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Fish-Eating Birds and Salmonids in Scotland
 
APPENDIX 1.
 
Scientific names of fishes mentioned in the text.
 
Many of the species listed below have been extensively introduced by man for the purposes of sport fishing and aquaculture. Letters E (Europe) and NA (North America) therefore refer to continents of origin rather than actual global distribution. Marine fishes are indicated by an asterisk. Details from Wheeler (1978), Page & Burr (1991) and Robins et al. (1986).
   
   
Lampreys Family Petromyzonidae
Brook lamprey Lampetra planeri (E)
River lamprey L. fluviatilis (E)
   
Eels Family Anguillidae
American eel Anguilla rostrata (NA)
European eel A. anguilla (E)
   
Herrings Family Clupeidae
Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus (NA)
Gizzard shad Dorosoma cepedianum (NA)
Herring Clupea harengus (E, NA) *
Shad Alosa spp. (E, NA) *
   
Salmons Family Salmonidae
Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus (E, NA)
Atlantic salmon Salmo salar (E, NA)
Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis (NA)
Brown trout Salmo trutta (E)
Kokanee Oncorhynchus nerka (Sockeye salmon) (NA)
Pink salmon O. gorbuscha (NA)
Rainbow trout O. mykiss (NA)
Sea trout S. trutta (migratory) (E)
Grayling Thymallus thymallus (E)
   
Smelts Family Osmeridae
Capelin Mallotus villosus (E, NA) *
Smelt Osmerus esperlanus (E) *
   
Pikes Family Esocidae
Pike Esox lucius (E, NA)
   
Carps Family Cyrprinidae
Blacknose dace Rhinichthys atrutulus (NA)
Bleak Alburnus alburnus (E)
Bream Abramis brama (E)
Bream, white/silver Blicca bjoerkna (E)
Carp Cyprinus carpio (E)
Chub Leuciscus cephalus (E)
Dace L. leuciscus (E)
Emerald shiner Notropis atherinoides (NA)
Fallfish Semotilus corporalis (NA)
Grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella (E)
Gudgeon Gobio gobio (E)
Lake chub Couesius plumbeus (NA)
Minnow Phoxinus phoxinus (E)
Roach Rutilus rutilus (E)
Rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus (E)
Shiner, common Luxilus cornutus (NA)
Tench Tinca tinca (E)
   
Loaches Family Cobitidae
Stone loach Barbatula barbatula (E)
   
Suckers Family Catostomidae
White sucker Catostomus commersoni (NA)
   
Cods Family Gadidae
Burbot Lota lota (E, NA)
Cod Gadus morhua (E, NA) *
Pollock Pollachius pollachius (E, NA) *
Rocklings Ciliata spp.(E) *
Saithe P. virens (E) *
   
Killifishes Family Fundulidae (NA)
   
Eelpouts Family Zoarcidae
Eel pout Zoarces viviparus (E) *
   
Garfishes Family Belonidae
Garfish Belone belone (E) *
   
Sand-smelts Family Atherinidae
Sand smelt Atherinia presbyter (E) *
   
Sticklebacks Family Gasterosteidae
9-spined stickleback Pungitius pungitius (E, NA)
3-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus (E, NA)
15-spined stickleback Spinachia spinachia (E)
   
Sculpins/Cottids and Bullheads Family Icelidae and Cottidae
Bullhead Cottus gobio (E)
Long-spined sea scorpion Taurulus bubalis (E) *
   
Pogges or Poachers Family Agonidae
Pogge Agonus cataphractus (E) *
   
Sea Basses Family Percichthyidae
(Sea) Bass Dicentrarchus labrax (E) *
   
American Sunfishes Family Centrarchidae.
Largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides (NA)
Rock bass Ambloplites rupestris (NA)
Sacremento perch Archplites interruptus (NA)
Smallmouth bass M. dolomieu (NA)
White bass Morone chrysops (NA)
White crappie Pomoxis annularis (NA)
   
Perches Family Percidae
Perch Perca fluviatilis (E)
Ruffe Gymnocephalus cernuus (E)
Yellow perch P. flavescens (NA)
Zander Stizostedion lucopercia (E)
   
Drums Family Sciaenidae
Freshwater drum Aplodinotus grunniens (NA)
   
Grey Mullets Family Mugilidae (E) *
   
Wrasses Family Labridae (E, NA) *
   
Arctic Blennies Families Stichaeidae and Pholidae (E, NA)
Butterfish Pholis gunnellus (E, NA) *
   
Sandeels Family Ammodytidae (E) *
   
Dragonets Family Callionymiidae
Dragonet Callionymus lyra (E) *
   
Gobies Family Gobiidae
Black goby Gobius niger (E) *
   
Flatfishes Family Pleironectidae (right-eyed)
Dab Limanda limanda (E) *
Flounder Platichthys flesus (E) *
Plaice Pleuronectes platessa (E) *
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