Fish 101 Biology and Habitat Lisa Mc Shane

Fish 101 – Biology and Habitat Lisa Mc. Shane Management Biologist Kemptville District, OMNRF

Fish Anatomy Image - http: //www. dnr. sc. gov/fish/anatomy. html

Common Fish of the Area Centrachidae – sunfish family

Common Fish of the Area Percidae – perch family

Common Fish of the Area Esocidae – pike family

Common Fish of the Area Salmonidae – salmon and trout family

Common Fish of the Area Ictaluridae – catfish family

Common Fish of the Area Forage Fish Images - http: //www 2. dnr. cornell. edu/

Habitat Different habitat for different life stages and seasons • Spawning • Nursery • Adult • Seasonal

Habitat • • • Limnology – study of inland waters Littoral zone – nearshore area where sunlight penetrates Limnetic Zone – sunlight penetrates open surface waters Profundal zone –deep zone, below range of light penetration Benthic Zone – bottom includes sediment surface and some subsurface layers http: //www. bio. utexas. edu/faculty/sjasper/Bio 301 M/aquahab. html http: //www. geo. arizona. edu/Antevs/nats 104/00 lect 17 laklifzon. html http: //www. thepondlady. com/biological/plants. html

http: //assuredcomputer. com/loa/pollution. html http: //www. rideau-info. com/local_landscape. html

Habitat http: //extension. unh. edu/Shorelines http: //www. kentuckyawake. org/Rock_Bass http: //seasonsinthevalley. blogspot. ca/2014_05_01_archive. html http: //bioweb. uwlax. edu/bio 203/2010/hetke_dust/habitat. htm

Spawning Habitat Bass Spawning Habitat

Spawning Habitat Walleye Spawning

Spawning Habitat Lake Trout Brook Trout http: //www. adirondackalmanack. com/2013/11/a dirondack-fish-spawning-lake-trout. html http: //wildsouth. org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/brook-trout-species-spotlight-2. jpg https: //walrus. wr. usgs. gov/pacmaps/lm-index. html

Seasonal Habitat • Winter – bass aggregate near bottom, very inactive and feed little • Summer – trout stay near the bottom in cooler water with more oxygen

Fish Information

All pictures of fish are from Cornell University website and are artwork produced by Ellen Edmondson which was sponsored by the New York Department of Conservation unless otherwise noted.