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List of the most popular aquatic species living in Canadian waters. These species have been classified under eight categories: freshwater, finfish, groundfish, diadromous and pelagic species, invertebrates, marine mammals and molluscs. For each name listed, you will find a description of the species and its habitat.

Species Name	Species Group
Alewife	Diadromous
American Eel	Freshwater
American Lobster	Invertebrates
American Oyster	Molluscs
American Plaice	Groundfish
American Shad	Diadromous
American Smelt	Diadromous
Arctic Char	Diadromous
Arctic Cod	Groundfish
Asian Carp	Freshwater
Atlantic Cod	Groundfish
Atlantic Hagfish	Pelagics
Atlantic Halibut	Groundfish
Atlantic Mackerel	Pelagics
Atlantic Salmon	Diadromous
Atlantic Walrus	Marine Mammals
Atlantic Whitefish	Freshwater
Atlantic Wolffish	Groundfish
Aurora Trout	Freshwater
Basking Shark	Finfish
Beluga Whale	Marine Mammals
Bering Cisco	Diadromous
Black Redhorse	Freshwater
Blackstripe Topminnow	Freshwater
Blue Hake	Groundfish
Blue Shark	Pelagics
Blue Whale	Marine Mammals
Bluefin Tuna	Pelagics
Bluntnose Sixgill Shark	Finfish
Bocaccio	Pelagics
Bowhead Whale	Marine Mammals
Bridle Shiner	Freshwater
Canary Rockfish	Groundfish
Capelin	Pelagics
Carmine Shiner	Freshwater
Channel Darter	Freshwater
Chinook Salmon	Diadromous
Chum Salmon	Diadromous
Coho Salmon	Diadromous
Columbia Mottled Sculpin	Groundfish
Copper Redhorse	Freshwater
Cultus Lake Sockeye Salmon	Freshwater
Cultus Pygmy Sculpin	Freshwater
Cusk	Pelagics
Deepwater Sculpin	Freshwater
Dolly Varden Char	Diadromous
Dover Sole	Groundfish
Dungeness Crab	Invertebrates
Dwarf Wedgemussel	Molluscs
Eastern Pondmussel	Molluscs
Eastern Sand Darter	Freshwater
Eastslope Sculpin	Freshwater
English Sole	Groundfish
Enos Lake Stickleback	Freshwater
Eulachon	Diadromous
Euphausiids (Krill)	Invertebrates
Fin Whale	Marine Mammals
Geoduck Clam	Molluscs
Giant Red Sea Cucumber	Invertebrates
Goldeye	Freshwater
Goose Barnacle	Invertebrates
Grass Pickerel	Freshwater
Gravel Chub	Freshwater
Green Crab	Invertebrates
Green Sea Urchin	Invertebrates
Green Sturgeon	Freshwater
Greenland Halibut	Groundfish
Greenland Shark	Finfish
Grey Seal	Marine Mammals
Grey Whale	Marine Mammals
Haddock	Groundfish
Hammerhead Shark	Pelagics
Harbour Porpoise (Atlantic)	Marine Mammals
Harbour Porpoise (Pacific)	Marine Mammals
Harp Seal	Marine Mammals
Hotwater Physa	Molluscs
Humpback Whale	Marine Mammals
Inconnu	Diadromous
Jonah Crab	Invertebrates
Kidneyshell	Molluscs
Killer Whale	Marine Mammals
Lake Chubsucker	Freshwater
Lake Sturgeon	Freshwater
Lake Trout	Freshwater
Lake Utopia Dwarf Smelt	Freshwater
Lake Whitefish	Freshwater
Lake Winnipeg Physa Snail	Molluscs
Leatherback Turtle	Pelagics
Lingcod	Groundfish
Littleneck Clam	Molluscs
Longspine Thornyhead	Groundfish
Lumpfish	Groundfish
Manila Clam	Molluscs
Mapleleaf	Molluscs
Monkfish	Groundfish
Moonsnail	Molluscs
Morrison Creek Lamprey	Groundfish
Mudpuppy Mussel	Molluscs
Muskellunge	Freshwater
Narwhal	Marine Mammals
Neon Flying Squid	Invertebrates
Nooksack Dace	Freshwater
North Atlantic Right Whale	Marine Mammals
North Pacific Albacore Tuna	Pelagics
North Pacific Right Whale	Marine Mammals
Northern Abalone	Molluscs
Northern Bottlenose Whale	Marine Mammals
Northern Brook Lamprey	Freshwater
Northern Madtom	Freshwater
Northern Pike	Freshwater
Northern Riffleshell	Molluscs
Northern Shrimp	Invertebrates
Northern Wolffish	Pelagics
Octopus	Invertebrates
Olympia Oyster	Molluscs
Opal Squid	Invertebrates
Pacific Cod	Groundfish
Pacific Hagfish	Groundfish
Pacific Halibut	Groundfish
Pacific Herring	Pelagics
Pacific Ocean Perch	Pelagics
Pacific Sardine	Pelagics
Paddlefish	Freshwater
Paxton Lake Stickleback (Benthic)	Freshwater
Paxton Lake Stickleback (Limnetic)	Freshwater
Periwinkle	Molluscs
Petrale Sole	Groundfish
Pink Salmon	Diadromous
Pollock	Groundfish
Porbeagle Shark	Finfish
Porcupine Crab	Invertebrates
Prawn	Invertebrates
Pugnose Minnow	Freshwater
Pugnose shiner	Freshwater
Quahaug	Molluscs
Quillback Rockfish	Groundfish
Rainbow	Molluscs
Rainbow Trout	Freshwater
Rayed Bean	Molluscs
Red Crab	Invertebrates
Red Rock Crab	Invertebrates
Red Sea Urchin	Invertebrates
Redfish	Pelagics
Redside Dace	Freshwater
Redstripe Rockfish	Groundfish
River Redhorse	Freshwater
Rock Sole	Groundfish
Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussel	Molluscs
Rougheye Rockfish - Type I & II	Groundfish
Round Hickorynut	Molluscs
Round Pigtoe	Molluscs
Sablefish	Groundfish
Salish Sucker	Freshwater
Sauger	Freshwater
Sea Lamprey	Diadromous
Sea Otter	Marine Mammals
Sei Whale	Marine Mammals
Shortfin Mako Shark	Finfish
Shorthead Sculpin	Freshwater
Shortjaw Cisco	Freshwater
Shortnose Sturgeon	Freshwater
Shortraker Rockfish	Groundfish
Silver Chub	Freshwater
Silver Hake	Groundfish
Silvergrey Rockfish	Groundfish
Silversides	Diadromous
Snow Crab	Invertebrates
Snuffbox	Molluscs
Sockeye Salmon	Freshwater
Sowerby's Beaked Whale	Marine Mammals
Speckled Dace	Freshwater
Spiny Dogfish	Finfish
Spotted Gar	Freshwater
Spotted Sucker	Freshwater
Spotted Wolffish	Pelagics
Steller Sea Lion	Marine Mammals
Striped Bass	Diadromous
Surf Clam	Molluscs
Surf Smelt	Pelagics
Swordfish	Pelagics
Tanner Crab	Invertebrates
Tiger Shark	Finfish
Tope (Soupfin Shark)	Groundfish
Vananda Creek Stickleback	Freshwater
Vancouver Lamprey	Freshwater
Walleye	Freshwater
Warmouth	Freshwater
Waved Whelk	Molluscs
Wavy-Rayed Lampmussel	Molluscs
Western Silvery Minnow	Freshwater
Westslope Cutthroat Trout	Freshwater
White Hake	Groundfish
White Shark	Finfish
White Sturgeon	Freshwater
White Sucker	Freshwater
Widow Rockfish	Pelagics
Winter Flounder	Groundfish
Witch Flounder	Groundfish
Yellow Lampmussel	Molluscs
Yellow Perch	Freshwater
Yelloweye Rockfish	Groundfish
Yellowmouth Rockfish	Groundfish
Yellowtail Flounder	Groundfish
Yellowtail Rockfish	Groundfish

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