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The following fish (list supplied by Mike Gillis) are found in Lakes Erie

and Ontario and in the Niagara River.

 

ALEWIFE (Alosa pseudoharengus)

CALICO BASS

LARGE MOUTH BASS (Micropterus salmoides)

ROCK BASS (Ambloplites rupestris)

SILVER BASS

SMALL MOUTH BASS (Micropterus dolomieu)

WHITE BASS (Morone chrysops)

BLUEGILL (Lepomis macrochirus)

BOWFIN OR DOGFISH (Amia calva)

BROWN BULLHEAD (Ameiurus nebulosus)

BURBOT (Lota lota)

LONGFIN CARP

CHANNEL CATFISH (Ictalurus punctatus)

BLUE CATFISH

CHAIN PICKEREL

LAKE CHUB (Couesius plumbeus)

AMERICAN EEL (Anguilla rostrata)

LAMPREY EEL

GIZZARD SHAD (Dorosoma)

FRESH WATER HERRING

MINNOWS

MUSKIE

YELLOW PERCH (Perca flavescens)

WHITE PERCH

NORTHERN PIKE (Esox lucius)

YELLOW PIKE

PUMPKIN SEED

RED FIN SUCKER

ATLANTIC KING SALMON - not native (Salmo salar)

CHINOOK SALMON - not native (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

COHO SALMON - not native (Oncorhynchus kisutch)

SAUGER (Stizostedion canadense)

SHEEPHEAD

SHINERS (Notropis)

SMELT (Osmerus)

SPLAKE (BROOK & LAKER CROSS)

STICKLE BACKS

LAKE STURGEON (Acipenser fulvescens)

SUNFISH

BROOK TROUT (Salvelinus fontinalis)

BROWN TROUT (Salmo trutta)

LAKE TROUT (Salvelinus namaycush)

PALOMINO TROUT (Hybrid)

RAINBOW TROUT (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

WALLEYE (YELLOW PIKE)

WHITEFISH

 

Niagara Frontier Wildlife Habitat Council

PO Box 430

Ransomville, NY 14131

info@nfwhc.org