List of fishes in Canada

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The following is a list of common fish species known to occur in the lakes and rivers of Canada.

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Order Petromyzontiformes (lampreys)

Family Petromyzontidae (northern lampreys)

Western brook lamprey Lampetra richardsoni 8484821.jpg
Western brook lamprey

Order Acipenseriformes (sturgeons and paddlefish)

Family Acipenseridae (sturgeons)

Lake sturgeon Young lake sturgeon.jpg
Lake sturgeon

Order Lepisosteiformes (gars)

Family Lepisosteidae (gars)

Order Amiiformes (Bowfins)

Family Amiidae (Bowfins)

Order Hiodontiformes (mooneyes)

Goldeye Goldeye (Hiodon alosoides).jpg
Goldeye

Family Hiodontidae (mooneyes)

Order Anguilliformes (eels)

Family Anguillidae (freshwater eels)

Order Clupeiformes (herrings and relatives)

Family Clupeidae (herrings, shads, and relatives)

Order Cypriniformes (carps, minnows, and relatives)

Northern hogsucker Northern hogsucker Hypentelium nigricans.jpg
Northern hogsucker

Family Catostomidae (suckers)

Family Cobitidae (True loaches)

Family Cyprinidae (Cyprinids)

Family Leuciscidae (True minnow)

Northern redbelly dace Chrosomus eos 6574985.jpg
Northern redbelly dace
Northern pikeminnow Northern pikeminnow.jpg
Northern pikeminnow
Fallfish Semotilus corporalis.JPG
Fallfish

Family Tincidae (Tenches)

Order Siluriformes (Catfishes)

Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus1.jpg
Channel catfish

Family Ictaluridae (Freshwater catfishes)

Order Esociformes (Pikes and mudminnows)

Muskellunge Esox masquinongyeditcrop.jpg
Muskellunge

Family Esocidae (Pikes)

Family Umbridae (Mudminnows)

Order Salmoniformes (Salmon, trout, and whitefish)

Cutthroat trout Westslope Cutthroat Trout (5762878996).jpg
Cutthroat trout
Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis - marrabbio2.jpg
Brook trout
Sockeye salmon Sockeye salmon swimming right.jpg
Sockeye salmon

Family Salmonidae (Salmon, trout, and whitefish)

Order Percopsiformes (Trout-perches)

Family Percopsidae (Trout-perch)

Order Cichliformes (Cichilids)

Family Cichlidae (Cichilids)

Order Cyprinodontiformes (Toothcarps)

Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus 189919032.jpg
Mummichog

Family Fundulidae (Topminnows)

Family Poeciliidae (Livebearers)

Order Atheriniformes (Silversides)

Family Atherinopsidae (Neotropical silversides)

Order Gasterosteiformes (Sticklebacks)

Threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus - 50737277588.jpg
Threespine stickleback

Family Gasterosteidae (Sticklebacks)

Order Scorpaeniformes (Mail-cheeked fishes)

Family Cottidae (Sculpins)

Order Perciformes (Sunfish and perch)

Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus UMFS 2014 2.JPG
Bluegill
Warmouth Chaenobryttus gulosus 2.jpg
Warmouth
Greenside darter Etheostoma blennoides Canada.jpg
Greenside darter

Family Moronidae (Temperate basses)

Family Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)

Family Percidae (Perches, darters, and allies)

Family Sciaenidae (drums)

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