Specie ID

Common Name: Bullhead Catfish Scientific Name: Icatalurus melas Distribution: Bullheads can be found all along the Mississippi River and Great Lakes, where they are able to survive in some of the most toxic, acidic waters. Their ability to hibernate increases their chances for survival in oxygen-poor waters where few fish survive the winter freeze. Perhaps…

Common Name: Brown Trout a.k.a. Speckled Carp Scientific Name: Salmo trutta Appearance: As their name would imply, brown trout are mostly brown, becoming slightly silvery or reddish along the sides. Their bodies are heavily spotted, with brown spots on their back and red spots with pale outlines farther down on their body. The tail of…

Common name: Brook Trout Scientific name: Salvelinus fontinalis Appearance: Brook trout are clearly identifiable by the red-within-blue spotsthat speckle thier dark-green sides, as well as the wavy, light green lines running horizontally from end to end.A brook trout’s underbellyis eithersilvery white or red. Distribution: “Brook Trout” are not actually a trout at all, but a…

Common name: Bluegill (also known as brim, sun perch, blue perch, blue sunfish, copperbelly, bluebream, copperhead bream, red-breasted bream, bluegill sunfish and roach ) Scientific name: Lepomis macrochirus (Lepomis means “scaled cheek”; macrochirus means “large hand”, possibly in reference to the size of the pectoral fin). Appearance: Small and compact, the front of a bluegill…

Common name: Atlantic Salmon Scientific name: Salmo Salar (in Latin, “leaper” or “jumper”) Appearance: Silver and white in open water, with a few dark spots above the lateral line, Atlantic salmon darken to a yellowish brown in fresh water, to the point where they could be mistakenfor brown trout. However, the salmon’s forked (as opposed…