fish and fishing Flashcards

(38 cards)

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Vertebral Column

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is either made of cartilage, in cartilaginous fish, or bone in bony fish

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Neural crest

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neural crest cells give rise to the dentine-producing cells of teeth

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Fin

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helps guide their movement

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Scale

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outer skin used to keep the fish smooth gliding through the water

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Operculum

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corneous or calcareous anatomical structure like a trapdoor which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails

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Atrium

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each of the two upper cavities of the heart from which blood is passed to the ventricles

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Ventricle

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hollow part or cavity in an organ

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Nephron

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each of the functional units in the kidney

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Lateral line

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system of sense organs found in aquatic vertebrates

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Spawning

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release or deposit eggs

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Swim bladder

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

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Jawless fish

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usually consisting of fish that have a sucker for the mouth

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13
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Cartilaginous fish

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bones made of cartilage not real bones also jawless

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14
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Bony fish

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bones made of calcium and they have a jaw

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15
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Bowfin/Dogfish

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Bowfin are basal bony fishes

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16
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Brown Bullhead

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

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Brown Trout

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

18
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Burbot/Eelpout

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looks like leopard print

19
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Channel Catfish

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looks like a catfish

20
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Common Carp

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sliver scales with a sloped head

21
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Crappie

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looks like a sunfish with multicolored scales

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Flathead Catfish

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catfish with a flat head

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Lake Sturgeon

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Lake Trout

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gravel pattern

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Largemouth Bass
mouth ends behind eye
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Long-nose Gar
pointy nose
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Muskellunge
orange and yellow
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Northern Pike
white spots and pointy teeth
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Rainbow Trout
has a rainbow pattern
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Sauger
lacks white tip on tale
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Sheepshead
looks like a disc
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Smallmouth Bass
mouth ends before eye
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Smelt
looks like a minnow
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Sunfish
the first fish i cough
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Walleye
i know it
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White Sucker
its white and has a sucker
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Yellow Bullhead
its yellow copy of a bullhead
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Yellow Perch
tiger stripes