Aquatic Chordates of Alabama and Adjacent

Waters

Invertebrate Chordates

• Tunicates (Sea Squirts)• Lancelets

Tunicate

Lancelet

Jawless Fish

• Class Cephalospidomorphi-Lamprey

• Class Myxini-Hagfish

Lamprey

Hagfish

Class Chondrichthyes

• Sharks and Rays• Chimaeras

Tiger Shark

Cow-nosed Ray

Class Osteichthyes

Sturgeon and PaddlefishModern Bony Fish

Sturgeon

Paddlefish

Gar

Bowfin

American Eel

Black-tailed Shiner

Carp

Sucker

Redhorse

Catfish

Sculpin

Cavefish

Mosquito Fish

Largemouth Bass

Red-eared Sunfish

Bluegill

Crappie

Alabama Darter

Coosa Darter