fish Flashcards

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1
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approximately 33 bones called vertebrae, which are separated by intervertebral discs

A

vertebral

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2
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embryonic structure in vertebrates that gives rise to most of the peripheral nervous system

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Neural crest

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3
Q

external structure on fish that allows them to move

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fins

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4
Q

fish have this instead of skin

A

scales

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5
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technical term for gill cover.

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Operculum

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6
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part of the heart that receives deoxygenated blood from the veins of the body

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Atrium

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7
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each of the two main chambers of the heart, left and right.

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Ventricle

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8
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functional units in the kidney

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Nephron

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9
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a visible line along the side of a fish consisting of a series of sense organs that detect pressure and vibration.

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Lateral line

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10
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the process of a fish laying eggs

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spawning

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11
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a gas-filled sac present in the body of many bony fishes, used to maintain and control buoyancy.

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Swim bladder

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12
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a fish without a jaw like a lamprey

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Jawless fish

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13
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class distinguished by having a skeleton of cartilage rather than bone

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Cartilaginous fish

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14
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distinguished by a skeleton of bone, and comprising the majority of modern fishes.

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Bony fish

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15
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dogfish

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black dot on tail

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16
Q

brown fish kinda like a catfish

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brown bullhead

17
Q

a trout with a brown tinted back

A

brown trout

18
Q

kinda like a dog fish but one more set of ell like fins

A

burbot

19
Q

the catfish with a c tail

A

channel cat

20
Q

golden color big scales sucker mouth

A

common carp

21
Q

round fish big mouth black dots

A

crappie

22
Q

catfish with the straight tail and big head

A

flathead catfish

23
Q

known for there dinosaur look and big size

A

sturgeon

24
Q

big trout dull color

A

lake trout

25
Q

bass with the mouth past the eye

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largemouth bass

26
Q

long weird nose

A

long nose gar

27
Q

very big fish targeted with giant lures

A

Muskie

28
Q

kinda like a small muskie

A

northern pike

29
Q

colorful trout

A

rainbow trout

30
Q

like a walleye but with different back fin

A

sauger

31
Q

fish with a weird head and a bottom feeder mouth

A

sheepshead

32
Q

bass with the mouth before the eye

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small mouth bass

33
Q

small fish eaten with the scales on

A

smelt

34
Q

small fish with orangish colors

A

sunfish

35
Q

white tipped tail

A

walleye

36
Q

a sucker with lighter colors

A

white sucker

37
Q

like a catfish but smaller yellow colors

A

yellow bulhead

38
Q

like a walleye but way smaller and different colors

A

perch