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2nd half of wisconsin fishes
dead fish
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
04/28/2013

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Alewife

Clupeidae

  • scales on keel
  •  dorsal fin origin ahead of pelvic fin origin
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Gizzard shad

Clupeidae

  • dorsal fin origin behind pelvic fin origin
  • elongated ray of dorsal fin

 

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White sucker

Catostomidae

  • lips are very bumpy

 

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Northern hog sucker

Catostomidae

  • concave head
  • blotchiness on scales
  • angled head

 

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Shorthead redhorse

Catostomidae

  • large scales
  • no indent on mouth
  • not concave dorsal

 

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Golden redhorse

Catostomidae

  • large scales
  • V-shaped indent of mouth
  • concave dorsal

 

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Rainbow trout

Salmonidae - Salmonidae

  • many black spots
  • tail spots
  • dorsal fin heavily spotted
  • evenly spread spots on tail fin
  • pretty colorful

 

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Brook trout

Salmonidae - Salmonidae

  • weakly forked tail
  • red spots w/ blue halo on body
  • spots on caudal fin
  • red anal fin w/ black and white stripe

 

 

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Lake trout

Salmonidae - Salmonidae

  • tail strongly forked
  • no stripes on fins
  • light spots on dark background

 

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Brown trout

Salmonidae - Salmonidae

  • few to many spots that are ovals
  • adipose fin has red edge
  • tail not really forked
  • spots are red w/o halo
  • no red color on anal fin

 

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Chinook salmon

Salmonidae - Salmonidae

  • spots on upper half of sides
  • tail spots
  • tail forked
  • sharp teeth
  • lines down body

 

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Cisco (lake herring)

Salmonidae - Coregonidae

  • deep body
  • adipose fin
  • origin of pelvic fin well behind pectoral fin

 

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Lake whitefish

Salmonidae -  Coregonidae

  • no jaw teeth, subterminal mouth
  • round belly on front
  • silvery sheen

 

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Northern pike

Esocidae

  • 5 pores
  • 14-16 branchiostegal rays

 

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Grass pickerel

Esocidae

  • rounded forked tail
  • 4 pores
  • 12 branchiostegal rays

 

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Yellow bullhead

Ictaluridae

  • adipose fin
  • yellow chin barbels
  • 24-27 anal rays

 

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Black bullhead

 Ictaluridae

  • adipose fin
  • bar at base of tail
  • even color 
  • 15-21 anal rays

 

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Brown bullhead

Ictaluridae

  • adipose fin
  • mottled
  • saw-like barbs
  • 21-24 anal rays
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Channel catfish

Ictaluridae

  • deeply forked tail

 

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Central mudminnow

Umbridae

  • homocercal tail
  • dorsal fin far back
  • lip connected to snout

 

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Rainbow smelt

Osmeridae

  •  adipose fin
  • prominent jaw teeth
  • elongated body
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Trout perch

Percopsidae

  •  spines on dorsal, anal, and pelvic fin
  • big head, big eye, big mouth
  • adipose fin
  • forked tail

 

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Pirate perch

Aphredoderidae

  • homocercal tail
  • "migrating anus"
  • big dorsal

 

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Burbot

Lotidae

  • single chin barbel
  • long continuous anal and dorsal fin
  • homocercal tail

 

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Blackstripe topminnow

Fundulidae

  • vertical bars on flank
  • superior mouth

 

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Brook silverside

Atherinidae

  • spots on back
  • big eye
  • beak-like snout

 

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Threespine stickleback

Gasterosteidae

  • 3 spines 

 

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Ninespine stickleback

Gasterosteidae

  • 9 spines

 

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Brook stickleback

Gasterosteidae

  • discoloration
  • 5 spines

 

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White bass

Moronidae

  • striping not offset
  • gap between dorsals

 

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Yellow bass

Moronidae

  • broken and offset striping
  • connected dorsals 
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Freshwater drum

Sciaenidae

  • elongated ray on pelvic fin
  • curved lateral line

 

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Round goby

Gobiidae

  •  dark spot on 1st dorsal fin
  • fused pelvic fins

 

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