Fish & Habitats: Introduced Freshwater Fishes (Exotics - Not Native to British Columbia)

GROUP

COMMON NAME

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Ministry of Environment

REGION

Game Fish:

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Trout

Brown trout

Salmo trutta

s

-

-

-

-

-

-

s

Golden trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita

-

?

-

?

-

-

-

?

Char

Brook trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

s

s

s

s

s

s

s

s

Sunfish

Largemouth bass

Micropterus salmoides

-

i

-

i

-

-

-

i

Smallmouth bass

Micropterus dolomieui

s

-

-

s

-

-

-

s

Black crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

-

i

-

-

-

-

-

i

Nongame Fish:

Herrings

American shad

Alosa sapidissima

-

i

-

-

-

-

-

-

Salmon

Atlantic salmon

Salmo salar

i

i

-

-

-

-

-

-

Catfish

Black bullhead

Ameiurus melas

-

-

-

i

-

-

-

i

Brown bullhead

Ameiurus nebulosus

i

i

-

?

-

-

-

-

Sunfish

Pumpkinseed

Lepomis gibbosus

i

i

-

i

-

-

-

i

Minnows

Carp

Cyprinus carpio

i

i

i

i

-

-

-

i

Goldfish

Carassius auratus

i

i

i

i

-

-

-

i

Tench

Tinca tinca

-

-

-

i

-

-

-

i

Fathead minnow

Pimephales pomelas

-

i

-

-

-

-

i

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