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Fishes Tracking List and Status Reports

Threespine SticklebackApproximately 56 species of freshwater fishes are known to occur in Alaska (Morrow 1980). The AKNHP freshwater fish tracking list is provided below. Subspecies and populations that are not ranked are not included. This list includes order, family, scientific name, common name, NatureServe G and S Ranks and listing status by agency. Within the list are links to individual species status reports (underlined), NatureServe species accounts, range maps and metadata.

The fishes tracking list is also available as a pdf (14 KB).

NatureServe Conservation Status Definitions

USFWS, NMFS, State of Alaska, BLM, USFS Status Definitions
(12 KB pdf)


 
ORDER                    SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME Nature Serve GLOBAL 
RANK
STATE   
RANK                     
Maps Metadata
     FAMILY              
PETROMYZONTIFORMES
     PETROMYZONTIDAE Lampetra camtschatica Arctic Lamprey NaturesServe butterfly G4 S4 Alaska map logo metadata logo
Lampetra tridentata Pacific Lamprey NaturesServe butterfly G5 S4S5    
Lampetra ayresii River Lamprey NaturesServe butterfly G4 S2 Alaska map logo metadata logo
Lampetra richardsoni Western Brook Lamprey NaturesServe butterfly G4G5 S1S2 Alaska map logo metadata logo
Lampetra alaskensis Alaskan Brook Lamprey NaturesServe butterfly GNR S3Q Alaska map logo metadata logo
ACIPENSERIFORMES
     ACIPENSERIDAE Acipenser medirostris Green Sturgeon NaturesServe butterfly G3 S4    
Acipenser transmontanus White Sturgeon NaturesServe butterfly G4 S3S4    
CLUPEIFORMES
     CLUPEIDAE Clupea pallasii Pacific Herring NaturesServe butterfly GNR SNR    
Alosa sapidissima American Shad NaturesServe butterfly G5 SNA    
CYPRINIFORMES
     CYPRINIDAE Couesius plumbeus Lake Chub NaturesServe butterfly G5 S4S5    
     CATOSTOMIDAE Catostomus catostomus Longnose Sucker NaturesServe butterfly G5 S5    
ESOCIFORMES
     ESOCIDAE Esox lucius Northern Pike NaturesServe butterfly G5 SNA    
Esox lucius pop. 1 Northern Pike (Pike Lakes Population) NaturesServe butterfly G5T3Q S2S3    
Esox americanus Redfin Or Grass Pickerel NaturesServe butterfly G5 SNR    
     UMBRIDAE Dallia pectoralis Alaska Blackfish NaturesServe butterfly G5 S5    
OSMERIFORMES
     OSMERIDAE Hypomesus olidus Pond Smelt NaturesServe butterfly G5 S5    
     Hypomesus pretiosus Surf Smelt NaturesServe butterfly G5 S5    
Mallotus villosus Capelin NaturesServe butterfly GNR S5    
Osmerus mordax Rainbow Smelt NaturesServe butterfly G5 S3S5    
Spirinchus thaleichthys Longfin Smelt NaturesServe butterfly G5 S4S5    
Thaleichthys pacificus Eulachon NaturesServe butterfly G5 S3S4    
SALMONIFORMES
     SALMONIDAE Coregonus autumnalis Arctic Cisco NaturesServe butterfly G5 S5    
Coregonus clupeaformis Lake Whitefish NaturesServe butterfly G5 S5    
Coregonus laurettae Bering Cisco NaturesServe butterfly G4 S4    
Coregonus nasus Broad Whitefish NaturesServe butterfly G5 S4S5    
Coregonus pidschian Humpback Whitefish NaturesServe butterfly G5 S5    
Coregonus sardinella Least Cisco NaturesServe butterfly G5 S5    
Prosopium coulteri Pygmy  Whitefish NaturesServe butterfly G5 S4    
Prosopium cylindraceum Round Whitefish NaturesServe butterfly G5 S4    
Stenodus leucichthys Inconnu NaturesServe butterfly G5 S5    
Thymallus arcticus Arctic Grayling NaturesServe butterfly G5 S5    
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Pink Salmon NaturesServe butterfly G5 S5    
Oncorhynchus keta Chum Salmon NaturesServe butterfly G5 S5    
Oncorhynchus keta pop. 1 Chum Salmon (Fish Creek Run) NaturesServe butterfly G5T2T3Q S2S3B    
Oncorhynchus kisutch Coho Salmon NaturesServe butterfly G4 S5    
Oncorhynchus nerka Sockeye Salmon NaturesServe butterfly G5 S5    
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Chinook Salmon NaturesServe butterfly G5 S4    
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 4 King Salmon (Wheeler Creek Run) NaturesServe butterfly G5T2T3Q S2S3B    
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 5 King Salmon (King Salmon River Run) NaturesServe butterfly G5T2T3Q S2S3B    
Oncorhynchus clarkii Cutthroat Trout NaturesServe butterfly G4 S4    
Oncorhynchus mykiss Steelhead Or Rainbow Trout NaturesServe butterfly G5 S4    
Salmo salar Atlantic Salmon NaturesServe butterfly G5 SNA    
Salvelinus fontinalis Brook Trout NaturesServe butterfly G5 SNA    
Salvelinus namaycush Lake Trout NaturesServe butterfly G5 S5    
Salvelinus alpinus Arctic Char NaturesServe butterfly G5 S5    
Salvelinus confluentus Bull Trout NaturesServe butterfly G3 SNR    
Salvelinus malma Dolly Varden NaturesServe butterfly G5 S5    
Salvelinus anaktuvukensis Angayukaksurak Char G2 S2    
PERSCOPSIFORMES
     PERSCOPSIDAE Percopsis omiscomaycus Trout-Perch NaturesServe butterfly G5 S3 Alaska map logo metadata logo
GADIFORMES
     GADIDAE Lota lota Burbot NaturesServe butterfly G5 S5    
Boreogadus saida Arctic Cod NaturesServe butterfly G5 S4S5    
GASTEROSTEIFORMES
     GASTEROSTEIDAE Gasterosteus aculeatus Threespine Stickleback NaturesServe butterfly G5 S5    
Pungitius pungitius Ninespine Stickleback NaturesServe butterfly G5 S4S5    
     COTTIDAE Cottus cognatus Slimy Sculpin NaturesServe butterfly G5 S5    
Cottus asper Prickly Sculpin NaturesServe butterfly G5 S5    
Cottus aleuticus Coastrange Sculpin NaturesServe butterfly G5 S5    
Leptocottus armatus Pacific Staghorn Sculpin NaturesServe butterfly G5 S5    
Myoxocephalus quadricornis Fourhorn Sculpin NaturesServe butterfly G5 S5    
Clinocottus acuticeps Sharpnose Sculpin NaturesServe butterfly G5 S5    
PERCIFORMES
     AMMODYTIDAE Ammodytes hexapterus Pacific Sand Lance NaturesServe butterfly G5 S5    
     EMBIOTOCIDAE Cymatogaster aggregata Shiner Perch NaturesServe butterfly G5 S4S5    
     PHOLIDAE Pholis laeta Crescent Gunnel NaturesServe butterfly G5 S4S5    
     ZAPRORIDAE Zaprora silenus Prowfish NaturesServe butterfly GNR S3S5    
     PLEURONECTIDAE
     PLEURONECTIDAE Platichthys stellatus Starry Flounder NaturesServe butterfly G5 S5    
 

 

 
 
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