Changes in Fish Communities of Lake Ontario Coastal Wetlands before and after Remedial Action Plans

Table 4

Comparison of species occurrences between the historic and recent surveys in Lake Ontario.

			Number of sites present
Family	Common name	Scientific name	Historic	Recent
Amiidae	Bowfin	Amia calva	0	10
Anguillidae	American eel	Anguilla rostrata	0	1
Atherinopsidae	Brook silverside	Labidesthes sicculus	0	1
Catostomidae	White sucker	Catostomus commersonii	7	1
Centrarchidae	Rockbass	Ambloplites rupestris	3	10
	Green sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus	0	1
	Pumpkinseed	Lepomis gibbosus	2	13
	Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus	0	8
	Smallmouth bass	Micropterus dolomieu	9	1
	Largemouth bass	Micropterus salmoides	7	9
	White crappie	Pomoxis annularis	0	3
	Black crappie	Pomoxis nigromaculatus	4	2
Clupeidae	Alewife	Alosa pseudoharengus	6	4
	Gizzard shad	Dorosoma cepedianum	2	3
Cyprinidae	Goldfish	Carassius auratus	1	1
	Spotfin shiner	Cyprinella spiloptera	0	2
	Common carp	Cyprinus carpio	7	6
	Brassy minnow	Hybognathus hankinsoni	0	1
	Golden shiner	Notemigonus crysoleucas	1	5
	Emerald shiner	Notropis atherinoides	3	2
	Blacknose shiner	Notropis heterolepis	0	2
	Spottail shiner	Notropis hudsonius	2	4
	Sand shiner	Notropis stramineus	0	1
	Bluntnose minnow	Pimephales notatus	2	8
	Fathead minnow	Pimephales promelas	1	5
Esocidae	Northern pike	Esox lucius	10	5
	Redfin pickerel	Esox americanus	0	1
Fundulidae	Banded killifish	Fundulus diaphanus	1	7
Gasterosteidae	Threespine stickleback	Gasterosteus aculeatus	4	2
Ictaluridae	Black bullhead	Ameiurus melas	0	1
	Brown bullhead	Ameiurus nebulosus	7	13
	Channel catfish	Ictalurus punctatus	1	1
	Tadpole madtom	Noturus gyrinus	0	6
Lepisosteidae	Longnose gar	Lepisosteus osseus	0	1
Moronidae	White perch	Morone americana	7	1
	White bass	Morone chrysops	1	1
Percidae	Johnny darter	Etheostoma nigrum	2	3
	Yellow perch	Perca flavescens	8	12
Sciaenidae	Freshwater drum	Aplodinotus grunniens	1	0
Umbridae	Central mudminnow	Umbra limi	0	5