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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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