How to use this fish key. The dichotomous fish key gives a series of two choices:
The choices will ask questions about the fish's appearance and ask you to decide
if it does or does not have a specific characteristic. This will lead you to another
set of questions and will ultimately end at the fish you are trying to identify.
Use the pictures and/or fish descriptions when you arrive at the Fish Family
page to determine which species of fish.
It is best to start from the beginning of the key! Skipping ahead can give
incorrect results.
HOW TO USE THIS FISH KEY
Anglers head out for a morning of fi shing on
Frye Lake in Grant County. ERIC FOWLER, NEBRASKALAND
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FISH KEY
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