Fish Species Flashcards

Question

Elops saurus - ladyfish

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``` Family ELopidae - ladyfishes (tenpounders) Physical Description - long, slender, silvery fish - elongated and pointed fins - deeply forked caudal fin ```

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``` Family Megalopidae - tarpons Physical Description - large fish w a deep blue to black dorsal coloration and silver side - forked, homocercal caudal fin - single short dorsal fin ```

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``` Family Anguillidae - freshwater eels Physical Description - elongate, snakelike body with a small, pointed head - no pelvic fins, one long dorsal fin - adult form is yellowish color ```

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``` Fanily Muraenidae - moray eels Physical Description - elongate body, snout moderate - both nostrils tubular -dark grey brown - network pattern of pale spots of rosettes peppered with small white spots ```

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Family Ophichthidae - snake eels and worm eels Physical Description - cylindrical body - greenish brown above, white below - head broad, flattened, triangular from above

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``` Family Congridae - conger eels Physical Description - large, elongated, cylindrical fish - upper jaw projects furthur forward than the lower jaw - dorsal surface dark gray ```

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``` Family Engraulidae - anchovies Physical Description - snout pointed - silver stripe along flank - back greenish, some yellowish on head ```

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Family Clupeidae - herrings Physical Description - upper jaw with median notch - black spot behind gill opening, followed along flank by aprox 6 lines of smaller spots - silvery with brassy sides and a darrk bluish green back

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Family Clupeidae - herrings | Physical Description

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``` Family Salmonidae - trouts Physical Description - filamentous last dorsal fin ray - silvery, with a bluish or greenish back - 6-7 length wise dark streaks on side ```

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``` Family Esocidae - pikes Physical Description - body slender, compressed, deepest near middle - head large, naked and depressed above - greenish above ```

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``` Family Synodontidae - lizardfishes Physical Description - body slender, snout triangular - eyes relatively large, mouth large - 6-8 distinct dark marks, often with pale centers ```

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Family Cyprinidae - minnows and carps Physical Description - scales large and thick -2 pairs barbels, caudal fin deeply emarginate

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``` Family Cyprinidae - minnows and carps Physical Description - prominate pad of spongy tissue on nape in males - latteral line incomplete - mouth terminal ```

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``` Family Catostomidae - suckers Physical Description - slim-bodied - rows of black spots. back and upper sides dark gray to olive with copper iridescence - mouth is infeiror and horizontal ```

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``` Family Ictaluridae - bullhead catfishes Physical Description - flat head with a concanve snout profile - short anal fin - large dak blotch at dosal fin base ```

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Family Aphredoderidae - pirate perches Physical Description - monotone tan to black, black speckles on white abdomen - body cylindrical, blunt forward, compessed behind

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``` Family Amblyopsodae - cavefishes Physical Description - strongly bicolored - small eyes, no pelvic fins - 3 narrow black stripes on side ```

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Family Ophidiidae - cusk eels Physical Description - head profile nearly straight from tip of snout to behind eye - grey green above - 2-3 dark stripes along its entire length

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Family Phycidae - phycid hakes Physical Description - upper limb of the first gill arch with 2-3 rakers - head with series of dark spots - forst dorsal fin with a dark blotch and white margin

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``` Family Batrachoididae - toadfishes Physical Description - flattnened body - olive-brown back with dark blotches - flesh flaps on cheeks and jaws ```

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``` Family Antennariidae - frogfishes Physical Description - globular shape - thick skin covered in dermal spicules - small eyes and large upward mouth ```

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Family Lophiidae - goosefishes Physical Description - very large broad, flat and depressed head - wide mouth with long pointed teeth

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Family Ogcocephalidae - batfishes Physical Description - craggy body contours and large, prominent bucklers - small width of mouth relative to head depth

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Family Mugilidae - mullets | Physical Description

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``` Family Atherinopsidae - New World silversides Physical Description - body stout, slightly compressed -head broad and flattened -silver color ```

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Family Belonidae - needlefishes Physical Description - black pigment behind eye - very long and slender

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Family Exocoetidae - flyingfishes Physical Description - cylindrical body and large tail and pectoral fins used for flight

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``` Family Hemiramphidae - halfbeaks Physical Description - body elongate - back greenish and belly silvery white - upper jaw short, triangular and scaly ```

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Family Fundulidae - topminnows Physical Description - elongate but thick, with a deep caudal peduncle - upturned mouth and lower jaw protrudes when mouth closed - olive-brown / green color

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Family Fundulidae - topminnows Physical Description - males vertical black stripes and female horizontal black stripes - silvery body

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Family Poeciliidae - livebearers Physical Description - small, light-colored fish with semitransparent fins -

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Family Cprinodontidae - pupfishes Physical Description - laterally compressed with flat sides - small mouth is at the end of the snout and teeth are large and wedge shaped

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Family Holocentridae - squirelfishes Physical Description - spiny and soft parts of dorsal fins nearly separate - dull red or pinkish, sometimes blotched

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Family Syngnathidae - pipefishes Physical Description - its a seahorse

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Family Syngnathidae - pipefishes Physical Description - long, thin, rigid body encased in bony rings - long, thin head, which is rounded at the end of the mouth

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Family Fistulariidae - cornetfishes Physical Description - elongated face - greenish brown dorsally with overall pale blue spots and lines

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Family Scorpaenidae - scorpionfishes Physical Description - whiter stripes alternated with red stripes - large venomous spines that protrude from body

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``` Family Scorpaenidae - scorpionfishes Physical Description - mottled coloring and texture - short face and big eyes - venomous spines ```

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``` Family Triglidae - searobins Physical Description - elongated slim body - brown dorsallt and white ventrally - wing looking fins ```

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Family Cottidae - sculpins Physical Description - small, stout fish with relatively flattened bodies - small black spot on first part of first dorsal fin

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Family Moronidae - temperate basses Physical Description - broken horizontal stripes on the body hybrid species between striped bass and white bass

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Family Serranidae - sea basses and groupers Physical Description - grey-brown to black - stout almond-shaped - pointed snouts, large eyes and rounded fins

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Family Serranidae - sea basses and groupers Physical Description - oblong, robust body that is laterally compressed - pale grey to brown-grey marked with darker blotches and wavy lines

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Family Serranidae - sea basses and groupers Physical Description - laterally compressed elongate body with relatively short, pointed snout - 3 visible spines on the gill cover - head and body are reddish-brown in color and marked with lines created by a dark spot on the scales of the body