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Fishin For Answers Key

This document provides a dichotomous key to identify 8 different types of fish: spotted goat fish, glassy sweeper, band-tail puffer, squirrel fish, spotted eagle ray, spotted moray eel, glass-eye snapper, and trumpet fish. The key involves answering a series of yes or no questions about physical characteristics of the fish, such as shape, fin type, eye placement, tail type, presence of spots or stripes, to determine the correct identification.

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Fishin For Answers Key

This document provides a dichotomous key to identify 8 different types of fish: spotted goat fish, glassy sweeper, band-tail puffer, squirrel fish, spotted eagle ray, spotted moray eel, glass-eye snapper, and trumpet fish. The key involves answering a series of yes or no questions about physical characteristics of the fish, such as shape, fin type, eye placement, tail type, presence of spots or stripes, to determine the correct identification.

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Name _______________________KEY____________________________________________ Period _______

Fishin’ for Answers


Use the dichotomous key below to identify the fish. Write the name of the fish in its picture.

Spotted goat fish Glassy sweeper

Band-tail puffer
Squirrel fish Spotted eagle ray

Spotted moray eel Glass-eye snapper Trumpet fish

Fish key
Step 1
a. If fish shape is long and skinny, then go to step 2
b. If fish shape is not long and skinny, then go to step 3
Step 2
a. If fish has pointed fins, it is a trumpet fish
b. If fish has smooth fins, it is a spotted moray eel
Step 3
a. If fish has both eyes on top of the head, then go to step 4
b. If fish has one eye on each side of the head, then go to step 5
Step 4
a. If fish has long whip-like tail, it is a spotted eagle ray
b. If fish has short, blunt tail, it is a peacock flounder
Step 5
a. If fish has spots, then go to step 6
b. If fish does not have spots, then go to step 7
Step 6
a. If fish has chin "whiskers," it is a spotted goat fish
b. If fish does not have chin "whiskers," it is a band-tail puffer
Step 7
a. If fish has stripes, then go to step 8
b. If fish does not have stripes, it is a glassy sweeper
Step 8
a. If fish has a v-shaped tail, it is a squirrel fish
b. If fish has a blunt tail, it is a glass-eye snapper
Peacock flounder

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