Fish

Question 1

Vertebral Column

Answer 1

another term for spinal column.

Question 2

Neural Crest

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Fin

Answer 3

A membranous appendage extending from the body of a fish or other aquatic animal, used for propelling, steering, or balancing the body in the water.

Question 4

Scale

Answer 4

a defect in enamel on sheet iron characterized by blistering and the detachment of small flakes of enamel.

Question 5

Operculum

Answer 5

the hard bony flap covering and protecting the gills

Question 6

Atrium

Answer 6

A chamber of the heart that receives blood from the veins and forces it by muscular contraction into a ventricle.

Question 7

Ventricle

Answer 7

A chamber of the heart that receives blood from one or more atria and pumps it by muscular contraction into the arteries.

Question 8

Nephron

Answer 8

functional unit of the kidney, the structure that actually produces urine in the process of removing waste and excess substances from the blood.

Question 9

Lateral Line

Answer 9

a system of sense organs found in aquatic vertebrates, used to detect movement, vibration, and pressure gradients in the surrounding water.

Question 10

Spawning

Answer 10

This is an external method of reproduction where the female releases many unfertilised eggs into the water.

Question 11

Swim Bladder

Answer 11

gas bladder, fish maw or air bladder is an internal 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 in swimming.

Question 12

Jawless Fish

Answer 12

Agnatha is a superclass of jawless fish in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, consisting of both present and extinct species. The group excludes all vertebrates with jaws, known as gnathostomes. Wikipedia

Question 13

Cartilaginous fish

Answer 13

a fish of a class distinguished by having a skeleton of cartilage rather than bone, including the sharks, rays, and chimeras.

Question 14

Bony Fish

Answer 14

a fish of a large class distinguished by a skeleton of bone, and comprising the majority of modern fishes.

Question 15

Bowfin/Dogfin

Answer 15

basal bony fishes related to gars in the infraclass Holostei.

Question 16

Brown Bullhead

Answer 16

a fish of the Ictaluridae family that is widely distributed in North America.

Question 17

Brown Trout

Answer 17

a European species of salmonid fish that has been widely introduced into suitable environments globally.

Question 18

Burbout

Answer 18

a freshwater gadoid food fish, Lota lota, that has barbels around its mouth and occurs in Europe, Asia, and North America.

Question 19

Channel Catfish

Answer 19

a common North American freshwater catfish that has a pale blue to olive back with dark spots.

Question 20

Common Carp

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a deep-bodied freshwater fish, typically with barbels around the mouth. Carp are farmed for food in some parts of the world and are widely kept in large ponds.

Question 21

Crappie

Answer 21

a North American freshwater fish of the sunfish family, the male of which builds a nest and guards the eggs and young.

Question 22

Flathead Catfish

Answer 22

Flathead catfish reach a length of 3 to 4 feet (0.9 to 1.2 m) and their weight can exceed 100 pounds (45 kg). Pylodictis is Greek meaning “mud fish”, and olivaris is Latin for “olive-colored”.

Question 23

Lake Sturgeon

Answer 23

also called rock sturgeon, is a North American temperate freshwater fish, one of about 25 species of sturgeon.

Question 24

Lake Trout

Answer 24

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.

Question 25

Largemouth Bass

Answer 25

a North American freshwater fish of the sunfish family. It is a popular sporting and food fish.

Question 26

Long-Nose Gar

Answer 26

a primitive ray-finned fish of the gar family. It is also known as the needlenose gar.

Question 27

Muskellunge

Answer 27

a large pike that occurs only in the Great Lakes region.

Question 28

Northern Pike

Answer 28

a long-bodied predatory freshwater fish with a pointed snout and large teeth, of both North America and Eurasia.

Question 29

Rainbow Trout

Answer 29

a large trout native to the Pacific seaboard of North America. It has been widely introduced elsewhere, both as a farmed food fish and as a sporting fish.

Question 30

Sauger

Answer 30

a bow or arc of prismatic colors appearing in the heavens opposite the sun and caused by the refraction and reflection of the sun’s rays in drops of rain.

Question 31

Sheepshead

Answer 31

any of a number of boldly marked edible game fishes that live in warm American waters.

Question 32

Smallmouth Bass

Answer 32

a North American freshwater fish of the sunfish family. It is a popular sporting and food fish.

Question 33

Smelt

Answer 33

Smelts are a family of small fish, the Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Question 34

Sunfish

Answer 34

a large deep-bodied marine fish of warm seas, with tall dorsal and anal fins near the rear of the body and a very short tail.

Question 35

Walleye

Answer 35

a North American pikeperch with large, opaque silvery eyes. It is a commercially valuable food fish and a popular sporting fish.

Question 36

White Sucker

Answer 36

a common and widespread edible sucker (Catostomus commersoni) of the U.S. and Canada.

Question 37

Yellow Bullhead

Answer 37

a species of bullhead catfish that is a ray-finned fish that lacks scales.

Question 38

Yellow Perch

Answer 38

an edible freshwater fish with a high spiny dorsal fin, dark vertical bars on the body, and orange lower fins.