fish

Question 1

Vertebral Column

Answer 1

another term for spinal column.

Question 2

Neural crest

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Fin

Answer 3

Helps fish swim

Question 4

Scale

Answer 4

each of the small, thin horny or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles, typically overlapping one another.

Question 5

Operculum

Answer 5

technical term for gill cover

Question 6

Atrium

Answer 6

an open-roofed entrance hall or central court in an ancient Roman house.

Question 7

Ventricle

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Nephron

Answer 8

each of the functional units in the kidney, consisting of a glomerulus and its associated tubule, through which the glomerular filtrate passes before emerging as urine

Question 9

Lateral line

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Spawning

Answer 10

release or deposit eggs

Question 11

Swim bladder

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Jawless fish

Answer 12

fish without jaws

Question 13

Cartilaginous fish

Answer 13

a fish of a class distinguished by having a skeleton of cartilage rather than bone, including the sharks, rays, and chimeras.

Question 14

Bony fish

Answer 14

a fish of a large class distinguished by a skeleton of bone, and comprising the majority of modern fishes

Question 15

Bowfin/Dogfish

Answer 15

are bony fishes related to gars in the infraclass Holostei

Question 16

Brown Bullhead

Answer 16

an American freshwater catfish with four pairs of barbels around the mouth

Question 17

Brown Trout

Answer 17

the common trout of Europe, especially one of a nonmigratory race with dark spotted skin, that occurs in small rivers and pools

Question 18

Burbot/Eelpout

Answer 18

looks like a cross between an eel and a catfish. It has a long body with smooth skin and a single whisker under its chin

Question 19

Channel Catfish

Answer 19

a common North American freshwater catfish which has a pale blue to olive back with dark spots

Question 20

Common Carp

Answer 20

a deep-bodied freshwater fish, typically with barbels around the mouth. Carp are farmed for food in some parts of the world and are widely kept in large ponds

Question 21

Crappie

Answer 21

a North American freshwater fish of the sunfish family, the male of which builds a nest and guards the eggs and young

Question 22

Flathead Catfish

Answer 22

It is the only species of the genus Pylodictis