Some Erie fish identified in photos by grs

 

Alosa pseudoharengus      alewife (I)

Notropis atherinoides         emerald shiner

Macrhybopsis storeriana   silver chub                            second record from W Lake Erie

Pimephales notatus             bluntnose minnow               (mislabelled spottail shiner yesterday)

Carassius auratus                goldfish (I)

Carpiodes cyprinus             carpsucker

Ictalurus punctatus             channel catfish

Neogobius melanostomus  round goby (I)

 

Also there

Lepisosteus osseus             gar

Cyprinus carpio                    carp (I)

Aplodinotus grunniens      drum

Roccus chrysops                 white bass

Roccus americanus              white perch (I)

Proterorhinus marmoratus  tubenose goby (I)

The usual bass and sunfish

But native fishes are becoming much less common

(i)                   introduced

ca. 90% of the fish biomass is now introduced, especially carp, alewife, round goby, white perch