Freshwater Fishes of the Columbia Basin
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Select List of Freshwater Fish Species
of the Columbia Basin, B.C.

Family	Latin Name	English Name	Status
Acipenseridae	Acipenser transmontanus	White Sturgeon	Native
Cyprinidae	Acrocheilus alutaceus	Chiselmouth	Native
Cyprinidae	Carassius auratus	Goldfish	Introduced
Cyprinidae	Couesius plumbeus	Lake Chub	Native
Cyprinidae	Cyprinus carpio	Carp	Introduced
Cyprinidae	Mylocheilus caurinus	Peamouth Chub	Native
Cyprinidae	Ptychocheilus oregonesis	Northern pikeminnow	Native
Cyprinidae	Rhinichthys cataractae	Longnose Dace	Native
Cyprinidae	Rhinichthys falcatus	Leopard Dace	Native
Cyprinidae	Rhinichthys osculus	Speckled Dace	Native
Cyprinidae	Rhinichthys umatilla	Umatilla Dace	Native
Cyprinidae	Richardsonius balteatus	Redside Shiner	Native
Cyprinidae	Tinca tinca	Tench	Introduced
Catostomidae	Catostomus catostomus	Longnose Sucker	Native
Catostomidae	Catostomus macrocheilus	Largescale Sucker	Native
Catostomidae	Catostomus platyrhynchus	Mountain Sucker	Native
Catostomidae	Catostomus columbianus	White Sucker	Native
Ictaluridae	Ameiurus melas	Black Catfish	Introduced
Ictaluridae	Ameiurus nebulosus	Brown Catfish	Introduced
Salmonidae	Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi	Cutthroat Trout	Native
Salmonidae	Oncorhynchus nerka	Sockeye (Kokanee)	Native
Salmonidae	Oncorhynchus mykiss	Rainbow Trout	Native
Salmonidae	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	Chinook	Extirpated
Salmonidae	Salmo trutta	Brown Trout	Introduced
Salmonidae	Salvelinus confluentus	Bull Trout	Native
Salmonidae	Salvelinus fontinalis	Brook Trout	Introduced
Salmonidae	Salvelinus namaycush	Lake Trout	Introduced
Salmonidae: Thymalinae	Thymallus arcticus	Arctic Grayling	Introduced
Salmonidae: Coregoninae	Coregonus clupeaformis	Lake Whitefish	Introduced
Salmonidae Coregoninae	Prosopium williamsoni	Mountain Whitefish	Native
Salmonidae Coregoninae	Prosopium coulteri	Pygmy Whitefish	Native
Gadidae	Lota lota	Burbot	Native
Cottidae	Cottus asper	Prickly Sculpin	Native
Cottidae	Cottus bairdi	Mottled Sculpin	Native
Cottidae	Cottus cognatus	Slimy Sculpin	Native
Cottidae	Cottus confusus	Shorthead Sculpin	Native
Cottidae	Cottus rhotheus	Torrent Sculpin	Native
Centrarchidae	Lepomis gibbosus	Pumpkinseed	Introduced
Centrarchidae	Micropterus dolomieui	Smallmouth Bass	Introduced
Centrarchidae	Micropterus salmoides	Largemouth Bass	Introduced
Centrarchidae	Promoxis nigromaculatus	Black Crappie	Introduced
Percidae	Perca flavescens	Yellow Perch	Introduced
Percidae	Stizostedion vitreum	Walleye	Introduced
43 species	27 Native species 1 Extinct species 16 introduced species 8 species rare or endangered