Aquatics - Identification Study List

The animals from this list are common species or have other significance in the aquatic ecosystem (migratory, endangered, invasive, water quality indicator, etc).

FISH	AMPHIBIANS	REPTILES	INVERTEBRATES
American eel	Eastern gray treefrog*	Common snapping turtle	Amphipod/scud
American shad	Fowler's toad*	Eastern box turtle	Backswimmer
Bluegill	Northern green frog*	Midland painted turtle	Caddisfly*
Bowfin	Northern leopard frog*	Spiny softshell turtle	Crayfish
Brown bullhead	Pickerel frog*	Spotted turtle	Cranefly/Tipulid*
Brook trout	Wood frog*	Wood turtle	Damselfly*
Channel catfish	Eastern hellbender	Northern coal skink	Dobsonfly/fishfly*
Creek Chub	Four-toed salamander	Northern fence lizard	Dragonfly*
Large mouth bass	Jefferson salamander	Eastern (black) rat snake	Freshwater snail
Longnose Dace	Longtail salamander	Eastern hognose snake	Giant water bug
Muskellunge	Marbeled salamander	Eastern milk snake	Mayfly*
Paddlefish	Mudpuppy	Queen snake	Predaceous diving beetle
Rainbow trout	Northern dusky salamander	Northern copperhead	Stonefly*
Rock bass	Northern spring salamander	Northern ringneck snake	Water scorpion
Slimy sculpin	Northern red salamander	Northern water snake	Water strider
Smallmouth bass	Red spotted newt/Red eft	Ribbon snake	Whirligig beetle
Striped bass	Slimy salamander	Rough green snake	Water boatman
White sucker	Spotted salamander	Timber rattlesnake	Water penny


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