Lab 3 Taxa, fish

Carassius auratus

goldfish

-No barbels

Cyprinus carpio

common carp

-2 small barbels on mouth

-lakes and rivers

Cyprinella lutrensis

Red shiner

-dark band behind operculum

-dark dorsal band

Notemigonus crysoleucas

Golden shiner

-fleshy Keel running from pelvic to anal fin

-decurved lateral line: curves into belly

Hesperoleucus symmetricus

California roach

-NO frenum

Mylopharodon conocephalus

Hardhead

-HAS frenum: tissue on upper lip

Ptychocheilus grandis

Sacramento pikeminnow

-No frenum

Orthodon microlepidotus

Sacramento blackfish

-thick dark lateral line running entire with rib looking lines extending

Pimephales promelas

Fathead minnow

-large head, dark lateral line

-Tubercules on males (“pimples”)

Pogonichthys macrolepidotus

Sacramento splittail

-Caudal fin upper lobe is longer

Rhinichthys osculus

Speckled dace

-tiny

-speckled scales, shiny

Siphateles bicolor

Tui chub

-fat, wide caudal peduncle

Catostomus occidentalis

Sacramento sucker

-normal sized scales

-small anal fin

-lips

Catostomus rimiculus

Klamath small scale sucker

-tiny scales

-large anal fin

-lips

Ictalurus punctatus

Channel catfish

-Forked caudal fin

Ameiurus natalis

Yellow bullhead

-white chin barbels

-rounded caudal fin

Ameiurus nebulosus

Brown bullhead

-Dark chin barbels

-Truncate caudal fin