Whitefishes
- Arctic Cisco
- Bering Cisco
- Broad Whitefish
- Humpback Whitefish
- Least Cisco
- Round Whitefish
- Sheefish or Inconnu
Char
Pacific Salmon
- Chinook Salmon or King Salmon
- Chum Salmon or Dog Salmon
- Pink Salmon or Humpback Salmon
- Red Salmon or Sockeye Salmon
Other Freshwater Fishes
- Alaska Blackfish
- Arctic Grayling
- Arctic Lamprey
- Burbot
- Longnose Sucker
- Ninespine Stickleback
- Northern Pike
- Threespine Stickleback
- Slimy Sculpin
Nearshore Marine/Brackish Water Fishes
- Arctic Cod
- Saffron Cod
- Capelin
- Arctic Flounder
- Starry Flounder
- Fourhorn Sculpin
- Pacific Herring
- Rainbow Smelt
Some Uncommon Marine Fishes
- Bering Wolffish
- Eelpout
- Leather-fin Lumpsucker
- Pacific Sand Lance
- Pacific Sleeper Shark
- Slender Eelblenny
- Snailfish
- Wolf Eel
Whitefishes
Arctic Cisco
Iñupiaq Name: Qaaktaq
Scientific Name: Coregonus autumnalis
Taken by Larry Moulton
Bering Cisco
Iñupiaq Name: Tiipuq
Scientific Name: Coregonus laurettae
Taken by DWM staff
Broad Whitefish
Iñupiaq Name: Aanaakłiq
Scientific Name: Coregonus nasus
Taken by Craig George
Humpback Whitefish
Iñupiaq Name: Pikuktuuq
Scientific Name: Coregonus pidschian
Taken by Craig George
Least Cisco
Iñupiaq Name: Iqalusaaq
Scientific Name: Coregonus sardinella
Taken by Craig George
Taken by ACES/NOAA/NMFS
Round Whitefish
Iñupiaq Name: Saviġuunnaq
Scientific Name: Prosopium cylindraceum
Sheefish or Inconnu
Iñupiaq Name: Siiġruaq, Sii
Scientific Name: Stenodu leucichthys
Taken by Emma Snyder in Kotzebue
Char
Dolly Varden Char
Iñupiaq Name: Iqalukpik
Scientific Name: Salvelinus malma
Taken by Craig George
Arctic Char
Iñupiaq Name: Iqalukpik, Paikłuk, Aŋayuqaksraq
Scientific Name: Salvelinus alpinus
Taken by Larry Moulton
Taken by DWM Staff near Kaktovik
Taken by DWM staff
Lake Trout
Iñupiaq Name: Iqaluaqpak
Scientific Name: Salvelinus namaychush
Taken by Craig George
Taken by Craig George
Pacific Salmon
Chum or Dog Salmon
Iñupiaq Name: Iqalugruaq, Qalugruaq
Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus keta
Taken by DWM staff
Chinook or King Salmon
Iñupiaq Name: Iqalugruaq, Iqalukpak, Taġyaqpak
Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Taken by Craig George
Taken by Craig George
Taken by DWM staff
Red or Sockeye Salmon
Iñupiaq Name:
Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus nerka
Taken by DWM staff
Pink or Humpback Salmon
Iñupiaq Name: Amaqtuuq
Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Taken by Leslie Pierce
Taken by Laird
Other Freshwater Fishes
Arctic Lamprey
Iñupiaq Name: Nimiġiaq
Scientific Name: Lampetra japonica
Taken by Larry Moulton
Arctic Grayling
Iñupiaq Name: Sulukpaugaq
Scientific Name: Thymallus arcticus
Taken by DWM staff
Burbot
Iñupiaq Name: Tittaaliq
Scientific Name: Lota lota
Taken by Craig George
Taken by Josh Bacon at Atqasuk
Longnose Sucker
Iñupiaq Name: Milugiaq
Scientific Name: Catostomus catostomus
Taken by DWM staff (this fish has a spinal deformity)
Northern Pike
Iñupiaq Name: Siulik, Siułik
Scientific Name: Esox lucius
Taken by DWM staff
Taken by Larry Moulton
By Leslie Pierce with Jeremiah Lambrecht
Alaska Blackfish
Iñupiaq Name: Iłuuqiñiq
Scientific Name: Dallia pectoralis
Taken by Larry Moulton
Threespine Stickleback
Iñupiaq Name: Kakiḷaġnaq, Kakiḷasak, Kakalisauraq
Scientific Name: Gasterosteus aculeatus
Taken by Craig George
Ninespine Stickleback
Iñupiaq Name: Kakalisauraq
Scientific Name: Pungitius pungitius
Taken by Raphaela Stimmelmayr
Slimy Sculpin
Iñupiaq Name: Kanayuq
Scientific Name: Cottus cognatus
Nearshore Marine/Brackish Water Fishes
Rainbow Smelt
Iñupiaq Name: Iłhuaġniq
Scientific Name: Osmerus mordax
Taken by DWM staff
Arctic Cod
Iñupiaq Name: Iqalugaq
Scientific Name: Boreogadus saida
Taken by Leslie Pierce
Taken by Craig George
Saffron Cod
Iñupiaq Name: Uugaq
Scientific Name: Eleginus gracilis
Taken by ACES/NOAA/NMFS (juvenile)
Taken by ACES/NOAA/NMFS (adult)
Arctic Flounder
Iñupiaq Name: Nataaġnaq
Scientific Name: Liopsetta glacialis
Taken by Teresa Aiken
Taken by DWM staff
Starry Flounder
Iñupiaq Name: Nataaġnaq
Scientific Name: Platichthys stellatus
Taken by Craig George
Capelin
Iñupiaq Name: Paŋmaksraq, Paŋmagrak, Paŋmaġraq
Scientific Name: Mallotus villosus
Taken by Craig George
Fourhorn Sculpin
Iñupiaq Name: Kanayuq
Scientific Name: Myoxocephalus quadricornis
Taken by Cyd Hanns
Taken by ACES/NOAA/NMFS
Pacific Herring
Iñupiaq Name: Uqsruqtuuq
Scientific Name: Clupea pallasii
Taken by DWM staff
Some Uncommon Marine Fishes
Slender Eelblenny
Iñupiaq Name:
Scientific Name: Lumpenus fabricii
Taken by ACES/NOAA/NMFS (juvenile)
Taken by ACES/NOAA/NMFS (adult)
Eelpout
Iñupiaq Name:
Scientific Name: Lycodes spp
Taken by DWM staff
Taken by DWM staff
Bering Wolffish
Iñupiaq Name:
Scientific Name: Anarhichas orientalis
Taken by DWM staff
Taken by George Divoky
Taken by Craig George. Fish found on beach near Barrow by Masaak Brower
Wolf Eel
Iñupiaq Name:
Scientific Name: Anarrhichthys occellatus
Taken by ACES/NOAA/NMFS
Snailfish
Iñupiaq Name:
Scientific Name: Liparis tunicatus, L. megacephalus
Taken by DWM staff
Taken by DWM staff
Leather-Fin Lumpsucker
Iñupiaq Name:
Scientific Name: Eumicrotremus deerjugini
Pacific Sand Lance
Iñupiaq Name:
Scientific Name: Ammodytes hexapterus
Taken by DWM staff
Arctic Skate
Iñupiaq Name:
Scientific Name: Amblyraja hyperborea
Taken by Craig George
Taken by Craig George
Pacific Sleeper Shark
Iñupiaq Name:
Scientific Name: Somniosus pacificus
Links
- More information on Fish Identification on the North Slope
Banner photo credit: Arctic Char near Kaktovik by DWM Staff
