FISH Flashcards
class: “lacking jaws”
agnasthostomata
class of cartilaginous fish including sharks and rays
chondrycthyes
bony fish
osteichthyes
example of bony fish
blob fish
examples of agnasthostomata
eels, lampreys,
fish family of guppies mollies swordtails
cichlidae
fish family of milk fish
chanidae
fish family of salmon and trout
salmonidae
fish family of arrowanas and arapaima
osteoglossidae
salwater fish are ___ to their surroundings
hypotonic
as sea water passes through the mouth and over the gill membranes, water molecules___ out of the blood into the sea water by __
diffuse
osmosis
saltwater fishes produces ___ volume of urine
small
drinking sea water brings a __ quantity of salt into the blood and this has to be
removed.
large
to replace the water they lose, saltwater fish drink sea water. To produce a small a volume of urine they must have a ___ rate of filtration of water into the ____.
low
kidney tubules
salwater fish kidneys have few small ____
glmoeruli