Icthyology Practical 1

Black Crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Family Centrarchidae

7-8 Dorsal Spines

Mottled Pattern

Redbreast Sunfish

Lepomis auritas

Family Centrarchidae

Extended operculum spot

Atlantic Silversides

Menidia menidia

Family Atherinidae

Horizontal silver stripe

Large anal fin

Large eye

Two small dorsal fins

Striped Bass

Morone saxatilis

Family Moronidae

Bowfin

Amia calva

Family Amiidae

White Crappie

Pomoxis annularis

Family Centrarchidae

5-6 dorsal fins

Bars not spots

Lighter fins

Eastern Blacknose Dace - Family?

Family Cyprinidae

Shortnose Sturgeon

Acipenser brevirostrum

Family Acipenseridae

Sheepshead Minnow

Cyprinidon variegatus

Family Cyprinodontidae

Chain Pickerel

Esox niger

Family Esocidae

Sea Lamprey

Petromyzon marinus

Family Petromyzontidae

Rainbow Smelt

Osmerus mordax

Family Osmeridae

Adipose fin

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Family salmondiae

Adipose fin

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

Family Cyprinidae

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides

Family Centrarchidae

Redfin Pickerel

Esox Americanus americanus

Family Esocidae

White Sucker

Catastomus commersoni

Family Catastomida

Tessellated Darter

Etheostoma olmstedi

Family Percidae

Golden Shiner

Notemigonus crysoleucas

Family Cyprinidae

Brown Bullhead

Ameirus nebulosus

Family Ictaluridae

American Eel

Anguilla rostrata

Family Angullidae

Yellow Perch

Perca flavescens

Family Percidae

Summer Flounder

Paralicthys dentatus

Family Bothidae

Faces LEFT when mouth is up

White Perch

Morone americana

Family Moronidae

Clear operculum spine

Spiny first dorsal

Yellow bullhead - Family?

Family Ictaluridae

Creek Chubsucker

Erimyzon oblongus

Family Catastomidae

Sub terminal sucker mouth

Banded Killifish

Fundulus diaphanous

Family Cyprinodontidae

Flattened head

upturned terminal mouth

Banded Sunfish

Enneacanthus obesus

Family Centrarchidae

Alewife

Alosa pseudoharengus

Family Cleupidae

Atlantic Salmon

Salmo salar

Family Salmonidae

Adipose fin

Paddlefish

Polyodon spathula

Family Polyodontidae

Eat zoo plankton

Longnose Gar

Lepisosteus osseus

Family Lepisosteidae

Ganoid scales

Smallmouth Bass

Micropterus dolomieui

Family Centrarchidae

Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

Family Ictaluridae

8 barbels, deeply forked caudal fin

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Family Salmonidae

Dark spots on light body

Few or no spots on tail

Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

Family Salmonidae

Light spots on dark body

White edges on fins

Pumpkinseed Sunfish

Lepomis gibbonus

Family Centrachidae

Bluegill

Lempois marcochinus

Family Centrarchidae

Threespine Stickleback

Gasterosteus aculeatus

Family Gasterosteidae

Three spines on back

Common name? Family?

Shortnose Gar

Family Leopisosteidae

Common name? Family?

Shovelnose Sturgeon

Family Acipenseridae

Common name? Family?

Gizzard Shad

Family Clupeidae

Common name? Family?

American Shad

Family Clupeidae

Common name? Family?

Black bullhead

Family Ictaluridae

Goldfish

Family Cyprinidae

Carrassius auratus

Common name? Family?

Creek chub

Family Cyprinidae

Sometimes has a black lateral line that runs through its eye

Common name? Family?

Fallfish

Family Cyprinidae

Common name? Family?

Northern Pike

Family Esocidae

Common name? Family?

Mummichog

Family Cyprinodontidae

Common name? Family?

Fourspine Stickleback

Family Gasterosteidae

Common name? Family?

Walleye

Family Percidae

Common name?

Burbot

Hogchoker

Trinectes maculatus

Family Achiridae

Common name?

Atlantic Cod

Common name?

Winter Flounder

Faces RIGHT when mouth is upward

Common name?

Bluefish

Common name?

Atlantic Mackerel

Common name?

Northern Pipefish