Lab 4, fish taxa

Oncorhynchus clarkii

Cutthroat trout

-Spotted body

-red throat marks

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Rainbow Trout (Steelhead)

-White gums

Salmo trutta

brown trout

-large black spots w/ white ring

Oncorhynchus kisutch

Coho salmon

-white gums

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Chinook salmon

-black gums

-spotting all over

Oncorhynchus gorbuscha

Pink Salmon

-Dorsal hump in males

-keel

-large oblong spots

Oncorhynchus keta

Chum salmon

-No spotting

-short gill rakers

-white bars in females

Oncorhynchus nerka

Sockeye salmon (kokanee)

-no spotting

-large dorsal hump

-long gill rakers

Prosopium williamsoni

Mountain whitefish

-Adipose fin

-dotted lateral line

-subterminal mouth

Salvelinus confluentus

Bull trout

-yellow orange spots

-small adipose fin

Salvelinus fontinalis

Brook trout

-large pale spots

-black stripe

Salvelinus namaycush

Lake trout

-spotting all throughout

-pike like body

Hypomesus nipponensis

Wakasagi

-maxillary does not extend past eye

-Eye EQUAL to caudal peduncle

-silvery body

Hypomesus pretiosos

Surf smelt

-maxillary does not extend past eye

-chunkier body

-eye SMALLER size to caudal peduncle

Spirinchus starski

Night smelt

-Maxillary goes PAST eye, large mouth

-pelvic fins not large

Spirinchus thaleichthys

Longfin smelt

-Maxillary goes PAST eye, large mouth

-pectoral fins reach pelvic fins

Allosmerus elongatus

Whitebait smelt

-canine vomer

Thaleichthys pacificus

Eulachon

-Squalene deposits

-oily/ bumpy texture