Download - Introduction to Missouri Fishes
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Niangua Darter
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Range of sizes
Rover predator
All small fish aren’t minnows...
Fish have adapted to diverse habitatsFish have adapted to diverse habitats
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Bottom rover
Surface-oriented
Lie-in-wait predator
Deep-bodied fish
Eel-like fish
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All minnows aren’t small fish...
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Chestnut Lamprey
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Lake Sturgeon
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Shovelnose Sturgeon
Pallid Sturgeon
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Longnose Gar
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Paddlefish
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Bowfin
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American Eel
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adipose fintail fin
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gill cover
cheekanus
lateral linesoft dorsal
spinousdorsal
tail fin
pelvicfin
bellypectoral
finbreast
nostril
analfin
External anatomy of a fishExternal anatomy of a fish
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Central Stoneroller
Gizzard Shad
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Grass Carp
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Common Carp
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Silver Carp
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Bighead Carp
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Duskystripe Shiner
Red Shiner
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Striped Shiner/Common Shiner
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Golden Shiner
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Hornyhead Chub
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Ozark Minnow
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Fathead Minnow
Southern Redbelly Dace
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River Carpsucker
Creek Chub
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Northern Hogsucker
White Sucker
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Golden Redhorse
Bigmouth Buffalo
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Black Bullhead
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Blue Catfish
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Slender Madtom
Catfish identification tipsCatfish identification tips
Channel catfish
upper jaw extends beyond lower jaw
anal fin margin rounded with 24-29 rays
tail fin forked
Black bullhead
spines on front of fin
tail fin square
dark, not mottled
barbels
Blue catfish
upper jaw extends beyond lower jaw anal fin margin straight
with 30-35 rays
tail fin forked
Flathead catfish
lower jaw extends beyond upper jaw
tail fin square
upper fin lighter than remainder of fin
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Flathead Catfish
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Chain Pickerel
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Brown Trout
Rainbow Trout
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Trout-perch
Pirate Perch
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Southern Cavefish
Brook Silverside
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Northern Studfish
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Freshwater Drum
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Western Mosquitofish
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Blackstripe Topminnow
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Blackspotted Topminnow
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Banded Sculpin
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Northern Rock Bass
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White Bass
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Flier
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Green Sunfish
Bluegill
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Longear Sunfish
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Redear Sunfish
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Spotted Bass
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Smallmouth Bass
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Largemouth Bass
Bass identification tipsBass identification tips
horizontal stripes
teeth on back of tongue in two parallel patches
Striped bass
upper jaw does not reach
back of eye dark horizontal stripe, lower side with series of dark horizontal streaks
two fins connected
rough patch on tongue
very small cheek scales
Spotted bass
upper jaw does not extend beyond
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very small cheek scales
two fins connected
side plain with a series of separate vertical bars
Smallmouth bass
two fins not well connected
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dark horizontal stripeupper jaw extends
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smoothtongue
Largemouth bass
teeth on back of tongue in a single patch
horizontal stripes
White bass
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Black Crappie
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White Crappie
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Johnny Darter
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Greenside Darter
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Sauger
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Orangethroat Darter
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Walleye
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Logperch
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Channel Catfish
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