What kind of fish are in the st. laurence?

Question

I am just completing diver's training and want to know what kind of fish I can expect to see...

Answer 1

Do you mean St. Lawrence River?  If that is the river about which you are asking, there are quite a few different fish.  Below is a list with common and scientific names:

Sea Lamprey  Petromyzon marinus    

Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus    

Bowfin Amia calva    

Mooneye Hiodon tergisus    

Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus    

Cisco Coregonus artedii    

Lake Whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis    

Rainbow Trout  Salmo gairdneri    

Brown Trout Salmo trutta      

Lake Trout Salvelinus namaycush    

Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis    

Rainbow Smelt Osmerus mordax    

Central Mudminnow Umbra limi    

Northern Pike Esox lucius    

Muskellunge Esox masquinongy    

Copper Redhorse Moxostoma hubbsi    

White Sucker Catostomus commersoni    

Carp Cyprinus carpio    

Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas    

Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus    

Northern Redbelly Dace Phoxinus eos    

Blackchin Shiner Notropis heterodon    

Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus    

Brown Bullhead Ictalurus nebulosus    

American Eel Anguilla rostrata    

Burbot Lota lota    

Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus    

Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans    

Trout-Perch Percopsis omiscomaycus    

White Perch Morone americana    

Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieui    

Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides    

Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus    

Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris    

Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus    

Walleye Stizostedion vitreum    

Yellow Perch Perca fluviatilis    

Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum    

Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens