Fish

Question 1

Vertebral Column

Answer 1

defines the animal subphylum Vertebra, or vertebrates, of the phylum Chordata

Question 2

Neural crest

Answer 2

a collection of multipotent stem cells located at the side of the neural tube proximal to the epidermal layer after neurulation

Question 3

Fin

Answer 3

a flattened appendage on various parts of the body of many aquatic vertebrates and some invertebrates, including fish and cetaceans, used for propelling, steering, and balancing.

Question 4

Scale

Answer 4

each of the small, thin horny or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles, typically overlapping one another.

Question 5

Operculum

Answer 5

technical term for gill cover.

Question 6

Atrium

Answer 6

each of the two upper cavities of the heart from which blood is passed to the ventricles. The right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from the veins of the body; the left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the pulmonary vein.

Question 7

Ventricle

Answer 7

a hollow part or cavity in an organ.

Question 8

Nephron

Answer 8

functional unit of the kidney

Question 9

Lateral line

Answer 9

a visible line along the side of a fish consisting of a series of sense organs which detect pressure and vibration.

Question 10

Spawning

Answer 10

(of a fish, frog, mollusk, crustacean, etc.) release or deposit eggs.

Question 11

Swim bladder

Answer 11

a gas-filled organ in the dorsal coelomic cavity of fish

Question 12

Jawless fish

Answer 12

is an infraphylum of jawless fish in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, consisting of both living and extinct species

Question 13

Cartilaginous fish

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a fish of a class distinguished by having a skeleton of cartilage rather than bone, including the sharks, rays, and chimeras.

Question 14

Bony fish

Answer 14

cold-blooded vertebrates that breathe through gills and use fins for swimming

Question 15

Dogfish

Answer 15

a small sand-colored bottom-dwelling shark with a long tail, common on European coasts.

Question 16

Brown Bullhead

Answer 16

a fish of the family Ictaluridae that is widely distributed in North America

Question 17

Brown Trout

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the common trout of Europe, especially one of a nonmigratory race with dark spotted skin, that occurs in small rivers and pools.

Question 18

Eelpout

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a fish of cool or cold seas, having a broad head with thick lips and an elongated body with the dorsal and anal fins continuous with the tail.

Question 19

Channel Catfish

Answer 19

a common North American freshwater catfish which has a pale blue to olive back with dark spots.

Question 20

Common Carp

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a deep-bodied freshwater fish, typically with barbels around the mouth. Carp are farmed for food in some parts of the world and are widely kept in large ponds.

Question 21

Crappie

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a North American freshwater fish of the sunfish family, the male of which builds a nest and guards the eggs and young.

Question 22

Flathead Catfish

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has a flat head, but other than that, it looks like any other catfish

Question 23

Lake Sturgeon

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looks a bit like an armored torpedo

Question 24

Lake Trout

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any of a number of fishes of the salmon family, which live in large lakes and are highly prized as a game fish and as food.

Question 25

Largemouth Bass

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a North American freshwater fish of the sunfish family. It is a popular sporting and food fish.

Question 26

Long-nose Gar

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has a snout more than twice as long as the rest of its head

Question 27

Northern Pike

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a long-bodied predatory freshwater fish with a pointed snout and large teeth, of both North America and Eurasia.

Question 27

Muskellunge

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a large pike that occurs only in the Great Lakes region.

Question 28

Rainbow Trout

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a large trout native to the Pacific seaboard of North America. It has been widely introduced elsewhere, both as a farmed food fish and as a sporting fish. Most rainbow trout remain in streams, but some migrate to lakes and some to the sea.

Question 29

Sauger

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a slender North American pikeperch with silver eyes, which is active at twilight and at night.

Question 30

Sheepshead

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any of a number of boldly marked edible game fishes which live in warm American waters.

Question 31

Smallmouth Bass

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a North American freshwater fish of the sunfish family. It is a popular sporting and food fish.

Question 32

Smelt

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a family of small fish, the Osmeridae, found in the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans, as well as rivers, streams and lakes in Europe, North America and Northeast Asia

Question 33

Sunfish

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a large deep-bodied marine fish of warm seas, with tall dorsal and anal fins near the rear of the body and a very short tail.

Question 34

walleye

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a North American pikeperch with large, opaque silvery eyes. It is a commercially valuable food fish and a popular sporting fish.

Question 35

White Sucker

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fleshy, papillose lips that suck up organic matter and aufwuchs from the bottom of rivers

Question 36

Yellow Bullhead

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a species of bullhead catfish, a ray-finned fish that lacks scales

Question 37

Yellow Perch

Answer 37

a common North American freshwater fish (Perca flavescens) of the perch family that has yellowish sides with dark green vertical bands and is a popular food and sport fish.