Fish Flashcards

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1
Q

bones in the back

A

Vertebrae

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2
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bones that help protect the nerve cord

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Vertebral column

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3
Q

creates many cell types

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Neural crest

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4
Q

bloodstream in veins, arteries, and capillaries

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closed circulatory system

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5
Q

salmon and carp

A

cycloid scales

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6
Q

sharks and rays

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placoid scales

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7
Q

sturgeons and gars

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ganoid scales

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8
Q

how fish breathe

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gills

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9
Q

sense organs to sense movement and vibration

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lateral line

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10
Q

fish reproduction

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spawning

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11
Q

suckers carp

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jawless fish

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12
Q

none in minnesota

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cartilaginous fish

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13
Q

bass walleye perch sauger

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bony fish

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14
Q

sister group to ray finned fishes

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lobe- finned fish

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15
Q

o shaped mouth

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Sunfish

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16
Q

two kinds black and white

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Crappie

17
Q

have white on tip of tail

A

walleye

18
Q

like walleye but spots on dorsal fin and tail

A

sauger

19
Q

lives in shallows with a large mouth

A

large mouth bass

20
Q

territorial and lives by big rocks and wood debris

A

small mouth bass

21
Q

yellow fins and stripes

A

perch

22
Q

duckbilled weighing up to 36 pounds

A

muskellunge

23
Q

duckbilled weighing up to 30 pounds

A

northern pike

24
Q

comet shaped

A

channel catfish

25
Q

can weigh over 50 pounds

A

flathead catfish

26
Q

short and heavy

A

brown bullhead

27
Q

can get up to 6.5 feet

A

lake sturgean

28
Q

don’t taste good with very little meat possible from them

A

burbot/eelpout

29
Q

live in murky oxygen depleted water

A

bowfin/dogfish

30
Q

live in deep water normally around 50-60 feet deep

A

lake trout

31
Q

invasive species that kills plants on the bottom of lakes

A

common carp

32
Q

bigger spots then rainbow trout

A

brown trout

33
Q

smaller spots then brown trout

A

rainbow trout

34
Q

ancient fish with long nose

A

long-nose gar

35
Q

males use grunting sounds to mate

A

sheepshead

36
Q

eaten by lake trout

A

smelt

37
Q

streams and lakes in the northeast

A

white sucker

38
Q

yellowish brown body with yellow belly

A

yellow bullhead