Fish and Fishing Flashcards
(38 cards)
Vertebral Column
Spine
Neural crest
Fourth germ layer
Fin
Part of a fishes body that helps them swim and balancing
Scale
The skin of a fish
Operculum
gill cover
Atrium
where blood enters the heart
Ventricle
pump blood in the heart
Nephron
function unit of the kidney
lateral line
organs the detect changes in the water or surroundings
Spawning
release eggs
Swim bladder
gas filled sac in a bony fish body
Jawless fish
example a hagfish
Cartilaginous fish
skeleton of cartilage
Bony fish
skeleton of bone
Bowfin/Dogfish
greenish brown body with a spot on the tail
Brown Bullhead
brown with whiskers
Brown Trout
brownish yellow with speckles
Burbot/Eelpout
brownish yellow with big spots or stripes
Channel Catfish
tail makes a c for channel, has whiskers
Common Carp
yellowish color with two whiskers
Crappie
greenish yellow with speckled stripes
Flathead Catfish
flat face and brown color
Lake Sturgeon
brownish gray very long
Lake Trout
Yellow bottom speckles