Blueback Herring Alosa aestivalis

1. Can be found in the southern part of PA near the Delaware River. Deep, flat body makes it easy swimming. Born in streams and then go to the ocean. At the end of life return to streams. These spawning trips of up to 3,000 km. Diet is other fish and fish eggs. Blueback HerringAlosaaestivalis A unique characteristic is that they have smaller eyes than most fish. Live in ocean tributaries. Prefer around 70 degree water. Has a two chambered heart and filters oxygen through gills. Commonly mistaken as its relative the alewife. Their marine range is along the Atlantic coast from Nova Scotia to Florida.

2. Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas Environment Fathead minnows are located near the Appalachian mtn. They are strong fish that can live in almost any water condition, but they like slow-moving water. Growth & Development The males create the nest in a cave and lure in the females. The females lay 200-700 eggs and then the males guard the eggs. The eggs hatch in about 4-8 days. Motility Fathead minnows use their caudal fin to propel themselves, and pectoral fin to steer. Nutrition Minnows eats plants because they are small fish and most fish are bigger then them. Characteristics Fathead minnows are bilaterally symmetric, they have fins on both sides and an eye on both sides. They are an olive or yellow color with a lateral line. Circulatory and Respiratory Systems The fathead minnow has gills that water enters and the oxygen in the water goes through the veins, and enters their two-chambered heart. http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/images/Photos/pimeprom.jpg http://www.digitalpicturezone.com/images/underwater-photography/underwater-photography6.jpg

3. White Perch Moroneamericana -Doesn’t look like, or closely related to the yellow perch. REPRODUCTION -Begin spawning when water temperatures increase in late March. -Native to the Atlantic Coast of North America, from Nova Scotia to North Carolina. • -Adults move upstream. Males usually reach the spawning grounds before females. • After spawning, adults move downstream to the middle and lower waters. • White perch eggs hatch in one to six days. They remain there through summer and fall, feeding on small insects -They usually grow to about 7 to 10 inches and rarely weigh more than a pound. -They eat crab, shrimp, and small fish. -They are found in the Ohio, Potomac, Susquehanna, and Delaware watersheds. -Their symmetry is bilateral. -It moves by moving the caudal (tail) fin in a side to side motion. -One unique characteristic is that they can live as long as 17 years. -The white perch takes in water through its mouth pushing the water over its gills. The gills then filter the oxygen out of the water for the fish. The oxygen then goes through the blood stream of the fish to the heart. The swim bladder keeps the fish under the water by letting the fish fill it with the amount of oxygen needed to change depths. http://www.fish.state.pa.us/pafish/fishhtms/chapindx.htm

4. Male rock bass swim inshore to the nesting areas. The males build their nests with their tales. They spawn in late May, females come to the nests and spawn about 500 eggs. “Fry” whish are the baby fish, hatch after 5 days and leave the nest after 9-10 days. (Ambloplites rupestris) The atrium and ventricle are the heart blood flows through the atrium and veins, then goes through the capillaries and take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide., then circle back to the ventricle and atrium. Rock Bass They are bottom feeders and eat insects, smaller fish and crayfish. It’s bilaterally symmetric. Some compare rock bass to small mouth bass. They look like a cross between a bluegill and a black bass. One unique trait is they have very large red or reddish orange eyes. You can find rock bass in pretty much any warm water stream, lake or pond in Pennsylvania. They swim with their flipper and their tale fins. Rock bass are common in large 65-85 degrees Fahrenheit warm water streams and rivers. Typically slow moving water. Shay Myers did this! 

5. Adults are 40 – 70 mm in length And it is a coattail witch means it swims by moving its tail The symmetry is it bilateral it is the same on both sides One unique characteristic about my fish is that it is a good native fish for aquariums The spotfin shiner cyprinella spiloptera The water sheds it lives in are Delaware, Genesee last seen in PA in 1853 in the mouth of the Clarion River rare in Ohio and Monongahela Rivers and have been seen off and on since 1886 The way they breath is they take in water through there mouth and then take that oxygen from the water and put that through there gills and takes through the blood and up to to the heart to circulate again Spawning occurs mid- June to mid- August egg deposited in crevices around logs and tree roots 7, 474 eggs per female Adults eat insects, plant material, and some smaller fish to have neutrino in there body there babies live off of the what was on the inside of the egg to gain energy and neutrino Sonya Burnell

6. Identification: Golden rainbows are a golden-yellow in body color, with pinkish lower fins, pink or red tones on their cheeks and with the rainbow’s reddish lateral stripe. The Pennsylvania record golden rainbow trout is over 11 pounds. The golden rainbow trout grows by eating and maintaining its diet. It is unique because it has a deep-yellow or orange coloration, but some have darker gold stripe. It exhibits symmetry because they look the same on both sides. It Habitat: The golden rainbow trout’s habitat preferences are identical to those of the normally colored rainbow trout. It is stocked throughout the state in appropriate trout waters. No rainbow trout or golden rainbows are planted in the Lake Erie watershed. It is a heterotroph because they eat insects, fish eggs, smaller fish, crayfish, and other crustations. Usually reach sexual maturity between two and three years of age, with some extreme cases becoming sexually mature at five years. In this species, the female finds a spot and digs a pit. However, while she digs she is accompanied by an attendant male, which courts her and also drives away other males. Once the pit is completed, the female drops into it, immediately followed by the male. When the pair is side by side, they open their mouths, quiver, and release egg and sperm. A total of 700–4,000 eggs are produced per spawning event, which are then fertilized by the subordinate male. The female then quickly moves to the upstream edge of the nest and starts digging a new pit, covering the eggs. Oxygen in the water is pumped through the gills and then the oxygen is pumped though the veins and enters there two-chambered heart. Golden Rainbow TroutBy: Caleb Simander Life history: Spawning in the wild is unlikely, because golden rainbows are highly visible in streams both to anglers and predators like blue herons and ospreys. Golden rainbows and palomino rainbows grow larger and faster than regular rainbows. They have “hybrid vigor,” a trait often seen in crossbred plants and animals. They prefer food that are similar to those of other trout. Typical Size for the golden trout is a slow grower with the average stream living golden getting to 10-14 inches in length and weighing about 1 pound. They can reach a size of 7-9 pounds in a lake environment and grow to 24 to 28 inches in length. The golden trout lives an average of 7 years in streams and up to 12 years in a lake.

7. Johnny Darter Etheostomanigrum -2 inches long, slender body, rounded head, tan/straw yellow brown markings -dorsal, caudal, pectoral & pelvic fins may be speckled -males breeding have darker colors -midway down sides dark scales form W, M, or X patterns -eats zooplankton, midge larvae, mayflies, caddis larvae, small insects, worms & small snails -bilaterally symmetric -moves caudal fin to swim Circulatory system: -distributes blood to all parts of body -blood flows through veins to atrium, passes to ventricle -pumps blood through arteries to gills -here blood receives oxygen -arteries then carry blood throughout body, returns to heart through veins Respiratory system: -water goes into mouth while gills are closed -close mouth and gill covers open, forces water from mouth over to gill chambers where filaments absorb oxygen and replace it with carbon dioxide formed during breathing process -water then flows out through gill openings Reproduction: -spawn in early spring-April, May -male establishes & defends territory, creates nest under debris or underwater object -turn upside down to spawn -40-200 eggs/female, eggs stick to rock in single layer -male stays w/eggs, fanning fins to keep them clean & aerated -hatch in 2 weeks, depends on water temperature Found in Erie, Ohio, & Genesee watersheds

8. Sea LampreyPetromyzon Marinus • Swim by moving their body side to side because they have no fins, therefore thrusting them forward and allowing them to move/swim. • Scale less and possesses a pair of functional eyes and seven gill openings. • Feed by attaching themselves to the exterior of fish with their concave, round, suction-disk mouth. • Spread to the great lakes by the 1920s. • Naturally runs up the Delaware River from the Atlantic Ocean to spawn. • Also present in Lake Erie and other Great Lakes. • They are jawless fishes and have a suction like mouth that is lined with teeth. • They migrate to fresh water, lay eggs, and after a while the adults die. • The females dig a whole in the bottom of a rocky stream creating a little bed to lay her eggs. • Once the eggs hatch they stay in the fresh water till adult hood, or until they develop more, doing so they than migrate back to the sea.

9. Green Sunfish The green sunfish has a large mouth and a heavy, black bass body shape. The body is dark green, fading to lighter green on the sides, and yellow to white ventrally. Faint vertical bars are seen on the sides. Some scales have turquoise spots. The species epithet cyanellus is also Greek and means "blue.” Spawned in late spring to early summer, fry feed on microscopic animals and plants until big enough to eat worms, insects and small minnows. They grow to four to six inches long and start reproducing. They are often the first fish to repopulate a dried up stream and tolerate low water quality. Goggle-eye, Rock Bass, Branch Perch The green sunfish matures at two years of age, even though they may be only three inches long. The males fan has several dish like depressions in the bottom with the tail, and defend the nests vigorously against other green sunfish males. Green sunfish may nest in colonies, and hybridize with other sunfish, like bluegills and pumpkinseeds. The females spawn 2,000 to 10,000 eggs onto the nests of several males, and the males stay with the nest about a week while the eggs develop. Green sunfish are prolific producers. They tend to overpopulate the shallow water areas where they live. Their rather large mouth lets them eat insects, snails, crayfish and even small fish. The green sun fish is bilaterally symetrical. The blood in a fish flows in a one way circuit throughout the body. The respiratory system in the fish would be the gills and the circulatory would be the veins, heart, and arteries. The green sunfish flexes the posterior end of it’s body to accentuate the tail fin movement. fishing.about.com/od/bream/a/green_sunfish.htm The green sunfish is found in all of the above except for Genesee http://www.ohiodnr.com/Home/species_a_to_z/SpeciesGuideIndex/greensunfish/tabid/6655/Default.aspx

10. Home Range: The Trout can be found every where on this map. Symmetry: the rainbow fish are bilateral. If you cut them down the middle it will be equal on both sides Motility: Uses the muscles on the side of its body to move its tail fin to swim. Environment: Rainbow trout prefer clear cold-water streams with gravel or rocky bottoms, deep pools, and natural cover. 37 degrees to 70 degrees F Characteristics: Shiny green with black spots to help them blend into their background and a strip of red with a pinkish white belly Rainbow Trout By Ceira Marie :] Nutrition: they eat Plankton, crustaceans, insects, snails, leeches, fish and fish eggs. They have teeth but there mostly for grabbing and swallowing there food hole Circulatory System:exchange gases using gills on either side of the head. The oxygen enters into the vessels which are pumped through the 2 chamber heart. Growth: the max. life span for a rainbow trout is 11 years. When they mate they go back to where they were born to mate.

11. Common Names - redbelly, robin, yellowbelly sunfish, bream, river bream, longear sunfish, sun perch and redbreast bream.more redbreast informationmore info about respiratory system Redbreast Fish Description/ Symmetry/Environment- The redbreast is one of the brightest colored sunfishes. Males have yellow, orange or red breast, olive upper sides, blending into blue-tinged bronze on the lower sides and blue streaks on the cheek. Females are less colorful; their breasts are yellowish or pale red. The most distinguishing characteristic of Redbreasts inhabit sand-bottom areas as well as rocky areas of coastal-plain streams, rivers, and lakes. They frequently concentrate around boulders, limestone outcroppings, logs, aquatic vegetation. f this species is a long, narrow (no wider than the eye) extension of the gill cover. These flaps, which may reach a length of one inch or more, are entirely black. Spawning Habits - They reproduce in typical sunfish fashion by constructing circular beds; but not clustered like bluegills, in water from one to three feet deep usually adjacent underwater objects such as stumps and snags. They often occupy beds that have been abandoned by other sunfishes. Spawning occurs from May through August when water temperatures range from 68 to The Respiratory & Circulatory System-Water goes in through the fishes mouth, the water moves over the gills and out through the openings on the side of the head. The gills are made up of thin filaments containing blood vessels. Blood moves in the opposite direction of the water. Feeding Habits - The redbreast's diet is probably the most varied of any of the sunfishes. Principal food organisms are bottom-dwelling insect larvae, snails, clams, shrimp, crayfish, and small fish. It is native to the east coast of North American

12. The Tiger Muskellunge, although considered a common Pennsylvania fish, is fairly rare. They can be identified with dark variable markings, including oblique stripes, spots, or blotches. Their bellies are white with small spots. Fins are green to red-brown with dark blotches. It is bilaterally symmetric. Tiger muskies spawn like many other fish. Their spawning season is from April into May. A female can lay 10,000 to 225,000 eggs. The eggs will typically hatch in 8-14 days. The Muskie moves by propelling itself forward with its caudal fin. It moves quite quickly in the water in order to catch prey. They feed on many things, usually smaller fish like babies or minnows. They breathe using gills, and live in fresh water that is usually still such as a lake. A local example would be the Bald Eagle Dam. The water can be on a large range of temperature, from very warm to almost freezing. The circulatory system of the Tiger Muskellunge is very typical. It includes a heart, arteries and veins. The blood travels from the heart to the gills, back through the rest of the fish, and back to the heart. THE TIGER MUSKELLUNGE Max Toner Period 1 1/28/10

13. Identification: greenish strip from the eyes to the tail. Outer scales are a silver to a some what degree of reflective scales. Movement: swims around by using its pectoral fins and tail fin to navigating through small streams and ponds along with lakes usually in a temperature range of 65° Fahrenheit to 20° Fahrenheit . Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides Food: mostly consumes zooplankton and small aquatic insets. Spawning: (broadcast) mature s at two years old, starts around July and ends around August. Circulatory System: two chambered heart , gills provide oxygen that then are released to the muscles and organs to help maintain homeostasis. Environment: Know to mostly be around small streams and rivers also channel borders prefers to stay away from vegetation areas. Growth: 2in-10in in Lakes and small streams and ponds lives in northern part of PA towards lake Erie also through out the great plains, bilateral symmetry.