Ichthyology Lab Quiz 2

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White sturgeon

Family: Acipenseridae

Acipenser transmontanus

distribution: Anadromous and freshwater forms in the northern hemisphere

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Herrings, shads, sardines

Family: Clupeidae

Distribution: Mostly marine (some freshwater and anadromous species); worldwide.

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Family: Engraulidae

common name anchovies

distribution marine (occasionally freshwater); world wide.

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Family name: Esocidae

Common name: pike

Distribution: freshwater, northern hemisphere

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Family: Osmeridae

common names: smelts

distribution: Marine, anadromous, coastal freshwater, northern hemisphere. stay in large schools

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Family: Cyprinidae

Common name: minnows and carps

Distribution: freshwater (north america and eurasia, some in africa)

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Family: Catostomidae

Common name: suckers

Distribution: Freshwater lakes and rivers (north america, eastern siberia, and china)

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Family: Ictaluridae

Common name: North American Catfish

Distribution: Freshwater (north america)

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Family: Gadidae

Common name: Cods

Distribution: Marine (except for 1 species in northern eurasia, and north america)

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Family: Gasterosteidae

Common name: Sticklebacks

Distribution: Freshwater and coastal marine (north america)

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Family: Scorpaenidae

Common name: Scorpion fish and rock fishes

distribution: Marine temperate and tropical regions

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Family: Hexigrammidae

Common name: Greenlings and lingcod

Distribution: Marine, North pacific

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Family: Cottidae

Common name: Sculpins

Distribution: Mostly coastal marine with a few freshwater species, northern hemisphere

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Family: Centrarchidae

Common name: Sunfishes and basses

Distribution: Freshwater, north america

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Family: Percidae

Common name: Perches

Distribution: Freshwater; northern hemisphere

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Family: Cichlidae

Common names: Cichlids

Distribution: Freshwater and brackish marine, central and south america, Africa, madagascar, and parts of asia

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Family: Scombridae

Common name: Mackerels and tunas

Distribution: Marine, tropical an subtropical seas

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Family: Bothidae

Common Name: Lefteye flounders

Distribution: Marine; worldwide

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Family: Pleuronectidae

Common Name: Righteye flounders

Distribution: Marine, occasionally brackish but rarely freshwater, worldwide