Editing Lake Winnipeg (section)

===Fish===
The varying habitats found within the lake support a large number of fish species, more than any other lake in Canada west of the [[Great Lakes]].<ref name="Stewart/Watkinson"/>  Sixty of seventy-nine native species found in Manitoba are present in the lake.<ref name="Stewart/Watkinson_occurence">{{cite book|last1=Stewart|first1=Kenneth W.|last2=Watkinson|first2=Douglas A.|title=The freshwater fishes of Manitoba|date=2004|publisher=Univ. of Manitoba Press, CN|location=Manitoba|isbn=0-88755-678-7|pages=249–257}}</ref> Families represented include lampreys ([[Petromyzontidae]]), sturgeon ([[Acipenseridae]]), mooneyes ([[Hiodontidae]]), minnows ([[Cyprinidae]]), suckers ([[Catostomidae]]), catfish ([[Ictaluridae]]), pike ([[Esocidae]]), trout and whitefish ([[Salmonidae]]), troutperch ([[Percopsidae]]), codfish ([[Gadidae]]), sticklebacks ([[Gasterosteidae]]), sculpins ([[Cottidae]]), sunfish ([[Centrarchidae]]), perch ([[Percidae]]), and drum ([[Sciaenidae]]).<ref name="Stewart/Watkinson_occurence"/>

Two fish species present in the lake are considered to be at risk, the [[shortjaw cisco]] and the [[bigmouth buffalo]].<ref>{{cite web|title=COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Shortjaw Cisco (Coregonus zenithicus) in Canada – 2009|url=http://www.registrelep-sararegistry.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=0379EBFF-1&offset=1&toc=show|website=Species at Risk Public Registry| date=26 October 2009 |publisher=Government of Canada, Environment|access-date=24 September 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Bigmouth Buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus) in Canada – 2009|url=http://www.registrelep-sararegistry.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=2CD0DE36-1|website=Species at Risk Public Registry| date=7 December 2009 |publisher=Government of Canada, Environment|access-date=24 September 2017|language=en}}</ref>

[[Rainbow trout]] and [[brown trout]] are stocked in Manitoba waters by provincial fisheries as part of a put and take program to support angling opportunities. Neither species is able to sustain itself independently in Manitoba.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Stewart|first1=Kenneth W.|last2=Watkinson|first2=Douglas A.|title=The freshwater fishes of Manitoba|date=2004|publisher=Univ. of Manitoba Press, CN|location=Manitoba|isbn=0-88755-678-7|pages=169–174}}</ref>
[[Smallmouth bass]] was first recorded from the lake in 2002, indicating populations introduced elsewhere in the watershed are now present in the lake.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Stewart|first1=Kenneth W.|last2=Watkinson|first2=Douglas A.|title=The freshwater fishes of Manitoba|date=2004|publisher=Univ. of Manitoba Press, CN|location=Manitoba|isbn=0-88755-678-7|pages=221–222}}</ref>
[[White bass]] were first recorded from the lake in 1963, ten years after being introduced into [[Baldhill Dam|Lake Ashtabula]] in North Dakota.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Stewart|first1=Kenneth W.|last2=Watkinson|first2=Douglas A.|title=The freshwater fishes of Manitoba|date=2004|publisher=Univ. of Manitoba Press, CN|location=Manitoba|isbn=0-88755-678-7|pages=208–209}}</ref>
[[Common carp]] were introduced to the lake through the [[Red River of the North]] and are firmly established.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Stewart|first1=Kenneth W.|last2=Watkinson|first2=Douglas A.|title=The freshwater fishes of Manitoba|date=2004|publisher=Univ. of Manitoba Press, CN|location=Manitoba|isbn=0-88755-678-7|page=22}}</ref>