fish flashcards

Ictaluridae

Family characterized by barbels, no scales, an adipose fin, and spines on the dorsal and pectoral fins.

Acipenseriformes

Order that includes species like the lake sturgeon and American paddlefish.

Lake sturgeon

A species from the Acipenseridae family; considered endangered.

American paddlefish

A species from the Polydontidae family.

Siluriformes

Order that includes catfishes like blue catfish and channel catfish.

Blue catfish

A species from the Ictaluridae family, found throughout most of the US.

Channel catfish

A species from the Ictaluridae family, located in southern US and gulf.

Lepisosteiformes

Order that includes gars such as longnose gar and spotted gar.

Longnose gar

Most common species from the Lepisosteidae family.

Spotted gar

Less common species in the Lepisosteidae family.

Clupeiformes

Order that includes shad species like gizzard shad and threadfin shad.

Gizzard shad

Species from the Clupeidae family.

Threadfin shad

Species from the Clupeidae family, characterized by yellow fins and small size.

Cypriniformes

Order that includes species such as the whitetail shiner and river chub.

Whitetail shiner

Species from the Leuciscidae family.

River chub

Another species from the Leuciscidae family.

Northern hogsucker

Species from the Catostomidae family.

Smallmouth buffalo

Another species from the Catostomidae family.

Salmoniformes

Order that includes trout species like brook trout and rainbow trout.

Brook trout

Native trout species from the Salmonidae family found in TN.

Rainbow trout

Introduced trout species from the Salmonidae family.

Micropterus

Genus that includes black basses like smallmouth bass and largemouth bass.

Smallmouth bass

One of the black basses in the Micropterus genus.

Lepomis

Genus including true sunfishes such as bluegill.

Bluegill

A true sunfish species from the Lepomis genus.

Pomoxis

Genus that includes crappies like white crappie and black crappie.

White crappie

One of the species in the Pomoxis genus.

Black crappie

Another species in the Pomoxis genus.

Perciformes

Order that includes various species like striped bass, yellow perch, and walleye.

Striped bass

Species from the Moronidae family, noted as introduced.

Yellow perch

Species from the Percidae family.

Walleye

Another species from the Percidae family.

Common logperch

Species from the Percidae family.

Tangerine darter

Species from the Percidae family.

Greenside darter

Another species from the Percidae family.