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Mountain Madtom - Noturus eleutherus
ID:
Catfish look
Brown with dark saddles

Flier - Centrarchus macropterus
ID:
Eye bar
Large anal fin


Banded Sculpin - Cottus carolinae
ID:
Mottled chin
Seperate dorsal fins


Greenside Darter - Etheostoma blenniodides
ID:
Can be large
U-Shapes on side


Southern Redbelly Dace - Phoxinus erythrogaster
ID:
Stripe down side

Unknown Fish Identification

Rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris) - rows of dark spots on sides, large eye that turns blueish after preservation,black margined anal fin

Telescope shiner (Notropis telescopus) - Large eye, stitched line along side, lack of dark blotch under chin (see first above) that would distinguish it from a popeye shiner

Torrent Sucker (Thoburnia rothoeca) - distinct coloration difference between ventral and dorsal portions, two small pale circles on the end of the caudal peduncle

Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum) - Horseshoe shaped mouth

Mottled Sculpin (Cottus bairdi) - Bands down the side that are not complete ventrally, lack of mottled pigmentation under chin

Greenside darter (Ethiostoma blenniodes) - "U" shaped blotches along the sides, blunt nose

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Greenside Darter
U-shaped bands

Spotfin Shiner
-dorsal fin marginally straight
-sub-terminal mouth
-pointed snout

Green Sunfish
-large mouth
-black spot on dorsal fin and light black spot on anal fin

Banded Sculpen
-mottled chin
-Large terminal mouth
-eyes high on head

Northern Hogsucker
-concave head
-distinctive mouth/lips
-eyes high on head

Unknown Fish ID

American Eel, Anguilla rostrata
- elongated, round
- dorsal and anal fins long and connected to tail fin
- lacks a pelvic fin





















Logperch, Percina caprodes
- Elongate body
- Long, cone-shaped snout
- Snout tip bulbous or blunt
- Two dorsal fins
- Dark vertical bars on side, like tiger stripes







Golden Shiner, Notemigonus crysoleucas

- Deep, compressed body

- Forked tail fin
- Upturned mouth; pointed or somewhat rounded snout
- Silver or brassy sheen on body

Flier, Centrarchus macropterus

- Very compressed body
- Supraterminal mouth
- Large dorsal and anal fin
- Long, pointed pectoral fin
- Slightly notched tail fin
- Many spines on anal fin
- Large eye with a vertical black bar through it
- Black spot below the eye

Mottled Sculpin, Cottus bairdi

Large broad head, large terminal mouth
Eye high on head
Short snout
Anteriorly rounded body, compressed posteriorly
First dorsal fin has a short base, second has a long base
Large, fan-like pectoral fin
Unmottled chin
Dorsal fins slightly connected

Unidentified Fish

Help identify this fish, sorry for the fuzzy picture.

Carangidae Quiz/Review

Identifiction:
-widely forked caudal tail
-narrow caudal peduncle
-two detached spines

Family Details:
-33 genera, 140 species
-found in Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans

Economic Value:
-sport fishing
-high economic value (pompano)