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ISLE ROYALE
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Appendix (continued)

Fishes

The following list is taken from O. L. Wallis, 1966, Long Range Aquatic Resources Management Plan, Isle Royale National Park, 1966-1975.

Oligotrophic lakes are deep, cold, and clear, with low nutrient levels and small amounts of plankton (microscopic plants and animals). Eutrophic lakes are shallower (to 10 feet), warm, and colored, with high nutrient levels, abundant plankton, and much aquatic vegetation. Dystrophic lakes are the shallowest (usually less than 5 feet), warm, and brown, with high nutrient levels, abundant plankton, and vegetation established in the shallow water around the entire shore.

Where a species has been recorded in only one lake of a given biological type, that lake is named. A dot indicates that it has been found in more than one lake of that type.

Symbols: *—nonnative, †—not recently reported, boldface—forms restricted to Isle Royale Lake
Superior
Oligotrophic
lakes
Eutrophic
lakes
Dystrophic
lakes
Unclassified
lakes
*Sea lamprey,
Petromyzon marinus





Lake sturgeon,
Acipenser fulvescens





Alewife,
Alosa pseudoharengus




Lake Desor cisco,
Coregonus artedii spp.

Desor


Lake Superior cisco (herring),
Coregonus artedii arcturus





Sargent Lake cisco,
Coregonus artedii sargenti

Sargent


Siskiwit Lake cisco,
Coregonus bartletti

Siskiwit


Shortjaw cisco,
Coregonus zenithicus




Bloater,
Coregonus hoyi




Kiyi,
Coregonus kiyi




Superior blackfin cisco (bluefin),
Coregonus nigripinnis cyanopterus




Great Lakes whitefish,
Coregonus clupeaformis clupeaformis




Inland lakes whitefish,
Coregonus chupeaformis neohantoniensis

Siskiwit


Lake Desor whitefish,
Coregonus clupeaformis dustini

Desor


Round whitefish (menominee),
Prosopium cylindraceum quadrilaterale




Pigmy whitefish,
Prosopium coulteri





*Rainbow trout (steelhead),
Salmo gairdneri irideus




†Brown trout,
Salmo trutta




Brook trout (coaster—lake-run form),
Salvelinus fontinalis


Hatchet
Lake trout,
Salvelinus namaycush namaycush
Siskiwit


Siscowit,
Salvelinus namaycush siscowet




*American smelt,
Osmerus eperlanus mordax





White sucker,
Catostomus commersoni commersoni

Longnose sucker,
Catostomus catostomus catostomus



Hatchet
Creek chub,
Semotilus atromaculatus atromaculatus




Hatchet
Northern pearl dace,
Semotilus margarita nachtriebi

DesorForbes
Harvey
Harvey Lake pearl dace,
Semotilus margarita koelzi





Lake chub,
Hybopsis plubea
Desor


Longnose dace,
Rhinichythys cataractae




Finescale dace,
Chrosomus neogaeus


Benson
Northern redbelly dace,
Chrosomus eos


Wallace
Golden shiner,
Notemigonus crysoleucas auratus

Beaver
Emerald shiner (intergrade),
Notropis atherinoides acutus X N. a. atherinoides
Siskiwit


Northern spottail shiner,
Notropis hudsonius hudsonius

Beaver
Chickenbone
Hatchet
Whittlesey
Blackchin shiner,
Notropis heterodon




Northern mimic shiner,
Notropis volucellus volucellus
Richie


Northern blacknose shiner,
Notropis heterolepis heterolepis
Beaver
Benson
Harvey Lake blacknose shiner,
Notropis heterolepis regalis




Harvey
Northern fathead minnow,
Pimephales promelas promelas




Hatchet
Harvey Lake fathead minnow,
Pimephales promelas harveyensis




Harvey

Northern pike,
Esox lucius
Beaver
Benson
Chickenbone
George
Whittlesey
†Muskellunge,
Esox masquinongy




Burbot (lawyer),
Lota lota
Siskiwit

Hatchet
Whittlesey
Trout perch,
Percopsis amiscomaycus


Beaver
Benson
Chickenbone
George
Harvey
Whittlesey
Yellow perch,
Perca flavescens
Chickenbone
Whittlesey
Walleye,
Stizostedion vitreum vitreum

Dustin
Whittlesey
Northern logperch,
Percina caprodes semifasciata
SiskiwitDustin
Chickenbone
Iowa darter,
Etheostoma exile

Sargent


Pumpkinseed,
Lepomis gibbosus
RichieMason

*Black crappie,
Pomoxis nigromaculatus





Fourhorn sculpin,
Myoxocephalus quadricornis thompsoni




Spoonhead sculpin,
Cottus ricei


Whittlesey
Mottled sculpin,
Cottus bairdi



Chickenbone
Slimy sculpin,
Cottus cognatus
Mason
Chickenbone

Brook stickleback,
Cuhea inconstans

Harvey
Hatchet
Ninespine stickleback,
Pungitius pungitius


Hatchet

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