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.
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Common name | Scientific name | Image | Notes |
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Bluegill | Lepomis macrochirus[1] | ||
Green sunfish | Lepomis cyanellus | ![]() |
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Brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis | ![]() |
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Bull trout | Salvelinus confluentus | ![]() |
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Rainbow trout | Oncorhynchus mykiss | ||
Common carp | Cyprinus carpio carpio | ![]() |
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Fathead minnow | Pimephales promelas | ![]() |
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Channel catfish | Ictalurus punctatus | ![]() |
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Flathead catfish | Pylodictis olivaris | ![]() |
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Lake chub | Couesius plumbeus | ![]() |
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Longnose gar | Lepisosteus osseus | ||
Spotted gar | Lepisosteus oculatus | ![]() |
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Northern pike | Esox lucius | ![]() |
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Muskellunge | Esox masquinongy | ![]() |
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Chain Pickerel | Esox niger | ||
Pumpkinseed | Lepomis gibbosus | ![]() |
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Largemouth bass | Micropterus salmoides | ||
Smallmouth bass | Micropterus dolomieu | ![]() |
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Rock bass | Ambloplites rupestris | ![]() |
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Ruffe | Gymnocephalus cernuus | ![]() |
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Walleye | Sander vitreus | ![]() |
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White sucker | Catostomus commersonii | ![]() |
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Yellow perch | Perca flavescens | ![]() |
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Bowfin | Amia calva | ![]() |
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Burbot | Lota lota | ![]() |
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Arctic Lamprey | Lethenteron camtschaticum | ![]() |
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Lake Sturgeon | Acipenser fulvescens | ![]() |
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Goldeye | Hiodon alosoides | ![]() |
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Mooneye | Hiodon tergisus | ![]() |
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Western silvery minnow | Hybognathus argyritis | ||
Brassy minnow | Hybognathus hankinsoni | ||
Northern pearl dace | Margariscus nachtriebi | ![]() |
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Emerald shiner | Notropis atherinoides | ![]() |
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River shiner | Notropis blennius | ||
Spottail shiner | Notropis hudsonius | ![]() |
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Northern redbelly dace | Chrosomus eos | ![]() |
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Finescale shiner | Chrosomus neogaeus | ![]() |
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Flathead chub | Platygobio gracilis | ![]() |
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Northern pikeminnow | Ptychocheilus oregonensis | ![]() |
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Longnose dace | Rhinichthys cataractae | ![]() |
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Redside shiner | Richardsonius balteatus | ![]() |
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Quillback | Carpiodes cyprinus | ![]() |
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Longnose sucker | Catostomus catostomus | ![]() |
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Largescale sucker | Catostomus macrocheilus | ![]() |
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Mountain sucker | Catostomus platyrhynchus | ![]() |
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Silver redhorse | Moxostoma anisurum | ![]() |
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Shorthead redhorse | Moxostoma macrolepidotum | ![]() |
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Stonecat | Noturus flavus | ![]() |
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Cisco | Coregonus artedi | ![]() |
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Shortjaw cisco | Coregonus zenithicus | ![]() |
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Lake whitefish | Coregonus clupeaformis | ![]() |
References[]
- ^ Condition-dependent nesting in bluegill sunfish Lepomis macrochirus, Journal of Animal Ecology 2006; 75: 627–633.
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