Ontario Fish

A guide to the fish of Ontario created to assist those in participating in the Ontario Fish project.

Lake Chub
Couesius plumbeus
Grass Carp 1
Ctenopharyngodon idella
Spotfin Shiner 2
Cyprinella spiloptera
Gravel Chub
Erimystax x-punctatus
Cutlip Minnow
Exoglossum maxillingua
Brassy Minnow
Hybognathus hankinsoni
Eastern Silvery Minnow
Hybognathus regius
Bighead Carp 3
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
Redfin Shiner 4
Lythrurus umbratilis
Silver Chub
Macrhybopsis storeriana
Northern Pearl Dace
Margariscus nachtriebi
Pugnose Minnow
Opsopoeodus emiliae
Rudd
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
Lake Chubsucker 5
Erimyzon sucetta
Northern Hog Sucker 6
Hypentelium nigricans
Silver Redhorse 7
Moxostoma anisurum
River Redhorse 8
Moxostoma carinatum
Black Redhorse
Moxostoma duquesnei
Golden Redhorse
Moxostoma erythrurum
Shorthead Redhorse
Moxostoma macrolepidotum
Greater Redhorse
Moxostoma valenciennesi
Longnose Sucker
Catostomus catostomus
White Sucker 9
Catostomus commersonii
Quillback 10
Carpiodes cyprinus
Smallmouth Buffalo 11
Ictiobus bubalus
Bigmouth Buffalo 4
Ictiobus cyprinellus
Spotted Sucker 12
Minytrema melanops
Alewife
Alosa pseudoharengus
American Shad
Alosa sapidissima
Gizzard Shad 11
Dorosoma cepedianum
Goldeye 13
Hiodon alosoides
Mooneye
Hiodon tergisus
Banded Killifish 7
Fundulus diaphanus
Blackstripe Topminnow 4
Fundulus notatus
Lake Sturgeon 14
Acipenser fulvescens
Rainbow Smelt 15
Osmerus mordax
Northern Pike 16
Esox lucius
Muskellunge 17
Esox masquinongy
Grass Pickerel 18
Esox americanus vermiculatus
Central Mudminnow 19
Umbra limi
Spotted Gar 20
Lepisosteus oculatus
Longnose Gar 21
Lepisosteus osseus
Florida Gar
Lepisosteus platyrhincus
Bowfin
Amia calva
Burbot 22
Lota lota
Brook Silverside 23
Labidesthes sicculus
Trout-Perch
Percopsis omiscomaycus
Shad Lamprey 15
Petromyzon marinus
American Brook Lamprey
Lampetra appendix
Chestnut Lamprey 4
Ichthyomyzon castaneus
Northern Brook Lamprey 24
Ichthyomyzon fossor
Silver Lamprey
Ichthyomyzon unicuspis

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