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Characteristics: Tounge patch |
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Family: Centrarchidae
Lepomis gulosus
Warmouth |
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Characteristics: Snout is short and broad. Dark in color. |
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Family: Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus oculatus
Spotted Gar |
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Characteristics: Jaw does not exceed back of eye |
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Family: Centrarchidae
Micropterus dolomieu
Smallmouth Bass |
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Characteristics: Larger of the 2 sturgeon. |
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Family:Acipenseridae
Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
Shovelnose Sturgeon |
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Characteristics: Top of head w/o dark spots. |
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Family: Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus platostomus
Shortnose Gar |
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Characteristics: Parallel lines of blackish spots |
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Family: Centrarchidae
Ambloplites rupestris
Rock Bass |
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Characteristics: No stripe below eye. 5 sensory pores on lower jaw. Body w/ pale spots. Gill scales only on upper half. |
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Definition
Family: Esocidae
Esox lucius
Northern Pike |
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Characteristics: 6 sensory pores on lower jaw. |
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Family: Esocidae
Esox masquinongy
Muskellunge |
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Characteristics: Length 10X width of snout. Width of upper jaw less than eye diameter. |
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Definition
Family: Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus osseus
Longnose Gar |
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Characteristics: Lower Jaw extends behind eye |
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Family: Centrarchidae
Micropterus salmoides
Largemouth Bass |
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Characteristics: TINY BABY! |
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Family: Acipenseridae
Acipenser fulvenscens
Lake Sturgeon
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Characteristics: Only 4 sensory pores on lower jaw. Black vertical bar beneath eye. |
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Definition
Family: Esocidae
Esox americanus
Grass Pickeral |
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Characteristics: Deeper belly than crappie. Vertical bar going through eyeball. No black spots. Much longer anal fin. |
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Definition
Family: Centrarchidae
Centrarchus macropterus
Flier |
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Characteristics: Wider mouth. Lighter colored. Parasitic |
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Definition
Family: Petromyzontidae
Ichthyomyzon castaneus
Chesnut lamprey
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Term
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Characteristics: Small, not parasitic. Mouth not as wide as head |
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Definition
Family: Petromyzontidae
Lampetra appendix
Brook Lamprey |
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Term
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Characteristics: Dark blotch on dorsal fin |
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Definition
Centrarchidae
Lepomis macrochirus
Bluegill |
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Family: Centrarchidae
Poxomis nigromaculatus
Black Crappie |
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Characteristics: 14-15 pectoral fin rays |
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Family: Centrarchidae
Lepomis megalotis
Longear Sunfish |
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Term
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Characteristics: Black spot on gill. No black spot on dorsal fin. |
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Definition
Family: Centrarchidae
Lepomis cyanellus
Green sunfish |
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Characteristics: Vertical bars. 6 dorsal fin spines |
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Definition
Family: Centrarchidae
Pomoxis annularis
White Crappie |
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Characteristics: Well... its an eel... |
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Definition
Family: Anguillidae
Anguilla rostrata
American Eel |
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Characteristics: Vertical bar beneath eye |
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Definition
Family: Esocidae
Esox niger
Chain pickeral |
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