The predominant panfish are bluegill, black crappie, yellow perch and pumpkinseed. The redspotted sunfish, redear sunfish and pumpkinseed sunfish are its closest relatives. Fish species present in the lake include rainbow trout, pumpkinseed sunfish, and brook trout. Additional species present included pumpkinseed, chain pickerel, landlocked alewife, brood salmon and eels. The pumpkinseed sunfish has developed a specific method of protection. The pumpkinseed sunfish is very common and is not listed by CITES. The pumpkinseed sunfish has adapted in many ways to the surroundings where it lives. In Europe, the pumpkinseed is considered an invasive species. Pumpkinseed sunfish have however been introduced throughout most of North America. Pumpkinseed sunfish usually travel together in schools that can also include bluegills and other sunfish.