fish and fishing

Question 1

The main skeletal structure in a fish

Answer 1

Vertebral Column

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Neural crest

Question 3

Flat appendages used to swim

Answer 3

Fin

Question 4

Little plates that cover a fishes body

Answer 4

Scale

Question 5

covers the gills

Answer 5

Operculum

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Atrium

Question 7

the two biggest cavities in the heart

Answer 7

Ventricle

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Nephron

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Lateral Line

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Spawning

Question 11

Gas filled sac used to maintain and control buoyancy

Answer 11

Swim Bladder

Question 12

Fish that lack jaws

Answer 12

Jaw-less Fish

Question 13

Fish that have a skeleton made of cartilage

Answer 13

Cartilaginous Fish

Question 14

Fish that have a skeleton made of bones

Answer 14

Bony Fish

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Devonian Period

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Bowfin/Dogfish

Question 17

A big brown catfish with barbs

Answer 17

Brown Bullhead

Question 18

a fish introduced to america as a game fish

Answer 18

Brown Trout

Question 19

small fish that tried to wrap around your arm if caught

Answer 19

Burbot/Eelpout

Question 20

catfish with a forked tail

Answer 20

Channel Catfish

Question 21

deep-bodied freshwater fish typically with barbels around the mouth

Answer 21

Common Carp

Question 22

freshwater fish of the sunfish family

Answer 22

Crappie

Question 23

catfish with a very flat head compared to others

Answer 23

Flathead Catfish

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Lake Sturgeon

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Lake Trout

Question 26

A bass with a big mouth

Answer 26

Largemouth Bass

Question 27

a fish with a long ugly snout

Answer 27

Long-nose Gar

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Muskellung

Question 29

another very popular fish that is darker green

Answer 29

Northern Pike

Question 30

pink lateral line

Answer 30

Rainbow Trout

Question 31

slender North American pikeperch with silver eyes

Answer 31

Sauger

Question 32

bottom feeding ugly fish that can get huge

Answer 32

Sheepshead

Question 33

bass with a small mouth

Answer 33

Smallmouth Bass

Question 34

a little small fish

Answer 34

Smelt

Question 35

most common fish with a bright yellow spot

Answer 35

Sunfish

Question 36

common fish in america very popular with creepy eyes

Answer 36

Walleye

Question 37

suction cup mouth

Answer 37

White Sucker

Question 38

yellow catfish

Answer 38

Yellow Bullhead

Question 39

a perch that is yellow

Answer 39

Yellow Perch