)
- Tench (Tinca tinca) (I)
Order Siluriformes (Catfishes)
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Family Ictaluridae (Freshwater catfishes)
- Black bullhead (Ameiurus melas)
- Yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis)
- Brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus)
- Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
- Stonecat (Noturus flavus)
- Tadpole madtom (Noturus gyrinus)
- Margined madtom (Noturus insignis)
- Brindled madtom (Noturus miurus)
Order Esociformes (Pikes and mudminnows)
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Family Esocidae (Pikes)
- American pickerel (Esox americanus)
- Northern pike (Esox lucius)
- Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy)
- Chain pickerel (Esox niger)
Family Umbridae (Mudminnows)
- Central mudminnow (Umbra limi)
Order Salmoniformes (Salmon, trout, and whitefish)
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Family Salmonidae (Salmon, trout, and whitefish)
- Least cisco (Coregonus albula)
- Cisco (Coregonus artedi)
- Arctic cisco (Coregonus autumnalis)
- Lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis)
- Bloater (Coregonus hoyi)
- Atlantic whitefish (Coregonus huntsmani)
- Broad whitefish (Coregonus nasus)
- Shortjaw cisco (Coregonus zenithicus)
- Golden trout (Oncorhynchus aguabonita) (I)
- Cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii)
- Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)
- Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
- Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
- Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
- Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
- Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
- Pygmy whitefish (Prosopium coulterii)
- Round whitefish (Prosopium cylindraceum)
- Mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni)
- Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
- Brown trout (Salmo trutta)
- Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)
- Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus)
- Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
- Dolly varden (Salvelinus malma)
- Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush)
- Nelma (Stenodus nelma)
- Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus)
Order Percopsiformes (Trout-perches)
[edit]Family Percopsidae (Trout-perch)
- Trout-perch (Percopsis omiscomaycus)
Order Cichliformes (Cichilids)
[edit]Family Cichlidae (Cichilids)
- Jewelfish (Rubricatochromis bimaculatus) (I) (Ex)
Order Cyprinodontiformes (Toothcarps)
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Family Fundulidae (Topminnows)
- Banded killifish (Fundulus diaphanus)
- Mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus)
- Blackstripe topminnow (Fundulus notatus)
Family Poeciliidae (Livebearers)
- Western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) (I)
- Sailfin molly (Poecilia latipinna) (I)
Order Atheriniformes (Silversides)
[edit]Family Atherinopsidae (Neotropical silversides)
- Brook silverside (Labidesthes sicculus)
- Atlantic silverside (Menidia menidia)
Order Gasterosteiformes (Sticklebacks)
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Family Gasterosteidae (Sticklebacks)
- Fourspine stickleback (Apeltes quadracus)
- Brook stickleback (Culaea inconstans)
- Threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
- Blackspotted stickleback (Gasterosteus wheatlandi)
Order Scorpaeniformes (Mail-cheeked fishes)
[edit]Family Cottidae (Sculpins)
- Coastrange sculpin (Cottus aleuticus)
- Prickly sculpin (Cottus asper)
- Mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdii)
- Slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus)
- Columbia sculpin (Cottus hubbsi)
- Torrent sculpin (Cottus rhotheus)
- Spoonhead sculpin (Cottus ricei)
- Deepwater sculpin (Myoxocephalus thompsonii)
Order Perciformes (Sunfish and perch)
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Family Moronidae (Temperate basses)
- White perch (Morone americana)
- White bass (Morone chrysops)
- Striped bass (Morone saxitilis)
Family Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)
- Rock bass (Ambioplites rupestris)
- Redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus)
- Green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus)
- Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus)
- Warmouth (Lepomis gulosus)
- Orangespotted sunfish (Lepomis humilis) (I)
- Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)
- Northern sunfish (Lepomis peltastes)
- Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu)
- Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)
- White crappie (Pomoxis annularis)
- Black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus)
Family Percidae (Perches, darters, and allies)
- Eastern sand darter (Ammocrypta pellucida)
- Tessellated darter (Etheostoma almstedi)
- Greenside darter (Etheostoma blennioides)
- Rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum)
- Iowa darter (Etheostoma exile)
- Fantail darter (Etheostoma flabellare)
- Least darter (Etheostoma microperca)
- Johnny darter (Etheostoma nigrum)
- Ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernua)
- Yellow perch (Perca flavescens)
- Common logperch (Percina caprodes)
- Channel darter (Percina copelandi)
- Blackside darter (Percina maculata)
- Sauger (Sander canadensis)
Family Sciaenidae (drums)
- Freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens)
References
[edit]- ^ "Prussian carp". Alberta. Alberta Government. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "Rudd". Ontario. Ontario Government. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
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