Fish Flashcards
lateral line
visible line along the side of a fish consisting of a series of sense organs that detect pressure and vibration.
nephron
kidney, regulate the concentration of water and soluble substances like sodium salts by filtering the blood
ventricle
a hollow part or cavity in an organ
atrium
each of the two upper cavities of the heart
Operculum
gill cover
Scale
bony plates protecting the skin of fish
fin
appendage of a fish
neutral crest
temporary group of cells unique to vertebrates
Vertebral Column
spine
lake sturgeon
flat pointy nose grey brown looks bony and spikey
lake trout
rounded mouth golden grey white speckles
large mouth bass
roundish body green yellow diamond pattern down side big mouth
long nose gar
long mouth grey brown body, fan like tail fin
muskellunge
long flat mouth grey green with dark stripes and speckles
northern pike
long fish flat mouth green body white spekles dorsal fin close to back by tail
rainbow trout
long rounded head lots of color mainly pink
sauger
long camo like fish, 2 top doral fins
sheepshead
rounded head bump, silver in color, short spiky top fin and a longer rounded top fin
small mouth bass
big head, golden green brown body w stripes, spiky to round top fin, fins placed on side, 2 fins along bottom
smelt
small long silver body 1 top fin
sunfish
round yellow and green body, spiky dorsal fin
walleye
long yellow-green body top dorsal fin is spiky 2 fins single back fin
white sucker
white belly fades to a green-silver, 1 top dorsal fin 3 sets of bottom fins
yellow bullhead
white puffy belly green-yellow color, small rounded dorsal fin
yellow perch
whitish belly yellow-green coloring dark verticle stripes
spawning
breeding
swim bladder
gas-filled organ that contributes to the ability of many bony fish (but not cartilaginous fish) to control their buoyancy, and thus to stay at their current water depth without having to waste energy
jawless fish
agnatha
Cartilaginous fish
Chondrichthyes class
bony fish
Osteichthyes
devonian period
system of the Paleozoic, spanning 60 million years from the end of the Silurian, 419.2 million years ago
dogfish
long brown green body, long dorsal fin eyespot on tail fin
brown bullhead
white belly golden brown smooth 1 dorsal fin long anal fin
brown trout
rounded mouth golden brown, silver with black sparkles
eelpout
golden brown wavy spots long , long dorsal fin
channel catfish
grey small rounded dorsal fin
common carp
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crappie
grey speckled small
flat head
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