Fish Flashcards
1
Q
Lobe-finned Fish
A
Sarcopterygii
2
Q
Ancestors of the earliest amphibians
and all tetrapods became extinct before paleozoic
A
Tetrapodomorpha
3
Q
Coelocanths
A
A Sarcopterygii. Found in Madagascar and Indonesia. Still alive but endangered
4
Q
Crossopterygii
A
Lobe-finned fish. A Sarcopterygii
5
Q
Sarcopterygii characteristics
A
Lungs and gills
Muscular lobes associated with fins
6
Q
Ray-Finned Fishes
A
Actinopterygii
7
Q
Actinopterygii characteristics
A
Bony skeleton
Homocercal caudal fin
Scales are cycloid or ctenoid
Operculum present