Fish

Question 1

main skeletal element of a fish; composed of vertebrae

Answer 1

vertebral column

Question 2

embryonic cell type unique to vertebrates

Answer 2

neural crest

Question 3

helps fish move in water

Answer 3

fin

Question 4

covering on fish

Answer 4

scales

Question 5

facial support and gill covering

Answer 5

operculum

Question 6

upper chamber in which blood enters the heart; fish have one while humans have two

Answer 6

atrium

Question 7

the atrium pumps the blood into the _____, a thin-walled muscular chamber

Answer 7

ventricle

Question 8

functional unit of the kidney

Answer 8

nephron

Question 9

visible line along the side of a fish made up of sense organs

Answer 9

lateral line

Question 10

method of fish reproduction in which a female releases unfertilized eggs in the water and males release sperm

Answer 10

spawning

Question 11

gas-filled sac used to maintain buoyancy

Answer 11

swim bladder

Question 12

includes lampreys, hagfishes, and several extinct groups

Answer 12

jawless fish

Question 13

fish that have a skeleton made of cartilage rather than bone; includes sharks and rays

Answer 13

cartilaginous fish

Question 14

diverse group of fish that have skeletons composed of bone

Answer 14

bony fish

Question 15

greenish-brownish fish with a long dorsal fin and a spot by the tail

Answer 15

bowfin/dogfish

Question 16

brown spotty fish with whiskers

Answer 16

brown bullhead

Question 17

brown and spotted fish, looks similar to rainbow trout but not pink

Answer 17

brown trout

Question 18

looks kind of like an eel pouting

Answer 18

eelpout

Question 19

c-shaped tail

Answer 19

channel catfish

Question 20

light brown, has suckers for bottom feeding

Answer 20

common carp

Question 21

greenish and silver fish, stripes and spots, big eyes

Answer 21

crappie

Question 22

brown catfish with a flat head

Answer 22

flathead catfish

Question 23

gray fish that looks smooth and kind of prehistoric

Answer 23

lake sturgeon

Question 24

green with white spots and yellowish fins

Answer 24

lake trout

Question 25

bass with a bigger mouth

Answer 25

largemouth bass

Question 26

fish with long nose

Answer 26

long-nose gar

Question 27

light with darker spots/stripes

Answer 27

muskellunge

Question 28

dark with lighter spots/stripes

Answer 28

northern pike

Question 29

silver fish with spots and a pink stripe

Answer 29

rainbow trout

Question 30

green and silver fish with dark spots

Answer 30

sauger

Question 31

roundish fish with green and black stripes

Answer 31

sheepshead

Question 32

bass with a smaller mouth

Answer 32

smallmouth bass

Question 33

small and skinny silver fish with a big eye

Answer 33

smelt

Question 34

small, round, and colorful fish

Answer 34

sunfish

Question 35

gold with a spiny dorsal fin and a soft-rayed one

Answer 35

walleye

Question 36

white fish with a mouth sucker

Answer 36

white sucker

Question 37

yellow/brown with whiskers and rounded fins

Answer 37

yellow bullhead

Question 38

black and yellow stripes

Answer 38

yellow perch