Variable Lists and Abbreviations

1. Fish Species
2. Pathogens
3. Labs
4. Fish Stocks
5. Fish Collection Methods
6. Tissue Types
7. Preliminary Testing Procedures
8. Corroborative Testing Procedures

Fish Species

1. Alabama hog sucker - Hypentelium etowanum
2. Alewife - Alosa pseudoharengus
3. American eel - Anguilla rostrata
4. American shad - Alosa sapidissima
5. Apache trout - Oncorhynchus gilae apache
6. Arctic char - Salvelinus alpinus
7. Arctic grayling - Thymallus arcticus
8. Arkansas River shiner - Notropis girardi
9. Arrow goby - Clevelandia ios
10. Arroyo chub - Gila orcutti
11. Atlantic menhaden - Brevoortia tyrannus
12. Atlantic salmon - Salmo salar
13. Atlantic sturgeon - Acipenser oxyrhynchus
14. Banded darter - Etheostoma zonde
15. Banded killifish - Fundulus diaphanus
16. Beautiful shiner - Cyprinella formosa
17. Bighead carp - Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
18. Bigmouth buffalo - Ictiobus cyprinellus
19. Bigscale logperch - Percina macrolepida
20. Black bass - Micropterus unknown
21. Black bullhead - Ameiurus melas
22. Black crappie - Pomoxis nigromaculatus
23. Black redhorse - Moxostoma duquesnei
24. Blacknose dace - Rhinichthys atratulus
25. Blacktail redhorse - Moxostoma poecilurum
26. Bloater - Coregonus hoyi
27. Blue catfish - Ictalurus furcatus
28. Blue chub - Gila coerulea
29. Blue sucker - Cycleptus elongatus
30. Blueback herring - Alosa aestivalis
31. Bluegill - Lepomis macrochirus
32. Bluehead chub - Nocomis leptocephalus
33. Bluntnose minnow - Pimephales notatus
34. Bonneville cutthroat trout - Oncorhynchus clarkii utah
35. Bowfin - Amia calva
36. Bridgelip sucker - Catostomus columbianus
37. Brook X Bull - Salvelinus fontinalis X confluentus
38. Brook silverside - Labidesthes sicculus
39. Brook trout - Salvelinus fontinalis
40. Brown bullhead - Ameiurus nebulosus
41. Brown trout - Salmo trutta
42. Bull trout - Salvelinus confluentus
43. Burbot - Lota lota
44. California killifish - Fundulus parvipinnis
45. California roach - Hesperoleucus symmetricus
46. Central mudminnow - Umbra limi
47. Central stoneroller - Campostoma anomalum
48. Chain pickerel - Esox niger
49. Channel catfish - Ictalurus punctatus
50. Chinook salmon - Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
51. Chiselmouth - Acrocheilus alutaceus
52. Chum salmon - Oncorhynchus keta
53. Cisco - Coregonus artedi
54. Coho salmon - Oncorhynchus kisutch
55. Common carp - Cyprinus carpio
56. Common shiner - Notropis cornutus
57. Creek chub - Semotilus atromaculatus
58. Crescent shiner - Luxilus cerasinus
59. Cui-ui - Chasmistes cujus
60. Cutbow hybrid - Oncorhynchus clarki X mykiss
61. Cutlips minnow - Exoglossum maxillingua
62. Cutthroat trout - Oncorhynchus clarki
63. Desert sucker - Catostomus clarki
64. Dollar sunfish - Lepomis marginatus
65. Dolly varden - Salvelinus malma
66. Emerald shiner - Notropis atherinoides
67. Fallfish - Semotilus corporalis
68. Fantail darter - Etheostoma flabellare
69. Fathead minnow - Pimephales promelas
70. Flannelmouth sucker - Catostomus latipinnis
71. Flathead catfish - Pylodictis olivaris
72. Flathead chub - Platygobio gracilis
73. Fountain darter - Etheostoma fonticola
74. Freshwater drum - Aplodinotus grunniens
75. Gila chub - Gila intermedia
76. Gila topminnow - Poeciliopsis occidentalis1
77. Gila trout - Oncorhynchus gilae gilae
78. Gizzard shad - Dorosoma cepedianum
79. Golden redhorse - Moxostoma erythrurum
80. Golden shiner - Notemigonus crysoleucas
81. Golden trout - Oncorhynchus aguabonita
82. Goldeye - Hiodon alosoides
83. Goldfish - Carassius auratus
84. Grass carp - Ctenopharyngodon idella
85. Greater jumprock - Moxostoma lachneri
86. Green sunfish - Lepomis cyanellus
87. Guppy - Poecilia reticulata
88. Hardhead - Mylopharodon conocephalus
89. Highfin carpsucker - Carpiodes velifer
90. Hitch - Lavinia exilicauda
91. Humpback chub - Gila cypha
92. Inland silverside - Menidia beryllina
93. Klamath lamprey - Lampetra similis
94. Klamath smallscale sucker - Catostomus rimiculus
95. Kokanee salmon - Oncorhynchus nerka2
96. Lahontan cutthroat trout - Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi
97. Lahontan redside - Richardsonius egregius
98. Lake chub - Couesius plumbeus
99. Lake sturgeon - Acipenser fulvescens
100. Lake trout - Salvelinus namaycush
101. Lake whitefish - Coregonus clupeaformis
102. Largemouth bass - Micropterus salmoides
103. Largescale sucker - Catostomus macrocheilus
104. Little Colorado spinedace - Lepidomeda vittata
105. Loach minnow - Tiaroga cobitis
106. Logperch - Percina caprodes
107. Longear sunfish - Lepomis megalotis
108. Longfin dace - Agosia chrysogaster
109. Longfin smelt - Spirinchus thaleichthys
110. Longnose dace - Rhinichthys cataractae
111. Longnose gar - Lepisosteus osseus
112. Longnose sucker - Catostomus catostomus
113. Lost River sucker - Deltistes luxatus
114. Margined madtom - Noturus insignis
115. Mooneye - Hiodon tergisus
116. Mottled sculpin - Cottus bairdi
117. Mountain sucker - Catostomus platyrhynchus
118. Mountain whitefish - Prosopium williamsoni
119. Mozambique Tilapia - Tilapia mossambica
120. Muskellunge - Esox masquinongy
121. Northern hog sucker - Hypentelium nigricans
122. Northern pike - Esox lucius
123. Northern pikeminnow - Ptychocheilus oregonensis
124. Northern redbelly dace - Phoxinus eos
125. Orangethroat darter - Etheostoma spectabilis
126. Pacific herring - Clupea pallasi
127. Pacific lamprey - Lampetra tridentata
128. Pacific staghorn sculpin - Leptocottus armatus
129. Paddlefish - Polyodon spathula
130. Paiute sculpin - Cottus beldingi
131. Pallid sturgeon - Scaphirhynchus albus
132. Peamouth - Mylocheilus caurinus
133. Pikeminnow X Chiselmouth - Ptychocheilus X Acrocheilus
134. Pink salmon - Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
135. Prickly sculpin - Cottus asper
136. Pumpkinseed - Lepomis gibbosus
137. Pupfish - Cyprinodon unknown
138. Quillback - Carpiodes cyprinus
139. Rainbow smelt - Osmerus mordax
140. Rainbow trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss1
141. Razorback sucker - Xyrauchen texanus
142. Red drum - Sciaenops ocellatus
143. Red shiner - Cyprinella lutrensis
144. Redbreast sunfish - Lepomis auritus
145. Redear sunfish - Lepomis microlophus
146. Redeye bass - Micropterus coosae
147. Redlip shiner - Notropis chiliticus
148. Redside shiner - Richardsonius balteatus
149. Rio Grande cutthroat trout - Oncorhynchus clarki virginalis
150. Rio Grande silvery minnow - Hybognathus amarus
151. River carpsucker - Carpiodes carpio
152. River chub - Nocomis micropogon
153. River redhorse - Moxostoma carinatum
154. Roanoke hogsucker - Hypentelium roanokense
155. Rock bass - Ambloplites rupestris
156. Rosefin shiner - Lythrurus ardens
157. Rosyside dace - Clinostomus funduloides
158. Round goby - Neogobius melanostomus
159. Roundtail chub - Gila robusta
160. Ruffe - Gymnocephalus cernuus
161. Sacramento pikeminnow - Ptychocheilus grandis
162. Sacramento sucker - Catostomus occidentalis
163. Salmonid - Oncorhynchus unknown
164. Sauger - Stizostedion canadense
165. Sculpin family - Unknown unknown1
166. Sculpin - Cottus unknown
167. Sea lamprey - Petromyzon marinus
168. Shadow bass - Ambloplites ariommus
169. Shiner - Notropis unknown
170. Shorthead redhorse - Moxostoma macrolepidotum
171. Shorthead sculpin - Cottus confusus
172. Shortnose gar - Lepisosteus platostomus
173. Shortnose sturgeon - Acipenser brevirostrum
174. Shortnose sucker - Chasmistes brevirostris
175. Shoshone sculpin - Cottus greenei
176. Shovelnose sturgeon - Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
177. Silver Carp - Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
178. Silver redhorse - Moxostoma anisurum
179. Slimy sculpin - Cottus cognatus
180. Smallfin redhorse - Moxostoma robustum
181. Smallmouth bass - Micropterus dolomieu
182. Smallmouth buffalo - Ictiobus bubalus
183. Sockeye salmon - Oncorhynchus nerka1
184. Sonora sucker - Catostomus insignis
185. Speckled dace - Rhinichthys osculus
186. Spikedace - Meda fulgida
187. Splake - Salvelinus fontinalis X namaycush
188. Splittail - Pogonichthys macrolepidotus
189. Spottail shiner - Notropis hudsonius
190. Spotted bass - Micropterus punctulatus
191. Spotted gar - Lepisosteus oculatus
192. Spotted sucker - Minytrema melanops
193. Spotted sunfish - Lepomis punctatus
194. Steelhead trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss2
195. Striped bass - Morone saxatilis
196. Sucker - Catostomus unknown
197. Sunshine bass - Morone saxatilis X chrysops
198. Suwannee bass - Micropterus notius
199. Tadpole madtom - Noturus gyrinus
200. Tahoe sucker - Catostomus tahoensis
201. Tessellated darter - Etheostoma olmstedi
202. Threadfin shad - Dorosoma petenense
203. Threespine stickleback - Gasterosteus aculeatus
204. Tilapia - Tilapia unknown
205. Topsmelt - Atherinops affinis
206. Torrent sucker - Moxostoma rhotheca
207. Trout - Unknown unknown2
208. Tui chub - Gila bicolor
209. Tule perch - Hysterocarpus traski
210. Utah chub - Gila atraria
211. Utah sucker - Catostomus ardens
212. Walleye - Stizostedion vitreum
213. Warmouth - Lepomis gulosis
214. Warpaint shiner - Luxilus coccogenis
215. Western mosquitofish - Gambusia affinis
216. White River spinedace - Lepidomeda albivallis
217. White bass - Morone chrysops
218. White catfish - Ameiurus catus
219. White crappie - Pomoxis annularis
220. White perch - Morone americana
221. White sturgeon - Acipenser transmontanus
222. White sucker - Catostomus commersoni
223. Whitefish - Unknown unknown3
224. Wood River sculpin - Cottus leiopomus
225. Yaqui chub - Gila purpurea
226. Yaqui topminnow - Poeciliopsis occidentalis2
227. Yellow bass - Morone mississippiensis
228. Yellow bullhead - Ameiurus natalis
229. Yellow perch - Perca flavescens
230. Yellowfin goby - Acanthogobius flavimanus

Pathogens

1. Asal - Aeromonas salmonicida
2. Bach - Bothriocephalus acheilognathi
3. Cfre - Citrobacter freundii
4. Csha - Ceratomyxa shasta
5. Eict - Edwardsiella ictaluri
6. Etar - Edwardsiella tarda
7. Fcol - Flavobacterium columnaris
8. Fpsy - Flavobacterium psychrophilum
9. IHNV - Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus
10. IPNV - Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus
11. ISAV - Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus
12. LMBV - Largemouth Bass virus
13. Mcer - Myxobolus cerebralis
14. OMV - Oncorhynchus Masou Virus
15. Rsal - Renibacterium salmoninarum
16. SVCV - Spring Viremia of Carp Virus
17. VHSV - Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus
18. WSHV - White Sturgeon Herpesvirus 2
19. Yruc - Yersinia ruckeri

Labs

1. Aquatic Animal Health Lab
2. Bozeman Fish Health Center
3. California-Nevada Fish Health Center
4. Eagle Fish Health Laboratory
5. Fish Pathology Laboratory (Anchorage)
6. Idaho Fish Health Center
7. LaCrosse Fish Health Center
8. Lamar Fish Health Center
9. Lower Columbia River Fish Health Center
10. Olympia Fish Health Center
11. Pinetop Fish Health Center
12. Warm Springs Fish Health Center
13. Washington State University

Fish Stocks

1. Carson spring chinook
2. Chambers Creek
3. Chesapeake Bay
4. Clackamas winter steelhead
5. Colorado River
6. Columbia River fall chinook
7. Columbia River spring chinook
8. Columbia River summer chinook
9. Columbia River tule chinook
10. Connecticut River stock
11. Cutthroat
12. Ennis rainbow
13. Ganaraska
14. Green Back
15. Interior Red Band
16. Klamath River Juveniles
17. Lahonton cutthroat
18. Montana Native
19. Red Fish Lake sockeye
20. Sacramento fall chinook
21. Sacramento winter chinook
22. Snake River
23. Trinity River Fall-run
24. Unarmored
25. Westslope
26. Yellowstone

Fish Collection Methods

1. Angling
2. Beach seine
3. Dip net
4. Drift net
5. Electro shocking
6. Electro shocking/ gill net
7. Fyke net
8. Gill net
9. Hook-n-line
10. Hoop nets
11. Net
12. Pound net
13. Rotenone
14. Screw Trap
15. Seine net
16. Snagged
17. Trammel & gill nets
18. Trammel nets
19. Trap
20. Trap net
21. Trawl
22. Trot line
23. Weir

Tissue Types

1. BLOOD - Blood
2. BR - Brain
3. CE - Cranial Elements
4. FECA - Fecal Sample
5. FIN CLIP - Fin Clip
6. FIN/SKIN - Fin/Skin
7. FNMUGL - Fin/Mucus/Gill
8. GIT - Gastrointestinal Tract
9. GL - Gill
10. GL/GIT - Gill/Gastrointestinal Tract
11. GONADS - Gonads
12. HEAD - Head
13. HG - Hind-Gut
14. HRT - Heart
15. KID - Kidney
16. KL - Kidney/Liver
17. KS - Kidney/Spleen
18. KSG - Kidney/Spleen/Gill
19. KSL - Kidney/Spleen/Liver
20. KSO - Kidney/Spleen/Ovarian Fluid
21. KSPC - Kidney/Spleen/Pyloric Caeca
22. KSSB - Kidney/Spleen/Swim Bladder
23. LESI - Skin Lesion
24. LIVER - Liver
25. MUCU - Mucus
26. OV - Ovarian Fluid
27. PC - Pyloric Caeca
28. REPR - Reproductive Fluids (Ovarian & Seminal)
29. SEMI - Seminal Fluid
30. SK - Skin
31. SP - Spleen
32. TAIL - Tail
33. VENT - Vent
34. VISC - Visceral Tissue
35. WB - Whole Body

Preliminary Testing Proceedures

1. BB - Brown Bullhead Cell line
2. BF2 - Bluegill Fry Cell Line
3. BF2/EPC - Bluegill Fry/Epithelial Papillima of Carp
4. BHIA - Brain-Heart Infusion Agar Culture
5. BS - Blood Smear
6. CCO - Channel Catfish Ovary Cell Line
7. CHSE - Chinook Salmon Embryo Cell Line
8. CHSE/BB - Chinook Embryo/Brown Bullhead Cell Lines
9. CHSE/BF2 - Chinook Embryo/Bluegill Fry Cell Lines
10. CHSE/WSSK - Chinook Embryo/White Sturgeon Skin Cell Lines
11. Cyto - Cytophaga Agar
12. Digest - Pepsin/Trypsin Digest
13. Dir Obs - Direct Obs
14. ELISA - Enzyme-linked immunosorbant Assay
15. EPC - Epithelial papillima of Common Carp
16. EPC/CHSE - EPC/CHSE-214 Cell Culture
17. FAT - Fluorescent Antibody Technique
18. FHM - Fathead Minnow Cell Line
19. FHM/CHSE - FHM/CHSE-2
20. FHM/EPC - FHM/EPC Cell Culture
21. Histo - Histological Observation
22. KDM-2 - Kidney Disease Medium
23. MF-FAT - Membrane Filtration Fluorescent Antibody Test
24. Obs - Microscopic Observation
25. PCR - Polymerase Chain Reaction
26. Plankto - Plankton Centrifuge Method
27. RTG-2 - RTG-2 Cell Line
28. TSA - Tryptic Soy Agar
29. TYES - Tryptone Yeast Extract Salts Agar
30. WSSK - White Sturgeon Skin Cell Line

Corroborative Testing Proceedures

1. Agglut - Agglutination
2. API - Biochemical Test
3. Blot - Immuno-blot
4. ELISA - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbant Assay
5. EM - Electron Microscopy
6. FAT - Fluorescent Antibody Test
7. FELISA - Filtration Enzyme Linked Immunoassay
8. Histo - Histological Observation
9. Morph - Morphology
10. N/A - N/A
11. Obs - Microscopic Observation
12. PCR - Polymerase Chain Reaction
13. Serum - Serum Neutralization Test
14. u - unknown