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Family - Torpedo shaped - Adipose fin present - Lateral line present - Parr marks on most juveniles - Fleshy dorsal fin (no spines) |
Salmonidae |
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Sub-Family - silver/grey color - majority have a sub-terminal mouth - very forked caudal fin - adipose fin |
Coregoninae Whitefish |
- small head relative to body size |
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Coregoninae Whitefish |
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EXAMPLE mountain whitefish
Sub-family? |
Coregoninae Whitefish |
Family: Salmonidae |
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Sub-Family - massive dorsal fin |
Thymallinae Grayling |
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Thymallinae Grayling |
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Thymallinae Grayling |
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Thymallinae Grayling |
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EXAMPLE arctic grayling
Sub-Family? |
Thymallinae Grayling |
Family: Salmonidae |
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Sub-Family - includes genera: - Oncorhynchus spp. - Salmo spp. - Salvelinus spp. |
Salmoninae Salmon, Trout, Char |
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Species
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Oncorhynchus nerka sockeye |
Delicious |
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Oncorhynchus nerka sockeye |
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Oncorhynchus nerka sockeye |
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Oncorhynchus nerka sockeye |
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Coregoninae
Common name? |
Whitefish |
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Thymallinae
Common name? |
Grayling |
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Salmoninae
Common name(s)? |
Salmon Trout Char
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Species
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Oncorhynchus gorbuscha pink |
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Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Common name? |
pink salmon |
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Oncorhynchus gorbuscha pink |
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Oncorhynchus gorbuscha pink |
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Oncorhynchus gorbuscha pink |
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Oncorhynchus gorbuscha pink |
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Oncorhynchus nerka
Common name? |
sockeye salmon |
Scott's fav |
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Species
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Oncorhynchus tshawytscha chinook |
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Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Common name? |
chinook salmon |
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Oncorhynchus tshawytscha chinook |
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Oncorhynchus tshawytscha chinook |
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Oncorhynchus tshawytscha chinook |
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Oncorhynchus tshawytscha chinook |
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Oncorhynchus tshawytscha chinook |
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Oncorhynchus nerka sockeye |
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Species
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Oncorhynchus keta chum |
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Oncorhynchus keta
Common name? |
chum salmon |
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chum salmon
Latin name? |
Oncorhynchus keta |
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pink salmon
Latin name? |
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha |
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sockeye salmon
Latin name? |
Oncorhynchus nerka |
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chinook salmon
Latin name? |
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha |
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Species
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Oncorhynchus kisutch coho |
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Oncorhynchus kisutch
Common name? |
coho salmon |
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coho salmon
Latin name? |
Oncorhynchus kisutch |
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Species
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Oncorhynchus clarkii cutthroat trout |
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Anadromous cutthroat trout |
Coastal cutthroat trout |
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Non-anadromous cutthroat trout |
Interior cutthroat trout |
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Oncorhynchus clarkii
Common name? |
cutthroat trout |
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cutthroat trout
Latin name? |
Oncorhynchus clarkii |
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Species
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Oncorhynchus mykiss rainbow trout steelhead trout |
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Anadromous Oncorhynchus mykiss |
steelhead trout
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Non-anadromous Oncorhynchus mykiss |
rainbow trout |
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rainbow trout
Latin name?
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Oncorhynchus mykiss |
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steelhead trout
Latin name? |
Oncorhynchus mykiss |
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Oncorhynchus keta chum |
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Oncorhynchus keta chum |
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Oncorhynchus keta chum |
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Genus dark spots, light body |
Salmo spp. |
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Species
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Salmo trutta brown trout |
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Salmo trutta
Common name? |
brown trout |
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brown trout
Latin name? |
Salmo trutta |
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Species
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Salmo salar Atlantic salmon |
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Atlantic salmon
Latin name? |
Salmo salar |
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Salmo salar
Common name? |
Atlantic salmon |
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Oncorhynchus kisutch coho |
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Oncorhynchus kisutch coho |
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Oncorhynchus kisutch coho |
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Oncorhynchus clarkii cutthroat trout |
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Oncorhynchus clarkii cutthroat trout |
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Oncorhynchus clarkii cutthroat trout |
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Oncorhynchus mykiss rainbow trout steelhead trout |
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Oncorhynchus mykiss rainbow trout steelhead trout |
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Oncorhynchus mykiss rainbow trout steelhead trout |
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Salmo trutta brown trout |
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Salmo trutta brown trout |
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Salmo salar Atlantic salmon |
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Salmo salar Atlantic salmon |
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Genus
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Salvelinus spp. |
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Species
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Salvelinus namaycush lake trout |
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Salvelinus namaycush
Common name? |
lake trout |
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lake trout
Latin name? |
Salvelinus namaycush |
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Salvelinus fontinalis brook trout |
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Salvelinus fontinalis
Common name? |
brook trout |
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brook trout
Latin name? |
Salvelinus fontinalis |
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Salvelinus namaycush lake trout |
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Salvelinus namaycush lake trout |
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Salvelinus fontinalis brook trout |
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Salvelinus fontinalis brook trout |
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Species
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Salvelinus malma Dolly Varden char |
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Salvelinus malma
Common name? |
Dolly Varden char |
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Dolly Varden char
Latin name? |
Salvelinus malma |
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Salvelinus confluentus bull trout |
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Salvelinus confluentus
Common name? |
bull trout |
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bull trout
Latin name? |
Salvelinus confluentus |
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Order
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Scorpaeniformes |
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Family
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Cottidae sculpins |
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sculpins
Family name? |
Cottidae |
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Cottidae
Common name? |
sculpins |
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Order
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Perciformes |
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Family
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Centrarchidae sunfish |
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EXAMPLE
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Cottidae |
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EXAMPLE
Family? |
Centrarchidae |
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Family
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Percidae perch |
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EXAMPLE
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Percidae |
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sunfish family
Latin name? |
Centrarchidae |
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perch family
Latin name? |
Percidae |
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Percidae
(yellow perch) |
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Centrarchidae
(largemouth bass) |
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Order
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Cypriniformes
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Family
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Catostomidae suckers |
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EXAMPLE salish sucker
Family? |
Catostomidae |
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Catostomidae sucker |
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Family
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Cyprinidae minnows |
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EXAMPLE
Family? |
Cyprinidae |
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minnow family
Latin name? |
Cyprinidae |
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Cyprinidae
Common name? |
minnows |
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Catostomidae
Common name? |
sucker |
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sucker family
Latin name? |
Catostomidae |
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Cyprinidae
(Nooksack dace) |
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Catostomidae |
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Family
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Petromyzontidae lamprey |
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EXAMPLE
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Petromyzontidae |
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Petromyzontidae
lamprey |
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Petromyzontidae lamprey |
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Family
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Acipenseridae sturgeon |
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EXAMPLE
Family? |
Acipenseridae sturgeon |
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sturgeon family
Latin name? |
Acipenseridae |
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Acipenseridae
Common name? |
sturgeon |
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Petromyzontidae
Common name? |
lamprey |
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lamprey family
Latin name? |
Petromyzontidae |
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Family
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Clupeidae shad herring |
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EXAMPLE
Family? |
Clupeidae |
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shad or herring family
Latin name? |
Clupeidae |
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Clupeidae
common name(s)? |
shad herring |
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Family
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Gasterosteidae sticklebacks |
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EXAMPLE three-spine stickleback |
Gasterosteidae |
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stickleback family
Latin name? |
Gasterosteidae |
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Gasterosteidae
common name? |
stickelback |
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Gasterosteidae stickleback |
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Gasterosteidae stickleback |
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Clupeidae shad |
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Family
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Osmeridae smelt |
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EXAMPLE eulachon
Family? |
Osmeridae smelt |
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smelt family
Latin name? |
Osmeridae
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Osmeridae
common name? |
smelt |
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Osmeridae smelt |
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Family
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Ictaluridae catfish |
feed on eggs of sticklebacks MEOW |
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Ictaluridae catfish |
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catfish family
Latin name? |
Ictaluridae |
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Ictaluridae
common name? |
catfish
(meow) |
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Ictaluridae catfish |
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Family
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Gadidae cod |
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cod family
Latin name? |
Gadidae
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Gadidae
common name? |
cod |
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EXAMPLE Burbot
Family? |
Gadidae cod |
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Gadidae cod |
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Family
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Esocidae pike |
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Esocidae
common name? |
pike |
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pike family
Latin name? |
Esocidae
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EXAMPLE northern pike |
Esocidae pike |
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Esocidae pike |
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Order
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Diptera true flies |
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true flies order
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Diptera |
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Diptera
common name? |
true flies |
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Diptera true flies |
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Order
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Trichoptera caddisflies |
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caddisflies order
Latin name? |
Trichoptera |
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Trichoptera
common name? |
caddisflies |
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Trichoptera caddisflies |
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Trichoptera caddisflies |
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Order
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Plecoptera stoneflies |
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Plecoptera common name? |
stoneflies |
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stoneflies order
Latin name? |
Plecoptera
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Plecoptera stoneflies |
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Order
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Ephemeroptera mayflies |
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Ephemeroptera
common name? |
mayflies |
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mayflies order
Latin name? |
Ephemeroptera
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measured from the tip of the nose to the end of the operculum |
head length |
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measured from the tip of the nose to the anterior margin of the eye |
snout length |
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measured from the tip of the nose to the caudal peduncle |
standard length |
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measured from the posterior margin of the eye to the caudal peduncle |
post-orbital hypural length |
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measured from the tip of the nose to the root of the fork of the tail |
fork length |
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measured from the tip of the nose to the tip of the tail |
total length |
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growth in freshwater; returns to saltwater to spawn |
catadromous |
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growth at the sea; returns to freshwater to spawn |
anadromous |
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migrates entirely within freshwater |
potadromous |
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spawns only once; dies after spawning |
semelparous |
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spawns more than once in its life |
iteroparous |
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towards the front |
anterior |
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towards the rear |
posterior |
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upper side of the fish |
dorsal |
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belly side of the fish |
ventral |
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method of aging fish where age is estimated based on relationship between abundance and length |
size frequency distributions |
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method of aging fish using dyes, tags and transmitters |
direct observation |
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scales or ________ are measured as means of aging fish |
otoliths |
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best body shape for fast moving water |
torpedo |
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best body shape for eating food in the benthic zone |
dorsally compressed |
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best body shape for turning quickly in calm water |
laterally compressed |
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mouth positioned at the end of the face |
terminal |
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mouth positioned at the end of the face and points slightly upward |
supra-terminal |
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mouth positioned below the tip of the nose; good for feeding on benthic invertebrates |
sub-terminal |
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mouth positioned below head; think sturgeon |
inferior |
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