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fish and fishing Flashcards

1
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The main skeletal structure in a fish

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Vertebral Column

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2
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a temporary group of cells unique to vertebrates that arise from the embryonic ectoderm cell layer

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Neural crest

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3
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Flat appendages used to swim

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Fin

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4
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Little plates that cover a fishes body

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Scale

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5
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covers the gills

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Operculum

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6
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each of the two upper cavities of the heart from which blood is passed to the ventricles

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Atrium

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7
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the two biggest cavities in the heart

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Ventricle

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8
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regulates the amount of water in the body and filters wastes from the blood to produce urine

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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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Female fish release eggs, male comes by and fertilizes them #reproduction

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Spawning

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11
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Gas filled sac used to maintain and control buoyancy

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Swim Bladder

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12
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Fish that lack jaws

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Jaw-less Fish

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13
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Fish that have a skeleton made of cartilage

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Cartilaginous Fish

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14
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Fish that have a skeleton made of bones

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Bony Fish

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15
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a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic 60 million years long

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Devonian Period

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16
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a predatory American freshwater fish with a large blunt head and a long dorsal fin

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Bowfin/Dogfish

17
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A big brown catfish with barbs

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Brown Bullhead

18
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a fish introduced to america as a game fish

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Brown Trout

19
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small fish that tried to wrap around your arm if caught

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Burbot/Eelpout

20
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catfish with a forked tail

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Channel Catfish

21
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deep-bodied freshwater fish typically with barbels around the mouth

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Common Carp

22
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freshwater fish of the sunfish family

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Crappie

23
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catfish with a very flat head compared to others

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Flathead Catfish

24
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a HUGE bony fish that has a lumpy back and looks more like a shark

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Lake Sturgeon

25
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any of a number of fishes of the salmon family that live in large lakes and are highly prized as a game fish and as food

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Lake Trout

26
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A bass with a big mouth

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Largemouth Bass

27
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a fish with a long ugly snout

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Long-nose Gar

28
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a big fish found in rush lake and other places that are very popular

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Muskellung

29
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another very popular fish that is darker green

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Northern Pike

30
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pink lateral line

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Rainbow Trout

31
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slender North American pikeperch with silver eyes

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Sauger

32
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bottom feeding ugly fish that can get huge

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Sheepshead

33
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bass with a small mouth

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Smallmouth Bass

34
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a little small fish

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Smelt

35
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most common fish with a bright yellow spot

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Sunfish

36
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common fish in america very popular with creepy eyes

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Walleye

37
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suction cup mouth

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White Sucker

38
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yellow catfish

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Yellow Bullhead

39
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a perch that is yellow

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Yellow Perch

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