AQUARIUM SCAVENGER HUNT ANSWER 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.htm www.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