Locations
Fish species in Alaska
86 species have two or more US observation records in Alaska. Explore their habitats, families, and local records.
86 species have two or more US observation records in Alaska. ITIS calls 62 of them native to the United States, 24 native to part of the country and introduced elsewhere, and 0 introduced.
- Species
- 86
- Freshwater
- 60
- Saltwater
- 65
- Survey list
- 0
The USGS stream survey is conterminous, so it has no Alaska list. Every species below comes from GBIF observation records.
The statute
The official state fish of Alaska
A state fish is a statute, not a survey. It says which fish the legislature chose, not which fish is most common. The list above links each row to the state's own record.
Most recorded
The fish of Alaska
The species with the most observation records in the state. It is the closest the open data comes to naming the fish people meet.
Groups
Types of fish in Alaska
Species
All 86 species, A–Z
A
- Alaska Blackfish Dallia pectoralis
- Alaska Whitefish Coregonus nelsonii
- Alaskan Brook Lamprey Lethenteron alaskense
- Alaskan Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus
- American Brook Lamprey Lethenteron appendix
- American Sand Lance Ammodytes americanus
- American Shad Alosa sapidissima
- Arctic Char Salvelinus alpinus
- Arctic Cisco Coregonus autumnalis
- Arctic Cod Boreogadus saida
- Arctic Flounder Liopsetta glacialis
- Arctic Grayling Thymallus arcticus
- Arctic Lamprey Lethenteron camtschaticum
- Atlantic Herring Clupea harengus
- Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
L
M
N
O
P
- Pacific Capelin Mallotus catervarius
- Pacific Cod Gadus macrocephalus
- Pacific Flatnose Antimora microlepis
- Pacific Herring Clupea pallasii
- Pacific Lamprey Entosphenus tridentatus
- Pacific Rainbow Smelt Osmerus dentex
- Pacific Sardine Sardinops sagax
- Pacific Staghorn Sculpin Leptocottus armatus
- Pacific Tomcod Microgadus proximus
- Pink Salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
- Polypera greeni
- Pond Smelt Hypomesus olidus
- Prickly Sculpin Cottus asper
- Pygmy Whitefish Prosopium coulterii
R
S
- Saffron Cod Eleginus gracilis
- Salvelinus anaktuvukensis
- Salvelinus aureolus
- Scaly Waryfish Scopelosaurus harryi
- Sharpnose Sculpin Clinocottus acuticeps
- Shiner Perch Cymatogaster aggregata
- Slimy Sculpin Cottus cognatus
- Sockeye Salmon Oncorhynchus nerka
- Spiny Dogfish Squalus acanthias
- Starry Flounder Platichthys stellatus
- Surf Smelt Hypomesus pretiosus
T
V
W
One record only
10 more with a single record
One observation can be a stray, an aquarium release, or a mis-keyed locality, so these are kept out of the count above and listed here instead. The first 10 are shown.
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