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 ↓

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Taxonomy
« Back To Ray-finned Fishes Class Actinopterygii
- Minnows, Suckers, Carps, and Loaches Order Cypriniformes
  - 3 Suborder Catostomoidei
  - 18 Suborder Cyprinoidei

Longnose Sucker
Catostomus catostomus

White Sucker ¹
Catostomus commersonii

Shorthead Redhorse ²
Moxostoma macrolepidotum

Creek Chub ¹
Semotilus atromaculatus

Lake Chub ³
Couesius plumbeus

Longnose Dace
Rhinichthys cataractae

Northern Redbelly Dace ⁴
Chrosomus eos

Finescale Dace ⁵
Chrosomus neogaeus

Blackchin Shiner ⁶
Notropis heterodon

Emerald shiner ⁷
Notropis atherinoides

Blacknose Shiner ⁸
Notropis heterolepis

Common Shiner ⁹
Luxilus cornutus

Golden Shiner
Notemigonus crysoleucas

Mimic shiner ¹⁰
Notropis volucellus

Spottail Shiner ¹¹
Notropis hudsonius

Western Blacknose Dace ¹²
Rhinichthys obtusus

Northern Pearl Dace
Margariscus nachtriebi

Blacknose Dace ¹
Rhinichthys atratulus

Fathead Minnow ¹³
Pimephales promelas

Allegheny Pearl Dace ⁹
Margariscus margarita

Brassy Minnow ¹⁴
Hybognathus hankinsoni

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Fish Biodiversity within Isle Royale National Park

Longnose Sucker Catostomus catostomus

White Sucker 1 Catostomus commersonii

Shorthead Redhorse 2 Moxostoma macrolepidotum

Creek Chub 1 Semotilus atromaculatus

Lake Chub 3 Couesius plumbeus

Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae

Northern Redbelly Dace 4 Chrosomus eos

Finescale Dace 5 Chrosomus neogaeus

Blackchin Shiner 6 Notropis heterodon

Emerald shiner 7 Notropis atherinoides

Blacknose Shiner 8 Notropis heterolepis

Common Shiner 9 Luxilus cornutus

Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas

Mimic shiner 10 Notropis volucellus

Spottail Shiner 11 Notropis hudsonius

Western Blacknose Dace 12 Rhinichthys obtusus

Northern Pearl Dace Margariscus nachtriebi

Blacknose Dace 1 Rhinichthys atratulus

Fathead Minnow 13 Pimephales promelas

Allegheny Pearl Dace 9 Margariscus margarita

Brassy Minnow 14 Hybognathus hankinsoni