Fish Management - Spring Term Common Fishes and Families

LIST ONE

Family: Esocidae (Pikes)

  • Esox lucius - Northern Pike

  • Esox masquinongy - Muskellunge

Family: Acipenseridae (Sturgeons)

  • Acipenser fulvescens - Lake Sturgeon

  • Scaphirhynchus platorynchus - Shovelnose Sturgeon

Family: Amiidae (Bowfins)

  • Amia calva - Bowfin

Family: Lotidae (Burbot)

  • Lota Iota - Burbot

Family: Lepisosteidae (Gars)

  • Lepisosteus osseus - Longnose Gar

  • Lepisosteus platostomus - Shortnose Gar

Family: Polyodontidae (Paddlefishes)

  • Polyodon spathula - Paddlefish

Family: Umbridae (Mudminnows)

  • Umbra limi - Central Mudminnow

Family: Gobiidae (Gobies)

  • Neogobius melanostomus - Round Goby

LIST TWO

Family: Percidae (Perches)

  • Perea flavescens - Yellow Perch

  • Sander vitreus - Walleye

  • Sander canadensis - Sauger

  • Gymnocephalus cernuus - Ruffe

Family: Percopsidae (Troutperches)

  • Percopsis omiscomaycus - Trout Perch

Family: Ictaluridae (Bullhead Catfishes)

  • Ameiurus melas - Black Bullhead

  • Ameiurus nebulosus - Brown Bullhead

  • Ameiurus natalis - Yellow Bullhead

  • Ictalurus punctatus - Channel Catfish

  • Pylodictis olivaris - Flathead Catfish

Family: Petromyzonidae (Lampreys)

  • Ichthyomyzon unicuspis - Silver Lamprey

  • Petromyzon marinus - Sea Lamprey

Family: Cottidae (Sculpins)

  • Cottus bairdii - Mottled Sculpin

  • Cottus cognatus - Slimy Sculpin

LIST THREE

Family: Sciaenidae (Drums)

  • Aplodinotus grunniens - Freshwater Drum

Family: Clupeidae (Herrings)

  • Dorosoma cepedianum - Gizzard Shad

  • Alosa pseudoharengus - Alewife

Family: Osmeridae (Smelts)

  • Osmerus mordax - Rainbow Smelt

Family: Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)

  • Lepomis cyanellus - Green Sunfish

  • Lepomis gibbosus - Pumpkinseed

  • Lepomis macrochirus - Bluegill

  • Micropterus dolomieu - Smallmouth Bass

  • Micropterus salmoides - Largemouth Bass

  • Pomoxis annularis - White Crappie

  • Pomoxis nigromaculatus - Black Crappie

  • Ambloplites rupestris - Rock Bass

Family: Moronidae (Temperate Basses)

  • Marone mississippiensis - Yellow Bass

  • Marone chrysops - White Bass

Family: Salmonidae (Trouts)

  • Salmo trutta - Brown Trout

  • Salvelinus fontinalis - Brook Trout

  • Salvelinus namaycush - Lake Trout

  • Oncorhynchus mykiss - Rainbow Trout

  • Oncorhynchus tshawytscha - Chinook Salmon

  • Oncorhynchus kisutch - Coho Salmon

  • Coregonus clupeaformis - Lake Whitefish

  • Coregonus artedi - Cisco

Family: Gasterosteidae (Sticklebacks)

  • Culaea inconstans - Brook Stickleback

Family: Catostomidae (Suckers)

  • Catostomus commersonii - White Sucker

  • Hypentelium nigricans - Northern Hog Sucker

  • Catostomus catostomus - Longnose Sucker

Family: Cyprinidae (Minnows)

  • Cyprinus carpio - Common Carp

  • Notemigonus crysoleucas - Golden Shiner

  • Luxilus cornutus - Common Shiner

  • Notropis atherinoides - Emerald Shiner

  • Pimephales promelas - Fathead Minnow

  • Semotilus atromaculatus - Creek Chub