fish flashcards

Fish ID

·   Identifying characteristics that we use when looking at fishes (body forms, external anatomy)

·   General characteristics of the families we have gone over (for example, the Ictaluridae family is characterized by barbels, no scales, an adipose fin, and spines on the dorsal and pectoral fins)

·   Below is a list of species (common names, don’t worry about scientific names for this class) that you should be able to identify if I showed you a picture:

Acipenseriformes

1. Lake sturgeon

§  Acipenseridae

§  Endangered

2. American paddlefish

§  Polydontidae

Siluriformes

3. Blue catfish

§  Ictaluridae

§  Most of US

4. Channel catfish

§  Ictaluridae

§  South US + gulf

Lepisosteiformes

5. Longnose gar

§  Lepisosteidae

§  Most common

6. Spotted gar

§  Lepisosteidae

Clupeiformes

7. Gizzard shad

§  Clupeidae

8. Threadfin shad

§  Clupeidae

§  Yellow fins and small

Cypriniformes

9. Whitetail shiner

§  Leuciscidae

10.  River chub

§  Leuciscidae

Cypriniformes

11.  Northern hogsucker

§  Catostomidae

12.  Smallmouth buffalo

§  Catostomidae

Salmoniformes

13.  Brook trout

§  Salmonidae

§  Native to TN

14.  Rainbow trout

§  Salmonidae

§  Introduced

Micropterus (Black Basses)

15.  Smallmouth bass

16.  Largemouth bass

Lepomis (True sunfishes)

17.  Bluegill

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Pomoxis (Crappies)

18.  White crappie

19.  Black crappie

Perciformes

20.  Striped bass

§  Moronidae

§  Introduced

Perciformes

21.  Yellow perch

§  Percidae

22.  Walleye

§  Percidae

23.  Common logperch

§  Percidae

24.  Tangerine darter

§  Percidae

25.  Greenside darter

§  Percidae