identify some fish!!!!!1

The scientific name for this fish is...?

Answer explanation

F: Myxinidae

CN: Hagfish

SN: Myxini/Myxine

The scientific name for this creature is...

Answer explanation

Family: Petromyzontiforme

CN: Sea Lamprey

SN: Petromyzon marinus

Which Lamprey is this?

• Silver Lamprey

• West Brook Lamprey

Answer explanation

F: Petromyzontidae

CN: Silver Lamprey

SN: Ichthyomyzon unicuspsis

Notice the lack of division in the fin and the tapered head.

Which Lamprey is this?

• Silver Lamprey

• West Brook Lamprey

Answer explanation

F: Petromyzontidae

CN: West Brook Lamprey

SN: Lampetra richardsoni

Notice the presence of a division in the fin and the non-tapered head.

What is the family of this sturgeon?

Answer explanation

F: Acipenseridae

CN: Shovelnose Sturgeon

SN: Scaphirhynchus platorynchus

What is the name (common or scientific) of this fish?

Answer explanation

F: Cyprinidae

CN: Silverjaw Minnow

SN: Notropis buccatus

Take note of those sensory chambers that run along the jaw.

Which fish is this?

Answer explanation

F: Catostomidae

CN: Common/White Sucker

SN: Catostomus commersoni

Notice how the lips are all warty.

Name this fish.

Answer explanation

F: Salmonidae

CN: Brook Trout

SN: Salvelinus fontinalis

Notice how its bodily pattern is light spots over dark body.

Name this fish.

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F: Percopsidae

CN: Trout-perch

SN: Percopsis omiscomaycus

Notice how it kind of looks like a trout and a perch fused together, and that rough adipose fin.

Name this fish.

Answer explanation

F: Salmonidae

CN: Rainbow Trout

SN: Oncorhynchus mykiss

Notice how its bodily pattern is dark spots over a light body.