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Massachusetts, Fallfish are common in the Connecticut River Basin but rare in the eastern part of the state, where some populations have apparently disappeared in the last century. Data from DFW Fisheries Surveys and Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology. Updated 2015.
A guide to freshwater fish species living in Massachusetts. Includes introduced and stocked species.
The fallfish (Semotilus corporalis) is a North American freshwater fish, a chub in the family Cyprinidae.
Fallfish - Semotilus corporalis. Habitat requirements and life history: The fallfish is native fish and a large member of the minnow family. The fallfish prefers large streams and small rivers with gravel, sand or rubble bottoms. They are also sometimes found in silt-bottomed pools.
Each fall, MassWildlife stocks 60-70 thousand trout in waterbodies across Massachusetts. Fall stocking, when combined with trout stocked in the spring, provides plenty of opportunities for residents and visitors to enjoy a day on the water.
Fallfish are known to fall prey to larger fallfish as well as northern pike (Esox lucius) and fish-eating birds such as ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) and the American herring gull (Larus smithsonianus).
Interactive maps: Point Distribution Maps. Nonindigenous Occurrences: Table 1. States with nonindigenous occurrences, the earliest and latest observations in each state, and the tally and names of HUCs with observations†. Names and dates are hyperlinked to their relevant specimen records.
