List of fishes in Canada

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

Order Petromyzontiformes (lampreys)
Family Petromyzontidae (northern lampreys)
 * Vancouver lamprey (Entosphenus macrostoma)
 * Pacific lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus)
 * Chestnut lamprey (Icthyomyzon castaneus)
 * Northern brook lamprey (Icthyomyzon fossor)
 * Silver lamprey (Icthyomyzon unicuspis)
 * Western river lamprey (Lamptera ayresii)
 * Western brook lamprey (Lamptera richardsoni)
 * American brook lamprey (Lethenteron appendix)
 * Arctic lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum)

Order Acipenseriformes (sturgeons and paddlefish)
Family Acipenseridae (sturgeons)
 * Shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)
 * Lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)
 * Green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris)
 * Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus)
 * White sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus)

Order Lepisosteiformes (gars)
Family Lepisosteidae (gars)
 * Spotted gar (Lepisosteus oculatus)
 * Longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus)

Order Amiiformes (Bowfins)
Family Amiidae (Bowfins)
 * Eyetail bowfin (Amia ocellicauda)

Order Hiodontiformes (mooneyes)
Family Hiodontidae (mooneyes)
 * Goldeye (Hiodon alosoides)
 * Mooneye (Hiodon tergisus)

Order Anguilliformes (eels)
Family Anguillidae (freshwater eels)
 * American eel (Anguilla rostrata)

Order Clupeiformes (herrings and relatives)
Family Clupeidae (herrings, shads, and relatives)
 * Blueback shad (Alosa aestivalis)
 * Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)
 * American shad (Alosa sapidissima)
 * American gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum)

Order Cypriniformes (carps, minnows, and relatives)
Family Catostomidae (suckers) Family Cobitidae (True loaches) Family Cyprinidae (Cyprinids) Family Leuciscidae (True minnow) Family Tincidae (Tenches)
 * Longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus)
 * White sucker (Catostomus commersonii)
 * Largescale sucker (Catostomus macrocheilus)
 * Quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus)
 * Lake chubsucker (Erimyzon sucetta)
 * Northern hog sucker (Hypentelium nigricans)
 * Bigmouth buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus)
 * Black buffalo (Ictiobus niger)
 * Spotted sucker (Minytrema melanops)
 * Silver redhorse (Moxostoma anisurum)
 * River redhorse (Moxostoma carinatum)
 * Black redhorse (Moxostoma dubuquesnei)
 * Golden redhorse (Moxostoma erythurum)
 * Copper redhorse (Moxostoma hubbsi)
 * Shorthead redhorse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum)
 * Greater redhorse (Moxostoma valenciennesi)
 * Plains sucker (Pantosteus jordani)
 * Oriental weatherfish (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus) (I)
 * Goldfish (Carassius auratus) (I)
 * Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio) (I)
 * European carp (Cyprinus carpio) (I)
 * Amur carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus) (I)
 * Central stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum)
 * Northern redbelly dace (Chrosomus eos)
 * Finescale dace (Chrosomus neogaeus)
 * Redside dace (Clinostomus elongatus)
 * Lake chub (Couesius plumbeus)
 * Spotfin shiner (Cyprinella spiloptera)
 * Cutlip minnow (Exoglossum maxillingua)
 * Chiselmouth (Gila alutacea)
 * Brassy minnow (Hybognathus hankisoni)
 * Eastern silvery minnow (Hybognathus regius)
 * Striped shiner (Luxilus chrysocephalus)
 * Common shiner (Luxilus cornutus)
 * Redfin shiner (Lythrurus umbratilis)
 * Silver chub (Macrhybopsis storeriana)
 * Northern pearl dace (Margariscus nachtriebi)
 * Peamouth (Mylocheilus caurinus)
 * Hornyhead chub (Nocomis biguttatus)
 * River chub (Nocomis micropogon)
 * Golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas)
 * Pugnose shiner (Notropis anogenus)
 * Emerald shiner (Notropis atherinoides)
 * Bridle shiner (Notropis bifrenatus)
 * River shiner (Notropis blennius)
 * Ghost shiner (Notropis buchanani)
 * Bigmouth shiner (Notropis dorsalis)
 * Blackchin shiner (Notropis heterodon)
 * Blacknose shiner (Notropis heterolepis)
 * Spottail shiner (Notropis hudsonius)
 * Silver shiner (Notropis photogenis)
 * Rosyface shiner (Notropis rubellus)
 * Sand shiner (Notropis stramineus)
 * Mimic shiner (Notropis volucellus)
 * Bluntnose minnow (Pimephales notatus)
 * Fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas)
 * Flathead chub (Platygobio gracilis)
 * Northern pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus oregonensis)
 * Eastern blacknose dace (Rhinichthys atratulus)
 * Longnose dace (Rhinichthys cataractae)
 * Leopard dace (Rhinichthys falcatus)
 * Western blacknose dace (Rhinichthys obtusus)
 * Speckled dace (Rhinichthys osculus)
 * Umatilla dace (Rhinichthys umatilla)
 * Redside shiner (Richardsonius balteatus)
 * Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) (I)
 * Creek chub (Semotilus atromaculatus)
 * Fallfish (Semotilus corporalis)
 * Tench (Tinca tinca) (I)

Order Siluriformes (Catfishes)
Family Ictaluridae (Freshwater catfishes)
 * Black bullhead (Ameiurus melas)
 * Yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis)
 * Brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus)
 * Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
 * Stonecat (Noturus flavus)
 * Tadpole madtom (Noturus gyrinus)
 * Margined madtom (Noturus insignis)
 * Brindled madtom (Noturus miurus)

Order Esociformes (Pikes and mudminnows)
Family Esocidae (Pikes) Family Umbridae (Mudminnows)
 * American pickerel (Esox americanus)
 * Northern pike (Esox lucius)
 * Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy)
 * Chain pickerel (Esox niger)
 * Central mudminnow (Umbra limi)

Order Salmoniformes (Salmon, trout, and whitefish)
Family Salmonidae (Salmon, trout, and whitefish)
 * Least cisco (Coregonus albula)
 * Cisco (Coregonus artedi)
 * Arctic cisco (Coregonus autumnalis)
 * Lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis)
 * Bloater (Coregonus hoyi)
 * Atlantic whitefish (Coregonus huntsmani)
 * Broad whitefish (Coregonus nasus)
 * Shortjaw cisco (Coregonus zenithicus)
 * Golden trout (Oncorhynchus aguabonita) (I)
 * Cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii)
 * Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)
 * Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
 * Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
 * Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
 * Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
 * Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
 * Pygmy whitefish (Prosopium coulterii)
 * Round whitefish (Prosopium cylindraceum)
 * Mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni)
 * Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
 * Brown trout (Salmo trutta)
 * Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)
 * Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus)
 * Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
 * Dolly varden (Salvelinus malma)
 * Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush)
 * Nelma (Stenodus nelma)
 * Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus)

Order Percopsiformes (Trout-perches)
Family Percopsidae (Trout-perch)
 * Trout-perch (Percopsis omiscomaycus)

Order Cichliformes (Cichilids)
Family Cichlidae (Cichilids)
 * Jewelfish (Rubricatochromis bimaculatus) (I) (Ex)

Order Cyprinodontiformes (Toothcarps)
Family Fundulidae (Topminnows) Family Poeciliidae (Livebearers)
 * Banded killifish (Fundulus diaphanus)
 * Mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus)
 * Blackstripe topminnow (Fundulus notatus)
 * Western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) (I)
 * Sailfin molly (Poecilia latipinna) (I)

Order Atheriniformes (Silversides)
Family Atherinopsidae (Neotropical silversides)
 * Brook silverside (Labidesthes sicculus)
 * Atlantic silverside (Menidia menidia)

Order Gasterosteiformes (Sticklebacks)
Family Gasterosteidae (Sticklebacks)
 * Fourspine stickleback (Apeltes quadracus)
 * Brook stickleback (Culaea inconstans)
 * Threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
 * Blackspotted stickleback (Gasterosteus wheatlandi)

Order Scorpaeniformes (Mail-cheeked fishes)
Family Cottidae (Sculpins)
 * Coastrange sculpin (Cottus aleuticus)
 * Prickly sculpin (Cottus asper)
 * Mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdii)
 * Slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus)
 * Columbia sculpin (Cottus hubbsi)
 * Torrent sculpin (Cottus rhotheus)
 * Spoonhead sculpin (Cottus ricei)
 * Deepwater sculpin (Myoxocephalus thompsonii)

Order Perciformes (Sunfish and perch)
Family Moronidae (Temperate basses) Family Centrarchidae (Sunfishes) Family Percidae (Perches, darters, and allies) Family Sciaenidae (drums)
 * White perch (Morone americana)
 * White bass (Morone chrysops)
 * Striped bass (Morone saxitilis)
 * Rock bass (Ambioplites rupestris)
 * Redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus)
 * Green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus)
 * Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus)
 * Warmouth (Lepomis gulosus)
 * Orangespotted sunfish (Lepomis humilis) (I)
 * Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)
 * Northern sunfish (Lepomis peltastes)
 * Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu)
 * Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)
 * White crappie (Pomoxis annularis)
 * Black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus)
 * Eastern sand darter (Ammocrypta pellucida)
 * Tessellated darter (Etheostoma almstedi)
 * Greenside darter (Etheostoma blennioides)
 * Rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum)
 * Iowa darter (Etheostoma exile)
 * Fantail darter (Etheostoma flabellare)
 * Least darter (Etheostoma microperca)
 * Johnny darter (Etheostoma nigrum)
 * Ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernua)
 * Yellow perch (Perca flavescens)
 * Common logperch (Percina caprodes)
 * Channel darter (Percina copelandi)
 * Blackside darter (Percina maculata)
 * Sauger (Sander canadensis)
 * Freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens)