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Salmonid Name cards
Chase's Finshes
Common Name | Genus/species | Characteristics |
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Mountain Whitefish | Prosopium williamsoni | Tiny mouth |
Bonneville Cisco | Prosopium gemmifer | Superior snout |
Bear Lake Whitefish | Prosopium abyssicola | Short maxillary |
Bonneville Whitefish | Prosopium spilonotus | Long maxillary |
Sockeye Salmon | Oncorhynchus nerka | No spots |
Chinook Salmon | Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | Spots on back and caudal |
Coho Salmon | Oncorhynchus kisutch | Curved anal fin |
Pink Salmon | Oncorhynchus gorbuscha | oblong spots |
Chum Salmon | Oncorhynchus keta | White tipped fins |
Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout | Oncorhynchus virginalis bouvieri | Posterior spots |
Rainbow Trout/Steelhead | Oncorhynchus mykiss | Tons of spots |
Brown Trout | Salmo trutta | Light rings around spots |
Brook Trout | Salvelinus fontinalis | Dark fish, red spots |
Bull Trout | Salvelinus confluentus | No vermiculations |
Lake Trout | Salvelinus namaycush | Deeply forked caudal fin |
Arctic Grayling | Thymallus arcticus | Huge dorsal fin |