fish identification

	Fam-Common	Scientific Name/ species	Common Name/ species	Wet Specimen?	Order	Genus	Notes
1	Bowfins	Amia calva	Bowfin	Y	Amiiformes	Amia	individual scales, medium head size, deteririoration in form while raised spots
2	Freshwater Eels	Anguilla rostrata	American eel	Y	Anguilliformes	Anguilla	eel,
3	Herrings	Alosa sapidissima	American shad	Y	Clupeiformes	Alosa	fins are deteriorating, anal fin is amost comletely broken down, supiroir mouth, red eyeball
4	Trouts	Salmo trutta	Brown trout	Y	Salmomiformes	Salmo	small juvililes, vertical oval pattern, brown coloring, has fleshy adipose fin
5	Trouts	Salvelinus fontinalis	Brook trout	Y	salmoniformes	Salvelinus	larger than brown trout, vertical circular pattern (far lighter brown
6	Pikes	Esox masquinongy	Muskellunge	Y	esociformes	Esox	one of the largest fish, no scales, very pointed snout, pale pink coloring, no pattern
7	Pikes	Esox niger	Chain pickerel	Y	esociformes	Esox	flat faced, dark brown coloring, chain like pattern faded, head is decaying, one of the large/med fish, dorsal fin is very far back
8	Carps & Minnows	Campostoma anomalum	Central stoneroller	Y	Cypriniformes	Campostoma	large lips, inferior mouth, med brown coloring, small scales with small bumps along the top of back
9	Carps & Minnows	Carassius auratus	Goldfish	Y	Cypriniformes	carassius	flat body, very long dorasl fin, ripped causal fin, yellowish gold colorning, scales
10	Carps & Minnows	Cyprinus carpio	Common carp	Y	Cypriniformes	cyprinus	very small, split dorsal fin, light orange coloring,
11	Carps & Minnows	Exoglossum maxillingua	Cutlips minnow	Y	Cypriniformes	exoglossum	similar looking to common carp BUT has lighter coloring and does NOT have slip dorsal fin, is also slightly larger and longer
12	Carps & Minnows	Notemigonus crysoleucas	Golden shiner	Y	Cypriniformes	notemiginus	supirior mouth, shiny scales-- more than goldfish, long caudal pendunkle, and long anal fin
13	Carps & Minnows	Notropis hudsonius	Spottail shiner	Y	Cypriniformes	notropis	likely what we collected in lab 1, faded dark stipe down body, small black spot on caudel pedunkle, beige coloring
14	Carps & Minnows	Notropis procne	Swallowtail shiner	Y	Cypriniformes	notropis	very smiliar to spottail shiner but there is NO isolated spot on tail, also slightly smaller than the spottail
15	Carps & Minnows	Notropis rubellus	Rosyface shiner	Y	Cypriniformes	notropis	strip down bosy is silver and thick, beige coloring, thin body and visually similar to spottail ans swallowtail, should have red face but color has completely faded,
16	Carps & Minnows	Cyprinella spiloptera	Spotfin shiner	Y	Cypriniformes	cyprinella	biggest of the shiners, most prominent scales of them as well, has shiny stripe down side of body
17	Carps & Minnows	Pimephales notatus	Bluntnose minnow	Y	Cypriniformes	pimephales	in sun, the coloring looks more orange, smooshed face, all fins are slightly shorter and rounded
18	Carps & Minnows	Rhinichthys atratulus	Blacknose dace	Y	Cypriniformes	rhinichthys	dark coloration on the top of head running down dorsal, slightly darker stripe running down body--looks like indents in body,
19	Carps & Minnows	Rhinichthys cataractae	Longnose dace	Y	Cypriniformes	rhinichthys	long snout, dark brown body with individual small black spots random on body, very straight and rectangukar caudal and caudal penunkle
20	Carps & Minnows	Semotilus atromaculatus	Creek chub	Y	Cypriniformes	semotilus	light orange coloring, caudal fin completely gone, ++ image switched w longnose dase+++
21	Carps & Minnows	Margariscus margarita	Pearl dace	Y	Cypriniformes	margariscus	has dark stripe on back half of body, darker in color,, ventrial(medium place) mouth
22	Suckers	Catostomus commersoni	White sucker	Y	catostomiformes	catostomus	inferior mouth, tan/white coloring, thin long bodies, rectangular caudal fin and pedunkle
23	Catfishes	Ameiurus natalis	Yellow bullhead	Y	icatluriformes	ameiurus	Barbels, adipose fin(CATFISH FAM), very thin small body compared to other catfish, inferior mouth, beige/light coloring
24	Catfishes	Noturus insignis	Margined madtom	Y	icatluriformes	noturus	much larger body, lqqrge pectoral pin, rounded tail(eel like, BARBELS and adipose fin becoming rounded tail
25	Killifishes	Fundulus diaphanus	Banded Killifish	Y	cyprinodontiformes	fundulus	not well visually banded-- verticle stripes running down body. Small thin bodies, yellow coloring, ventral mouth, veryyyy faded
26	Temperate Basses	Morone saxatilis	Striped bass	Y	moroniformes	morone	largest fish, vental mouth, splotchy red and beige coloring over scale, very deteriorated, two large nostral holes on front top of face
27	Sunfishes	Lepomis auritus	Redbreast sunfish	Y	centrarchiformes	lepomis	very small flat body, supirior mouth, whitish coloring
28	Sunfishes	Lepomis gibbosus	Pumpkinseed	Y	centrarchiformes	lepomis	dorsal fin is less spiney than red breast and also has larger pectoral fins -- overall looks very similar to redbreast
29	Sunfishes	Lepomis macrochirus	Bluegill	?	centrarchiformes	lepomis	flat bodies, has squarish dark splotch on top of gill flap, bodies have dark spotty coloring on dorsal and get lighter at bottom of fish, very spint fins, ventral mouth, large forhead
29	Sunfishes	Ambloplites rupestris	Rockbass	Y	centrarchiformes	amblopiltes	all small juviniles,, spikey doral and anal fins, red/brown/white circular splotchy coloring, flat bodies, ventral mouth
30	Sunfishes	Micropterus dolomieu	Smallmouth bass	Y	centrarchiformes		red lined coloring in tail, ventral mouth, possible split dorsal fin, redder coloring oon top of dorsal and head- gets whiter on bottom, caudal fin not forked
31	Perches	Etheostoma olmstedi	Tessellated darter	Y	perciformes		we caught in lab 1, very noticable contracts in white/ brown splothcing, fins are very rayed and spikey , double dorsal fin, brown lines over eyes on head,
32	Perches	Etheostoma zonale	Banded darter	Y	perciformes		brown connect bands vertically dowing down fish, skiley and flared out fins, coloring is very dark and very distinct, ventral
33	Perches	Etheostoma flabellare	Fantail darter	Y	perciformes		ventral mouth, very small and thin body, tail is not very fanned out but its is longish, caudal is rectangular, dark beige
34	Sculpins	Cottus bairdi	Mottled sculpin	Y	cottiformes		spotty brown pattern, long pectoral fins
35	Sculpins	Cottus cognatus	Slimy sculpin	Y	cottiformes		lighetr spotty brown dots - more randomized, ventral mouth , split dorsal and spikey rayed fins, ong pectoral++ only mottled had pattern continuing onto pectoral fins
36	Guppies	Gambusia affinis	Mosquitofish	Y	poeciliformes
37	Gars	Lepisosteus oculatus	Spotted gar	Y	lepisosteiformes