Cartilage Fish Flashcards
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Ichthyology
Study of fish
Characteristics of placodermi fish
- Extinct fishes
- Called plate skinned fishes
- Body coverd by abony armour
- First fishes (coccosteus)
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Characteristics of chondrichthyes
- Cartilaginous fishes
- Endoskeleton
- Skin with placoid scles
- Mouth ventral and teeth are modifid -placoid scales
- sexual reprodaction with internal fertilization
- example: shark,rays,skates
Characteristics of osteichthyes
- Bony fish
- mouthis terminal
- had ctenoid or cycoid scales
- tile homocercal or diphycercal
- bony operculum
- example:sardinella
What is the difference between chondrichthyes & osteichthyes
chondrichthyes
- loss of bone
- gill are lamellary
- example:sharks
osteichthyes
- bone present
- gill are filamntous
- example:sardinella
Important characteristics of cartilaginous fishes
- torpedo shape ,countershading (top:dark/bottom:light)
- placoid scales
- buoyancy
What is the benefit of placoid scales?
- dermal in orgin and form the exoskeleton
- has basal plant and spine —-dentine—-enamel——pulp cavity
- rowarda the tail
- helps to reduce friction frome surroundings water when the shark swims
What is the 5 major fins of shark
-dorsal fins —> Stabilizaing
-pectoral fins. —> life steering
-pelvic fins —->. Stabilizaing(clasping in males)
-anal fins —->. Stabilizaing
Causal fins ——> forward momentum (propulsion)
Oil store in ————
Liver
Most shark have ———- tails
Heterocercal
What is the benefit of claspers?
Deliver sperm from the male to female
What is the difference between the of female and male?
-the skin of Female 3-4 timer thicker than male.
-female have thicker skine than male
Matting in female is faster than male
How is the shark respiration
By gill slits( 5-7)
When sharks are on ocea floor they are able to breath using ———-
Spiracles
Shark teeth are ——
Embedded in the gums
How many row in shark teeth?
3 rows
What is the benefit of tapetum lucidum ?
Lining in the blck of the eye that helps detect light in dim or dark areas
Lateral line
-Detect pressure change in the water.
Digestive for ——
Solid waste
Excretory for ——
Liquide waste
Reproductive system for ——-
Gamerts
What is the benefit of squalene oil ?
Help shark to stay afloat
Spiral valve الصمام اللولبي
Inside the intestine in shark
Helps with digestive by increasing surface area
Spleen of sharks
Triangular shape
Located near the posterior
Part of circulatory system الدورة الدموية
Storeage of red blood cell