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Lampreys
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Petromyzontidae
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Family
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Sturgeons
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Acipenseridae
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Family Capitalize name. INferior Mouth, 5 rows of scales
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Herring
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Clupeidae
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Family Capitalize name. Lack a lateral line, latterally compressed
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Stickleback
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Gasterosteidae
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Family Capitalize name. Narrow cottle dentle, Spikey dorsal fin
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Cod
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Gadidae
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Family Capitalize name. Thing hanging down from mouth. Multiple dorsal fins in some cases, long fish.
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Pike
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Esocidae
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Family Capitalize name. Long duck billed mouth, dorsal/anal fins far back on body, look the same.
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CatFish
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Ictaluridae
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Family Capitalize name. Lack of scales, 4 barbed whiskers around face.
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Sculpins
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Cottidae
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Family Capitalize name. Eyes on top of head.
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E.G sculpins
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Scorpaeniformes
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Capitalize Order name. No airbladder, has spines, dorsally compressed bottom of aquatic environment
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E.G perch, bass, sunfish
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Perciformes
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Capitalize Order name.Rigid fins for quick maneuvers, but slow swimmers. latterally compressed, lots of surface area to volume (round or lancelate). Spines on fins.
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Bass & Sunfish
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Centrarchidae
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Family Capitalize name.No break between 2 sections in Dorsal fin
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Perches
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Percidae
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Family Capitalize name. Same as bass, but 2 seperate dorsal fins.
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Suckers, minnows
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Cypriniformes
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Capitalize Order name.Open air bladder, pelvic fin in middle, body shape mostly torpedo.
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Suckers
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Catostomidae
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Family Capitalize name. Inferior mouth, lips around the mouth. Anal fin position in suckers is very far back. (one minnow has same mouth)
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Minnows
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Cyprinidae
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Family Capitalize name. Anal fin is closer to pelvic fin in middleish. Carful cuz one has same mouth as sucker!
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Salmons - order
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Salmonidiformes
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Body shape allows for swimming against currents, pelvic fin position allows for bouyency (hydrofoils). Lack spines, Adapose fin.
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Smelt
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Osmeridae
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small upturned body, superterminal mouth
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Salmon, trout, char
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Salmonidae
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Adipose fin, Juveniles have par marks, live in fershwater, camoflauge
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White Fish - mostly silver
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Coregoninae
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Grayling
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Thymallinae
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HUGE dorsal fin
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Salmon etc.
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Salmoninae
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pink , coho, chum, sockeye, chinook salmon, steelhead, cuthroat, rainbow, brown, atlantic, lake, brook, bull trout. And Dolly Varden Char
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Pink Salmon
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Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
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Capitalize genus, and underline Genus and species. males have large bump in back w/ a hooked snout. Olive brown color on back and pink on side.
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how to knwo it is a Pink Salmon fry?
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no par marks as out of freshwater quickly
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Coho Salmon
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Oncorhynchus kisutch
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Capitalize genus, and underline Genus and species. olive green on back, and bright red on underside
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Coho Salmon Fry
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Par marks on side abaove and below lateral line. Par marks are further apart then wide.
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Capitalize genus, and underline Genus and species.
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Chum Salmon
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Oncorhynchus keta
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Capitalize genus, and underline Genus and species.
Large teeth in snout, minor hump. not really BRIGHT vibrant coloration, but do have some striations on body and some colour. |
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Sockeye Salmon
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Oncorhynchus nerka
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Capitalize genus, and underline Genus and species. Bright red body, olive green head. red back. large dorsal hump aswell
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Chinook Salmon
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Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
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Capitalize genus, and underline Genus and species.Largest, unlike otehr adults, no real colour distinguished, black gums.
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Cutthroat trout
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Oncorhynchus clarki
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Capitalize genus, and underline Genus and species. Anagamous, Maxilla extends past eyes
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Rainbow or steelhead trout
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Oncorhynchus mykiss
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Capitalize genus, and underline Genus and species.
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Steelhead Trout, Rainbow Trout
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Oncorhynchus mykiss)
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Can't diffrentiate w/o knowing anadomous or not. Rainbow = non-anadomous. steelhead = anadomous.
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Cutthroat Trout
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Oncorhynchus clarki
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red colour underneath throat (cutthroat) and maxilla extends beyond eyes.
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Coho fry or Cutthroat fry
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not Dark spots everyhere: still have par marks = coho. Dark spots trhoughout = cuttttrhoat
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Brown trout
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Salmo trutto
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Underline genus and species cap genus. red spots w/ white halos around. Light coloured body, dark coloured back. blunt codol fin
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Atlantic Salmon
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Salmo salar
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X shaped spots almost
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Lake trout
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Salvelinus namaycush
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Dark body, light coloured spots, white leading lines down fin.
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Brook trout
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Salvelinus fontinalis
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Dark body, light spots, red spots w/ blue hallos. Markings on dorsal fin very distinctive.
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Dolly Varden Char
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Salvelinus malma
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Coastal, anadogomous
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Bull trout
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Salvelinus confluentus
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Interior - non-andogomous
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Maxilla
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area at corner of mouth
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Anterior
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mouth
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Posterior
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back end
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Head length
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from snout to Opercle
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Opercle
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edge of gills
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Dorsal fin
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Fin on back
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Anal fin
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Bottom rear fin
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Pelvic fin
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middle of body generally
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Pectoral fin
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Under mouth
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Lateral line
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self explanitory
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Parr marks
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marks on slamonids
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Adipose fin
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On salmonids, smelt & catfish
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Caudol fin
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back fin
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S1
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>20 < or equal to 100m
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S2
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>5 < or equal to 20m
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S3
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1.5 < or equal to 5m
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S4
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< 1.5m in fish bearing streams
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S5
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>3m
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S6
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< or equal to 3m
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Anadromous
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Life cycle extends into teh ocean and back. shouldn't have par marks if they go from fry to estuary
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non-anadromous
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Life cycle does not extend to teh ocean.
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Salmonid life cycle - anadromous vs non.
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Hatch -> emerge -> Disperse to ocean or stream or lake -> (migrate) -> (estuary)-> eggs in stream.
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