Biology Notes On Common Fish 2

Front 1

White Perch

Back 1

1. Don't leave the bay

Front 2

Striped-Bass

Back 2

1. Semi-anadromous, some leave some stay

Front 3

Flat Fish

Back 3

1. Eyes Migrate
2. Take right or left hand by gills to determine if its right or left handed

Front 4

Hog Choaker

Back 4

1. Spiky body

Front 5

Flounder (Summer and Winter)

Back 5

1. Commercially important
2. Found during different seasons

Front 6

Drum Family

Back 6

1. Recreationally and somewhat commercially important

Front 7

Spot

Back 7

1. Silvery fish with a black mark behind gills
2. Forked tail

Front 8

Croaker

Back 8

1. When first seen it has a little and delicate pick sheen
2. Whisker on end of mouth called a barbel
3. Tail is not forked

Front 9

Yellow Perch

Back 9

1. Fresh water, riverine fish
2. Yellow black stripes, very colorful
3. Goodtasting

Front 10

Catfish

Back 10

1. All lack scales

Front 11

Channel Catfish

Back 11

1. Prefers deeper water
2. Greenish with spots and darkly colored barbels
3. Deeply forked tail

Front 12

White Catfish

Back 12

1. Plain colored, no spots, light barbels
2. Shallow waters
3. Tail is lightly forked

Front 13

Brown Bullhead

Back 13

1. Darkly mottled, dark barbels
2. Square tail

Front 14

Sunfish

Back 14

1. Pumpkinseed, Blue Gill, Black Crappie

Front 15

Pumpkinseed

Back 15

1. Orange spot on edge of blue/gray gill

Front 16

Bluegill

Back 16

1. Blue/black spot on end, no stripes on gill covers

Front 17

Black-Crappie

Back 17

1. Lower jaw extends out, no gill cover

Front 18

Bass (Largemouth and Smallmouth)

Back 18

1. Largemouth, angle of jaw when closed extends beyond eye, tolerant of unideal places, lower oxygen levels and warm water
2. Smallmouth, angle of jaw does not extend, colder water and fast moving