Langbahn Team – Weltmeisterschaft

List of fishes of Canada

The following is a list of common fish species known to occur in the lakes and rivers of Canada.

Order Petromyzontiformes (lampreys)

Family Petromyzontidae (northern lampreys)

Western brook lamprey

Order Acipenseriformes (sturgeons and paddlefish)

Family Acipenseridae (sturgeons)

Lake sturgeon

Order Lepisosteiformes (gars)

Family Lepisosteidae (gars)

Order Amiiformes (Bowfins)

Family Amiidae (Bowfins)

Order Hiodontiformes (mooneyes)

Goldeye

Family Hiodontidae (mooneyes)

Order Anguilliformes (eels)

Family Anguillidae (freshwater eels)

Order Clupeiformes (herrings and relatives)

Family Clupeidae (herrings, shads, and relatives)

Order Cypriniformes (carps, minnows, and relatives)

Northern hogsucker

Family Catostomidae (suckers)

Family Cobitidae (True loaches)

Family Cyprinidae (Cyprinids)

Family Leuciscidae (True minnow)

Northern redbelly dace
Northern pikeminnow
Fallfish

Family Tincidae (Tenches)

Order Siluriformes (Catfishes)

Channel catfish

Family Ictaluridae (Freshwater catfishes)

Order Esociformes (Pikes and mudminnows)

Muskellunge

Family Esocidae (Pikes)

Family Umbridae (Mudminnows)

Order Salmoniformes (Salmon, trout, and whitefish)

Cutthroat trout
Brook trout
Sockeye salmon

Family Salmonidae (Salmon, trout, and whitefish)

Order Percopsiformes (Trout-perches)

Family Percopsidae (Trout-perch)

Order Cichliformes (Cichilids)

Family Cichlidae (Cichilids)

  • Jewelfish (Rubricatochromis bimaculatus) (I) (Ex)

Order Cyprinodontiformes (Toothcarps)

Mummichog

Family Fundulidae (Topminnows)

Family Poeciliidae (Livebearers)

Order Atheriniformes (Silversides)

Family Atherinopsidae (Neotropical silversides)

Order Gasterosteiformes (Sticklebacks)

Threespine stickleback

Family Gasterosteidae (Sticklebacks)

Order Scorpaeniformes (Mail-cheeked fishes)

Family Cottidae (Sculpins)

Order Perciformes (Sunfish and perch)

Bluegill
Warmouth
Greenside darter

Family Moronidae (Temperate basses)

Family Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)

Family Percidae (Perches, darters, and allies)

Family Sciaenidae (drums)

References

  1. ^ "Prussian carp". Alberta. Alberta Government. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Rudd". Ontario. Ontario Government. Retrieved 28 March 2024.