New brunswick Freshwater Fishes
Inland Fishes of New Brunswick
Prepared by Dr. Allen Curry, Mark Gautreau, and Gordon Yamazaki
New Brunswick has 53 species that occur in its inland waters, including 10 introduced and 13 diadromous species. Explore this resource to learn more about New Brunswick's fish fauna, their distribution, habitat and habits.
Family
Acipenseridae
Common Name (Scientific Name)
Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus )
Shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)
Anguillidae
American eel (Anguilla rostrata)
Catostomatidae
Longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus)
White sucker (Catostomus commersoni)
Centrarchidae
Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus)
Redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus)
Clupeidae
Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieui)
Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)
Alewife (Gaspereau) (Alosa pseudoharengus)
American shad (Alosa sapidissima)
Blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis)
Cottidae
Slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus)
Umbridae
Central mudminnow (Umbra limi)
Cyprinidae
Blacknose dace (Rhinichthys atratulus)
Blacknose shiner (Notropis heterolepis)
Common shiner (Notropis cornutus)
Creek chub (Semotilus atromaculatus)
Fallfish (Semotilus corporalis)
Cyprinidae Key
Fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas)
Finescale dace (Chrosomus neogaeus)
Golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas)
Goldfish (Carassius auratus)
Lake chub (Couesius plumbeus)
Northern redbelly dace (Chrosomus eos)
Pearl Dace (Semotilus margarita)
Cyprinodontidae
Banded killifish (Fundulus diaphanus)
Mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus)
Esocidae
Chain pickerel (Esox niger)
Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy)
Gadidae
Atlantic tomcod (Microgadus tomcod)
Burbot (Lota lota)
Gasterosteidae
Blackspotted stickleback (Gasterosteus wheatlandi)
Brook stickleback (Culaea inconstans)
Stickleback Key
Fourspine stickleback (Apeltes quadracus)
Ninespine stickleback (Pungitius pungitius)
Threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
Ictaluridae
Brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus)
Osmeridae
Rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax)
Percichthyidae
Striped bass (Morone saxatilis)
White perch (Morone americana)
Percidae
Yellow perch (Perca flavescens)
Petromyzontidae
Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)
Salmonidae
Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
Salmonidae Key
Brown trout (Salmo trutta)
Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush)
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Tiger trout (Salmo trutta X Salvelinus fontinalis)
Splake (Salvelinus fontinalis X S. namaycush)
Coregoninae
Lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis)
Round whitefish (Prosopium cylindraceum)