Appendix 



Common and Scientific Names of Fishes 



Referred to in Text 



With a few exceptions, the common and scientific names listed below are 

 those accepted by the American Fisheries Society, Committee on Names of 

 Fishes,* published in 1960. One exception is the common name of redear, for 

 Lepomis microlophiis (G), which is invariably read as "re-dear," presumably 

 because both the prefix "re-" and the word "dear" are more commonly seen in 

 print than are the words "red" and "ear." Other exceptions are the names of a 

 few fishes not native to the United States and Canada. 



Common names vary from place to place, and exact identification of any fish 

 must be associated with an accepted scientific name. As most readers will be 

 unfamiliar with the scientific names, and will look first for common names, the 

 Appendix has been arranged with the common family names in alphabetical 

 order. Under each family is listed, in alphabetical order, the common names of 

 the species mentioned in the text, and opposite each common name is its cor- 

 responding scientific name. 



Basses (Sea) Serranidae 



Bass, Striped Roccus saxatilis ( W) 



Bass, White Roccus chrysops (R) 



Bass, Yellow Roccus mississippiensis (J & E) 



Perch, White Roccus americanus (G) 



Bowfins Amiidae 



Bowfin Amia calva L 



Catfishes Ictaluridae 



Bullheads Ictalurus spp 



Bullhead, Black Ictalurus melas (R) 



* Baily, R. M., et ah, "A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the 

 United States and Canada," American Fisheries Society Special Publication 2, 1-102 

 (1960). 



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