Temperate Basses (Family Moronidae) White Perch (Morone americana) Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) White Bass (Morone chrysops) Striped Bass Hybrid (Morone chrysops x Morone saxatilis) Scales- Striped Bass and White Bass have 7 to 9 scale rows above the lateral line. Striped Bass Hybrid has 10 to 12 scale rows above the lateral line. Anal fins White Bass has 12 to 13 rays. Striped Bass has 9 to 11 rays. Striped Bass Hybrid has 11 to 12 rays. Topminnows (Family Fundulidae) Stripes- White Bass lacks vivid dark stripes. Only one vivid stripe gill to tail. Striped Bass has 7 to 8 black stripes, usually unbroken. Striped Bass Hybrid has 7 to 8 stripes, usually less distinct and often broken. Sculpins (Family Cottidae) Banded Killifish (Fundulus diaphanus) Not pictured: Mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) Striped Killifish (Fundulus majalis) Mottled Sculpin (Cottus bairdii) Sticklebacks (Family Gasterosteidae) Slimy Sculpin (Cottus cognatus) ENDANGERED Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) Not pictured: Fourspine Stickleback (Apeltes quadracus) Brook Stickleback (Culaea inconstans) www.fishandboat.com Not pictured: Blue Ridge Sculpin (Cottus caeruleomentum) Potomac Sculpin (Cottus girardi) Spoonhead Sculpin (Cottus ricei) Checkered Sculpin (Cottus sp. cf. cognatus) Deepwater Sculpin (Myoxocephalus thompsoni) Pennsylvania Angler & Boater * January/February 2018 11http://www.fishandboat.com