My post today is a brief presentation of the taxonomy of some of the significant fish found in the vicinity of the Mid-Atlantic of the eastern United States and in the adjoining waterways.
Amongst the vertebrates, fish are unique insofar as they compose three classes -- while birds, reptiles, and amphibians, are each a single class of the phylum.
Of course, any taxonomical list is subject to dispute, and fish are no exception. Nevertheless, this seemed resonable to this blogger!
Kingdom Animalia
PHYLUM CRANIATA or CORDATA
Subphylum Vertebrata
Lamprey!
·
Class Agnatha [Jawless Fish: Hagfish
& Lampreys]
Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
·
Class Chondrichthyes [Cartilaginous Fish:
Sharks & Rays]
o Order Squaliformes
§ Family Rhincodontidae [Whale Sharks]
§ Family Lamnidae [Mackerel Sharks: Great White
Shark, Mako Shark]
§ Family Carcharhinidae
[Requiem Sharks: Bull Shark, Tiger Shark]
o
Order Rajiformes [Sawfish, Skates & Rays]
Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)
·
Class Osteichthyes [Bony Fish]
o Order Acipenseriformes
[Sturgeon & Paddlefish]
o Order Aguilliformes
[Eels]
§ Family Anguillidae [Freshwater Eels]
·
American Eel (Anguilla rostrata)
§ Family Muraenidae [Moray Eels]
o Order Clupeiformes
[Anchovies, Shad & Herring]
o Order Salmoniformes
[Salmon, Smelts, Mudminnows, Pikes]
§ Family Salmonidae [Salmon, Trout &
Whitefish]
·
Brook Trout (Salvelinus
fontinalis)
o Order Cypriniformes
§ Family Characidae [Tetra, Piranha]
§ Family Cyprinidae [Carps & Minnows]
·
Goldfish (Carassius
auratus)
·
Blacknose Dace (Rhinichthys
atratulus)
§ Family Catostomidae [Suckers]
o
Order Siluriformes [Catfishes & Pirate Perches]
§
Family Ictaluridae
[Bullhead Catfishes: Channel Catfish, Madtoms]
o
Order Gadiformes [Cod, Haddock, Hake, Pollock]
o
Order Atheriniformes [Halfbeak, Needlefish, Killifish,
Livebearers]
§ Family Poeciliidae [Livebearers: Guppies,
Swordtails, Mollys]
·
Mosquitofish (Gambusia
affinis)
o Order Gasterosteiformes
[Sticklebacks, Trumpetfish, Cornetfish, Sea Horses]
o Order Perciformes [Basses, Groupers, Perches, Sunfish, Remora, Jacks,
Dolphinfish, Snappers, Grunts, Drums, Cichlids, Wrasses, Barracudas, Mackerel,
Tuna, Albacore, Swordfish, Marlin]
§ Family Percichthyidae [Temperate Basses]
·
Striped Bass (Morone
saxatilis)
§ Family Centrarchidae
[Sunfish]
·
Bluegill (Lepomis
macrochirus)
·
Largemouth Bass (Micropterus
salmoides)
§ Family Percidae
[Perches]
·
Tessellated
Darter (Etheostoma olmstedi)
·
Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens)
·
Walleye (Stizostedion
vitreum)
§ Family Cichlidae
[Cichlids & Tilapia]
o Order Pleuronectiformes [Flounders & Soles]
o Order Tetraodontiformes [Filefish, Puffers, Ocean Sunfish]
If your interest takes you in the direction of fishkeeping, be sure to refer to this site:
http://www.fishlore.com/
Live well!
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