Fish

Question 1

The series of vertebrae that extend from the cranium to the coccyx, and serves as a flexible bony case for the spinal cord.

Answer 1

Vertebral Column

Question 2

is a transient embryonic structure in vertebrates that gives rise to most of the peripheral nervous system

Answer 2

Neural crest

Question 3

a membranous, winglike or paddlelike organ attached to any of various parts of the body of fishes and certain other aquatic animals, used for propulsion, steering, or balancing

Answer 3

Fin

Question 4

a membranous, winglike or paddlelike organ attached to any of various parts of the body of fishes and certain other aquatic animals, used for propulsion, steering, or balancing

Answer 4

Scale

Question 5

A bony plate that covers and protects the gills of most bony fishes.

Answer 5

Operculum

Question 6

is the upper chamber in which blood enters the heart.

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Atrium

Question 7

is a hollow area or cavity within an organ, usually filled with some kind of fluid.

Answer 7

Ventricle

Question 8

The structural and functional unit of the kidney

Answer 8

Nephron

Question 9

is a system of sense organs found in aquatic vertebrates, used to detect movement, vibration, and pressure gradients in the surrounding wate

Answer 9

Lateral line

Question 10

is the eggs and sperm released or deposited into water by aquatic animals.

Answer 10

Spawning

Question 11

is an internal gas-filled organ that contributes to the ability of many bony fish

Answer 11

Swim bladder

Question 12

any of the taxonomic group (Agnatha) of primitive vertebrates without jaws including cyclostomes and extinct related forms — compare bony fish

Answer 12

Jawless fish

Question 13

having the skeleton wholly or largely composed of cartilage

Answer 13

Cartilaginous fish

Question 14

having a skeleton that is completely made of bone, rather than partially or completely made of cartilage

Answer 14

Bony fish

Question 15

large eyes and short snout

Answer 15

Bowfin/Dogfish

Question 16

No “underbite” Brown Molted body

Answer 16

Brown Bullhead

Question 17

brown, slightly forked or flat tail, spots

Answer 17

Brown Trout

Question 18

eel shaped

Answer 18

Burbot/Eelpout

Question 19

Barbels, grayfish body, deeply forked tail

Answer 19

Channel Catfish

Question 20

brown and gold, small eyes

Answer 20

Common Carp

Question 21

silvery body with black spots

Answer 21

Crappie

Question 22

mouth with underbite, brown molted body, slightly forked or flat tail

Answer 22

Flathead Catfish

Question 23

grey, long and big

Answer 23

Lake Sturgeon

Question 24

grey body with blue or green highlights, deeply forked

Answer 24

Lake Trout

Question 25

jaw not past eye, brownish body with vertical dark stripes

Answer 25

Largemouth Bass

Question 26

long nose

Answer 26

Long-nose Gar

Question 27

duck-billed shaped mouth, dark colored spots or bars on light body, forked tail

Answer 27

Muskellunge

Question 28

duck-billed shaped mouth, light colored spots on dark body, round tips on tail

Answer 28

Northern Pike

Question 29

bright red stripe, silver body

Answer 29

Rainbow Trout

Question 30

black spots on dorsal fin, camo like color

Answer 30

Sauger

Question 31

zebra striped

Answer 31

Sheepshead

Question 32

jaw past eye, green body with horizontal dark strip

Answer 32

Smallmouth Bass

Question 33

silver, looks like a sardine

Answer 33

Smelt

Question 34

blueish green color

Answer 34

Sunfish

Question 35

sharp spiny fin, dark spots along spines, glossy eye

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Walleye

Question 36

big lips, catfish without barbels

Answer 36

White Sucker

Question 37

no underbite, brown to black body, slightly forked or flat tail, yellow barbels

Answer 37

Yellow Bullhead

Question 38

gold and brown striped

Answer 38

Yellow Perch