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Lampreys. Sea lamprey Northern Brooke American Brooke Ohio lamprey Mountain Brooke. Sturgeons. Shortnose Sturgeon Atlantic Sturgeon Lake Sturgeon. Paddlefish. Gars. Spotted Gar (endangered) Longnose Gar Live in and around Presque Isle Grow up to 50 inches in length. Bowfin.
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Lampreys Sea lamprey Northern Brooke American Brooke Ohio lamprey Mountain Brooke
Sturgeons Shortnose Sturgeon Atlantic Sturgeon Lake Sturgeon
Gars Spotted Gar (endangered) Longnose Gar Live in and around Presque Isle Grow up to 50 inches in length.
Bowfin Found in Presque Isle Bay, on Lake Erie, and in a few other scattered locations in the Delaware, Ohio and Susquehanna River watersheds. Called dogfish and mudfish.
American Eel Catadromous - they spawn in salt water and live as adults in fresh water The Delaware River in PA has the most abundant population of eels of all the state’s streams, because there are no dam obstructions to prevent the eel’s upriver migration.
Herrings Blueback Herring - found only in the lower Delaware River and the Delaware estuary, where it returns to spawn. Throughout its range, dams have blocked the blueblack from entering streams, and reduced its abundance and distribution in freshwater Alewife
Herrings Gizzard Shad -gizzardlike stomach -Erie and Ohio watershed Hickory Shad (endangered)
Herrings American Shad
Minnows Bluntnose Minnow Central Stoneroller Hornyhead chub Common Carp
Minnows River Chub Fathead minnow Rosyface shiner Longnose Dace
Fallfish Cutlips Minnow Emerald Shiner Grass Carp
Common Shiner Golden Shiner Spotfin Shiner Blacknose Dace
Suckers • Quillback • White Sucker
Northern Hog Sucker The Redhorses
Catfishes White Catfish Brown Bullhead Margined Madtom
Flathead Catfish Yellow Bullhead Channel Catfish