fish/fishing Flashcards
(37 cards)
Vertebral Column
composed of articulating vertebrae which are lightweight yet strong.
Neural crest
cranial neural crest cells give rise to the dentine-producing cells (odontoblasts) of teeth.
Fin
helps them swim
Scale
The skin of most fishes
Operculum
a series of bones found in bony fish that serves as a facial support structure and a protective covering for the gills; it is also used for respiration and feeding.
Atrium
A chamber of the heart that receives blood from the veins and forces it by muscular contraction into a ventricle. only have one
Ventricle
A chamber of the heart that receives blood from one or more atria and pumps it by muscular contraction into the arteries.
Nephron
functional unit of the kidney, the structure that actually produces urine in the process of removing waste and excess substances from the blood
Lateral line
that serves to detect movements and pressure changes in the surrounding water.
Spawning
Spawn is the eggs and sperm released or deposited into water by aquatic animals.
Swim bladder
an internal gas-filled organ that contributes to the ability of many bony fish (but not cartilaginous fish) to control their buoyancy, and thus to stay at their current water depth without having to waste energy in swimming.
Jawless fish
ny of the taxonomic group (Agnatha) of primitive vertebrates without jaws including cyclostomes and extinct related forms — compare bony fish,
Cartilaginous fish
doesnt have any bones
Bony fish
has bones
Bowfin/Dogfish
are bony fishes related to gars in the infraclass Holostei. Common names include mudfish, mud pike, dogfish, griddle, grinnel, swamp trout and choupique.
Brown Bullhead
a fish of the Ictaluridae family that is widely distributed in North America.
Burbot/Eelpout
is the only gadiform (cod-like) freshwater fish. It is also known as bubbot, mariah, freshwater ling, the lawyer, coney-fish, lingcod, freshwater cusk, and eelpout.
Channel Catfish
is North America’s most numerous catfish species
Common Carp
common carp is a large omnivorous fish. They have large scales, a long dorsal fin base, and two pairs of long barbels
Crappie
A member of either of two species of North American sunfish of the genus Pomoxis
Flathead Catfish
are typically pale yellow (hence the name “yellow cat”) to light brown on the back and sides, and highly mottled with black and/or brown.
Lake Sturgeon
sometimes called a living dinosaur of the fish world, are a remnant of an ancient and primitive group of fish that have cartilaginous skeletons and bony plates in their skin
Lake Trout
A freshwater food and game fish (Salvelinus namaycush) having a dark body with light-colored spots and a forked tail fin, native to North America and widely introduced elsewhere
Largemouth Bass
large North American black bass (Micropterus salmoides) that is blackish green above and lighter below and has the maxillary bones of the upper jaw extending to behind the eyes