Anguillidae

Anguilla rostrata

Long snake like body 

Cyprinidae

Cypinella sp.

stitching of back and black lateral line

Cyprinidae

Hybopsis rubifrons

tiny barbel on the side of the mouth 

Cyprinidae

Nocomis leptocephalus

barbel on side of mouth 

Cyprinidae

Notemigonus crysoleucas

golden color and no spinous dorsal fin 

Cyprinidae

Notropis lutipinnis

brown stripe along body 

Cyprinidae

Notropis hudsonius

line stitching but not constant in color

Catostomidae

Erimyzon oblongus

sucker fish lateral blotches and nonsubterminal mouth

Catostomidae

Minytrema melanops

mini dark spot on each scale

Catostomidae

Moxostoma rupiscartes

complete lateral line 

Ictaluridae

Ameiurus sp.

catfish (smaller) plum color on the top of fish and white on the belly 

Ictaluridae

Ictalurus punctatus 

big catfish; punctatus (punctuation) spots all over body 

Ictaluridae 

Noturus gyrinus 

looks like a catfish but has a "tadpole" tail that looks siilar to the eel 

Esocidae

Esox americanus

the line under the eye is black and slanted like the "A"

Esocidae 

Esox niger 

the dark line under the eye is straight like the "N"

Aphredoderidae

Aphredoderus sayanus

the anus is under the chin "say anus"

Atherinopsidae

Labidesthes sicculus

big black eye for its size; minnow like fish; cream color with light brown stripe down its side

Poeciliidae

Gambusia holbrooki

very small fish yellowish fish with red/dark lateral line

Fundulidae

Fundulus lineolatus 

dark lines on the fish either horizontal or vertical 

horizontal lines = females 

veritcal lines (bars) = males

Centrarchidae

Lepomis aurtius 

body has damaged scars on it and "long black spot ear flap"

Centrarchidae

Lepomis gulosus

black horizontal lines coming from the eyes; fleshy lips 

Centrarchidae 

Lepomis macrochirus 

black spot on the dorsal fine all the way to the back; grey spot behind pectoral fin

Centrarchidae

Lepomis marginatus 

black spot on the operculum; "mango margarita" color 

Centrarchidae

Micropterus coosae

bars (vertical lines) clumped together by the top of the lateral line and narrow out into skinny lines by the body at the end; lines shooting off the eye

Centrarchidae

Micropterus salmoides

grey line aound dorsal fins, brown spots, ombre color from top to bottom of fish; yellow fins and dark lateral line 

Centrarchidae

Pomoxis nigromaculatus 

orange/yellow fish;"silver" brown spots on the fins - brown spots on larger fish 

Percidae

Etheostoma hopkinsi

black spot on caudal fin; one black vertical line down from the eye and dark brown spots down dorsal line 

Percidae

Percina nigrofasciata

two dorsal fins separated by a notch; dark horizontal line through head and eye; keel present; yellowish fish

Amiidae

Amia calva 

dark chocolate color with cream color belly; dark lines all around face and operculum' dark brown edges on the fins

Lepisosteidae

Lepisosteus playtyrhincus

gar; 2 obvious teeth are present; 2 brown stripes on top mixed wih yellow in between stripes; obvious boday plan looks like an aligator 

Centrarchidae

Lepomis sp. juv.

same shape as lepomis but very small black line on the dorsal back; bars on the fish - 2 lines side by side grouped together near the eye