Name the salmon with defining characteristics.
Pink salmon - small scales - white cleithrum - large black oval spots on caudal fin
Name the salmon with defining characteristics.
Chum salmon - white cleithrum - red dot on isthmus - no spots on caudal fin
Name the salmon with defining characteristics.
Sockeye salmon - white cleithrum - blood red isthmus - distinct 2 tone body
Name the salmon with defining characteristics.
Coho salmon - Blue peppered cleithrum - spots only on upper lobe of caudal fin
Name the salmon with defining characteristics.
Chinook salmon - White, black speckled cleithrum with black margin - spots on both lobes of the caudal fin
What is this?
Pacific Herring - Clupeidae - No lateral line - no dark spots along side of body
What is this?
Pacific Sardine - Alosidae (Pilchard) - Large spots in 2 uneven rows - specialized scales at the base of the tail
What is this?
American shad - Alosidae - 1 row of spots along both sides of the body
What is this?
Northern anchovy - Engraulidae - large scales - large underslung mouth
What is this?
Eulachon - Osmeridae - Adipose fin - concentric lines on the operculum
What is this?
Surf smelt - Osmeridae - Adipose fin - Distinctive band along side of body
What is this?
Pile Perch - Embiotocidae
What is this?
Shiner Perch - Embiotocidae - Single dorsal fin with spines and rays
What is this?
Chub Mackerel - Scombridae - 5-6 finlets behind 2nd dorsal fin - Stripes across upper body
What is this?
Albacore tuna - Scombridae - Long pectoral fins that reach beyond anal fin - 7-8 finlets behind 2nd dorsal fin
What is this?
Pacific cod - Gadidae - Prominent chin barbel - Vent directly below the origin of the second dorsal fin
What is this?
Pacific tomcod (Tommy cod) - Gadidae - Small chin barbel - Vent directly below the end of the first dorsal fin
What is this?
Walleye Pollock (Alaska Pollock) - Gadidae - no chin barbel - vent in the gap between first and second dorsal fin
What is this?
Pacific Hake - Merlucciidae - 2 dorsal fins and 1 anal fin - fins are easily damaged
What is this?
Sablefish (black cod) - Anoplopomatidae - 1st dorsal fin has spines second is soft - flat forehead
What is this?
Kelp greenling - Hexagrammidae - 5 lateral lines on each side of the body - 2 pairs of projections behind the eyes
What is this?
Lingcod (bucketheads) - Hexagrammidae - single lateral line - canine-like teeth
What is this?
Pacific Staghorn sculpin - Cottidae - anterlike pre-opercular spine - dark spot on the first dorsal fin
What is this?
Wolf-eel - Anarhichadidae - no pelvic fin - large canine teeth
What is this?
Pacific halibut - Pleuronectidae - diamond shaped body - large jaw but does not reach past eye
What is this?
Arrowtooth flounder (Turbot) - Pleuronectidae - Upper eye is visible from blind side - jaw extends past eye
What is this?
Starry flounder - Pleuronectidae - Prominent dark bands on dorsal, anal and caudal fins - rough star-shaped plates on body
What is this?
Rock sole - Pleuronectidae - Fan shaped tail - dark blotches on anal and dorsal tail
What is this?
English sole (Lemon sole) - Pleuronectidae - bony ridge between eyes - nearly straight caudal fin
What is this?
Dover sole (Slime sole) - Pleuronectidae - slime covered body - thick lips
What is this?
Petrale sole (Brill sole) - Pleuronectidae - W shaped tail - lateral line has low curve over pectoral fin
What is this?
Rex sole - Pleuronectidae - Long wispy pectoral fin - dark fins compared to rest of body
What is this?
Copper rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - Inshore - White belly - 2 yellow band radiate from the back of the eye
What is this?
Quillback rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - inshore - High spiny dorsal fin - yellow streak on dorsal fin
What is this?
China rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - Inshore - thick spines over head - Yellow hockey stick on sides
What is this?
Black rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - inshore - Dark in color with pale belly
What is this?
Tiger rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - inshore - last 2 vertical bands are joined at base - 2 dark band radiate from the eye
What is this?
Yelloweye rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - inshore - Bright yellow eyes - black fin tips
What is this?
Canary rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - Offshore - shelf - Back of anal fin has a forwards slant - 3 orange bands across head
What is this?
Bocaccio - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - shelf - Big mouth - large symphyseal knob
What is this?
Silvergray rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - shelf - silver/gray in color - dark lips
What is this?
Widow rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - shelf - small mouth - anal fin has a backward slant
What is this?
Yellowtail rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - shelf - yellow fins - anal fin is almost vertical
What is this?
Greenstriped rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - shelf - 3-4 horizontal green stripes - light belly
What is this?
Chilipepper rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - shelf - red lateral line - large symphyseal knob
What is this?
Pacific ocean perch - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - slope - prominent symphyseal knob - dark blotches on back and caudal peduncle
What is this?
Redstripe rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - slope - Red lateral line - dark lips
What is this?
Darkblotched rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - slope - dark patches on back - 2nd anal spine shorter then 3rd
What is this?
Splitnose rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - slope - split in upper lip - no symphyseal knob
What is this?
Shortspine thornyhead - Scorpaenidae - Sebastolobus - offshore - slope - bright red with some black on fins - large head and eyes compared to body
What is this?
Spiny dogfish - Squalidae - single spine at start of both dorsal fins - no anal fin
What is this?
Sixgill shark - Hexanchidae - 6 gill slits on each side - single dorsal fin far back on body
What is this?
Blue shark - Carcharhinidae - blue colored back - long pointed snout
What is this?
Salmon shark - Lamnidae - Ditropis - large first dorsal fin small second and anal fins
What is this?
Longnose skate - Rajidae - dorsal spines only on tail - long snout
What is this?
Big skate - Rajidae - spines on back as well as tail - large multi ringed eye spot on each pectoral fins
What is this?
Spotted ratfish - Chimaeridae - long tapered tail - large pectoral fins
What is this?
Pacific hagfish - Myxinidae - no paired fins - small sucking disk for mouth
What is this?
Butter clam - 63mm
What is this?
Littleneck clam - 38mm
What is this?
Manila clam 38mm
What is this?
Razor clam - 90mm
What is this?
Varnish clam
What is this?
Cockle
What is this?
Softshell clam
What is this?
Geoduck
What is this?
Horse clam
What is this?
Blue mussel
What is this?
California mussel
What is this?
Gallo mussel
What is this?
Pacific oyster
What is this?
Olympia oyster
What is this?
Weathervane scallop
What is this?
Pink Scallop - 48mm shell height
What is this?
Rock Scallop
What is this?
Northern Abalone
What is this?
Moon snail
What is this?
Pacific octopus
What is this?
Opal squid
What is this?
Humboldt squid
What is this?
Red Rock crab - 115mm across widest part of shell
What is this?
Dungeness crab - 165mm across widest part of shell
What is this?
Graceful crab
What is this?
Tanner crab
What is this?
Green crab
What is this?
Box crab - Puget sound king crab
What is this?
Alaskan red king crab
What is this?
Shore crab
What is this?
Kelp crab
What is this?
Prawn (spot prawn) - 33mm carapace or 22mm telson
What is this?
Pink Shrimp
What is this?
Sidestripe shrimp
What is this?
Coonstripe shrimp
What is this?
Humpback shrimp
What is this?
Red sea urchin - 90mm test diameter
What is this?
Green sea urchin - 55mm test diameter
What is this?
Purple sea urchin
What is this?
California sea cucumber
What is the sex of this crab?
Male
What is the sex of this crab?
Female
EXPLAIN the crab lifecycle
Eggs hatch in WINTER, free swimming larva undergo 5 zoea stages -> final larval stage undergone in the spring -> Molting during the summer causes soft shells -> egg extrusion and fertilization in FALL, female bury in sand ->eggs hatch in winter
What are the Rockfish chin knobs called
Symphyseal knob
What is the alternate name for Pacific Sardines
Pilchard
What is the alternate name for Sablefish
Black cod
What depth and season do sablefish spawn at
Greater the 1000m during the winter
What is the alternate name for Petrale sole
Brill sole
What are 2 key features of the Sebastes genus?
sebastes are viviparous and have physoclistous gas bladders (Not connected to the esophagus)
What are 2 traits of the Sebastolobus species
Sebastolobus are oviparous and lack a gas bladder
What is a unique feature of the salmon shark caudal peduncle?
Salmon sharks have 2 caudal keels (Ditropis)
what is the name for Skate egg cases
Mermaids purse
What are the 4 sections of a prawn
Rostrum, carapace, abdomen, telson