This version has the Common name - ID traits - ID trait 2
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
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Pacific Herring - Clupeidae - No lateral line - no dark spots along side of body
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Pacific Sardine - Alosidae (Pilchard) - Large spots in 2 uneven rows - specialized scales at the base of the tail
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American shad - Alosidae - 1 row of spots along both sides of the body
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Northern anchovy - Engraulidae - large scales - large underslung mouth
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Eulachon - Osmeridae - Adipose fin - concentric lines on the operculum
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Surf smelt - Osmeridae - Adipose fin - Distinctive band along side of body
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Pile Perch - Embiotocidae
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Shiner Perch - Embiotocidae - Single dorsal fin with spines and rays
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Chub Mackerel - Scombridae - 5-6 finlets behind 2nd dorsal fin - Stripes across upper body
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Albacore tuna - Scombridae - Long pectoral fins that reach beyond anal fin - 7-8 finlets behind 2nd dorsal fin
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Pacific cod - Gadidae - Prominent chin barbel - Vent directly below the origin of the second dorsal fin
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Pacific tomcod (Tommy cod) - Gadidae - Small chin barbel - Vent directly below the end of the first dorsal fin
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Walleye Pollock (Alaska Pollock) - Gadidae - no chin barbel - vent in the gap between first and second dorsal fin
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Pacific Hake - Merlucciidae - 2 dorsal fins and 1 anal fin - fins are easily damaged
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Sablefish (black cod) - Anoplopomatidae - 1st dorsal fin has spines second is soft - flat forehead
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Kelp greenling - Hexagrammidae - 5 lateral lines on each side of the body - 2 pairs of projections behind the eyes
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Lingcod (bucketheads) - Hexagrammidae - single lateral line - canine-like teeth
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Pacific Staghorn sculpin - Cottidae - anterlike pre-opercular spine - dark spot on the first dorsal fin
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Wolf-eel - Anarhichadidae - no pelvic fin - large canine teeth
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Pacific halibut - Pleuronectidae - diamond shaped body - large jaw but does not reach past eye
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Arrowtooth flounder (Turbot) - Pleuronectidae - Upper eye is visible from blind side - jaw extends past eye
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Starry flounder - Pleuronectidae - Prominent dark bands on dorsal, anal and caudal fins - rough star-shaped plates on body
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Rock sole - Pleuronectidae - Fan shaped tail - dark blotches on anal and dorsal tail
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English sole (Lemon sole) - Pleuronectidae - bony ridge between eyes - nearly straight caudal fin
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Dover sole (Slime sole) - Pleuronectidae - slime covered body - thick lips
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Petrale sole (Brill sole) - Pleuronectidae - W shaped tail - lateral line has low curve over pectoral fin
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Rex sole - Pleuronectidae - Long wispy pectoral fin - dark fins compared to rest of body
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Copper rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - Inshore - White belly - 2 yellow band radiate from the back of the eye
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Quillback rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - inshore - High spiny dorsal fin - yellow streak on dorsal fin
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China rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - Inshore - thick spines over head - Yellow hockey stick on sides
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Black rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - inshore - Dark in color with pale belly
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Tiger rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - inshore - last 2 vertical bands are joined at base - 2 dark band radiate from the eye
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Yelloweye rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - inshore - Bright yellow eyes - black fin tips
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Canary rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - Offshore - shelf - Back of anal fin has a forwards slant - 3 orange bands across head
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Bocaccio - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - shelf - Big mouth - large symphyseal knob
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Silvergray rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - shelf - silver/gray in color - dark lips
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Widow rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - shelf - small mouth - anal fin has a backward slant
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Yellowtail rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - shelf - yellow fins - anal fin is almost vertical
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Greenstriped rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - shelf - 3-4 horizontal green stripes - light belly
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Chilipepper rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - shelf - red lateral line - large symphyseal knob
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Pacific ocean perch - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - slope - prominent symphyseal knob - dark blotches on back and caudal peduncle
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Redstripe rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - slope - Red lateral line - dark lips
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Darkblotched rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - slope - dark patches on back - 2nd anal spine shorter then 3rd
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Splitnose rockfish - Scorpaenidae - Sebastes - offshore - slope - split in upper lip - no symphyseal knob
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Shortspine thornyhead - Scorpaenidae - Sebastolobus - offshore - slope - bright red with some black on fins - large head and eyes compared to body
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Spiny dogfish - Squalidae - single spine at start of both dorsal fins - no anal fin
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Sixgill shark - Hexanchidae - 6 gill slits on each side - single dorsal fin far back on body
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Blue shark - Carcharhinidae - blue colored back - long pointed snout
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Salmon shark - Lamnidae - Ditropis - large first dorsal fin small second and anal fins
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Longnose skate - Rajidae - dorsal spines only on tail - long snout
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Big skate - Rajidae - spines on back as well as tail - large multi ringed eye spot on each pectoral fins
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Spotted ratfish - Chimaeridae - long tapered tail - large pectoral fins
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Pacific hagfish - Myxinidae - no paired fins - small sucking disk for mouth
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Butter clam - 63mm
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Littleneck clam - 38mm
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Manila clam 38mm
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Razor clam - 90mm
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Varnish clam
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Cockle
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Softshell clam
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Geoduck
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Horse clam
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Blue mussel
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California mussel
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Gallo mussel
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Pacific oyster
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Olympia oyster
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Weathervane scallop
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Pink Scallop - 48mm shell height
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Rock Scallop
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Northern Abalone
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Moon snail
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Pacific octopus
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Opal squid
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Humboldt squid
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Red Rock crab - 115mm across widest part of shell
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Dungeness crab - 165mm across widest part of shell
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Graceful crab
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Tanner crab
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Green crab
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Box crab - Puget sound king crab
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Alaskan red king crab
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Shore crab
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Kelp crab
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Prawn (spot prawn) - 33mm carapace or 22mm telson
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Pink Shrimp
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Sidestripe shrimp
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Coonstripe shrimp
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Humpback shrimp
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Red sea urchin - 90mm test diameter
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Green sea urchin - 55mm test diameter
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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