American Fisheries Society

ONTARIO CHAPTER

CHANGES TO FISH NAMES

American Fisheries Society Ontario Chapter

Changes to the names of Ontario fishes according to Nelson et al. (2004)1

Previous Name

  Name Change

cutlips minnow

cutlip minnow

blacknose dace

eastern or western blacknose dace (based on distribution)

Rhinichthys atratulus2

Rhinichthys obtusus (western species)

Catostomus commersoni 

   Catostomus commersonii

chinook salmon

Chinook salmon

Prosopium coulteri

Prosopium coulterii

Cottus bairdi  

Cottus bairdii

Myoxocephalus thompsoni 

Myoxocephalus thompsonii

Stizostedion canadense 

Sander canadensis

Stizostedion vitreum glaucum 

Sander vitreus glaucus

Stizostedion vitreum

Sander vitreus

1Nelson, J.S., E.J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C.R. Gilbert, R.N. Lea, and J.D. Williams. 2004. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 29, Bethesda, Maryland. 386 p.

2Scientific name valid for eastern blacknose dace

Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Sixth Edition

As an aid to authors and editors of fisheries science papers, AFS is pleased to offer a complimentary fish name spell-checker based on the Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico: Sixth Edition. Simply download the file to your computer, and you can check and correct any fish name spelling in a Microsoft Word document. See Installation Instructions.  The book may be purchased at the AFS Bookstore.

Last update:  15 December, 2010