List of fishes in Canada
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] |  |
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| 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 |  |
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| 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 |  |
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| 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 |  |
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| 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 | _Kamchatka.jpeg.webp) |
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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 | .jpg.webp) |
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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 | .jpeg.webp) |
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| Flathead chub | Platygobio gracilis | _(7983322799).jpg.webp) |
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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 | _Lake_Superior_Longjaw_From_the_type.jpeg.webp) |
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| Lake whitefish | Coregonus clupeaformis |  |
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References
- Condition-dependent nesting in bluegill sunfish Lepomis macrochirus, Journal of Animal Ecology 2006; 75: 627–633.
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