RNR 4145 Fishes

Lepomis megalotis (longear sunfish)

Lepomis megalotis (longear sunfish)

Lepomis macrochirus (bluegill)

Lepomis cyanellus (green sunfish)

Lepomis miniatus (redspotted sunfish)

-fairly small body size

Micropterus nigricans (largemouth bass)

Micropterus punctulatus (spotted bass)

Ameiurus natalis (yellow bullhead)

Noturus phaeus (brown madtom)

-serrated pectoral spine

Noturus nocturnus (freckled madtom)

-smooth pectoral spine

Hypentelium nigricans (northern hogsucker)

Minytrema melanops (spotted sucker)

Carpiodes carpio (river carpsucker)

Erimyzon tenuis (sharpfin chubsucker)

Percina sciera (dusky darter)

Percina nigrofasciata (blackbanded darter)

Percina vigil (saddleback darter)

Etheostoma chlorosum (bluntnose darter)

Etheostoma artersiae (redspot darter)

Etheostoma histrio (harlequin darter)

Etheostoma swaini (gulf darter)

Ammocrypta vivax (scaly sand darter)

Fundulus euryzonus (broadstripe topminnow)

Fundulus olivaceus (blackspotted topminnow)

Lythurus umbratilis (redfin shiner)

-posterior dorsal fin

-pointy snout

-crowded scales on nape

-less shiny

Lythurus roseipinnis (cherryfin shiner)

-posterior dorsal fin

-pointy snout

-crowded scales on nape

-shinier

Luxilus chrysocephalus (striped shiner)

-dorsal stripes

-elongated scales above lateral line

-dusky scales forming crescent shape

Cyprinella venusta (blacktail shiner)

Cyprinella camura (bluntface shiner)

Miniellus sabinae (Sabine shiner)

-blunt snout

-lateral line tracks

Miniellus longirostris (longnose shiner)

-no lateral line tracks

Paranotropis volucellus (mimic shiner)

-more benthic (higher eyes & lower mouth)

-less developed lateral stripe

Alburnops texanus (weed shiner)

-darkened anal fin rays

-more developed lateral stripe

Pimephales vigilax (bullhead minnow)

Nocomis leptocephalus (bluehead chub)

Hybognathus nuchalis (Mississippi silvery minnow)

Opsopoeodus emiliae (pugnose minnow)

Gambusia affinis (western mosquitofish)

Aphredoderus sayanus (pirate perch)

Esox americanus (grass pickerel)

Etheostoma lynceum (brighteye darter)

Etheostoma caeruleum (rainbow darter)

Etheostoma asprigene (mud darter)

Percina shumardi

River darter

Lepomis gulosus (Warmouth)

-big mouth

-tongue patch

Lepomis microlophus (redear sunfish)

-long pointy pectoral fins

-short black operculum

-small mouth

Lepomis symmetricus (Bantam sunfish)

-very small body

Lepomis marginatus (dollar sunfish)

-lines and spots extend onto longish operculum (black w/ white margin)

Lepomis punctatus (spotted sunfish)