Class Notes (FIsh)

Question 1

phylum chordata

Answer 1

“notochord bearers” phylum, includes sharks, fish

Question 2

subphylum urochordata

Answer 2

subphylum under chordata, includes, sea squirts, larvaceans

Question 3

subphylum vertebrata

Answer 3

subphylum under chordata, includes the additional characteristic of vertebrae

Question 4

class chondrichthyes

Answer 4

“cartilaginious fish” class

Question 5

family carcharhinidae

Answer 5

family that includes requiem sharks

Question 6

order rajiformes

Answer 6

order that includes skates and rays

Question 7

class osteichythes

Answer 7

“bony fish” class, largest class by far

Question 8

family chaetodontidae

Answer 8

“bristle teeth” family, includes butterfly fish

Question 9

family pomicanthidae

Answer 9

“lid spine” family, includes angel fishes

Question 10

family zanclidae

Answer 10

“sickle” family, includes moorish eel

Question 11

family pomacentridae

Answer 11

“lid shapped point” family includes damsel fish

Question 12

family labridae

Answer 12

“cut” family, includes parrotfish

Question 13

family acanthuidae

Answer 13

“spiny tail” family, includes tangs, surgeons

Question 14

family mullidae

Answer 14

“projecting lip” family, includs goat fish

Question 15

family balistidae

Answer 15

“throw” family, includes trigger fish

Question 16

family ostraciidae

Answer 16

“shelled” family, includes boxfish, cowfish

Question 17

class mammalia

Answer 17

“mammary bearing animals” class

Question 18

order pinnipedia

Answer 18

Hawaiian monk seal belong to this order

Question 19

order cetacea

Answer 19

includes whales, dolphins

Question 20

suborder mysteceti

Answer 20

includes humpback whales, under order cetacean

Question 21

suborder odontoceti

Answer 21

includes spinner dolphin, under order cetacean