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List of Large Predatory, Freshwater, and Bottom Feeder Fish

This list is a reference tool to help identify species associated with a chemical hazard for the environmental contaminant mercury. It is important to note that this list may not include all species which should be tested for mercury and will be updated as needed.

Common Name Scientific Name
Amberjack Seriola spp
Anglerfish Lophius spp
Black Cod Anoplopoma fimbria
Blue Crab (from Gulf of Mexico) Callinectes sapidus
Bonito Sarda spp
Bowfin Amia calva
Bullhead Ictalarus natalis
Ictalarus nebulosus
Burbot Lota lota
Carp Cyprinus carpio
Channel catfish (wild) Ictalarus punctatus
Cisco Coregonus artedii
Crappie Pomoxis spp
Eel Anguilla spp
Escolar Lepidocybium flavobrunneum
Greenland Turbot Reinhardtius hippoglossoides
Grouper Mycteroperca spp
Halibut Hippoglossus stenolepis
Hippoglossus hippoglossus
King Mackerel
King Fish
Scomberomorus cavalla
Lake Herring Coregonus artedii
Lake Trout Salveliuns namaycush
Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
Ling Lota lota
Mahi-mahi Coryphaena hippurus
Maria Lota lota
Marlin Makaira spp
Mudfish Amia calva
Monkfish Lophius spp
Ocean Perch Sebastes spp
Orange Roughy Leiogaster atlanticus
Hoplostethus atlanticus
Oysters Ostrea spp
Crassostrea spp
Pacific Snapper Sebastes spp
Patagonian Toothfish Dissostichus eleginoides
Pickerel Stizostedion vitreum
Pike Esox lucius
Rays Raja spp
Redfish
Rockfish
Sebastes spp
Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
Sable fish Anoplopoma fimbria
Salmonids (Great Lakes)  
Sauger Stizosteddion canadense
Seabass Dicentrarchus labrax
Sharks Centroscyllium fabricii
Lamna nasus
Isurus oxyrinchus
Prionace glauca
Squalus spp
Skates Raja spp
Slimehead Leiogaster atlanticus
Hoplostethus atlanticus
Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieui
Snake Mackerel Gempylus serpens
Spanish Mackerel Scomberomorus sp
Spiny Dogfish Squalus acanthias
Sturgeon Acipenser spp
Sucker Moxostoma carinatum
Swordfish Xiphias gladius
Tilefish Caulolatilus spp
Tullibee Coregonus artedii
Tuna Thunnus spp
Euthynnus spp
Katsuwonus pelamis
Turbot Pleuronichthys ritteri
Pleuronichthys verticali
Psetta maxima
Psettodes belcheri
Psettodes bennetti
Scophthalmus maximus
White Croaker Genyonemus lineatus
White Bass Morone chrysops
Whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis
Yellow Perch Perca flavescens



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