Names
List
This page lists all the "official" common and scientific names of species in the NCR
and some variant names in common use. Minor variants in spelling scientific names (such as one or two terminal "i"s) are not
included.
It provides a means of searching for individual species accounts when the family is not known to the reader. Certain families
have a common name that can be misleading or not immediately evident of the species contained therein. The Sunfish Family contains
such familiar sport fishes as the basses, for example. Some "official" common names may not be used in everyday speech.
All capitalised names are official common names of species or families. Note that French common names have only the first word
capitalised and scientific family names end in -idae. Lower case names are other common names. Italicised names are scientific names
of species.
The names are linked to the scientific family name, the first list of names in the
Species Accounts.
Achigan à grande bouche = Centrarchidae
Achigan à petite bouche = Centrarchidae
Achigans et Crapets = Centrarchidae
Acipenser fulvescens = Acipenseridae
Acipenseridae = Acipenseridae
alewife = Clupeidae
Alosa pseudoharengus = Clupeidae
Ambloplites rupestris = Centrarchidae
Ameiurus natalis = Ictaluridae
Ameiurus nebulosus = Ictaluridae
American Brook Lamprey = Petromyzontidae
American Eel = Anguillidae
Amia calva = Amiidae
Anguilla rostrata = Anguillidae
Anguille d'Amérique = Anguilldae
Anguilles d'eau douce = Anguillidae
Aplodinotus grunniens = Sciaenidae
Arctic Charr = Salmonidae
Atlantic Salmon = Salmonidae
Banded Killifish = Fundulidae
Barbotte brune = Ictaluridae
Barbotte de rapides = Ictaluridae
Barbotte jaune = Ictaluridae
Barbottes = Ictaluridae
Barbottes et Barbues = Ictaluridae
Barbue de rivière = Ictaluridae
barbues = Ictaluridae
basses = Centrarchidae
Black Crappie = Centrarchidae
Blackchin Shiner = Cyprinidae
Blacknose Shiner = Cyprinidae
Bluegill = Centrarchidae
Bluntnose Minnow = Cyprinidae
Bowfin = Amiidae
Bowfins = Amiidae
Brassy Minnow = Cyprinidae
Brochets = Esocidae
Brook Charr = Salmonidae
Brook Silverside = Atherinidae
Brook Stickleback = Gasterosteidae
brook trout = Salmonidae
Brown Bullhead = Ictaluridae
Brown Trout = Salmonidae
Bullhead Catfishes = Ictaluridae
bullheads = Ictaluridae
Burbot = Gadidae
Carassin = Cyprinidae
Carassius auratus = Cyprinidae
Carpe = Cyprinidae
Carpes = Cyprinidae
Carpes et Ménés = Cyprinidae
Carpiodes cyprinus = Catostomidae
Carps = Cyprinidae
Carps and Minnows = Cyprinidae
Catostomes = Catostomidae
catfishes = Ictaluridae
Catostomus catostomus = Catostomidae
Catostomus commersonnii = Catostomidae
Central Mudminnow = Umbridae
Chabot tacheté = Cottidae
Chabots = Cottidae
Channel Catfish = Ictaluridae
Channel Darter = Percidae
chars = Salmonidae
Chat-fou brun = Ictaluridae
Chat-fou liséré = Ictaluridae
Chat-fou livré = Ictaluridae
Chatte de l'est = Cyprinidae
Chestnut Lamprey = Petromyzontidae
Chevalier blanc = Catostomidae
Chevalier jaune = Catostomidae
Chevalier de rivière = Catostomidae
Chevalier rouge = Catostomidae
Chrosomus eos = Cyprinidae
Chrosomus neogaeus = Cyprinidae
chubs = Cyprinidae
Cisco = Salmonidae
Cisco de lac = Salmonidae
ciscoes = Salmonidae
Coastal Cutthroat Trout = Salmonidae
Coastal Rainbow Trout = Salmonidae
Cods = Gadidae
Common Carp = Cyprinidae
Common Shiner = Cyprinidae
Coregonus artedi = Salmonidae
Coregonus clupeaformis = Salmonidae
Cottus bairdii = Cottidae
Couette = Catostomidae
Crapet arlequin = Centrarchidae
Crapet de roche = Centrarchidae
Crapet-soleil = Centrarchidae
Crapets = Centrarchidae
crappies = Centrarchidae
Crayon d'argent = Atherinidae
Creek Chub = Cyprinidae
Culaea inconstans = Gasterosteidae
Cutthroat Trout = Salmonidae
Cyprin doré = Cyprinidae
Cyprinella spiloptera = Cyprinidae
Cyprinus carpio = Cyprinidae
daces = Cyprinidae
Dard à ventre jaune = Percidae
Dard barré = Percidae
Dard gris = Percidae
Dard tessellé = Percidae
darters = Percidae
Doré = Percidae
Doré jaune = Percidae
Doré noir = Percidae
Drums = Sciaenidae
Drums and Croakers = Sciaenidae
Eastern Silvery Minnow = Cyprinidae
eelpout = Gadidae
eels = Anguillidae
Emerald Shiner = Cyprinidae
Éperlan arc-en-ciel = Osmeridae
Éperlan nain = Osmeridae
Éperlans = Osmeridae
Épinoche à cinq épines = Gasterosteidae
Épinoche à neuf épines = Gasterosteidae
Épinoche à trois épines = Gasterosteidae
Épinoches = Gasterosteidae
Esox lucius = Esocidae
Esox masquinongy = Esocidae
Esturgeon jaune = Acipenseridae
Esturgeons = Acipenseridae
Etheostoma exile = Percidae
Etheostoma flabellare = Percidae
Etheostoma nigrum = Percidae
Etheostoma olmstedi = Percidae
Fallfish = Cyprinidae
Fantail Darter = Percidae
Fathead Minnow = Cyprinidae
Finescale Dace = Cyprinidae
Fondule barré = Fundulidae
Fondules = Fundulidae
Fouille-roche gris = Percidae
Fouille-roche zébré = Percidae
Freshwater Drum = Sciaenidae
Freshwater Eels = Anguillidae
Fundulus diaphanus = Fundulidae
garpike = Lepisosteidae
Gars = Lepisosteidae
Gaspareau = Clupeidae
Gaspereau = Clupeidae
Gasterosteus aculeatus = Gasterosteidae
Golden Shiner = Cyprinidae
Goldfish = Cyprinidae
Grand brochet = Esocidae
Grande corégone = Salmonidae
Greater Redhorse = Catostomidae
Harengs = Clupeidae
Herrings = Clupeidae
Hiodon tergisus = Hiodontidae
Hornyhead Chub = Cyprinidae
Hybognathus hankinsoni = Cyprinidae
Hybognathus nuchalis = Cyprinidae
Hybognathus regius = Cyprinidae
Ichthyomyzon castaneus = Petromyzontidae
Ichthyomyzon fossor = Petromyzontidae
Ichthyomyzon unicuspis = Petromyzontidae
Ictalurus natalis = Ictaluridae
Ictalurus nebulosus = Ictaluridae
Ictalurus punctatus = Ictaluridae
Iowa Darter = Percidae
Johnny Darter = Percidae
Killifishes = Fundulidae
Labidesthes sicculus = Atherinidae
Lake Charr = Salmonidae
Lake Cisco = Salmonidae
Lake Sturgeon = Acipenseridae
lake trout = Salmonidae
Lake Whitefish = Salmonidae
Lampetra appendix = Petromyzontidae
Lampetra lamottei = Petromyzontidae
Lampreys = Petromyzontidae
Lamproie Argentée = Petromyzontidae
Lamproie brun = Petromyzontidae
Lamproie de l'est = Petromyzontidae
Lamproie du nord = Petromyzontidae
Lamproies = Petromyzontidae
Laquaiche argentée = Hiodontidae
Laquaiches = Hiodontidae
Largemouth Bass = Centrarchidae
Lépisosté osseux = Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae
Lépisostés = Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus osseus = Lepisosteidae
Lepomis gibbosus = Centrarchidae
Lepomis macrochirus = Centrarchidae
ling = Gadidae
Logperch = Percidae
Longnose Dace = Cyprinidae
Longnose Gar = Lepisosteidae
Longnose Sucker = Catostomidae
Lota lota = Gadidae
Lotte = Gadidae
Luxilus cornutus = Cyprinidae
madtoms = Ictaluridae
Malachigan = Sciaenidae
Margariscus margarita = Cyprinidae
Margined Madtom = Ictaluridae
Marigane noir = Centrarchidae
Maskinongé = Esocidae
Méné à nageoires rouges = Cyprinidae
Méné bleu = Cyprinidae
Méné d'argent de l'est = Cyprinidae
Méné émeraude = Cyprinidae
Méné laiton = Cyprinidae
Méné paille = Cyprinidae
Méné pâle = Cyprinidae
Menton noir = Cyprinidae
Meunier noir = Catostomidae
Meunier rouge = Catostomidae
Meuniers = Catostomidae
Micropterus dolomieu = Centrarchidae
Micropterus salmoides = Centrarchidae
Mimic Shiner = Cyprinidae
minnows = Cyprinidae
Mooneye = Hiodontidae
Mooneyes = Hiodontidae
Morues = Gadidae
Mottled Sculpin = Cottidae
Moxostoma anisurum = Catostomidae
Moxostoma carinatum = Catostomidae
Moxostoma macrolepidotum = Catostomidae
Moxostoma valenciennesi = Catostomidae
Mudminnows = Umbridae
Mulet à cornes = Cyprinidae
Mulet perlé = Cyprinidae
Museau noir = Cyprinidae
Muskellunge = Esocidae
musky = Esocidae
Naseux de rapides = Cyprinidae
New World Silversides = Atherinidae
Ninespine Stickleback = Gasterosteidae
Nocomis biguttatus = Cyprinidae
North American Catfishes = Ictaluridae
Northern Brook Lamprey = Petromyzontidae
Northern Pike = Esocidae
Northern Redbelly Dace = Cyprinidae
Notemigonus crysoleucas = Cyprinidae
Notropis atherinoides = Cyprinidae
Notropis cornutus = Cyprinidae
Notropis heterodon = Cyprinidae
Notropis heterolepis = Cyprinidae
Notropis hudsonius = Cyprinidae
Notropis spilopterus = Cyprinidae
Notropis stramineus = Cyprinidae
Notropis volucellus = Cyprinidae
Noturus flavus = Ictaluridae
Noturus gyrinus = Ictaluridae
Noturus insignis = Ictaluridae
Omble chevalier = Salmonidae
Omble de fontaine = Salmonidae
Omisco = Percopsidae
Omiscos = Percopsidae
Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii = Salmonidae
Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi = Salmonidae
Oncorhynchus mykiss = Salmonidae
Osmerus mordax = Osmeridae
Osmerus spectrum = Osmeridae
ouananiche = Salmonidae
Ouitouche = Cyprinidae
Pearl Dace = Cyprinidae
Perca flavescens = Percidae
Perchaude = Percidae
Perches = Percidae
Perches et Dards = Percidae
Percina caprodes = Percidae
Percina copelandi = Percidae
Percopsis omiscomaycus = Percopsidae
Phoxinus eos = Cyprinidae
Phoxinus neogaeus = Cyprinidae
pickerel = Esocidae
pickerel = Percidae (Sauger, Walleye)
Pikes = Esocidae
Pimephales notatus = Cyprinidae
Pimephales promelas = Cyprinidae
Poisson-castor = Amiidae
Poissons-castors = Amiidae
Poissons d'argent = Atherinidae
Pomoxis nigromaculatus = Centrarchidae
Pumpkinseed = Centrarchidae
Pungitius occidentalis = Gasterosteidae
Pungitius pungitius = Gasterosteidae
Pygmy Smelt = Osmeridae
Queue à tache noir = Cyprinidae
Quillback = Catostomidae
Rainbow Smelt = Osmeridae
Rainbow Trout = Salmonidae
Raseux-de-terre gris = Percidae
Raseux-de-terre noir = Percidae
Redband Rainbow Trout = Salmonidae
redhorses = Catostomidae
Rhinichthys cataractae = Cyprinidae
River Redhorse = Catostomidae
Rock Bass = Centrarchidae
Salmo clarki = Salmonidae
Salmo gairdneri = Salmonidae
Salmo salar = Salmonidae
Salmo trutta = Salmonidae
Salmons = Salmonidae
Salvelinus alpinus = Salmonidae
Salvelinus fontinalis = Salmonidae
Salvelinus namaycush = Salmonidae
Sand Shiner = Cyprinidae
Sander canadense = Percidae
Sander vitreus = Percidae
Sauger = Percidae
Saumon Atlantique = Salmonidae
Saumon de l'atlantique = Salmonidae
Saumons = Salmonidae
Sculpins = Cottidae
Semotilus atromaculatus = Cyprinidae
Semotilus corporalis = Cyprinidae
Semotilus margarita = Cyprinidae
shiners = Cyprinidae
Shorthead Redhorse = Catostomidae
Silver Lamprey = Petromyzontidae
Silver Redhorse = Catostomidae
Silversides = Atherinidae
Smallmouth Bass = Centrarchidae
Smelts = Osmeridae
speckled trout = Salmonidae
splake = Salmonidae
Spotfin Shiner = Cyprinidae
Spottail Shiner = Cyprinidae
Sticklebacks = Gasterosteidae
Stizostedion canadense = Percidae
Stizostedion vitreum = Percidae
Stonecat = Ictaluridae
Sturgeons = Acipenseridae
Suceur ballot = Catostomidae
Suceur blanc = Catostomidae
Suceur jaune = Catostomidae
Suceur rouge = Catostomidae
Suckers = Catostomidae
Sunfishes = Centrarchidae
Tadpole Madtom = Ictaluridae
Tambours = Sciaenidae
Tessellated Darter = Percidae
Tête à taches rouges = Cyprinidae
Tête-de-boule = Cyprinidae
Threespine Stickleback = Gasterosteidae
tiger trout = Salmonidae
Touladi = Salmonidae
Trout-Perch = Percopsidae
Trout-Perches = Percopsidae
trouts = Salmonidae
Trouts and Salmons = Salmonidae
Truite arc-en-ciel = Salmonidae
Truite brune = Salmonidae
Truite fardée = Salmonidae
Truite fardée côtière = Salmonidae
Truite fardée du flanc de l'ouest = Salmonidae
truite mouchetée = Salmonidae
Truites et Saumons = Salmonidae
Umbra limi = Umbridae
Umbre de vase = Umbridae
Umbres = Umbridae
Ventre citron = Cyprinidae
Ventre rouge du nord = Cyprinidae
Ventre-pourri = Cyprinidae
walleyes = Percidae
West-slope Cutthroat Trout = Salmonidae
White Sucker = Catostomidae
whitefishes = Salmonidae
Yellow Bullhead = Ictaluridae
Yellow Perch = Percidae
Yellow Walleye = Percidae
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