Fish Fauna of the BNZ LTER Region¹

Taxonomy and species list of freshwaters fishes of the Tanana River basin, central Alaska, based on Morrow (1980).  Higher taxonomic levels are based on _______: orders are highlighted in red and families are highlighted in green.

AGNATHA (Jawless Fishes: Hagfishes and Lampreys)

CEPHALASPIDOMORPHI

Petromyzontiformes

Petromyzontidae (Lampreys)

Lampetra ayresi: River Lamprey

GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Fishes)

OSTEICHTHYES: Teleostei (Bony Fishes)

Salmoniformes

Salmonoidei

Salmonidae: Coregoninae (Whitefish)

Stenodus leucichthys: Inconnu or Sheefish
Coregonus sardinella: Least Cisco
Prosopium cylindraceum: Round Whitefish
Coregonus nasus: Broad Whitefish
Coregonus nelsoni: Alaska Whitefish

Salmonidae: Salmoninae (Trouts, Charrs, Salmon)

Salvelinus malma: Dolly Varden
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha: Chinook or King Salmon
Oncorhynchus keta: Chum Salmon
Oncorhynchus kisutch: Coho or Silver Salmon

Salmonidae: Thymallinae (Grayling)

Thymallus arctica: Arctic Grayling

Esocoidei

Umbridae (Mudminnows and Blackfish)

Dallia pectoralis: Alaska Blackfish

Esocidae (Pikes)

Esox lucius: Northern Pike

Cypriniformes

Cyprinoidei

Cyprinidae (Minnows)

Couesius plumbeus: Lake Chub

Catasomidae (Suckers)

Catastomus catastomus: Longnose Sucker

Gadiformes

Gadidae (Codfishes)

Lota lota: Burbot

Scorpaeniformes

Cottidae (Sculpins)

Cottus cognatus: Slimy Sculpin

¹Data taken from range maps included in Morrow, J.E.  1980.  Freshwater fishes of Alaska.  Alaska Northwest Publishing Company, Anchorage, Alaska.  248 pp.

²Higher taxonomic levels based on