Fish Flashcards
bones in the back
Vertebrae
bones that help protect the nerve cord
Vertebral column
creates many cell types
Neural crest
bloodstream in veins, arteries, and capillaries
closed circulatory system
salmon and carp
cycloid scales
sharks and rays
placoid scales
sturgeons and gars
ganoid scales
how fish breathe
gills
sense organs to sense movement and vibration
lateral line
fish reproduction
spawning
suckers carp
jawless fish
none in minnesota
cartilaginous fish
bass walleye perch sauger
bony fish
sister group to ray finned fishes
lobe- finned fish
o shaped mouth
Sunfish
two kinds black and white
Crappie
have white on tip of tail
walleye
like walleye but spots on dorsal fin and tail
sauger
lives in shallows with a large mouth
large mouth bass
territorial and lives by big rocks and wood debris
small mouth bass
yellow fins and stripes
perch
duckbilled weighing up to 36 pounds
muskellunge
duckbilled weighing up to 30 pounds
northern pike
comet shaped
channel catfish