FISHERY
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Here is a list of the fish found in the Deerfield River watershed (courtesy Alex Haro, USGS):

	Common Name	Species	MA Status	Federal Status	Native/Intro- duced/Hatchery	Life History
	American eel	Anguilla rostrata			N	catadromous
	American shad	Alosa sapidissima			N	anadromous
	Atlantic salmon	Salmo salar			N,H	anadromous
	blacknose dace	Rhinichthys atratulus			N
	blueback herring	Alosa aestivalis			N	anadromous
	bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus			N
	bridle shiner	Notropis bifrenatus	SC		N
	brook trout	Salvelinus fontinalis			N
	brown bullhead	Ameiurus melas			N
	brown trout	Salmo trutta			I,H
	chain pickerel	Esox niger			N
	channel catfish	Ictalurus punctatus			N
	common carp	Cyprinus carpio			N
	common shiner	Notropis cornutus			N
	eastern silvery minnow	Hybognathus regius	SC		N
	fallfish	Semotilus corporalis			N
	gizzard shad	Dorosoma cepedianum			N	anadromous
	largemouth bass	Micropterus salmoides			I
	longnose dace	Rhinichthys cataractae			N
	longnose sucker	Catostomus catostomus	SC		N
	northern pike	Esox lucius			I
	northern redbelly dace	Phoxinus eos	E		N
	pumpkinseed	Lepomis gibbosus			N
	rainbow trout	Onchorhynchus mykiss			I,H
	redbreast sunfish	Lepomis auritis			N
	rock bass	Ambloplites rupestris			N
	sea lamprey	Petromyzon marinus			N	anadromous
	shortnose sturgeon	Acipenser brevirostrum	E	E	N	anadromous
	slimy sculpin	Cottus cognatus			N
	smallmouth bass	Micropterus dolomieui			I
	spottail shiner	Notropis hudsonius			N
	tesselated darter	Etheostoma olmstedi			N
	walleye	Stizostedion vitreum			N
	white perch	Morone americana			N	anadromous
	white sucker	Catostomus commersoni			N
	yellow perch	Perca flavescens			N

Anadromous fish ascend rivers to spawn, as salmon do
Catadromous fish migrate from freshwater to the sea to spawn, as eels do
E = Endangered species
SC = Species of Special Concern

Updated 1/14/02 DRWA Home