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Fish Families Flashcards

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Catfish

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(Ictaluridae) - whiskers on face and adipose fin

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Paddlefish

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(Polyodontidae) - paddle like snout

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Gar

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(Lepisosteidae) - long narrow snout

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Lamprey

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(Petromyzontidae) - jawless with elongated body

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Bowfin

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(Amiidae) - long dorsal fin

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Trout

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(Salmonidae) - adipose fin present with no dorsal/anal spines

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Trout-Perch

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(Percopsidae) - adipose fin with weak dorsal/anal spines

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Minnows

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(Cyprinidae) - normally small (carp and goldfish) with forked tails and soft rayed fins

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Topminnows

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(Fundulidae) - small fish with rounded tail and long dorsal/anal fins

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True Bass

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(Moronidae) - slightly broken double dorsal, operculum spines, and angular anal fin

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Sunfish

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(Centrarchidae) - unbroken double dorsal with spines/rays and a rounded anal fin with typically 3 spines

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Freshwater Drum

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(Sciaenidae) - humped back with sloping forehead and white lips

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Silverside

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(Athennopsidae) - small fish with double dorsal above long, wedge like anal fin

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Gobie

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(Gobiidae) - double dorsal with pelvic fins fused to create disc

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Sturgeon

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(Acipenseridae) - flat, shovel shaped snout with scutes on head, back, and side

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Sucker

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(Catostomidae) - soft rayed fins with subterminal, protractile mouth

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Pike

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(Esocidae) - Duck like snout with rounded dorsal and anal fin pushed to back

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Sculpin

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(Cottidae) - double dorsal, flattened head, and separate pelvic fins

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Perch

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(Percidae) - broken double dorsal with 2 anal spines

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Shads

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(Clupeidae) - bright silver with little extension of dorsal/pectoral fin

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Stickleback

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(Gasterosteidae) - prominent spines along back

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