fish and fishing Flashcards
Vertebral Column
is either made of cartilage, in cartilaginous fish, or bone in bony fish
Neural crest
neural crest cells give rise to the dentine-producing cells of teeth
Fin
helps guide their movement
Scale
outer skin used to keep the fish smooth gliding through the water
Operculum
corneous or calcareous anatomical structure like a trapdoor which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails
Atrium
each of the two upper cavities of the heart from which blood is passed to the ventricles
Ventricle
hollow part or cavity in an organ
Nephron
each of the functional units in the kidney
Lateral line
system of sense organs found in aquatic vertebrates
Spawning
release or deposit eggs
Swim bladder
internal gas-filled organ that contributes to the ability of many bony fish to control their buoyancy
Jawless fish
usually consisting of fish that have a sucker for the mouth
Cartilaginous fish
bones made of cartilage not real bones also jawless
Bony fish
bones made of calcium and they have a jaw
Bowfin/Dogfish
Bowfin are basal bony fishes
Brown Bullhead
brown bullhead is a fish of the Ictaluridae family that is widely distributed in North America
Brown Trout
brown trout is a European species of salmonid fish that has been widely introduced into suitable environments globally
Burbot/Eelpout
looks like leopard print
Channel Catfish
looks like a catfish
Common Carp
sliver scales with a sloped head
Crappie
looks like a sunfish with multicolored scales
Flathead Catfish
catfish with a flat head
Lake Sturgeon
tiny shark
Lake Trout
gravel pattern
Largemouth Bass
mouth ends behind eye
Long-nose Gar
pointy nose
Muskellunge
orange and yellow
Northern Pike
white spots and pointy teeth
Rainbow Trout
has a rainbow pattern
Sauger
lacks white tip on tale
Sheepshead
looks like a disc
Smallmouth Bass
mouth ends before eye
Smelt
looks like a minnow
Sunfish
the first fish i cough
Walleye
i know it
White Sucker
its white and has a sucker
Yellow Bullhead
its yellow copy of a bullhead
Yellow Perch
tiger stripes