Fish Flashcards

(39 cards)

1
Q

lateral line

A

visible line along the side of a fish consisting of a series of sense organs that detect pressure and vibration.

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2
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nephron

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kidney, regulate the concentration of water and soluble substances like sodium salts by filtering the blood

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3
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ventricle

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a hollow part or cavity in an organ

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4
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atrium

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each of the two upper cavities of the heart

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5
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Operculum

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gill cover

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6
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Scale

A

bony plates protecting the skin of fish

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7
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fin

A

appendage of a fish

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8
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neutral crest

A

temporary group of cells unique to vertebrates

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9
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Vertebral Column

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spine

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10
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lake sturgeon

A

flat pointy nose grey brown looks bony and spikey

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11
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lake trout

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rounded mouth golden grey white speckles

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12
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large mouth bass

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roundish body green yellow diamond pattern down side big mouth

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13
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long nose gar

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long mouth grey brown body, fan like tail fin

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14
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muskellunge

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long flat mouth grey green with dark stripes and speckles

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15
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northern pike

A

long fish flat mouth green body white spekles dorsal fin close to back by tail

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16
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rainbow trout

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long rounded head lots of color mainly pink

17
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sauger

A

long camo like fish, 2 top doral fins

18
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sheepshead

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rounded head bump, silver in color, short spiky top fin and a longer rounded top fin

19
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small mouth bass

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big head, golden green brown body w stripes, spiky to round top fin, fins placed on side, 2 fins along bottom

20
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smelt

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small long silver body 1 top fin

21
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sunfish

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round yellow and green body, spiky dorsal fin

22
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walleye

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long yellow-green body top dorsal fin is spiky 2 fins single back fin

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white sucker

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white belly fades to a green-silver, 1 top dorsal fin 3 sets of bottom fins

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yellow bullhead

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white puffy belly green-yellow color, small rounded dorsal fin

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yellow perch
whitish belly yellow-green coloring dark verticle stripes
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spawning
breeding
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swim bladder
gas-filled organ that contributes to the ability of many bony fish (but not cartilaginous fish) to control their buoyancy, and thus to stay at their current water depth without having to waste energy
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jawless fish
agnatha
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Cartilaginous fish
Chondrichthyes class
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bony fish
Osteichthyes
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devonian period
system of the Paleozoic, spanning 60 million years from the end of the Silurian, 419.2 million years ago
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dogfish
long brown green body, long dorsal fin eyespot on tail fin
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brown bullhead
white belly golden brown smooth 1 dorsal fin long anal fin
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brown trout
rounded mouth golden brown, silver with black sparkles
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eelpout
golden brown wavy spots long , long dorsal fin
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channel catfish
grey small rounded dorsal fin
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common carp
https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/images/inland_species/carpbig.jpg&imgrefurl=http://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/species/crp/&h=268&w=551&tbnid=CVLdvMBX-7zuBM:&vet=1&tbnh=97&tbnw=200&docid=iMjyEo5oqd1cbM&itg=1&usg=__nyO-ifKwWBvnT1ymN34rH1TPMKE=&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjFqMDc_s7RAhUMxYMKHSAcAIwQ_B0IcDAK
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crappie
grey speckled small
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flat head
https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Ftpwd.texas.gov%2Ffishboat%2Ffish%2Fimages%2Finland_species%2Fflathead2.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Ftpwd.texas.gov%2Fhuntwild%2Fwild%2Fspecies%2Fcatfish%2F&docid=kfB7wCNBB8LPsM&tbnid=SOE1h1IOVVJ7OM%3A&vet=1&w=549&h=193&safe=active&bih=631&biw=1366&q=flathead%20catfish&ved=0ahUKEwj__6e5_87RAhWl6IMKHfzbC9gQMwhbKAAwAA&iact=mrc&uact=8