fish Flashcards

(38 cards)

1
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approximately 33 bones called vertebrae, which are separated by intervertebral discs

A

vertebral

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2
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embryonic structure in vertebrates that gives rise to most of the peripheral nervous system

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Neural crest

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3
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external structure on fish that allows them to move

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fins

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4
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fish have this instead of skin

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scales

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5
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technical term for gill cover.

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Operculum

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6
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part of the heart that receives deoxygenated blood from the veins of the body

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Atrium

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7
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each of the two main chambers of the heart, left and right.

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Ventricle

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8
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functional units in the kidney

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Nephron

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9
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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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Lateral line

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10
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the process of a fish laying eggs

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spawning

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11
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a gas-filled sac present in the body of many bony fishes, used to maintain and control buoyancy.

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Swim bladder

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12
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a fish without a jaw like a lamprey

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Jawless fish

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13
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class distinguished by having a skeleton of cartilage rather than bone

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Cartilaginous fish

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14
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distinguished by a skeleton of bone, and comprising the majority of modern fishes.

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Bony fish

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15
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dogfish

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black dot on tail

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16
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brown fish kinda like a catfish

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brown bullhead

17
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a trout with a brown tinted back

18
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kinda like a dog fish but one more set of ell like fins

19
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the catfish with a c tail

20
Q

golden color big scales sucker mouth

21
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round fish big mouth black dots

22
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catfish with the straight tail and big head

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flathead catfish

23
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known for there dinosaur look and big size

24
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big trout dull color

25
bass with the mouth past the eye
largemouth bass
26
long weird nose
long nose gar
27
very big fish targeted with giant lures
Muskie
28
kinda like a small muskie
northern pike
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colorful trout
rainbow trout
30
like a walleye but with different back fin
sauger
31
fish with a weird head and a bottom feeder mouth
sheepshead
32
bass with the mouth before the eye
small mouth bass
33
small fish eaten with the scales on
smelt
34
small fish with orangish colors
sunfish
35
white tipped tail
walleye
36
a sucker with lighter colors
white sucker
37
like a catfish but smaller yellow colors
yellow bulhead
38
like a walleye but way smaller and different colors
perch