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The sauger (Sander canadensis) is a freshwater perciform fish of the family Percidae that resembles its close relative, the walleye. The species is a member of the largest vertebrate order, the Perciformes. [3] It is the most migratory percid species in North America. [4]
The following is a list of common fish species known to occur in the lakes and rivers of Canada. ... River chub (Nocomis ... Sauger (Sander canadensis) Family ...
Saugeye are difficult to identify based on external characteristics alone due to their similarity with both parent species. For example, 27% of presumed walleye sampled in the Ohio River were later determined to be saugeye through genetic techniques. [2]
The Niagara River and Falls have been known outside of North America since the late 17th century, when Father Louis Hennepin, a French explorer, first witnessed them. He wrote about his travels in A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America (1698). [9] The Niagara River was the site of the earliest recorded railway in America.
Common names of fish can refer to a single species; to an entire group of species, such as a genus or family; or to multiple unrelated species or groups. Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings. Scientific names for individual species and higher taxa are included in parentheses.
The new species was identified by its coloring and body shape, the study said. DNA analysis found the new species had between about 12% and 19% genetic divergence from other snakehead fish in Myanmar.
[30]: 23–26 The walleye is also the provincial fish of Saskatchewan, which declared the species its official fish in 2015 after it won a fish emblem contest. [31] Walleye is the most popular fish for sport fishing in Saskatchewan, and can be caught in many rivers, reservoirs, and lakes. [32]
River carpsucker: Carpiodes carpio: Catostomidae Yes Roundtail chub: Gila robusta: Cyprinidae Yes Sand shiner: Notropis stramineus: Cyprinidae Yes Sauger: Sander canadense: Percidae Yes Shorthead redhorse: Moxostoma macrolepidotum: Catostomidae Yes Shovelnose sturgeon: Scaphirhynchus platorynchus: Acipenseridae Yes Speckled dace: Rhinichthys ...