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1
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main skeletal element of a fish; composed of vertebrae

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vertebral column

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2
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embryonic cell type unique to vertebrates

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neural crest

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3
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helps fish move in water

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fin

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4
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covering on fish

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scales

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5
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facial support and gill covering

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operculum

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

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atrium

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7
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the atrium pumps the blood into the _____, a thin-walled muscular chamber

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ventricle

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functional unit of the kidney

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nephron

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9
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visible line along the side of a fish made up of sense organs

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lateral line

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10
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method of fish reproduction in which a female releases unfertilized eggs in the water and males release sperm

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spawning

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11
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gas-filled sac used to maintain buoyancy

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swim bladder

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12
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includes lampreys, hagfishes, and several extinct groups

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jawless fish

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13
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fish that have a skeleton made of cartilage rather than bone; includes sharks and rays

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cartilaginous fish

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14
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diverse group of fish that have skeletons composed of bone

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bony fish

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15
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greenish-brownish fish with a long dorsal fin and a spot by the tail

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bowfin/dogfish

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16
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brown spotty fish with whiskers

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brown bullhead

17
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brown and spotted fish, looks similar to rainbow trout but not pink

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brown trout

18
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looks kind of like an eel pouting

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eelpout

19
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c-shaped tail

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channel catfish

20
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light brown, has suckers for bottom feeding

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common carp

21
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greenish and silver fish, stripes and spots, big eyes

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crappie

22
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brown catfish with a flat head

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flathead catfish

23
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gray fish that looks smooth and kind of prehistoric

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lake sturgeon

24
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green with white spots and yellowish fins

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lake trout

25
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bass with a bigger mouth

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largemouth bass

26
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fish with long nose

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long-nose gar

27
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light with darker spots/stripes

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muskellunge

28
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dark with lighter spots/stripes

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northern pike

29
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silver fish with spots and a pink stripe

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rainbow trout

30
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green and silver fish with dark spots

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sauger

31
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roundish fish with green and black stripes

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sheepshead

32
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bass with a smaller mouth

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smallmouth bass

33
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small and skinny silver fish with a big eye

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smelt

34
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small, round, and colorful fish

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sunfish

35
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gold with a spiny dorsal fin and a soft-rayed one

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walleye

36
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white fish with a mouth sucker

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white sucker

37
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yellow/brown with whiskers and rounded fins

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yellow bullhead

38
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black and yellow stripes

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yellow perch

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