MARINE FISH 

 Skate (Raja sp.) 

 Killifish {Fundulus sp.) 

 Black sea bass (Centropristes striatus) 

 Gunner {Tautogolabrus adspersus) 

 Tautog {Tautoga onitis) 

 Sculpin (Myoxocephalus sp.) 

 Puffer {Sphoeroides sp.) 

 Rockfish {Sebastes sp.) 

 Sea raven {Hemitripterus americanus) 

 Sea robin {Prionotus sp.) 

 Conger eel {Conger oceanica) 

 Tomcod {Microgadus sp.) 

 Cod (Gadus morhua) 

 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) 

 Cusk (Brosme brosme) 

 Summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) 

 Winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) 

 Atlantic halibut (Flippoglossus hippoglossus) 

 Wolf-fish (Anarhichas sp. ) 

 King croaker (Gonyonemus lineatus) 

 Ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei) 



FRESHWATER FISH 

 Brown bullhead or horned pout (Ictalurus nebulosus) 

 Yellow perch (Perca flavescens) 

 Gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) 

 Lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeiformis) 

 Buffalo fish (Ictiobus sp. ) 

 Redhorse (Moxostoma sp.) 

 Burbot (Lota lota) 



Freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) 

 Pumpkinseed or sunfish (Lepomis gihbosus) 

 Goldeye (Amphiodon alosoides) 

 White sucker (Catostomus commersonii) 



Processing the Fish. If the fish or fish entrails are inspected for mollusks 

 soon after they have been acquired, the procedure will not be particularly 

 unpleasant. In fact, the thrill of anticipation and discovery associated with 

 finding the strange and often beautiful deep-water mollusks will, no doubt, 

 greatly outweigh all other considerations. In cool weather, processing may 

 be delayed for one or two days without undue harm, but after that length 

 of time decomposition begins and hydrogen sulfide starts to form. The 

 shells are not injured but the examination procedure becomes increasingly 

 less tolerable. 



Ideally, inspection is best carried out in the open air or in a well 

 ventilated garage or other outbuilding. Equipment should include a table, 

 several flat pans and metal trays, one or two small knives, scissors, forceps, 



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