Fish Flashcards
The series of vertebrae that extend from the cranium to the coccyx, and serves as a flexible bony case for the spinal cord.
Vertebral Column
is a transient embryonic structure in vertebrates that gives rise to most of the peripheral nervous system
Neural crest
a 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
Fin
a 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
Scale
A bony plate that covers and protects the gills of most bony fishes.
Operculum
is the upper chamber in which blood enters the heart.
Atrium
is a hollow area or cavity within an organ, usually filled with some kind of fluid.
Ventricle
The structural and functional unit of the kidney
Nephron
is a system of sense organs found in aquatic vertebrates, used to detect movement, vibration, and pressure gradients in the surrounding wate
Lateral line
is the eggs and sperm released or deposited into water by aquatic animals.
Spawning
is an internal gas-filled organ that contributes to the ability of many bony fish
Swim bladder
any of the taxonomic group (Agnatha) of primitive vertebrates without jaws including cyclostomes and extinct related forms — compare bony fish
Jawless fish
having the skeleton wholly or largely composed of cartilage
Cartilaginous fish
having a skeleton that is completely made of bone, rather than partially or completely made of cartilage
Bony fish
large eyes and short snout
Bowfin/Dogfish
No “underbite” Brown Molted body
Brown Bullhead
brown, slightly forked or flat tail, spots
Brown Trout
eel shaped
Burbot/Eelpout
Barbels, grayfish body, deeply forked tail
Channel Catfish
brown and gold, small eyes
Common Carp
silvery body with black spots
Crappie
mouth with underbite, brown molted body, slightly forked or flat tail
Flathead Catfish
grey, long and big
Lake Sturgeon
grey body with blue or green highlights, deeply forked
Lake Trout
jaw not past eye, brownish body with vertical dark stripes
Largemouth Bass
long nose
Long-nose Gar
duck-billed shaped mouth, dark colored spots or bars on light body, forked tail
Muskellunge
duck-billed shaped mouth, light colored spots on dark body, round tips on tail
Northern Pike
bright red stripe, silver body
Rainbow Trout
black spots on dorsal fin, camo like color
Sauger
zebra striped
Sheepshead
jaw past eye, green body with horizontal dark strip
Smallmouth Bass
silver, looks like a sardine
Smelt
blueish green color
Sunfish
sharp spiny fin, dark spots along spines, glossy eye
Walleye
big lips, catfish without barbels
White Sucker
no underbite, brown to black body, slightly forked or flat tail, yellow barbels
Yellow Bullhead
gold and brown striped
Yellow Perch
