Fish Family Characteristics
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| Lepiosteridae | long cylindrical body, long jaws with sharp teeth, hardened scales over body
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| Clupeidae | thin fish with silvery scales, lateral line absent, saw-toothed keel on belly
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| Cyprinidae | lips not sucker-like, usually not more than 10 dorsal rays
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| Catostomidae | sucker-like mouth with thick lips, body with large, smooth, simple scales
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| Ictaluridae | scaleless body, barbels present around mouth, adipose fin present, sharp, heavy pectoral and dorsal spines
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| Moronidae | body with obvious stripes, opercle with well-developed spine, dorsal fin is almost completely divided
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| Sciaenidae | deep bodied silvery fish, high back and long dorsal fin, lateral line extends onto caudal fin
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| Centrarchidae | dorsal fin is united and confluent, anal fin with 3-8 spines. opercle without well-developed spine, thoracic pelvic fins present
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| Cichlidae | lateral line broken under dorsal fin, one nostril under each side of head
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| Percidae | dorsal fin completely divided, anal fin with 1 or 2 spines
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| Esocidae | long, cylindrical body, both jaws extend forward, shaped like a duck bill
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| Fundulidae | top of head and back flattened, mouth upturned, body elongated, lateral line absent
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| Aphredoderidae | dark olive, somewhat speckled , anus under throat, large mouth
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| Atherinopsidae | slender fish with silvery band on sides, snout flattened, lower jaw extending before upper jaw
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| Poeciliidae | similar in appearance to topminnows, third anal ray not branched
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| Cyprinodontidae | deep rounded body, mouth upturned, head is flattened but back is usually highly arched, lateral line is absent
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| Lepiosteridae | spotted gar, alligator gar, longnose gar
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| Clupeidae | herrings, gizzard shad, threadfin shad
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| Cyprinidae | central stoneroller, golden shiner, bullhead minnow, red shiner, blacktail shiner, common carp
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| Catostomidae | sucker family, gray redhorse, river carpsucker, smallmouth buffalo
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| Ictaluridae | channel catfish, yellow bullhead, blue catfish, flsthead catfish
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| Moronidae | white bass, yellow bass, striped bass
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| Sciaenidae | drum and croaker family, red drum
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| Centrarchidae | green sunfish, bluegill, longear sunfish, spotted bass, largemouth bass, white crappie
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| Cichlidae | rio grande cichlid, blue tilapia
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| Percidae | orangethroat darter, dusky darter, bigscale logperch
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| Esocidae | chain pickeral, redfin pickeral
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| Fundulidae | blackstripe topminnow, blackspotted topminnow
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| Aphredoderidae | pirate perch
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| Atherinopsidae | brook silverside
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| Poeciliidae | western mosquito fish, sailfin molly
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| Cyprinodontidae | pupfish minnow, sheepshead minnow
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