AQUARIUM SCAVENGER HUNTANSWER KEY

VERSION 1: VERSION 2:

1. Spartina grass 1. Spartina grass

2. Lined seahorse 2. Lined seahorse

3. Sand shrimp 3. Northern pipefish

4. Common mummichog 4. Common mummichog

5. Four-spined stickleback 5. Atlantic oyster drill

6. Sea urchin 6. Sea star

7. North American river otter 7. North American river otter

8. Northern puffer 8. Tautog

9. Oyster toadfish 9. Atlantic tomcod

10. Lumpfish 10. Lumpfish

11. Butterfish 11. Black sea bass

12. Spotted hake 12. American lobster

13. Atlantic sturgeon 13. Shorthorn sculpin

14. Scup 14. Northern sea robin

15. Winter/windowpane flounder 15. Winter/windowpane flounder

16. Frilled sea anemone 16. Goosefish

17. Alewives, Atlantic mackerel 17. Same as version 1 Atlantic menhaden, American shad

18. Sand tiger shark 18. Sand tiger shark

19. Bluefish 19. Roughtail stingray

20. Spot-fined butterfly fish 20. Same as version 1

21. Moon jellies 21. Sea nettles

22. Hagfish 22. Hagfish

23. Archer fish 23. Mudskippers

24. Lionfish 24. Stonefish

25. Northern stargazer 25. Dragon Moray eel

Helpful Resources:

For marine animal pictures and/or information:www.nefsc.noaa.gov/lineart/www.oceanicresearch.org/cgi-bin/search.htmwww.njscuba.net/biology/

ALSO USE THE “FISH PICTURE” SHEETS PROVIDED BELOW!!

FISH PICTURES

All of the following fish pictures came from the website: www.nefsc.noaa.gov/lineart/

Alewife

American eel

Atlantic cod

Atlantic mackerel

Atlantic silverside

Atlantic sturgeon

Atlantic tomcod

Atlantic wolffish

Black sea bass

Bluefish

Brown trout

Butterfish

Clear-nose skate

Cow-nose ray

Cunner

Goosefish

Hagfish

Lined seahorse

Lookdown

Lumpfish

Mummichog

Northern kingfish

Northern pipefish

Northern puffer

Northern searobin

Ocean pout

Oyster toadfish

Salmon

Scup

Sea raven

Shark

Short-horn sculpin

Spotted hake

Striped bass

Striped burrfish

Summer flounder

Tautog

Three-spine stickleback

Tuna

Weakfish

Windowpane flounder

Winter flounder