Fish

Question 1

Vertebral column

Answer 1

series of vertebrae that extend from the cranium to the coccyx, and serves as a flexible bony case for the spinal cord

Question 2

Neutral crest

Answer 2

group of embryonic cells that separate from the neural plate during neurulation and migrate to give several different lineages of adult cells

Question 3

Fin

Answer 3

membranous, winglike or paddlelike organ attached to any of various parts of the body of fishes and certain other aquatic animals, used for propulsion, steering, or balancing

Question 4

Scale

Answer 4

is a small rigid plate that grows out of an animal’s skin to provide protection

Question 5

Operculum

Answer 5

bony plate that covers and protects the gills of most bony fishes

Question 6

Atrium

Answer 6

thin-walled chambers of the heart that pump blood into the ventricles.

Question 7

Ventricle

Answer 7

hollow area or cavity within an organ, usually filled with some kind of fluid

Question 8

Nephron

Answer 8

regulate the concentration of water and soluble substances like sodium salts by filtering the blood, reabsorbing what is needed and excreting the rest as urine or known as the kidney

Question 9

Lateral line

Answer 9

ense organs found in aquatic vertebrates, used to detect movement and vibration in the surrounding water

Question 10

Spawning

Answer 10

process of releasing the eggs and sperm

Question 11

Swim bladder

Answer 11

oxygen filled organ or air sack

Question 12

Jawless fish

Answer 12

true fish or finfish

Question 13

Cartilaginous fish

Answer 13

having a skeleton consisting mainly of cartilage rather than bone, and including the sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras.

Question 14

Bony fish

Answer 14

having a skeleton that is completely made of bone, rather than partially or completely made of cartilage

Question 15

Devonian period

Answer 15

characterized by the development of lobe-finned fishes, the appearance of amphibians and insects, and the first forests

Question 16

Bowfin/Dogfish

Answer 16

weird spot by fin, barks

Question 17

Brown bullhead

Answer 17

brown carfish

Question 18

Brown trout

Answer 18

splotchy, poka dot and colorful

Question 19

Burbot/Eelpout

Answer 19

wraps around the arm

Question 20

Channel catfish

Answer 20

forked tail

Question 21

Common carp

Answer 21

looks like sheepshead

Question 22

Crappie

Answer 22

pan fish

Question 23

Flathead catfish

Answer 23

whiskers, flathead

Question 24

Lake sturgeon

Answer 24

shark like, lack of scales

Question 25

Lake trout

Answer 25

least colorful, steep forehead

Question 26

Largemouth bass

Answer 26

large mouth behind the eye

Question 27

Long-nose gar

Answer 27

long nose

Question 28

Muskellunge

Answer 28

light color with dark splotches

Question 29

Northern pike

Answer 29

dark green color with light spots

Question 30

Rainbow trout

Answer 30

pink going through lateral line many black dots

Question 31

Sauger

Answer 31

similar to walleye

Question 32

Sheepshead

Answer 32

V in dorsal fin looks like a crappie

Question 33

Smallmouth bass

Answer 33

more brown, redish tint to eyes

Question 34

Smelt

Answer 34

boring, big eye, lateral line

Question 35

Sunfish

Answer 35

pan fish, orange belly

Question 36

Walleye

Answer 36

white at the bottom of the tail fin

Question 37

White sucker

Answer 37

white bottom sucker

Question 38

Yellow bullhead

Answer 38

yellow catfish

Question 39

Yellow perch

Answer 39

dark bands on top of yellow