TABLE 2. FRESHWATER FISHES RECOMMENDED FOR COLLECTION FOR TISSUE 

 CONTAMINANT RESIDUE DETERMINATIONS (NPMP), LISTED BY CATEGORY, 

 HABITAT AND (IN THE ORDER OF PREFERENCE) SPECIES 



Category of fish, habitat, and species I 



Predator 



Cold water 



Rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri 

 Brown trout, S. trutta 

 Brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis 

 Lake trout, S^. namaycush 



Cool water 



Walleye, Stizostedion vitreum 



Yellow perch, Perca flavescens 



Sauger, S^, canadense 



Northern pike, Esox lucius 



White perch, Roccus americanus 



Other percid (Percidae) or temperate bass (Perichthyidae) 



Warm water 



Largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides 

 Other sunfish (Centrarchidae) 



Bottom Dwelling 



All habitats 



Carp ( Cyprinius carpio ) 

 Channel catfish ( Ictalurus punctatus ) 

 White sucker ( Catostomus commersoni ) 

 Other locally abundant sucker (Catostomidae) or catfish 

 (Ictaluridae) 



Ipredator species are listed in order of preference for each habitat; order 

 of preference for bottom dwelling species is the same for all habitats. 



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