### animal | vertebrate | fish | bony fish | sturgeon:

Lake sturgeon
* are a Vermont-listed endangered species
  - some of the longest-lived and slowest to mature freshwater fish species
* grow larger and live longer than any other fish in Wisconsin.
* have no scales, but numerous bony plates on the back, sides, and belly
  - sharp, cone-shaped mouths with four smooth barbels on the underside

Swordtail
* are compact livebearers from southern Mexico and Guatemala
  - livebearers like guppies, mollies, and platies
* take a long time to grow out to maturity.

Tarpon
* All tarpon have the long fin ray extending from the dorsal fin area.
* are thick and fast-moving and powerful.
* breed offshore in warm, isolated areas.
* commonly ascend rivers into freshwater.
* possess shiny, silvery scales that cover most of their bodies, excluding the head.

Teleost
* have a movable jaw and changes in the jaw muscles.
* possess a gelatinous otolithic membrane in the saccule which supports a single otolith.
  * have a movable jaw and changes in the jaw muscles. These changes make it possible for them to protrude their jaws outwards from the mouth.

Tetra
* are companies
  - easy to care for and are ideal for aquariums because of their communal nature
* bony fish

Topminnow
* are able to exist in a broad range of habitats.
* have specialized mouths adapted for feeding on the surface.

### animal | vertebrate | fish | bony fish:

White perch
* are active throughout the lake on worms and crickets
  - catch and keep
  - considered a delectable game fish
  - deep bodied fish with small pointed teeth
  - especially easy to catch in the spring during spawning
* are important to humans as a source of food and recreational fishing
  - their ecosystem both as predators and as prey
  - prolific breeders
  - taken in nearly all types of fishing gear typically used on the Bay
  - tasty fish with white, flaky flesh
* are the junkyard dogs of the fish community
  - only prey species whose abundance has increased in recent years
* close relative of striped bass.
* live in the Bay year-round and are never found in the ocean.
* prefer a diet of small fish, insects and other invertebrates.

### animal | vertebrate | fish | bony fish:

Wrasse
* Most wrasses are capable of female to male sex change
  - swim using the pectoral fins, dragging the tail behind
* are active during the day, feeding upon a variety of small animals, detritus, and algae
  - primarily predatory fish
  - sex changers
* can put their jaws forwards , usually with separate jaw teeth that jut outwards.
* enter the mouth and gill openings and remove any ectoparasites and diseased tissue.
* have protractile mouths , usually with separate jaw teeth that jut outwards
  - very small scales and the head is normally scaleless
* live in harems consisting of many females and a single male.
* possess a smooth, compressed, elongate body with a pointed snout.
+ Wrasse, Feeding methods: Perciformes

### animal | vertebrate | fish | bony fish | wrasse:

Tautog
* are also suckers for crabs at many of the jetties and bridges during the month.
* feed on mostly mussels, clams and crabs.
* still linger on the inshore ocean wrecks, though sea bass are more plentiful.

Bottom fish
* live at the base of a kelp forest.
* require a long time to breed, are fished heavily year-round, and reproduce slowly.

Canned fish
* mashed without the bones good source of protein.
* provides more calcium than fresh-cooked fish.