Wildife
Click on the underlined common names below to learn about that fish's life history.
Group |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Salmon |
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha |
Pink salmon |
Oncorhynchus nerka |
Sockeye salmon |
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha |
Chinook salmon |
Oncorhynchus kisutch |
Coho salmon |
Oncorhynchus keta |
Chum salmon |
Char |
Salvelinus namaycush |
Lake trout |
Salvelinus alpinus |
Arctic char |
Salvelinus malma |
Dolly Varden |
Other resident species |
Thymallus arcticus |
Arctic grayling |
Onchorhynchus mykiss |
Rainbow trout |
Esox lucius |
Northern pike |
Dallis pectoralis |
Alaska blackfish |
Lota lota |
Burbot |
Coregonus laurettae |
Bering cisco |
Coregonus sardinella |
Least cisco |
Coregonus nelsoni |
Alaska whitefish |
Prosopium coulteri |
Pigmy whitefish |
Prosopium cylindraceum |
Round whitefish |
Cottus aleuticus |
Coastrange sculpin |
Cottus cognatus |
Slimy sculpin |
Gasterosteus aculatus |
Threespine stickleback |
Pungitius pungitius |
Ninespine stickleback |
Potential
freshwater migrants |
Entosphenus tridentatus |
Pacific lamprey |
Lampetra japonica |
Arctic lamprey |
Clupea harengus pallasi |
Pacific herring |
Thaleichthys pacificus |
Eulachon |
Hypomesus olidus |
Pond smelt |
Osmerus mordax |
Rainbow smelt |
Liopsetta glacialis |
Arctic flounder |
Platichthys stellatus |
Starry flounder |
Catostomus catostomus |
Longnose sucker |
For more life history information, visit the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's wildlife notebook pages.
Last updated: July 24, 2008
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