Quiz 6

Question 1

Answer 1

Notropis atherinoides - Emerald Shiner
Cycloid scales and abdominally placed dorsal fin
No barbel and no diamond-shaped scales
Streamlined head and goatee

Question 2

Answer 2

Notropis blennius - River shiner
Cycloid scales and abdominally placed dorsal fin
No barbel and no diamond-shaped scales
Deep body and middorsal line

Question 3

Answer 3

Notropis dorsalis - Bigmouth Shiner
Cycloid scales and abdominally placed dorsal fin
No barbel and no diamond-shaped scales
Very large subterminal mouth

Question 4

Answer 4

Notropis heterodon - Blackchin Shiner
Cycloid scales and abdominally placed dorsal fin
No barbel and no diamond-shaped scales
Black pigment on chin and large and oblique mouth

Question 5

Answer 5

Notropis heterolepis - Blacknose Shiner
Cycloid scales and abdominally placed dorsal fin
No barbel and no diamond-shaped scales
No black pigment on chin and pointed snout

Question 6

Answer 6

Notropis hudsonius - Spottail Shiner
Cycloid scales and abdominally placed dorsal fin
No barbel and no diamond-shaped scales
Precaudal spot and subterminal mouth

Question 7

Answer 7

Notropis percobromus - Carmine shiner
Cycloid scales and abdominally placed dorsal fin
No barbel and no diamond-shaped scales
Sharp pointed snout longer than eye diameter

Question 8

Answer 8

Notropis stramineus - Sand Shiner
Cycloid scales and abdominally placed dorsal fin
No barbel and no diamond-shaped scales
Dusky stripe along back to dorsal fin and nipple at front of pupil

Question 9

Answer 9

Notropis texanus - Weed Shiner
Cycloid scales and abdominally placed dorsal fin
No barbel and no diamond-shaped scales
Naked breast and blunt snout

Question 10

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Answer 10

Notropis volucellus - Mimic Shiner
Cycloid scales and abdominally placed dorsal fin
No barbel and no diamond-shaped scales
Large eye and black pigment along anal fin base

Question 11

Answer 11

Opsopoeodus emiliae - Pugnose Minnow
Cycloid scales and abdominally placed dorsal fin
Small upturned nearly vertical mouth and dorsal fin slightly back
Mouth extremely small and nearly vertical and dorsal rays lined with black pigment

Question 12

Answer 12

Phenacobius mirabilis - Suckermouth Minnow
Cycloid scales and abdominally placed dorsal fin
Sucker mouth
Precaudal spot

Question 13

Answer 13

Pimephales notatus - Bluntnose Minnow
Cycloid scales and abdominally placed dorsal fin
Crowded pre-dorsal scales
Subterminal mouth and lateral band that continues through eye onto snout

Question 14

Answer 14

Pimephales promelas - Fathead Minnow
Cycloid scales and abdominally placed dorsal fin
Crowded pre-dorsal scales
Terminal mouth

Question 15

Answer 15

Pimephales vigilax - Bullhead Minnow
Cycloid scales and abdominally placed dorsal fin
Crowded pre-dorsal scales
Large eye and square body shape in cross section

Question 16

Answer 16

Rhinichthys atratulus - Blacknose Dace
Cycloid scales and abdominally placed dorsal fin
Small scales and frenum present
No bulbous snout

Question 17

Answer 17

Rhinichthys cataractae - Longnose Dace
Cycloid scales and abdominally placed dorsal fin
Small scales and frenum present
Bulbous snout

Question 18

Answer 18

Semotilus atromaculatus - Creek Chub
Cycloid scales and abdominally placed dorsal fin
Dorsal wedge spot and cigar-shaped body