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Freshwater Fishes of the Columbia Basin in British Columbia
P.M. Troffe
Curator of Ichthyology RBCM

November 1999

Contents

Introduction
The Columbia River Basin in B.C.
From the Source
Major Tributaries (Regions)
The Origin And Nature of the Columbia Basin Fish Fauna

Species Accounts
Extirpated Fishes

  • Family Salmonidae: Trout, Salmon, Whitefish and Char

    Introduced Fishes

  • Family Centrachidae: Bass and Sunfish
  • Family Cyprinidae: Minnows, Carp, Dace, Chub
  • Family Ictaluridae: Catfish
  • Family Percidae: Perch
  • Family Salmonidae: Trout, Salmon, Whitefish and Char

    Native Fishes

  • Family Acipenseridae: Sturgeon
  • Family Catostomidae: Suckers
  • Family Cottidae: Sculpins, Comment on Sculpins
  • Family Cyprinidae: Chub, Minnows, Dace, with a Comment on Dace
  • Family Gadidae: Cod
  • Family Salmonidae: Trout, Salmon, Char, Whitefish, Comment on Whitefish

    Select List of Freshwater Fish in the Columbia Basin

    Key to the Freshwater Fish Families of the Columbia Basin
    Provincial Status Rankings
    Acknowledgements
    References
    Glossary
    Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data

  • Living Landscapes
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