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Glossary ofFish Species Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus). Member of the herring family (pp. 162-163). Black bass. Common name for largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), a member of the sunfish family and a very popular game fish. Blackfin cisco (Coregonus nigripinnis). Commonly called blackfin, blackfin chub, and blackfin tullibee, a member of the trout family and a kind of lake herring, as it is popularly called. Bluefin. See Shortjaw cisco. Blue pickerel. See Sauger. Blue pike. See Sauger. Bowfin (Amia calva). Commonly called dogfish and lawyer, a member of the bowfin family. Bullhead. Common name for black bullhead (lctalurus melas) and brown bullhead (I. nebulosus), members of the bullhead catfish family. Burbot (Lota Iota). Commonly called lake lawyer, lawyer, and ling, a member of the cod family. Carp. See Common carp. Catfish. See Channel catfish. Channel catfish (lctalurus punctatus). Commonly called catfish, channel cat, Great Lakes catfish, and lake catfish, a member of the bullhead catfish family. Chub. See Blackfin cisco and Shortjaw cisco. Common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Commonly called carp, European carp, and German carp, a member of the minnow and carp family (pp. 164-166). Dogfish. See Bowfin. Drum. Common name for freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) and commonly called sheepshead, a member of the drum family. German carp. See Common carp. Grass pike. Common name for grass pickerel (Esox americanus vermiculatus), a member of the pike family. Information for this glossary was derived from George C. Becker, Fishes of Wisconsin (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1983). 393 Glossary Lake herring. Common name for cisco (Coregonus artedii), a freshwater member of the trout family (pp. 155-157). Lake Ontario salmon (Safmo safar). Form of Atlantic salmon found in Lake Ontario in plentiful numbers as late as the 1840s,a member of the trout family (pp. 19-27, 175-178). Lake sturgeon (Acipenser fluvescens). Member of the sturgeon family (pp. 157-161). Lake trout (Safvelinus namaycush namaycush). Member of the trout family (pp. 153-155). Lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis). Member of the trout family, long popular as table fare (pp. 150-153). Lamprey eel. See Sea lamprey and Silver lamprey. Lawyer. See Bowfin and Burbot. Ling. See Burbot. Mullet. Common name for longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus), quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus), and white sucker (Catostomus commersoni), members of the sucker family. Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy). Member of the pike family, a popular game fish. Northern pike (Esox lucius). Member of the pike family. Pickerel. Common name for grass pickerel (Esox americanus vermiculatus), for members of the pike family, and for walleye, which is not a pike. Pike. General designation for the pike family. Sauger (Stizostedion canadense). Commonly called blue perchpike, blue pickerel, and blue pike, a member of the perch family. Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). Commonly called great sea lamprey, lake lamprey, lamprey eel, and landlocked sea lamprey, a member of the lamprey family (pp. 163-164,328-330). Sheepshead. See Drum. Shortjaw cisco (Coregonus zenithicus). Commonly called bluefin, bluefin cisco, and shortjaw chub, a member of the trout family and a kind of lake herring, as it is popularly called. Silver lamprey (Ichthyomyzon unieuspis). Commonly called bloodsucker, hitchhiker , lamprey eel, northern lamprey, and northern silver lamprey, a member of the lamprey family. Smallmouth bass (Mieropterus dolomieui). Commonly called smallmouth and smallmouth black bass, a member of the sunfish family. Walleye (Stizostedion vitreum vitreum). Commonly called perchpike, pickerel, walleyed perchpike, and walleye pike, a member of the perch family. Yellow perch (Perea flaveseens). Commonly called lake perch, perch, and river perch, a member of the perch family. 394 ...

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