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19 Cards in this Set
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White sturgeon Family: Acipenseridae Acipenser transmontanus
distribution: Anadromous and freshwater forms in the northern hemisphere |
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Herrings, shads, sardines Family: Clupeidae
Distribution: Mostly marine (some freshwater and anadromous species); worldwide. |
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Family: Engraulidae
common name anchovies
distribution marine (occasionally freshwater); world wide. |
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Family name: Esocidae Common name: pike
Distribution: freshwater, northern hemisphere
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Family: Osmeridae common names: smelts
distribution: Marine, anadromous, coastal freshwater, northern hemisphere. stay in large schools |
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Family: Cyprinidae Common name: minnows and carps
Distribution: freshwater (north america and eurasia, some in africa) |
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Family: Catostomidae Common name: suckers
Distribution: Freshwater lakes and rivers (north america, eastern siberia, and china) |
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Family: Ictaluridae Common name: North American Catfish
Distribution: Freshwater (north america) |
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Family: Gadidae Common name: Cods
Distribution: Marine (except for 1 species in northern eurasia, and north america) |
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Family: Gasterosteidae Common name: Sticklebacks
Distribution: Freshwater and coastal marine (north america) |
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Family: Scorpaenidae Common name: Scorpion fish and rock fishes
distribution: Marine temperate and tropical regions |
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Family: Hexigrammidae Common name: Greenlings and lingcod
Distribution: Marine, North pacific |
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Family: Cottidae Common name: Sculpins
Distribution: Mostly coastal marine with a few freshwater species, northern hemisphere |
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Family: Centrarchidae Common name: Sunfishes and basses
Distribution: Freshwater, north america |
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Family: Percidae Common name: Perches
Distribution: Freshwater; northern hemisphere |
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Family: Cichlidae Common names: Cichlids
Distribution: Freshwater and brackish marine, central and south america, Africa, madagascar, and parts of asia |
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Family: Scombridae Common name: Mackerels and tunas
Distribution: Marine, tropical an subtropical seas |
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Family: Bothidae Common Name: Lefteye flounders
Distribution: Marine; worldwide |
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Family: Pleuronectidae Common Name: Righteye flounders
Distribution: Marine, occasionally brackish but rarely freshwater, worldwide |