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)

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Family Petromyzontidae (northern lampreys)

 
Western brook lamprey

Order Acipenseriformes (sturgeons and paddlefish)

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Family Acipenseridae (sturgeons)

 
Lake sturgeon

Family Lepisosteidae (gars)

Order Amiiformes (Bowfins)

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Family Amiidae (Bowfins)

Order Hiodontiformes (mooneyes)

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Goldeye

Family Hiodontidae (mooneyes)

Family Anguillidae (freshwater eels)

Order Clupeiformes (herrings and relatives)

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Family Clupeidae (herrings, shads, and relatives)

Order Cypriniformes (carps, minnows, and relatives)

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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)

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Channel catfish

Family Ictaluridae (Freshwater catfishes)

Order Esociformes (Pikes and mudminnows)

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Muskellunge

Family Esocidae (Pikes)

Family Umbridae (Mudminnows)

Order Salmoniformes (Salmon, trout, and whitefish)

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Cutthroat trout
 
Brook trout
 
Sockeye salmon

Family Salmonidae (Salmon, trout, and whitefish)

Order Percopsiformes (Trout-perches)

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Family Percopsidae (Trout-perch)

Order Cichliformes (Cichilids)

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Family Cichlidae (Cichilids)

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

Order Cyprinodontiformes (Toothcarps)

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Mummichog

Family Fundulidae (Topminnows)

Family Poeciliidae (Livebearers)

Order Atheriniformes (Silversides)

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Family Atherinopsidae (Neotropical silversides)

Order Gasterosteiformes (Sticklebacks)

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Threespine stickleback

Family Gasterosteidae (Sticklebacks)

Order Scorpaeniformes (Mail-cheeked fishes)

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Family Cottidae (Sculpins)

Order Perciformes (Sunfish and perch)

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Bluegill
 
Warmouth
 
Greenside darter

Family Moronidae (Temperate basses)

Family Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)

Family Percidae (Perches, darters, and allies)

Family Sciaenidae (drums)

References

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