Fish Species in Maine Lakes
45 species appear in the DEP records of at least 8 counted lakes. Pick a species to see every counted lake where the DEP lists it, with the largest lakes first.
White Sucker (1022)Brook Trout (931)Yellow Perch (749)Brown Bullhead (749)Golden Shiner (729)Pumpkinseed (710)Chain Pickerel (638)American Eel (625)Rainbow Smelt (531)White Perch (486)Creek Chub (482)Smallmouth Bass (474)Fallfish (467)Common Shiner (445)Invasive) Largemouth Bass (383)Blacknose Dace (382)Banded Killifish (356)Northern Redbelly Dace (311)Lake Chub (297)Landlocked Salmon (280)Redbreast Sunfish (259)Finescale Dace (182)Burbot (Cusk) (156)Brown Trout (153)Lake Trout (144)Pearl Dace (141)Slimy Sculpin (141)Threespine Stickleback (140)Longnose Sucker (123)Sea-Run Alewife (105)Black Crappie (103)Ninespine Stickleback (96)Fathead Minnow (92)Blacknose Shiner (82)Lake Whitefish (64)Splake (59)Round Whitefish (56)Northern Pike (48)Landlocked Alewife (37)Rainbow Trout (25)Creek Chubsucker (18)Sea Lamprey (17)Blueback Charr (13)Brook Stickleback (10)Bridle Shiner (9)
Source: Maine DEP lake data. Verified October 30, 2026.