Fish Flashcards
Backbone or Spine
Vertebral Column
Holds most nervous system cells
Neural crest
What fish use to swim
Fin
This is called the skin of the fish
Scale
Covers the gills
Operculum
Muscles in the heart
Atrium
A hollow part or cavity in an organ
Ventricle
Each of the functional units in the kidney
Nephron
A visible line along the side of a fish consisting of a series of sense organs which detect pressure and vibration
Lateral line
Fish being born
Spawning
Organ used to control buoyancy
Swim bladder
Fish without jaws
Jawless fish
Fish mostly made up of cartilage
Cartilaginous fish
Fish with hard bony sharp scales and bones
Bony fish
Long sleek with a black dot on tail
Bowfin/Dogfish
Looks like catfish but too many whiskers
Brown Bullhead
Oragneish with leopard print spots
Brown Trout
Long Slimy eel like
Burbot/Eelpout
Long fin on top not as flat as its counter part
Channel Catfish
Look like large sunny
Common Carp