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Fish of the Great Lakes Region — in the Eastern United States and Eastern Canada regions of North America. Fish species that are native to the Great Lakes and their direct tributaries . For non-native and/or invasive species of fish, see: Category: Invasive animal species in North America .
The following is a list of common fish species known to occur in the lakes and rivers of Canada. ... Lake sturgeon. Shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)
The lake trout is a slow-growing fish, typical of oligotrophic waters. It is also very late to mature. Populations are extremely susceptible to overfishing. Many native lake trout populations have been severely damaged through the combined effects of hatchery stocking (planting) and over harvest.
There are about 123 species of fishes found naturally in Minnesota waters, including Lake Superior. The following list is based on the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources . The species data on this page is taken from the Minnesota DNR, which also uses several labels to indicate a fish's status within Minnesota waters.
Also known as the pennant-fish and threadfin trevally. [4] African tigerfish: Hydrocynus vittatus: Alabama bass: Micropterus henshalli: Alabama shad: Alosa alabamae: Albacore: Thunnus alalunga: Alewife: Alosa pseudoharengus: Alligator gar: Atractosteus spatula: Largest exclusively freshwater fish found in North America, measuring 8 to 10 feet ...
The world record was caught on Nickajack Lake in Tennessee, and weighed in at 54 lb 8 oz (24.7 kg). [12] The freshwater drum is frequently gray or silvery but may be more bronze or brown colored, common in the Lake Erie population. [13]: 4 It is a deep-bodied fish with a divided dorsal fin consisting of 10 spines and approximately 30 rays. [14]
A major threat to the lake whitefish is an invasive parasite species, the sea lamprey. It is one of a number of species (in addition to the lake trout and lake herring) aggressively attacked by sea lamprey. In Lake Michigan the sea lamprey began to decimate indigenous fish populations in the 1930s and 1940s.
Lake sturgeon: Acipenser fulvescens: Bottom of lakes and big rivers over sand, gravel, or rock bottom Endangered Amiidae (family) Bowfin: Amia calva: Sloughs, sluggish rivers to medium rivers with moderate flow Anguillidae (family) American eel: Anguilla rostrate: Large rivers w/ moderate flow Atherinidae (family) Brook silverside: Labidesthes ...