cartilaginous fish

Question 1

What are the five different types of fish we learn about?

Answer 1

lampreys, paddlefish, sturgeon, gars, and bowfins

Question 2

primitive fish without jaws or paired fins and have skeleton made out of cartilage

Answer 2

lampreys

Question 3

can be identified by their disc-shaped mouth and whorls of raspy teeth

Answer 3

lampreys

Question 4

have seven round hole-like spiracles instead of gills

Answer 4

lampreys

Question 5

larvae of these fish lack eyes and have slits instead of spiracles

Answer 5

lampreys

Question 6

oklahoma has how many species of lamprey that are indistinguishable as larvae

Answer 6

2

Question 7

what are these two species of lamprey

Answer 7

southern brook and chestnut

Question 8

Oklahoma lampreys spend part of their lives as ______

Answer 8

Larvae

Question 9

Lampreys feed on _______ ________ and ________

Answer 9

Microscopic life and detritus

Question 10

Which kind of lamprey becomes parasitic as an adult and attaches itself to a host fish to suck it’s blood

Answer 10

Chestnut

Question 11

What kind of lamprey does not eat after maturing into an adult and will spawn the following spring, dying shortly after

Answer 11

Southern brook

Question 12

What fish has a long oar or spoon-like bill?

Answer 12

Paddlefish

Question 13

Describe the paddlefish skin

Answer 13

Smooth scaleless

Question 14

Describe the paddlefish tail

Answer 14

Broad shark like

Question 15

During the spring paddlefish males develop sand papery like bumps called ___________ on their heads and backs

Answer 15

Breeding tubercles

Question 16

Paddlefish have wide gaping ______ and toothbrush like ________ in the gills

Answer 16

Mouths and bristles

Question 17

When they swim through the water they have their ______ open to do what?

Answer 17

Mouths// filter feed on small microscopic plankton

Question 18

Paddlefish bills are covered with ______ that are very sensitive to weak electric currents and help detect their food

Answer 18

Sensors

Question 19

What two fish don’t look like any other oklahoma fish?

Answer 19

Shovel nose sturgeon and paddlefish

Question 20

These fish have a triangular, spade shaped head

Answer 20

Shovelnose sturgeon

Question 21

Shovel nose sturgeon have 4 ________________ in a straight line directly in front of their mouth

Answer 21

Sensory barbels

Question 22

Shovelnose sturgeons have _________ mouths and their lips have a _________ appearance that isn’t seen on any other oklahoma fish

Answer 22

Extendable// scalloped or cookie cutter

Question 23

Shovelnose sturgeons have bodies covered with hard, sharp plates called ______

Answer 23

Scutes

Question 24

__________ is a species of special concern and ARE NOT good to eat

Answer 24

sturgeon

Question 25

Why have sturgeon population declined?

Answer 25

Dams blocked their migrations and spawning routes

Question 26

How many gars did we learn about and what are their names?

Answer 26

2// alligator and long nose

Question 27

Long nose gars are easily identified by what?

Answer 27

Their long, slender, toothy snout

Question 28

Gars are covered with tough impenetrable diamond-shaped scales called...

Answer 28

Ganoid scales

Question 29

Long nose gars have find with a ______________ tint

Answer 29

Yellow or orange

Question 30

What fish has scattered weak spots on its body and faint spots on its head

Answer 30

Longnose gar

Question 31

Long nose gars are often ________ for long periods of time and can blend well with

Answer 31

Motionless// brushes and branches

Question 32

Longnose gars have a _______ ______ that allows them to gulp air and survive in water with low dissolved oxygen levels

Answer 32

Primitive lung

Question 33

What are one of Oklahoma's fastest growing fish and how fast do they grow

Answer 33

Long nose gar// one inch per week during warm months

Question 34

What type of gar has a whip-like flagellum and dark lateral stripes

Answer 34

Juvenile gar

Question 35

Oklahoma's largest fish is _________ and they can reach______ feet long and nearly_____ pounds

Answer 35

Alligator gar //7 and a half/// 200

Question 36

What are alligator gars identified by

Answer 36

Short board, alligator like snout

Question 37

How many rows of large teeth do alligator gars have on their top jaw and what other gar has them

Answer 37

Two// short nose gar but the teeth are smaller

Question 38

Alligator gars have __________ bodies and paired ___ without spots

Answer 38

Unspotted bodies// fins

Question 39

Alligator gar are sometimes seen as _________ but in fact they eat mostly ___________ and often feed by __________

Answer 39

"Trash fish" // rough fish // scavenging

Question 40

In Oklahoma these species are a special concern and their #s are shrinking

Answer 40

Alligator gar

Question 41

The bowfin is also called a _____ _______ because it has outlived dinosaurs. It mainly feeds on other _____ and _________

Answer 41

"Living fossil" // fish // crayfish

Question 42

What fish has a long, thick, eel-like appearance with a _______ tail and a long, undulating dorsal reaching nearly to its tail

Answer 42

Bowfin // rounded

Question 43

The bowfin head is _____ and ___________ with 2 small appendages called ______ on the upper jaw near its nostrils

Answer 43

Blunt // snake-like // nares

Question 44

The bowfin has ________ jaws and ________ teeth

Answer 44

Strong // sharp

Question 45

The bowfin is strictly a ________ species and is often found in heavy __________

Answer 45

Lowland // vegetation

Question 46

In Oklahoma, bowfins are found mainly in southern proportions of....

Answer 46

Choctaw and McCurtain counties

Question 47

A flathead is a large ________ _______.

Answer 47

Growing catfish

Question 48

What fish has a broad, unforked, square tail, a large mouth spanning the width of the head, mottled coloration and a flat, sloping head

Answer 48

Flathead catfish

Question 49

The flathead catfish can adjust _________ to match it's ___________

Answer 49

Coloration // surroundings

Question 50

This fish can be called "yellow cat" "mud cat" or "Opelousas catfish"

Answer 50

Flathead catfish

Question 51

A flathead spawns in ______ with males aggressively guarding the eggs and fry

Answer 51

Cavities

Question 52

The flathead is a strict _________ and will eat any live food that can fit in its mouth

Answer 52

Canivore

Question 53

The black bullhead looks like yellow bullheads but can be distinguished by .......

Answer 53

Dark chin whiskers and 17-21 anal fin rays

Question 54

Is a black bullhead's tail square or forked

Answer 54

Square

Question 55

The name "mudcat" can also refer to ...

Answer 55

Black bullheads

Question 56

A mature black bullhead will have a _______ ________ at the base of its tail

Answer 56

White crescent

Question 57

Black bullheads are often reported to lack ________ __________ fins

Answer 57

Serrated pectoral

Question 58

The most common and widespread catfish in oklahoma

Answer 58

Channel catfish

Question 59

Where can channel catfish be found

Answer 59

Ponds, lakes, rivers, streams

Question 60

The channel catfish is quite ________ and does well in which kind of waters? Clear or turbid

Answer 60

Adaptable // both clear and turbid waters

Question 61

Young channel catfish can be easily identified by their ....................... On their sides

Answer 61

Black spots or speckles

Question 62

Channel catfish often lack ______ but look like a __________

Answer 62

Spots // blue catfish

Question 63

The anal fin of a channel catfish has more of a _________ fin than in a blue catfish

Answer 63

Rounded

Question 64

Around how many rays does a channel catfish contain?

Answer 64

24-29

Question 65

The appearance of a channel catfish depends on what 5 things

Answer 65

Age, sex, time of year, water clarity, and if it lives in calm or flowing water

Question 66

The largest catfish in North America is what?

Answer 66

Blue catfish

Question 67

The blue catfish has what type of tail?

Answer 67

Deeply forked

Question 68

The blue catfish lacks ______ on its body

Answer 68

Spots

Question 69

This fish is often deep bodied with long, steeply sloping foreheads that can give it a "hump-back" appearance

Answer 69

Blue catfish

Question 70

The blue catfish anal fin is _______ and ___________ than in a channel catfish

Answer 70

Longer // straighter

Question 71

The color of the blue catfish (light or dark) depends on what 3 things

Answer 71

Habitat, gender, and time of year

Question 72

The blue catfish can often be caught in __________ water

Answer 72

Shallow

Question 73

Striped bass have __ separate dorsal fins and about _ to _ black lines along their sides

Answer 73

Two // six to eight

Question 74

Most of the lines on a striped bass are _________ and ________

Answer 74

Straight and unbroken

Question 75

What fish has two distinct, parallel tooth patches

Answer 75

Striped bass

Question 76

Striped bass thrive in what areas?

Answer 76

Lake Texoma, Red and Arkansas Rivers

Question 77

Striped bass can lives their whole lives in __________

Answer 77

Freshwater

Question 78

White bass look very similar to what other fish? And what is similar

Answer 78

Striped bass // 2 separate dorsal fins and black lines along the sides

Question 79

What is unique about white bass?

Answer 79

Conjoined tooth patch with a weak division between the two sides

Question 80

The line going towards the belly of the white bass become....

Answer 80

Fewer or less pronounced

Question 81

What is Oklahoma's state fish?

Answer 81

White bass