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81 Cards in this Set
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Spottail Shiner (Notropis hudsonius) - spot on tail - black lateral line |
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Spotfin shiner (Cyprinella spiloptera) - spot on fin - deeper body |
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Banded Killifish (Fundulus diaphanous) - vertical dark bars - square tail - mouth does not extend to eye |
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Emerald Shiner (Notropis atherinoides) - dorsal fin origin behind pelvic fin base - anal fin concave - short, bluntly pointed snout |
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Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu) - mouth does not extend beyond eye - dark bars along side - 9-11dorsal spines |
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Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) - dark stripe down body - mouth extends beyond eye - 9-11 dorsal spines |
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Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris) - 10-13 dorsal spines - 5-7 anal spines (usually 6) |
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Warmouth (Lepomis gloss) - 10 dorsal spines - 3 anal spines |
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Pumpkin Seed (Lepomis gibbous) - 3 anal spines - 10-11 dorsal spines - redspot on edge of ear flap |
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Blue Gill (Lepomis machrochirus) - 3 anal spines - 10-11 dorsal spines - black ear flap |
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Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalist) - pale chin barbells |
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Blackbullhead (Ameirurus melas) - dark chin barbels - fin membranes intensely black - pectoral spines = weakly serrated |
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Brownbullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus) - dark chin barbels - pectoral spine = strongly serrated |
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Trout perch - pelvic fins below pectoral fins - has an adipose fin - large head |
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Bowfin (Amia calva) - long dorsal fin |
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Burbot - 1 barbel on chin - pelvic fins infant of pectoral fins |
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Rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) - adipose fin - distinct teeth - no pelvic axillary process |
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Brook silverside (Labidesthes sicculus) - two dorsal fins - tiny teeth |
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Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) - saw-toothed keel - snout shorter than eye diameter |
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Gizzard Shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) - saw toothed keel (closer to head) - long anal fin - long last ray on dorsal fin |
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Freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) - lateral line extends onto tail - 1 long dorsal fin that is distinctly notched |
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Ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus) |
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Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) - dark bars on a pale background - partially scaled cheek - 12-18 pores |
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Northern Pike (Esox lucius) - white beans on a dark background - fully scaled cheek - 10 pored |
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White Bass (Morone chrysops) - 11-13 soft anal rays - 3rd spine shorter than 3/4 longest soft anal ray |
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White Perch (Morone Americana) - 8-10 soft anal rays - 3rd spine longer than 3/4 longest soft anal ray |
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White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii) - snout does not greatly overhang - 53-85 lateral scales |
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Longnose Sucker (Catostomus catostomus) - snout greatly overhangs - 90-120 lateral scales |
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Lake Chubsucker (Erimyzon sucetta) - no lateral line - 35-41 lateral scales (larger than other suckers) - mouth small, slightly upturned |
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Sand Shiner (Notropis stramineus) - 7 anal rays - distinct spots along lateral line |
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Mimic Shiner (Notropis volucellus) - 8 anal rays - dark anus |
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Ghost Shiner (Notropis buchanani) - 8 anal rays - no pigmentation around anus |
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Silver Shiner (Notropis photogenis) - dorsal fin origin slightly over or behind pelvic fin base |
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Blackchin Shiner (Notropis heterodon) - chin dark - snout does not overhang |
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Blacknose Shiner (Notropis heterolepis) - chin pale - snout long, overhangs mouth |
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Pugnose Minnow (Opsopoeodus emiliae) - blunt, upturned mouth - chin pale (usually) - 9 dorsal rays - diamond shaped scales, with hatching around them |
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Pugnose Shiner (Notropis anogenus) - blunt, upturned mouth - chin dark - 8 dorsal rays |
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Bluntnose Minnow (Pimephales notatus) - crowded pre dorsal scales - spot at caudal - snout overhangs mouth |
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Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas) - crowded pre dorsal scales - bar at caudal - upturned mouth - incomplete lateral line |
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Common Shiner (Luxilus cornutus) - tall diamond scales - crowded pre dorsals - 9 anal rays |
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Striped Shiner (Luxilus chrysocephalus) - tall diamond scales - non crowded pre dorsal rays - 9 anal rays |
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Redfin Shiner (Lythrurus umbratilis) - spot on dorsal fin, extends along base - red fines |
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Golden Shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas) - decurved lateral line - scaleless keel - yellow or golden fins |
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Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) - decurved lateral line - small, scaled keel - red fins |
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Northern Redbelly Dace (Chrosomus eos) - two dark lines down body - mouth doesn't extend to eye - tiny scales |
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Fine scale Dace (Phoxinus neogaeus) - large mouth, extends past eye - single dark stripe - tiny scales |
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Northern Pearl Dace (Margariscus margarita) - mouth small, does not extend past front of eye - scales more visible than fine scale or NRB - sides with scattered dark scales |
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Creek Chub (Semotilus atromaculatus) - burnt reynolds moustache - dark spot on dorsal - large mouth, extends past front of eye |
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Tadpole Madtom (Noturus gyrinus) - snout does not overhang - narrow, black lateral stripe |
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Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) - forked tail - may have dark spots along sides |
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Least Darter (Etheostoma microperca) - large pelvic fins |
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Eastern Sand Darter (Ammocrypta pellucida) - translucent body - row of dark spots along side |
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Rainbow Darter (Etheostoma caeruleum) - bars entirely circle body |
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Iowa Darter (Etheostoma exile) - dark bars do not encircle body |
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River Darter (Percina shumardi) - 2 dark blotches on spiny dorsal ray - groove between upper lip & snout not continuous (frenum) |
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Channel Darter (Percina copelandi) - brown M, V, W, or X markings - groove between upper lip & snout continuous |
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Tessellated Darter (Etheostoma olmstedi) - more than 12 soft dorsal rays - brown M, V, W, or X markings - groove between upper lip & snout continuous |
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Johnny Darter (Etheostoma nigrum) - fewer than 12 soft dorsal rays - brown M, V, W, or X markings - groove between upper lip & snout continuous |
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Fantail Darter (Etheostoma flabellare) - dorsal spines short |
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Greenside Darter (Etheostoma blennioides) - 6-7 very large V shaped markings |
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Blackside Darter (Percina maculata) - 6-9 oval blotches |
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Log Perch (Percina caprodes) - snout long and pointed - sides with narrow dark bars |
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Mottled Sculpin (Cottus bairdii) - 4 pelvic rays - weakly curved spine 1/2 diameter of eye |
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Slimy Sculpin (Cottus cognatus) - 3 pelvic rays - weakly curved spine 1/2 diameter of eye |
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Spooned Sculpin (Cottus ricei) - head very flattened - strongly curved spine more than1/2 diameter of eye |
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Quill back (Carpiodes cyprinus) - front of dorsal fin much higher than the rest - snout greatly overhangs mouth |
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Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) - pinkish lateral stripe - small dark spots with no white edge - tip of anal fin extends past anal fin base |
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Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) - continuos dark border around adipose - pinkish lateral stripe |
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Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) - lots of pale spots - deeply forked tail |
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Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) - short, broad snout |
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Longnose Gar (Lepisosteus osseus) - long, narrow snout |
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Brown trout (Salmo trutta) - mouth extends past eye - slightly forked tail |
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Brown trout (Salmo trutta) - adipose fin orange |
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Walleye (Sander vitreus) - white leading edge |
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Black Crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) - 7-8 dorsal spines - anal fin base longer than dorsal fin base |
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White Crappie (Pomoxis annularis) - 6 dorsal spines - anal fin base shorter than dorsal fin base |
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Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum) |
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Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) - mouth extends back well beyond eye - pale gums |
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Hornyhead Chub (Nocomis biguttatus) - barbel at corner of mouth - large scales (40-48) - red spot on head |
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Central Mudminnow (Umbra limi) - rounded caudal fin - dark bar at base of caudal - mouth extends past front of eye |
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Blackstripe Topminnow (Fundulus notatus) |
