Fish

Question 1

Vertebral Column

Answer 1

33 vertebrea
24 prescaral vertebrea
followed by the sacrum

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 flattened appendage on various parts of the body of many aquatic vertebrates and some invertebrates, including fish and cetaceans, used for propelling, steering, and balancing

Question 4

Scale

Answer 4

a thick dry flake of skin.

Question 5

Operculum

Answer 5

technical term for gill cover

Question 6

Atrium

Answer 6

each of the two upper cavities of the heart from which blood is passed to the ventricles

Question 7

Ventricle

Answer 7

a hollow part or cavity in an organ, in particular

Question 8

Nephron

Answer 8

each of the functional units in the kidney,

Question 9

Lateral line

Answer 9

a visible line along the side of a fish consisting of a series of sense organs that detect pressure and vibration

Question 10

Spawning

Answer 10

release or deposit eggs.

Question 11

Swim bladder

Answer 11

a gas-filled sac present in the body of many bony fishes, used to maintain and control buoyancy.

Question 12

Jawless fish

Answer 12

Any of various primitive fish of the class Agnatha that lack jaws. Living jawless fish (lampreys and hagfish) have a long, cylindrical body and a cartilaginous skeleton

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/Dogfish

Answer 15

Long, stout body with rounded tail; long, continuous dorsal fin and large, toothy mouth.

Question 16

Brown Bullhead

Answer 16

Tail, dorsal and other fins: Rounded, squared, or slightly forked (shallow notch)

Question 17

Brown Trout

Answer 17

, including the lower jaw, are white to pearl. The dorsal fin is typically yellow-olive, marked with brown to black spots

Question 18

Burbot/Eelpout

Answer 18

varies from yellow-brown to brown or even dark olive with black mottling and blotching, giving it almost a camouflage appearance. …

Question 19

Channel Catfish

Answer 19

smooth, scaleless bodies. The channel catfish is olive to light blue in color with black speckles on the sides,

Question 20

Common Carp

Answer 20

broad, heavy-bodied fish, with a serrated (or toothy) spine on their back

Question 21

Crappie

Answer 21

dorsal spines which are stepped in length, an upturned (S-shaped) snout, symmetrical dorsal and anal fins, a wavy light and dark pattern on non-paired fins, and a mottled (spotty) color pattern.

Question 22

Flathead Catfish

Answer 22

catfish has a flat head, but other than that, it looks like any other catfish: it has smooth, scaleless skin, whisker-like barbels around the mouth, and long spines on the dorsal (back) fin and one on each side of the pectoral (shoulder) fin

Question 23

Lake Sturgeon

Answer 23

suctorial mouth on the bottom side of the head with four barbels in front of the mouth and beneath the snout

Question 24

Lake Trout

Answer 24

Terminal, large and slightly oblique, with numerous small to medium-sized teeth on the upper and lower jaws

Question 25

Largemouth Bass

Answer 25

Two dorsal fins with a deep notch between spinous and soft-rayed portions, body longer than deep, upper jaw extends beyond rear of eye

Question 26

Long-nose Gar

Answer 26

Physical Description. Longnose gar have long, narrow snouts more than twice as long as the rest of the head and they have abundant, sharp, villiform teeth

Question 27

Muskellunge

Answer 27

Single dorsal fin, upper half of cheek and gill cover has scales, body and dorsal fin have dark spots on lighter backgrounds

Question 28

Northern Pike

Answer 28

like a cigar, with a drawn-out but relatively stocky body. Its single dorsal fin is set well back on the body, close to the rounded tail.

Question 29

Rainbow Trout

Answer 29

very small, fine scales on their torpedo-shaped body. They have silvery sides with a horizontal pinkish band that varies in intensity in different populations

Question 30

Sauger

Answer 30

distinct dark blotches or “saddle marks” on sides; has dark spots on the first dorsal fin; first dorsal fin lacks dark blotch near the base of the last few dorsal spines; scales are present on cheek

Question 31

Sheepshead

Answer 31

has an oval-shaped, deep body and a blunt snout

Question 32

Smallmouth Bass

Answer 32

Two dorsal fins with spinous and soft-rayed portions united, body longer than deep, jaw doesn’t extend past eye, bronze streaks in cheek

Question 33

Smelt

Answer 33

The body of the rainbow smelt is slender and cylindrical. It has a silvery, pale green back and is iridescent purple, blue, and pink on the sides, with a light underside.

Question 34

Sunfish

Answer 34

are olive-green to brown in color, with black or reddish spots on the base of each scale forming rows of dots on its sides

Question 35

Walleye

Answer 35

the lower tip of the tail. Walleye usually have a distinctive white tip on the lower lobe of their tail

Question 36

White Sucker

Answer 36

long slender body with light brown colored sides and a white belly

Question 37

Yellow Bullhead

Answer 37

ray-finned fish that lack scales. The dorsal part of the body can be yellow to olive, brown, mottled gray, or black.

Question 38

Yellow Perch

Answer 38

ecognized by its dark vertical stripes and gold or yellow body color