fish Flashcards
approximately 33 bones called vertebrae, which are separated by intervertebral discs
vertebral
embryonic structure in vertebrates that gives rise to most of the peripheral nervous system
Neural crest
external structure on fish that allows them to move
fins
fish have this instead of skin
scales
technical term for gill cover.
Operculum
part of the heart that receives deoxygenated blood from the veins of the body
Atrium
each of the two main chambers of the heart, left and right.
Ventricle
functional units in the kidney
Nephron
a visible line along the side of a fish consisting of a series of sense organs that detect pressure and vibration.
Lateral line
the process of a fish laying eggs
spawning
a gas-filled sac present in the body of many bony fishes, used to maintain and control buoyancy.
Swim bladder
a fish without a jaw like a lamprey
Jawless fish
class distinguished by having a skeleton of cartilage rather than bone
Cartilaginous fish
distinguished by a skeleton of bone, and comprising the majority of modern fishes.
Bony fish
dogfish
black dot on tail
brown fish kinda like a catfish
brown bullhead
a trout with a brown tinted back
brown trout
kinda like a dog fish but one more set of ell like fins
burbot
the catfish with a c tail
channel cat
golden color big scales sucker mouth
common carp
round fish big mouth black dots
crappie
catfish with the straight tail and big head
flathead catfish
known for there dinosaur look and big size
sturgeon
big trout dull color
lake trout
bass with the mouth past the eye
largemouth bass
long weird nose
long nose gar
very big fish targeted with giant lures
Muskie
kinda like a small muskie
northern pike
colorful trout
rainbow trout
like a walleye but with different back fin
sauger
fish with a weird head and a bottom feeder mouth
sheepshead
bass with the mouth before the eye
small mouth bass
small fish eaten with the scales on
smelt
small fish with orangish colors
sunfish
white tipped tail
walleye
a sucker with lighter colors
white sucker
like a catfish but smaller yellow colors
yellow bulhead
like a walleye but way smaller and different colors
perch
