1. Minnesota Fish Identification Shawn P. Linder Perham High School 3/24/02

2. Problem Statement What are the various identifying features of Minnesota Game Fish?

3. Learning Objectives List and describe the Five shapes of fish we look at to help us Identify them. Identify the features that help identify a particular fish. Positively identify the Minnesota game fish important for the economy of the state.

4. K.Q. #1: What are the various shapes that classify MN game fish? Rover Predators Lie-in-wait Predators Bottom Rovers Deep bodied Eel Like

5. Rover Predators Streamlined shape, pointed head, narrow caudal peduncle. Always on the move. E.g. Trout, Walleye

6. Lie-in-wait Predators Explosive ambush predators. Body streamlined and elongate, torpedo like. Large caudal fin. Dorsal and anal fins far back. E.g. Northern, Musky

7. Bottom Rovers Rover type body with a flattened head, humped back, enlarged pectoral fins. E.g., Catfish and Sturgeons.

8. Deep Bodied Laterally flattened with a body depth at least 1/3 that of the length. Long dorsal and anal fin, pectoral fins high on the body with pelvic fins immediately below. Small mouth, large eyes, and short snout. Highly maneuverable, spines common. E.g., sunfish

9. Eel-like fish Elongate bodies, blunt or wedge-shaped heads. Tapered, rounded tails.

10. K.Q.#2: What are various fish within these fish shapes?

11. Rover Predators

12. Rainbow Trout

13. Lake Trout

14. Brook Trout

15. Brown Trout

16. Tulibee (White Fish)

17. Walleye

18. Sauger

19. Yellow Perch

20. Rainbow Smelt

21. Lie-in-Wait Predators

22. Northern Pike

23. Muskellunge (Musky)

24. Long-Nose Gar

25. Bottom Rovers

26. German Carp

27. White Sucker

28. Lake Sturgeon

29. Channel Catfish

30. Black Bullhead

31. Deep Bodied

32. Blue Gill

33. Pumpkin Seed

34. Rock Bass

35. Largemouth Bass

36. Smallmouth Bass

37. Black Crappie

38. White Crappie

39. Eel-Like Fish

40. American Eel

41. Sea Lamprey

42. Bowfin (Dog Fish)

43. Burbot (Eel Pout)

44. Quiz