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Fish Biodiversity within Isle Royale National Park

Isle Royale National Park sits entirely within Lake Superior and because of this it has become not only a literal island but an island of biodiversity not unlike the Galapagos or similar evolutionary hot spots. While Isle Royale hasn't seem the same extent of species flourish (mostly due to its ...more ↓

Lake Sturgeon
Acipenser fulvescens
Longnose Sucker
Catostomus catostomus
White Sucker 1
Catostomus commersonii
Shorthead Redhorse 2
Moxostoma macrolepidotum
Black Crappie 3
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Smallmouth Bass 4
Micropterus dolomieu
Pumpkinseed 5
Lepomis gibbosus
Rock Bass 6
Ambloplites rupestris
Alewife
Alosa pseudoharengus
Slimy sculpin 7
Cottus cognatus
Creek Chub 1
Semotilus atromaculatus
Deepwater Sculpin
Myoxocephalus thompsonii
Lake Chub 8
Couesius plumbeus
Spoonhead Sculpin 9
Cottus ricei
Mottled Sculpin 10
Cottus bairdii
Longnose Dace
Rhinichthys cataractae
Northern Redbelly Dace 11
Chrosomus eos
Finescale Dace 12
Chrosomus neogaeus
Blackchin Shiner 13
Notropis heterodon
Emerald shiner 14
Notropis atherinoides
Blacknose Shiner 15
Notropis heterolepis
Common Shiner 16
Luxilus cornutus
Golden Shiner
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Mimic shiner 17
Notropis volucellus
Spottail Shiner 18
Notropis hudsonius
Western Blacknose Dace 19
Rhinichthys obtusus
Northern Pearl Dace
Margariscus nachtriebi
Blacknose Dace 1
Rhinichthys atratulus
Fathead Minnow 6
Pimephales promelas
Allegheny Pearl Dace 16
Margariscus margarita
Brassy Minnow 20
Hybognathus hankinsoni
Muskellunge 21
Esox masquinongy
Brook stickleback 22
Culaea inconstans
Nine-spined Stickleback 23
Pungitius pungitius
Rainbow Smelt 24
Osmerus mordax
Northern Pike 25
Esox lucius
Burbot 26
Lota lota
Common Logperch 19
Percina caprodes
Yellow Perch
Perca flavescens
Ruffe 27
Gymnocephalus cernua
Sauger 28
Sander canadensis
Walleye 29
Sander vitreus
Johnny Darter
Etheostoma nigrum
Iowa Darter 30
Etheostoma exile
Trout-perch 20
Percopsis omiscomaycus
Lake Trout 20
Salvelinus namaycush
Brook Trout 31
Salvelinus fontinalis
Siscowet Lake Trout
Salvelinus namaycush siscowet
Atlantic Salmon 32
Salmo salar
Brown Trout 33
Salmo trutta
Pygmy Whitefish 34
Prosopium coulterii
Round Whitefish
Prosopium cylindraceum
Pink Salmon 35
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Rainbow Trout 36
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Coho Salmon 37
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Chinook Salmon 38
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Cisco 39
Coregonus artedi
Lake Whitefish 40
Coregonus clupeaformis
Upper Great Lakes Kiyi
Coregonus kiyi kiyi
Blackfin Cisco
Coregonus nigripinnis
Shortnose Cisco
Coregonus reighardi
Shortjaw Cisco
Coregonus zenithicus

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