SEINE Project Fish Identification Key


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Images of body shapes used in Fish Identification Key - Fishes with multiple dorsal fin
Broad head armed with spine & with winglike pectoral fins
Large gap between first and second dorsal fins.

Note: The smaller dorsal fin may not be noticed without careful observation!
Closely spaced dorsal fins with the first  spiny and the second soft rayed; with a long anal fin or finlets behind the anal fin
Closely spaced dorsal fins with the first  spiny and the second soft rayed and with a short anal fin
Soft rayed dorsal fins with the second much longer than the first
Three dorsal fins
 
adapted from Marine Animals of Southern New England and New York by Howard M. Weiss

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