Fish Species
Great Lakes Fish Species |
Fish temperature preferences |
| Superior | Michigan | Huron | St.Clair | Erie | Ontario | |
| Established native | 71 | 96 | 97 | 86 | 90 | 92 |
| Established introduced | 15 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 11 |
| Possibly native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total Established | 86 | 116 | 115 | 102 | 107 | 106 |
Excerpted from Cudmore-Vokey and Crossman. 2000. [pdf]
Taxon |
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 Harvest  Stocked |
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| PETROMYZONTIDAE | ACIPENSERIDAE |
| Ichthyomyzon castaneus (chestnut lamprey) | Acipenser fulvescens (lake sturgeon)   |
| Ichthyomyzon fossor (northern brook lamprey) |
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| Ichthyomyzon unicuspis (silver lamprey) | LEPISOSTEIDAE |
| Lampetra appendix (American brook lamprey) | Lepisosteus oculatus (spotted gar) |
| Petromyzon marinus (sea lamprey) | Lepisosteus osseus (longnose gar) |
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Lepisosteus platostomus (shortnose gar) |
| AMIIDAE |
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Amia calva (bowfin)  |
HIODONTIDAE |
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Hiodon tergisus (mooneye) |
| ANGUILLIDAE |
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Anguilla rostrata (American eel)  |
CLUPEIDAE |
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Alosa chrysochloris (skipjack herring) |
| CYPRINIDAE | Alosa pseudoharengus (alewife)  |
| Campostoma anomalum (central stoneroller) | Dorosoma cepedianum (gizzard shad)  |
Carassius auratus (goldfish)  |
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| Couesius plumbeus (lake chub) | CATOSTOMIDAE |
| Cyprinella lutrensis (red shiner) | Carpiodes cyprinus (quillback)  |
| Cyprinella spiloptera (spotfin shiner) | Catostomus catostomus (longnose sucker)  |
Cyprinus carpio (common carp)  |
Catostomus commersonii (white sucker) |
| Erimystax x-punctatus (gravel chub) | Erimyzon oblongus (creek chubsucker) |
| Hybognathus hankinsoni (brassy minnow) | Erimyzon sucetta (lake chubsucker) |
| Luxilus chrysocephalus (striped shiner) | Hypentelium nigricans (northern hog sucker) |
| Luxilus cornutus (common shiner) | Ictiobus cyprinellus (bigmouth buffalo)  |
| Lythrurus umbratilis (redfin shiner) | Minytrema melanops (spotted sucker) |
| Macrhybopsis storeriana (silver chub) | Moxostoma anisurum (silver redhorse) |
| Margariscus margarita (pearl dace) | Moxostoma duquesneii (black redhorse) |
| Nocomis biguttatus (hornyhead chub) | Moxostoma erythrurum (golden redhorse) |
| Nocomis micropogon (river chub) | Moxostoma macrolepidotum (shorthead redhorse) |
| Notemigonus crysoleucas (golden shiner) | Moxostoma valenciennesi (greater redhorse) |
| Notropis anogenus (pugnose shiner) |
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| Notropis atherinoides (emerald shiner) | COBITIDAE |
| Notropis bifrenatus (bridle shiner) | Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (oriental weatherfish) |
| Notropis buccatus (silverjaw minnow) |
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| Notropis buchanani (ghost shiner) | ICTALURIDAE  |
| Notropis heterodon (blackchin shiner) | Ameiurus melas (black bullhead)  |
| Notropis heterolepis (blacknose shiner) | Ameiurus natalis (yellow bullhead) |
| Notropis hudsonius (spottail shiner) | Ameiurus nebulosus (brown bullhead) |
| Notropis ludibundus (sand shiner) | Ictalurus punctatus (channel catfish)  |
| Notropis rubellus (rosyface shiner) | Noturus flavus (stonecat) |
| Notropis volucellus (mimic shiner) | Noturus gyrinus (tadpole madtom) |
| Opsopoeodus emiliae (pugnose minnow) | Noturus miurus (brindled madtom) |
| Phoxinus eos (northern redbelly dace) | Noturus stigmosus (northern madtom) |
| Phoxinus neogaeus (finescale dace) | Pylodictis olivaris (flathead catfish) |
| Pimephales notatus (bluntnose minnow) |
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| Pimephales promelas (fathead minnow) | ESOCIDAE |
| Rhinichthys atratulus (blacknose dace) | Esox americanus vermiculatus (grass pickerel) |
| Rhinichthys cataractae (longnose dace) | Esox lucius (northern pike)   |
| Scardinius erythrophthalmus (rudd) | Esox masquinongy (muskellunge)  |
| Semotilus atromaculatus (creek chub) | Esox niger (chain pickerel) |
| Semotilus corporalis (fallfish) |
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UMBRIDAE |
| OSMERIDAE | Umbra limi (central mudminnow) |
Osmerus mordax (rainbow smelt)  |
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PERCOPSIDAE |
| SALMONIDAE | Percopsis omiscomaycus (trout-perch) |
Coregonus artedi (lake herring)  |
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Coregonus clupeaformis (lake whitefish)  |
APHREDODERIDAE |
| Coregonus hoyi (bloater) | Aphredoderus sayanus (pirate perch) |
| Coregonus kiyi (kiyi) |
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| Coregonus zenithicus (shortjaw cisco) | GADIDAE |
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (pink salmon)  |
Lota lota (burbot)  |
Oncorhynchus kisutch (coho salmon)   |
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Oncorhynchus mykiss (rainbow trout)  |
ATHERINIDAE |
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (chinook salmon)   |
Labidesthes sicculus (brook silverside) |
| Prosopium coulterii (pygmy whitefish) |
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Prosopium cylindraceum (round whitefish)  |
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Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon)  |
FUNDULIDAE |
Salmo trutta (brown trout)  |
Fundulus diaphanus (banded killifish) |
Salvelinus fontinalis (brook trout)  |
Fundulus notatus (blackstripe topminnow) |
Salvelinus namaycush fontinalis (splake)  |
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Salvelinus namaycush namaycush (lake trout)   |
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Salvelinus namaycush siscowet (siscowet)  |
GASTEROSTEIDAE |
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Apeltes quadracus (fourspine stickleback) |
| COTTIDAE | Culaea inconstans (brook stickleback) |
| Cottus bairdii (mottled sculpin) | Gasterosteus aculeatus (threespine stickleback) |
| Cottus cognatus (slimy sculpin) | Pungitius pungitius (ninespine stickleback) |
| Cottus ricei (spoonhead sculpin) |
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| Myoxocephalus thompsonii (deepwater sculpin) | MORONIDAE |
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Morone americana (white perch)  |
| CENTRARCHIDAE | Morone chrysops (white bass)  |
Ambloplites rupestris (rock bass)  |
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| Chaenobryttus gulosus (warmouth) | PERCIDAE |
Lepomis cyanellus (green sunfish)  |
Ammocrypta pellucida (eastern sand darter) |
| Lepomis gibbosus (pumpkinseed) |
Etheostoma blennioides (greenside darter) |
| Lepomis humilis (orangespotted sunfish) |
Etheostoma caeruleum (rainbow darter) |
| Lepomis macrochirus (bluegill) |
Etheostoma exile (Iowa darter) |
| Lepomis megalotis (longear sunfish) |
Etheostoma flabellare (fantail darter) |
Micropterus dolomieu (smallmouth bass)  |
Etheostoma microperca (least darter) |
| Micropterus salmoides (largemouth bass) | Etheostoma nigrum (johnny darter) |
Pomoxis annularis (white crappie)  |
Etheostoma olmstedi (tessellated darter) |
| Pomoxis nigromaculatus (black crappie) |
Gymnocephalus cernuus (ruffe) |
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Perca flavescens (yellow perch)   |
| SCIAENIDAE | Percina caprodes (logperch) |
Aplodinotus grunniens (freshwater drum)  |
Percina copelandi (channel darter) |
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Percina maculata (blackside darter) |
| GOBIIDAE | Percina shumardi (river darter) |
| Neogobius melanostomus (round goby) | Stizostedion canadense (sauger)  |
| Proterorhinus marmoratus (tubenose goby) | Stizostedion vitreum (walleye)   |
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Sander vitreus glaucus (blue pike)  |
