Identification and Characteristics (Fish, and a few algae)

Question 1

characteristics of algae

Answer 1

flexible, smooth, rubbery

Question 2

characteristics of calcareous alga

Answer 2

hard, smooth, pastel

Question 3

characteristics of a sponge

Answer 3

spongely, rough, soft

Question 4

characteristics of a bryozoan

Answer 4

hard, rough, thin

Question 5

characteristics of a coral

Answer 5

hard, rough, thick

Question 6

characteristics of a colonial tunicate

Answer 6

soft, smooth, thick

Question 7

types of caudal fins

Answer 7

heterocercal, homocercal, isocercal, lunate, truncate(rounded)

Question 8

types of caudal penduncles

Answer 8

thick/stout for power and thin for high speed

Question 9

study dorsal fin for which characteristics?

Answer 9

shape, size, number

Question 10

pectoral fins help with…

Answer 10

precision in swimming, attachment site varies based on lifestyle

Question 11

placements of pelvic fins include…

Answer 11

jugular, thoracic, abdominal

Question 12

a fish with heterocercal caudal fin is…

Answer 12

a shark

Question 13

fish with a homocercal caudal fin include…

Answer 13

bony fish

Question 14

fish with isocercal caudal fins include…

Answer 14

bony fish, includes box fish

Question 15

fish with lunate caudal fins are…

Answer 15

built for speed, include tangs, tuna, jacks

Question 16

fish with rounded or truncate caudal fins are…

Answer 16

built for power, includes butterflyfish

Question 17

a fish with a long mouth is a…

Answer 17

predator type

Question 18

a fish with a top mouth is a…

Answer 18

surface feeder

Question 19

a fish with a bottom mouth is a…

Answer 19

bottom feeder

Question 20

a fish with a barbell type mouth is a…

Answer 20

bottom feeder

Question 21

a fish with a deep body is…

Answer 21

relatively slow, but manuverable, category includes most reef fish

Question 22

a fish with a fusiform type body is…

Answer 22

streamlined and fast, includes sharks and wrasses

Question 23

a fish with a trigonal body is…

Answer 23

typically a bottom-dweller, includes scorpian fish

Question 24

a fish with a vermiform type body is…

Answer 24

elongate, includes trumpetfish

Question 25

a fish with a flat body is…

Answer 25

thin, spread out, includes sole and rays

Question 26

when the entire fishes body conducts wave it is

Answer 26

anguilliform, and is of the order Anguilliformes, includes moray eel

Question 27

when only the fishes fins move, and the body is rigid…

Answer 27

ostraciform, and is of the order Ostraciidae, includes boxfish

Question 28

when 1/4 to 1/2 of the fishes body conducts a wave it is…

Answer 28

carangiform, and is of the genus Caranx, includes jacks

Question 29

a fish who hunts prey via active pursuit, and is fast

Answer 29

a rover predator, ex. Sharks

Question 30

a rover predator

Answer 30

a fish who hunts prey via active persuit and is fast

Question 31

a fish who is motionless until prey is spotted

Answer 31

a lie-in-wit predator or stalker, ex. Needlefish, barracuda, moray eel, lizard fish

Question 32

a lie-in-wit predator or stalker

Answer 32

a fish who is motionless until prey is spotted

Question 33

a surface feeding fish is typically…

Answer 33

an open water surface dweller, ex. Island silversides

Question 34

a fish who strains plankton for food is…

Answer 34

a trawler, ex. Manta rays, damsel fish

Question 35

a trawler is a type of fish which…

Answer 35

strains plankton for food

Question 36

a fish which sucks things from reef cracks and crevices is…

Answer 36

a tube-mouth feeder, ex. Pipefish, trumpetfish

Question 37

a fish which is a tube-mouth feeder…

Answer 37

sucks food from reef cracks and crevices

Question 38

a fish which bites off chunks of algae, sponges, coral, etc. is …

Answer 38

a grazer, includes butterflyfish, angelfish, surgeonfish, wrasses, parrotfish

Question 39

a fish that grazzes eats by…

Answer 39

biting off chunks of algae, sponges, coral, bryozoans, and other invertabrates

Question 40

fish whose color functions as camouflage…

Answer 40

stonefish, sole, squirrelfish at nigh

Question 41

fish who color acts as a warning…

Answer 41

lionfishes, certain morays

Question 42

fish whose color acts as a territorial defense/display…

Answer 42

some wrasses

Question 43

fish who color helps attract others for reproduction…

Answer 43

most reef fish actually