fish

Question 1

Vertebral Column

Answer 1

Forms the support structure inside the fish,

Question 2

Neural crest

Answer 2

cells give rise to the dentine-producing cells of teeth

Question 3

Fin

Answer 3

Are supported only by muscles.

Question 4

Scale

Answer 4

can be used to identify the species of fish it came from

Question 5

Operculum

Answer 5

series of bones found in bony fish that serves as a facial support structure and a protective covering for the gills.

Question 6

Atrium

Answer 6

The blood from the body.

Question 7

Ventricle

Answer 7

thin-walled muscular chamber.

Question 8

Nephron

Answer 8

the structure that actually produces urine in the process of removing waste and excess substances from the blood.

Question 9

Lateral line

Answer 9

a system of tactile sense organs located in the head and along both sides of the body.

Question 10

Spawning

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Swim bladder

Answer 11

internal gas-filled organ that contributes to the ability of many bony fish to control their buoyancy.

Question 12

Jawless fish

Answer 12

the group is sister to all vertebrates with jaws, known as gnathostomes.

Question 13

Cartilaginous fish

Answer 13

that have a skeleton made of cartilage, rather than bone.

Question 14

Bony fish

Answer 14

is a diverse taxonomic group of fish that have skeletons primarily composed of bone tissue.

Question 15

Bowfin/Dogfish

Answer 15

are bony fishes related to gars in the infraclass Holostei.

Question 16

Brown Bullhead

Answer 16

is a fish of the Ictaluridae family that is widely distributed in North America

Question 17

Brown Trout

Answer 17

is a European species of salmonid fish that has been widely introduced into suitable environments globally

Question 18

Burbot/Eelpout

Answer 18

is the only gadiform freshwater fish.

Question 19

Channel Catfish

Answer 19

is North America’s most numerous catfish species.

Question 20

Common Carp

Answer 20

is a widespread freshwater fish of eutrophic waters in lakes and large rivers in Europe and Asia.

Question 21

Crappie

Answer 21

fresh water fish in the sunfish family Centrarchidae.

Question 22

Flathead Catfish

Answer 22

is a large species of North American freshwater catfish.

Question 23

Lake Sturgeon

Answer 23

is a North American temperate freshwater fish, one of about 25 species of sturgeon.

Question 24

Lake Trout

Answer 24

is a freshwater char living mainly in lakes in northern North America.

Question 25

Largemouth Bass

Answer 25

freshwater gamefish in the Centrarchidae family.

Question 26

Long-nose Gar

Answer 26

primitive ray-finned fish of the gar family.

Question 27

Muskellunge

Answer 27

is a species of large, relatively uncommon freshwater fish native to North America.

Question 28

Northern Pike

Answer 28

is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus Esox.

Question 29

Rainbow Trout

Answer 29

is a trout and species of salmonid native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America

Question 30

Sauger

Answer 30

a freshwater perciform fish of the family Percidae which resembles its close relative the walleye.

Question 31

Sheepshead

Answer 31

is a marine fish that grows to 76 cm, but commonly reaches 30 to 50 cm.

Question 32

Smallmouth Bass

Answer 32

species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family of the order Perciformes.

Question 33

Smelt

Answer 33

they are also known as freshwater smelts or typical smelts to distinguish them from the related Argentinidae, Bathylagidae, and Retropinnidae.

Question 34

Sunfish

Answer 34

family of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the order Perciformes.

Question 35

Walleye

Answer 35

a freshwater fish in the perch family that is a popular and commonly-stocked game fish.

Question 36

White Sucker

Answer 36

is a freshwater cypriniform fish inhabiting the upper Midwest and Northeast in North America

Question 37

Yellow Bullhead

Answer 37

a species of bullhead catfish that is a ray-finned fish that lacks scales.

Question 38

Yellow Perch

Answer 38

s a freshwater perciform fish native to much of North America.