Fish Ids With Classroom Photos For Last 25

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all trout have...

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an adipose fin present

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eastern brook trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

• blue halos around pink or red spots on sides
• light green or cream wavy lines or blotches on back and dorsal fin

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brown trout

Salmo trutta

• red and black spots on head and body
• many spots on gill cover; no spots on caudal fin

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rainbow trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

• irregular black spots on back and most fins
• rows of black spots on caudal fin
• no spots on gill cover

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all pickerel have...

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• dorsal and anal fin located far back on body
• "duckbill" rostrum
• forked caudal fin

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grass pickerel

Esox americanus

• black suborbital bar slanted toward rear

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chain pickerel

Esox niger

• black suborbital bar vertical

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pirate perch

Aphredoderus sayanus

• large mouth
• anus and urogenital opening between the gill membranes

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sheepshead minnow

Cyprinodon variegatus

• irregular dark bands extend over most of side
• body short, deep

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lined topminnow

Fundulus lineolatus

• flattened head
• upturned mouth
• dorsal fin located far back on body
• 6 to 8 black stripes on females; 11 to 15 black bars on males

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mosquitofish

Gambusia affinis

• large dark "teardrop" spot below eye
• 1 to 3 rows black spots on dorsal and caudal fins

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sailfin molly

Poecilia latipinna

• about 5 longitudinal rows of small, dark spots on sides
• male has large, sail-like dorsal fin

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largemouth bass

Micropterus salmoides

• large mouth, upper jaw extending well past eye
• broad black stripe (sometimes broken) along side and onto snout
• dorsal fins nearly separate

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smallmouth bass

Micropterus dolomieu

• upper jaw extends to under eye
• dark brown with brassy specks often coalesced into 8-16 bars on side
• dorsal fins joined

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redeye bass

Micropterus coosae

• upper jaw extends to rear half of eye
• upper and lower edges of caudal fin white
• faint dark blotches or bars on middle of sides; rows of small spots on lower portion of sides

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warmouth

Lepomis gulosus

• large mouth, upper jaw extending well under the eye
• dark lines radiating from back of red eye
• small patch of teeth on the tongue

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green sunfish

Lepomis cyanellus

• large mouth; upper jaw extending well under the eye
• dark spot at base of dorsal and anal fins
• greenish back and sides, sometimes with faint bars

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bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

• black spot at rear of dorsal fin only
• dark bars on sides
• long pectoral fin, extends past eye when bent forward

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redear sunfish

Lepomis microlophus

• pectoral fin extends past eye when bent forward
• rear edge of ear flap red or orange
• no spot on dorsal fin

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redbreast sunfish

Lepomis auritus

• ear flap long and narrower than the eye
• pectoral fin does not reach the eye when bent forward
• breeding males have orange-red breast

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longear sunfish

Lepomis megalotis

• ear flap long, at least as wide as the eye, and with a white margin
• pectoral fin does not reach the eye when bent forward
• adults olive or brown above and orange below

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black crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

• long space between the eye and the dorsal fin origin
• large mouth; upper jaw extends to under eye
• dark mottling scattered across the sides

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white bass

Morone chrysops

• 4 to 7 dark gray-brown stripes on silver-white side
• deep body, strongly arched behind head

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striped bass

Morone saxatilis

• 6 to 9 dark gray stripes on silver-white side
• slender body, not strongly arched behind head

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yellow perch

Perca flavescens

• forked caudal fin
• 6 to 9 green-brown saddles extend down yellow side (often triangular bars)
• black blotch at rear of dorsal fin (often another at front)

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black-banded darter

Percina nigrofasciata

• possess scutes on the breast and small air bladders
• 12 to 15 bars on sides
• 6 to 8 dark saddles on the back

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turquoise darter

Etheostoma inscriptum

• largest genus of North American fishes
• lack scutes and air bladders
• 6 dark saddles on the back and 6 dark blotches on the sides