The following species information augments the common names of species referred to in the body of the report. Most of the species listed are found in the Columbia River Basin; however, this list is not intended to be exhaustive and does not cover all organisms in the Basin. In some cases many species from one family can be found in the Basin, but not all are listed here. For further information on species found in the Basin, we encourage readers to consult the following sources:
- Species of Idaho
- Aquatic Species of Oregon
- Wildlife Species of Oregon
- Species of Montana
- Species of Washington
| Common name | Scientific name | Family |
|---|---|---|
| Alder | Alnus | Betulaceae |
| Alder, red | Alnus rubra | Betulaceae |
| Alewife | Alosa pseudoharengus | Clupeidae |
| Alfalfa | Medicago sativa | Fabaceae |
| Algae, green | Various species | Scenedesmaceae |
| Amphipod | Various species | Chalcidoidea, various families in the arthropod family Amphipoda |
| Anchovy, northern | Engraulis mordax | Engraulidae |
| Aphid | Various species | Aphididae |
| Barnacle | Various species | Various families in the arthropod order Cirripedia |
| Bass, largemouth | Micropterus salmoides | Centrarcidae |
| Bass, rock | Ambloplites rupestris | Centrarchidae |
| Bass, smallmouth | Micropterus dolomieui | Centrarcidae |
| Bat | Pipistrellus pipistrellus | Vespertilionidae |
| Bear, black | Ursus americanus | Ursidae |
| Bear, grizzly | Ursus arctos | Ursidae |
| Beaver, American | Castor canadensis | Castoridae |
| Beetle | Various species | Various families of the Arthropod order Coleoptera |
| Beetle, carabid | Carabus | Carabidae, various families of the Insect order Coleoptera |
| Beetle, carrion | Various species | Silphidae |
| Beetle, mountain pine | Dendroctonus ponderosae | Curculionidae |
| Beetle, rove | Aleochara bilineata | Staphylinidae |
| Bluegill | Lepomis macrochirus | Centrarcidae |
| Broom, scotch | Cytisus scoparius | Fabaceae |
| Bullfrog, American | Rana catesbiana | Ranidae |
| Bullhead, black | Ictalurus melas | Ictaluridae |
| Bullhead, brown | Ictalurus nebulosus | Ictaluridae |
| Bulrush, American | Schoenoplectus americanus | Cyperaceae |
| Bunting, black-faced | Emberiza spodocephala | Emberizidae |
| Burbot | Lota lota | Gadidae |
| Cabezon | Scorpaenichthys marmoratus | Cottidae |
| Caddisfly | Dicosmoecus | Hydropsychidae, Limnephilidae and various families in the Insect Order Trichoptera |
| Carp | Cyprinus carpio | Cyprinidae |
| Carp, grass | Ctenopharyngodon idella | Cyprinidae |
| Catfish, blue | Ictalurus furcatus | Ictaluridae |
| Catfish, bullhead | Ameiurus melas, Ameiurus nebulosus, Ameiurus natalis | Ictaluridae |
| Catfish, channel | Ictalurus punctatus | Ictaluridae |
| Catfish, flathead | Pylodictis olivaris | Ictaluridae |
| Catfish, white | Ameiurus catus | Ictaluridae |
| Catfish, yellow | Ameiurus natalis | Ictaluridae |
| Cattail | Typha latifolia | Typhaceae |
| Cattle | Bos taurus | Bovidae |
| Cedar, western red | Thuja plicata | Cupressaceae |
| Char | Salvelinus | Salmonidae |
| Char, white-spotted | Salvelinus leucomaenis | Salmonidae |
| Chironomid | Various species | Various families from the order Diptera |
| Chiselmouth | Acrocheilus alutaceus | Cyprinidae |
| Chub | Various species | Cyprinidae |
| Chub, lake | Couesius plumbeus | Cyprinidae |
| Chub, leatherside | Snyderichthys copei | Cyprinidae |
| Chub, Oregon | Oregonichthys crameri | Cyprinidae |
| Chub, tui | Gila bicolor | Cyprinidae |
| Chub, Utah | Gila atraria | Cyprinidae |
| Cicada | Magicicada, Tibicen | Cicadidae |
| Cichlid | Cichlasoma | Cichlidae |
| Cladoceran | Bosmina longirostis, Daphnia galeata, Daphnia retrocurva, Holopedium gibberum | Bosminidae, Daphniidae, Holopedidae |
| Clam, Asian | Corbicula fluminea, Corbicula manilensis | Corbiculidae |
| Copepod | Various species | Various families of the order Arthropod |
| Copepod, Asian | Pseudodiaptomus forbesi | Pseudodiaptomidae |
| Copepod, calanoid | Microdisseta, Epischura spp. | Heterorhabdidae, Temoridae |
| Copepod, cyclopoid | Various species | Cyclopidae |
| Copepod, diaptomus | Diaptomus spp. | Diaptomidae |
| Copepod, harpacticoid | Heteropsyllus nr. nunni | Heterorhabdidae |
| Cormorant | Phalacrocorax | Phalacrocoracidae |
| Cormorant, double-crested | Phalacrocorax auritus | Phalacrocoracidae |
| Cottonwood | Various species of Populus | Salicaceae |
| Cottonwood, black | Populus trichocarpa | Salicaceae |
| Cougar | Puma concolor | Felidae |
| Coyote | Canis latrans | Canidae |
| Crab, brachyuran | Carcinus maenas | Portunidae |
| Crab, Dungeness | Metacarcinus magister | Cancridae |
| Crappie | Pomoxis | Centrarchidae |
| Crappie, black | Pomoxis nigromaculatus | Centrarcidae |
| Crappie, white | Pomoxis annularis | Centrarcidae |
| Crayfish | Various species | Astacidae, Cambaridae, Parastacidae |
| Crayfish, northern | Oronectes virilis | Cambaridae |
| Crayfish, red swamp | Procambarus clarki | Cambaridae |
| Crayfish, signal | Pacifastacus leniusculus | Astacidae |
| Crustacean | Various species | Various families |
| Dace | Leuciscus, Rhinichthys | Cyprinidae |
| Dace, leopard | Rhinichthys falcatus | Cyprinidae |
| Dace, longnose | Rhinichthys cataractae | Cyprinidae |
| Dace, speckled | Rhinichthys osculus | Cyprinidae |
| Dace, Umatilla | Rhinichthys umatilla | Cyprinidae |
| Deer, white-tailed | Odocoileus virginianus | Cervidae |
| Dipper, American | Cinclus mexicanus | Cinclidae |
| Dogfish, spiny | Squalus acanthias | Squalidae |
| Dolly Varden | Salvelinus malma malma | Salmonidae |
| Duck, American black | Anas rubripes | Anatidae |
| Duck, mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Anatidae |
| Eagle, bald | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Accipitridae |
| Earthworm | Lumbricus terrestris | Lumbricidae |
| Eelgrass, Japanese | Zostera marina | Zosteraceae |
| Elk | Cervus canadensis | Cervidae |
| Eulachon | Thaleichthys pacificus | Osmeridae |
| Flea, water | Daphnia | Daphniidae |
| Flounder, arrowtooth | Atheresthes stomias | Pleuronectidae |
| Flounder, starry | Platichthys stellatus | Pleuronectidae |
| Fly, black | Simulium | Simuliidae |
| Fly, true | Various species | Various families of the insect order Diptera |
| Flycatcher, brown | Muscicapa dauurica | Muscicapidae |
| Flycatcher, narcissus | Ficedula narcissina | Muscicapidae |
| Goby, Amur | Rhinogobius brunneus | Gobiidae |
| Goby, bay | Lepidogobius lepidus | Gobiidae |
| Goldeneye, Barrow’s | Bucephala islandica | Anatidae |
| Goldeneye, common | Bucephala clangula | Anatidae |
| Goldfish | Carassius auratus | Cyprinidae |
| Goose, Canada | Branta canadensis | Anatidae |
| Grass, reed canary | Phalaris arundinacea | Poaceae |
| Grass, tufted hair | Deschampsia caespitosa | Poaceae |
| Grayling, Arctic | Thymallus arcticus | Salmonidae |
| Greenling, kelp | Hexogrammos decagrammus | Hexagrammidae |
| Gull | Larus spp. | Laridae |
| Gull, California | Larus californicus | Laridae |
| Gull, herring | Larus argentatus | Laridae |
| Gunnel, saddleback | Pholis ornata | Pholidae |
| Hake, Pacific | Merluccius productus | Merlucciidae |
| Hemlock, western | Tsuga heterophylla | Pinaceae |
| Heron, great blue | Ardea herodias | Ardeidae |
| Herring, North Sea | Clupea harengus | Clupeidae |
| Herring, Pacific | Clupea (harengus) pallasi | Clupeidae |
| Hog | Sus domestica | Suidae |
| Iris, yellow | Iris pseudacorus | Iridaceae |
| Isopod, parasitic | Orthione griffenis | Bopyridae |
| Kestrel, American | Falco sparverius | Falconidae |
| Killifish | Fundulus | Cyprinodontidae |
| Killifish, banded | Fundulus diaphanus | Cyprinodontidae |
| Knotweed, giant | Fallopia sachallinense | Polygonaceae |
| Knotweed, Japanese | Fallopia japonica | Polygonaceae |
| Kokanee | Oncorhynchus nerka | Salmonidae |
| Krill | Euphausia | Euphausiidae |
| Ladybug | Harmonia axyridis | Coccinellidae |
| Lamprey, Pacific | Lampetra tridentata | Petromyzontidae |
| Lamprey, western brook | Lampetra richardsoni | Petromyzontidae |
| Leafhopper | Various species | Cicadellidae |
| Leech | Various species | Erpobdellidae |
| Lingcod | Ophiodon elongatus | Hexagrammidae |
| Lizard | Various species names | Various families in the Suborder Lacertilia |
| Lizard, western fence | Sceloporus occidentalis | Phrynosomatidae |
| Loosestrife, purple | Lythrum salicaria | Lythraceae |
| Mackerel, jack | Trachurus symmetricus | Carangidae |
| Mackerel, Pacific | Scomber japonicus | Scombridae |
| Madtom, tadpole | Noturus gyrinus | Ictaluridae |
| Maple, bigleaf | Acer macrophyllum | Aceraceae |
| Mayfly | Various species names | Various families in the Suborder Lacertilia |
| Mayfly, baetid | Ephemeroptera | Baetidae |
| Merganser, common | Mergus merganser | Anatidae |
| Midge | Various species names | Chiromonidae and Ceratopogonidae and other Dipteran families |
| Milfoil, Eurasian water | Myriophyllum spicatum | Haloragidaceae |
| Mink, American | Mustela vison | Mustelidae |
| Minnow | Various species names | Cyprinidae |
| Minnow, fathead | Pimephales promelas | Cyprinidae |
| Moose | Alces alces | Cervidae |
| Mosquito fish | Gambusia affinus | Poeciliidae |
| Mudminnow, central | Umbra limi | Umbridae |
| Mudsnail, New Zealand | Potomopyrgus antipodarum | Hydrobiidae |
| Murre | Uria aalge | Alcidae |
| Muskie, tiger | Esox lucius x Esox masquinongy | Esocidae |
| Mussel, freshwater pearl | Margaritifera margaritifera | Margaritiferidae |
| Mussel, quagga | Dreissena rostriformis bugensis | Dreissenidae |
| Mussel, Rocky Mountain ridged | Gonidea angulata | Unionidae |
| Mussel, western pearl | Margaritinopsis falcata | Margaritiferidae |
| Nuthatch, white-breasted | Sitta carolinensis | Sittidae |
| Nutria | Myocaster coypus | Myocastoridae |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Pandionidae |
| Ostracod | Various species | Various families in the class Ostracoda |
| Otter, North American river | Lutra canadensis | Mustelidae |
| Oyster, Pacific | Crassostrea gigas | Ostreidae |
| Peamouth | Mylocheilus caurinus | Cyprinidae |
| Pelican, American white | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | Pelecanidae |
| Perch, Nile | Lates niloticus | Latidae |
| Perch, pile | Rhacochilus vacca | Embiotocidae |
| Perch, shiner | Cymatogaster aggregata | Embiotocidae |
| Perch, yellow | Perca flavescens | Percidae |
| Pickerel, grass | Esox americanus vermiculatus | Esocidae |
| Pike, northern | Esox lucius | Esocidae |
| Pikeminnow, northern | Ptychocheilus oregonensis | Cyprinidae |
| Pipefish, bay | Syngnathus leptorhynchus | Syngnathidae |
| Poacher, pricklebreast | Stellerina xyosterna | Agonidae |
| Poacher, tubenose | Pallasina barbata | Agonidae |
| Poacher, warty | Chesnonia verrucosa | Agonidae |
| Pollock, walleye | Theragra chalcogramma | Gadidae |
| Poplar | Various species names | Salicaceae |
| Prickleback, snake | Lumpenus sagitta | Stichaeidae |
| Pumpkinseed | Lepomis gibbosus | Centrarcidae |
| Raccoon | Procyon lotor | Procyonidae |
| Rotifer | Various species | Various families in the phylum Rotifera |
| Roundworm | Various species | Various families in the phylum Nematoda |
| Rush | Juncus spp | Juncaceae |
| Rush, Baltic | Juncus balticus | Juncaceae |
| Rush, common | Juncus effusus | Juncaceae |
| Russian-olive | Elaeagnus angustifolia | Elaeagnaceae |
| Salamander | Various species names | Various families in the amphibian Order Urodela |
| Salmon | Oncorhynchus spp | Salmonidae |
| Salmon, Atlantic | Salmo salar | Salmonidae |
| Salmon, Chinook | Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | Salmonidae |
| Salmon, chum | Oncorhynchus keta | Salmonidae |
| Salmon, coho | Oncorhynchus kisutch | Salmonidae |
| Salmon, masu | Oncorhynchus masou | Salmonidae |
| Salmon, pink | Oncorhynchus gorbuscha | Salmonidae |
| Salmon, sockeye | Oncorhynchus nerka | Salmonidae |
| Sand lance, Pacific | Ammodytes hexapterus | Ammodytidae |
| Sand roller | Percopsis transmontana | Percopsidae |
| Sanddab, Pacific | Citharichthys sordidus | Paralichthyidae |
| Sanddab, speckled | Citharichthys stigmaeus | Paralichthyidae |
| Sandfish, Pacific | Trichodon trichodon | Trichodontidae |
| Sardine, Pacific | Sardinops sagax | Clupeidae |
| Scoter, surf | Melanitta perspicillata | Anatidae |
| Sculpin | Various species names | Cottidae |
| Sculpin, buffalo | Enophrys bison | Cottidae |
| Sculpin, coastrange | Cottus aleuticus | Cottidae |
| Sculpin, mottled | Cottus bairdii | Cottidae |
| Sculpin, Pacific staghorn | Leptocottus armatus | Cottidae |
| Sculpin, padded | Artedius fenestralis | Cottidae |
| Sculpin, Paiute | Cottus beldingi | Cottidae |
| Sculpin, prickly | Cottus asper | Cottidae |
| Sculpin, reticulated | Cottus perplexus | Cottidae |
| Sculpin, riffle | Cottus gulosus | Cottidae |
| Sculpin, shorthead | Cottus confusus | Cottidae |
| Sculpin, Shoshone | Cottus greenei | Cottidae |
| Sculpin, slimy | Cottus cognatus | Cottidae |
| Sculpin, torrent | Cottus rhotheus | Cottidae |
| Sculpin, Wood River | Cottus leiopomus | Cottidae |
| Sea lion, California | Zalophus californianus | Otariidae |
| Sea lion, Steller | Eumetopias jubata | Otariidae |
| Seaperch, striped | Embiotoca lateralis | Embiotocidae |
| Seaperch, white | Phanerodon furcatus | Embiotocidae |
| Sedge | Various species names | Cyperaceae |
| Sedge, Lyngby’s | Carex lyngbyei | Cyperaceae |
| Shad, American | Alosa sapidissima | Clupeidae |
| Shearwaters, sooty | Puffinus griseus | Procellariidae |
| Sheep, domestic | Ovis aries | Bovidae |
| Shiner | Various species names | Cyprinidae |
| Shiner, golden | Notemigonus crysoleucas | Cyprinidae |
| Shiner, redside | Richardsonius balteatus | Cyprinidae |
| Shiner, spottail | Notropis hudsonius | Cyprinidae |
| Shrew | Various species | Soricidae |
| Shrimp | Various species | Branchinectidae, Chirocephalidae, Cyzicidae, Lynceidae, Triopsidae, Streptocephalidae |
| Shrimp, mysid | Mysis relicta | Mysidae |
| Shrimp, opossum | Mysis relicta, Neomysis Americana, Neomysis mercedis | Mysidae |
| Skate, big | Raja binoculata | Rajidae |
| Slider, red-eared | Trachemys scripta elegans | Emydidae |
| Slime, rock | Didymosphenia geminate | Gomphonemataceae |
| Smelt | Various species names | Osmeridae |
| Smelt, longfin | Spirinchus thaleichthys | Osmeridae |
| Smelt, night | Spirinchus starksi | Osmeridae |
| Smelt, rainbow | Osmerus mordax | Osmeridae |
| Smelt, surf | Hypomesus pretiosus | Osmeridae |
| Smelt, whitebait | Allosmerus elongatus | Osmeridae |
| Snail | Various species names | Various families of freshwater Gastropoda |
| Snailfish, ringtail | Liparis rutteri | Cyclopteridae |
| Snailfish, showy | Liparis pulchellus | Liparidae |
| Snailfish, slipskin | Liparis fucencis | Liparidae |
| Snakehead, northern | Channa argus | Channidae |
| Sole, American | Various species names | Achiridae |
| Sole, butter | Isopsetta isolepis | Pleuronectidae |
| Sole, c-o | Pleuronichthys coenosus | Pleuronectidae |
| Sole, English | Parophrys vetulus | Pleuronectidae |
| Sole, Pacific sand | Psettichthys melanostictus | Pleuronectidae |
| Spider | Various species | Vaejovidae, Triaenonychidae |
| Spider, wolf | Rhabidosa rabida | Lycosidae |
| Spikerush | Eleocharis palustris | Cyperaceae |
| Spruce, Sitka | Picea sitchensis | Pinaceae |
| Spruce, white | Picea glauca | Pinaceae |
| Squid | Various species | Various families in the order Teuthida |
| Squid, market | Loligo opalescens | Loliginidae |
| Steelhead and rainbow trout | Oncorhynchus mykiss | Salmonidae |
| Stickleback | Various species | Gasterosteidae |
| Stickleback, brook | Culaea inconstans | Gasterosteidae |
| Stickleback, three-spine | Gasterosteus aculeatus | Gasterosteidae |
| Stonefly | Various species | Various families of the Order Plecoptera |
| Stonefly, perlodid | Various species | Perlodidae |
| Stonefly, winter | Various species | Capniidae, Nemouridae, Taeniopterygidae |
| Stoneroller | Percopsis transmontana | Cyprinidae |
| Sturgeon | Acipenser spp | Acipenseridae |
| Sturgeon, green | Acipenser medirostris | Acipenseridae |
| Sturgeon, white | Acipenser transmontanus | Acipenseridae |
| Sucker | Various species names | Catostomidae |
| Sucker, bridgelip | Catostomus columbianus | Catostomidae |
| Sucker, largescale | Catostomus catastomus | Catostomidae |
| Sucker, longnose | Catostomus macrocheilu | Catostomidae |
| Sucker, mountain | Catostomus platyrhynchus | Catostomidae |
| Sucker, Utah | Catostomus ardens | Catostomidae |
| Sucker, white | Catostomus commersoni | Catostomidae |
| Sunfish | Lepomis spp. | Centrarchidae |
| Sunfish, green | Lepomis cyanellus | Centrarcidae |
| Sunfish, redbreast | Lepomis auritus | Centrarchidae |
| Sunfish, redear | Lepomis microlophus | Centrarcidae |
| Surfperch, redtail | Amphistichus rhodoterus | Embiotocidae |
| Surfperch, silver | Hyperprosopon ellipticum | Embiotocidae |
| Surfperch, spotfin | Hyperprosopon anale | Embiotocidae |
| Surfperch, walleye | Hyperprosopon argenteum | Embiotocidae |
| Swan, mute | Cygnus olor | Anatidae |
| Swan, trumpeter | Cygnus buccinator | Anatidae |
| Tench | Tinca tinca | Cyprinidae |
| Terns, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | Sternidae |
| Tilapia | Tilapia sp. | Cichlidae |
| Tit, great | Parus major | Paridae |
| Tit, marsh | Poecile palustris | Paridae |
| Toad, American | Bufo americanus | Bufonidae |
| Tomcod, Pacific | Microgadus proximus | Gadidae |
| Trout and salmon | Various species | Salmonidae |
| Trout, brook | Salvelinus fontinalis | Salmonidae |
| Trout, brown | Salmo trutta | Salmonidae |
| Trout, bull | Salvelinus confluentus | Salmonidae |
| Trout, cutthroat | Oncorhynchus clarki | Salmonidae |
| Trout, cutthroat, Lahontan | Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi | Salmonidae |
| Trout, cutthroat, westslope | Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi | Salmonidae |
| Trout, Dolly Varden | Salvelinus malma malma | Salmonidae |
| Trout, golden | Oncorhynchus aquabonita | Salmonidae |
| Trout, lake | Salvelinus namaycush | Salmonidae |
| Trout, perch | Percopsis omiscomaycus | Percopsidae |
| Trout, rainbow and steelhead | Oncorhynchus mykiss | Salmonidae |
| Trout, redband | Oncorhynchus mykiss gibbsi | Salmonidae |
| Trout, tiger | S. trutta x S. fontinalus | Salmonidae |
| Turtle, snapping | Chelydra serpentina | Chelydridae |
| Walleye | Sander vitreus | Percidae |
| Warbler, crowned willow | Phylloscopus coronatus | Phylloscopidae |
| Warbler, pale-legged willow | Phylloscopus tenellipes | Sylviidae |
| Warmouth | Lepomis gulosus | Centrarcidae |
| Water flea, Daphnia | Various species | Daphniidae |
| Weatherfish, oriental | Misgurnus anguillicaudatus | Cobitidae |
| Whale, gray | Eschrichtius robustus | Eschrichtiidae |
| Whale, killer | Orcinus orca | Delphinidae |
| Whitefish, lake | Coregonus clupeaformis | Salmonidae |
| Whitefish, mountain | Prosopium williamsoni | Salmonidae |
| Whitefish, pygmy | Prosopium coulterii | Salmonidae |
| Willow | Salix spp | Salicaceae |
| Woodpecker, pygmy | Dendrocopos kizuki | Picidae |
| Wren | Various species | Troglodytidae |
| Zooplankton | Various species | Wide range of invertebrate taxa; in fresh water, predominately the crustacean Orders Cladocera, Calanoidea, and Cyclopodia and the Phylum Rotifera. |