Fish ex. species Flashcards
Acipenseridae - sturgeons: type sterlet
size up to 16kg
spawn on gravel
sexual maturation (M 3-5yr, F 5-8yr)
cold water
feed on benthis organisms and molluscs
anatomy of starlet (acipenser ruthenium)
body elongated
- caudal fin forked
- 4 pairs of barbels on ventral part
- small mouth, no teeth
- operculum bone isn’t fully covered
- 5 rows of hard bony plates (scutes) - 2 lateral, 2 stomach and 1 head
- ganoid scale
- projecting snout
anguilla anguilla (European eel)
benthis organisms
- can breathe through skin
- sexual maturation (M 5-8yr, F >12)
- 3-6 kg
anatomy of European eel
- mouth on terminal position of the mouth
- big mouth with lots of sharp and small teeth
- carnivorous fish
- elongated body, dorsal, caudal and anal fins connected, pectoral fins, no pelvic fin
- scales deeply in the skin
salmonidae - trout, salmon
- laters-laterally flattened
- adipose fin
- dentition of vomer
- stomach and short intestine
- number of pyloric caeca
rainbow trout (oncorhynchus my kiss)
- only black dots on the surface
- size up to 20kg
- sexual maturation (spawns for the first time at 1 year)
- spawns: feb-may
- feeds on wide range of acquatic + terrestrial inverebrates
brown trout
usually 0.5-1kg
atlantic salmon
- after spending 1-4 winter at sea, migrates to its natal river
- spawns: winter period
- most males die after reproduction
anatomy of carp
- pharyngeal teeth (5th pharyngeal arch_, have 4 “real” arches
- lack stomach - extended anterior intestine
- scaly/mirror/linear or leather carp
- 2 Paris of barbels
- up to 40kg
- feed on zooplankton and benthic organisms
anatomy of Prussian carp
- mouth terminal
- no barbels
- peritoneum black
- omnivorous - plankton, benthic
tench - tinca tinca
- 1 pair of barbels
- rounded fins
- feeds on zooplankton + benthic organisms
- green colour
grass carp
- herbivorous
- eggs are pelagic
- feeds on macrophytes
silver carp
- sharp pectoral region
- eggs float
- feeds on phytoplankton
bighead carp
- no sharp pectoral region
- bigger head
- dark colouration
- feeds on zooplankton
european catfish
- carnivorous species
- size up to 300kg
- 6 barbels (2+4)
- scaleless body, long anal fin