Fish

Question 1

Vertebral Column

Answer 1

The skeleton, which forms the support structure inside the fish, is either made of cartilage, in cartilaginous fish, or bone in bony fish. The main skeletal element is the vertebral column, composed of articulating vertebrae which are lightweight yet strong.

Question 2

Neural crest

Answer 2

a temporary group of cells unique to chordates of the group Cristozoa

Question 3

Fin

Answer 3

swim underwater by means of flippers.

Question 4

Scale

Answer 4

each of the small, thin horny or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles, typically overlapping one another.

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. The right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from the veins of the body; the left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the pulmonary vein.

Question 7

Ventricle

Answer 7

a hollow part or cavity in an organ, in particular.
each of the two main chambers of the heart, left and right.
each of the four connected fluid-filled cavities in the center of the brain.

Question 8

Nephron

Answer 8

each of the functional units in the kidney, consisting of a glomerulus and its associated tubule, through which the glomerular filtrate passes before emerging as urine.

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

No upper jaw

Question 13

Cartilaginous fish

Answer 13

fish that have skeleton made of cartilagerather than bone

Question 14

Bony fish

Answer 14

diverse group of fish that have skeletons composed of bone

Question 15

Bowfin/Dogfish

Answer 15

greenish-brownish fish with a long dorsal fin and a spot

Question 16

Brown Bullhead

Answer 16

brown spotty fish with whiskers

Question 17

Brown Trout

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Burbot/Eelpout

Answer 18

looks like an eel pout

Question 19

Channel Catfish

Answer 19

c-shaped tail

Question 20

Common Carp

Answer 20

light brown, has suckers for bottom feeding

Question 21

Crappie

Answer 21

greenish and silverfish, stripes and spots, big eyes

Question 22

Flathead Catfish

Answer 22

brwn catfish with a flat head

Question 23

Lake Sturgeon

Answer 23

gray fish that looks smooth and kind of prehistoric

Question 24

Lake Trout

Answer 24

green with white spots and yellowish fins

Question 25

Largemouth Bass

Answer 25

bass with a bigger mouth

Question 26

Long-nose Gar

Answer 26

fish with long nose

Question 27

Muskellunge

Answer 27

light with dark spots/stripes

Question 28

Northern Pike

Answer 28

dark with light spots/stripes

Question 29

Rainbow Trout

Answer 29

silver fish with pink stripes

Question 30

Sauger

Answer 30

green and silver fish with dark spots

Question 31

Sheepshead

Answer 31

rounded fish with green and black stripes

Question 32

Smallmouth Bass

Answer 32

bass with a smaller mouth

Question 33

Smelt

Answer 33

small and skinny fish with a big eye

Question 34

Sunfish

Answer 34

small, round, colorful

Question 35

Walleye

Answer 35

gold with a spiny dorsal fin and a soft-rayed one, also a white spot on the tail

Question 36

White Sucker

Answer 36

white fish with a mouth sucker

Question 37

Yellow Bullhead

Answer 37

yellow/brown with whiskers and rounded fins

Question 38

Yellow Perch

Answer 38

black and yellow stripes