Week 3 fishes Flashcards
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ictaluridae
Scaleless body
heavy pectoral and dorsal fin spines
4 long chin barbels
Channel catfish
Ictalurus punctatus
forked caudal fin
spots on body
rounded anal fin
Yellow bullhead
Ameiurus natalis
white/yellow chin barbels
not forked caudal fin
saw teeth on spines
black bullhead
Ameiurus melas
dark chin barbels
shorter, round anal fin
no saw teeth on spines
flathead catfish
Pylodictis olivaris
flat, wide head
underbite
square caudal fin
very large
stonecat
Noturus flavus
no dark band
adipose and caudal fin are continuous with deep notch
tadpole madtom
Noturus gyrinas
dark band on body
shallow notch in adipose/caudal fin
rounded caudal fin
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Catostomidae
no teeth on jaws
sucker mouth
divided lower lip
river carpsucker
Cariodes carpio
long dorsal ray
nipple at middle of lower lip
white sucker
Catostomus commersonii
narrow body
lower lip is 2x thick as upper lip
papillose lips(dotted)
northern hogsucker
Hypentelium nigricans
3-6 brown saddles
depression between eyes
papillose lips(upper and lower are equal)
shorthead redhorse
Moxostoma macrolepidotum
plicate lips(lined)
perpendicular(flat) lower lips
slightly caved dorsal fin
