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Fish & Aquatic Invertebrate Species
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Black
Buffalo, Ictiobus
niger
A large black sucker species
found in Lake Erie and the Niagara River. A species of Special
Concern in Canada.
Photo: Wisconsin Dept. of
Natural Resources
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Silver Shiner, Notropis
photogenis
A carp species found in the Grand and Thames rivers and
Brontė Creek. A species of Special
Concern in Canada and vulnerable in Ontario.
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Bowfin, Amia
calva
A primitive fish species frequenting turbid and stagnant
waters. More information at Fish of the Great Lakes by Wisconsin Sea Grant
Photo:Shedd Aquarium
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Spotted
Gar, Lepisosteus
oculatus
A threatened
species in Canada and Ontario that can grow to 112cm
and frequents quiet bays and backwaters along Lake Erie's
north shore.
Image: Texas Parks &
Wildlife
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Black
Redhorse, Moxostoma
duquesnei
A small sucker species threatened
nationally
and provincially. It has been seen in Catfish Creek and the
Grand, Thames and Maitland Rivers.
Illustration: Natural Resources Canada
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Wavy-rayed
Lamp Mussel, Lampsilis
fasciola
The
Wavy-rayed Lampmussel is endangered nationally and
now found only in the upper.Grand River and some sections of
the Thames, Sydenham, and possibly the Ausable rivers.
Photo: S. Staton, NWRI
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Northern Riffleshell, Epioblasma torulosa
rangiana
A freshwater mussel now found only in one 40 km reach of the
Sydenham River. An endangered
species nationally.
Photo: S. Staton, NWRI
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Rayed Bean, Villosa fabalis
A tiny freshwater mussel and an endangered
species nationally, now found only in the Sydenham
River.
Photo: S. Staton, NWRI
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