Fishes of The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Freshwater Species
____ Sheefish (Stenodus leucichthys)
____ Round whitefish (Prosopium cylindraceum)
____ Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush)
____ Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)
____ Northern pike (Esox lucius)
____ Lake chub (Couesius plumbeus)
____ Longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus)
____ Trout-perch (Percopsis omiscomaycus)
____ Burbot (Lota lota)
____ Ninespine stickleback (Pungitius pungitius)
____ Slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus)
____ Threespine stickleback (Gasterasteus aculeatus)
____ Alaska blackfish (Dallia pectoralis)
____ Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus)
Anadromous Species
(* denotes freshwater-only form of species also)
____ Least cisco* (Coregonus sardinella)
____ Bering cisco* (Coregonus laurettae)
____ Arctic cisco (Coregonus autumnalis)
____ Broad whitefish* (Coregonus nasus)
____ Humpback whitefish* (Coregonus pidschian)
____ Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)
____ Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
____ Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
____ Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
____ Rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax)
____ Arctic lamprey* (Lampetra japonica)
____ Dolly Varden* (Salvelinus malma)
Marine Species
____ Pacific herring (Clupea harengus Pallas)
____ Capelin (Mallotus villosus)
____ Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida)
____ Saffron cod (Eleginus gracilis)
____ Fourhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus quadricornis)
____ Arctic sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpioides)
____ Greenland seasnail (Liparis tunicatus)
____ Pacific sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus)
____ Slender eelblenny (Lumpenus fabricii)
____ Stout eelblenny (Lumpenus medius)
____ Eelpouts (Lycodes spp.)
____ Arctic flounder (Pleuromectes glacialis)
____ Starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus)
____ Arctic hookear sculpin (Artediellus scaber)
____ Arctic staghorn sculpin (Gymmocanthus tricuspis)
____ Whitespotted greenling (Hexagrammus stelleri)
____ Bering wolffish (Anarchichas orientalis)
[Fish list created April 1997]
September 12, 2008
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