Fish Flashcards
spine
Vertebral Column
Neural crest cells are a temporary group of cells unique to vertebrates that arise from the embryonic ectoderm cell layer, and in turn give rise to a diverse cell lineage—including melanocytes, craniofacial cartilage and bone, smooth muscle, peripheral and enteric neurons and glia
Neural crest
flippy flappers
Fin
never weighing myself again
Scale
technical term for gill cover
Operculum
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.
Atrium
a hollow part or cavity in an organ, in particular.
each of the two main chambers of the heart, left and right.
each of the four connected fluid-filled cavities in the center of the brain.
Ventricle
each of the functional units in the kidney, consisting of a glomerulus and its associated tubule, through which the glomerular filtrate passes before emerging as urine.
Nephron
a visible line along the side of a fish consisting of a series of sense organs that detect pressure and vibration.
Lateral line
release or deposit eggs
Spawning
a gas-filled sac present in the body of many bony fishes, used to maintain and control buoyancy.
Swim bladder
no jaws
Jawless fish
a fish of a class distinguished by having a skeleton of cartilage rather than bone, including the sharks, rays, and chimeras
Cartilaginous fish
a fish of a large class distinguished by a skeleton of bone, and comprising the majority of modern fishes.
Bony Fish
bony fishes
Dogfish
an American freshwater catfish with four pairs of barbels around the mouth
Brown Bullhead
the common trout of Europe, especially one of a nonmigratory race with dark spotted skin, that occurs in small rivers and pools
Brown Trout
also known as bubbot, mariah, freshwater ling, the lawyer, coney-fish, lingcod, freshwater cusk, and eelpout. The species is closely related to the marine common ling and the cusk
Burbot/Eelpout
a common North American freshwater catfish that has a pale blue to olive back with dark spots
Channel Catfish
a deep-bodied freshwater fish, typically with barbels around the mouth
Common Carp
You literally catch these all the time dumbass
Crappie
also called by several names including mudcat, or shovelhead cat, is a large species of North American freshwater catfish.
Flathead Catfish
The lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens), also called rock sturgeon, is a North American temperate freshwater fish, one of about 25 species of sturgeon
Lake Sturgeon
any of a number of fishes of the salmon family that live in large lakes and are highly prized as a game fish and as food.
Lake Trout