fish/fishing

Question 1

Vertebral Column

Answer 1

composed of articulating vertebrae which are lightweight yet strong.

Question 2

Neural crest

Answer 2

cranial neural crest cells give rise to the dentine-producing cells (odontoblasts) of teeth.

Question 3

Fin

Answer 3

helps them swim

Question 4

Scale

Answer 4

The skin of most fishes

Question 5

Operculum

Answer 5

a series of bones found in bony fish that serves as a facial support structure and a protective covering for the gills; it is also used for respiration and feeding.

Question 6

Atrium

Answer 6

A chamber of the heart that receives blood from the veins and forces it by muscular contraction into a ventricle. only have one

Question 7

Ventricle

Answer 7

A chamber of the heart that receives blood from one or more atria and pumps it by muscular contraction into the arteries.

Question 8

Nephron

Answer 8

functional unit of the kidney, the structure that actually produces urine in the process of removing waste and excess substances from the blood

Question 9

Lateral line

Answer 9

that serves to detect movements and pressure changes in the surrounding water.

Question 10

Spawning

Answer 10

Spawn is the eggs and sperm released or deposited into water by aquatic animals.

Question 11

Swim bladder

Answer 11

an internal gas-filled organ that contributes to the ability of many bony fish (but not cartilaginous fish) to control their buoyancy, and thus to stay at their current water depth without having to waste energy in swimming.

Question 12

Jawless fish

Answer 12

ny of the taxonomic group (Agnatha) of primitive vertebrates without jaws including cyclostomes and extinct related forms — compare bony fish,

Question 13

Cartilaginous fish

Answer 13

doesnt have any bones

Question 14

Bony fish

Answer 14

has bones

Question 15

Bowfin/Dogfish

Answer 15

are bony fishes related to gars in the infraclass Holostei. Common names include mudfish, mud pike, dogfish, griddle, grinnel, swamp trout and choupique.

Question 16

Brown Bullhead

Answer 16

a fish of the Ictaluridae family that is widely distributed in North America.

Question 17

Burbot/Eelpout

Answer 17

is the only gadiform (cod-like) freshwater fish. It is also known as bubbot, mariah, freshwater ling, the lawyer, coney-fish, lingcod, freshwater cusk, and eelpout.

Question 18

Channel Catfish

Answer 18

is North America’s most numerous catfish species

Question 19

Common Carp

Answer 19

common carp is a large omnivorous fish. They have large scales, a long dorsal fin base, and two pairs of long barbels

Question 20

Crappie

Answer 20

A member of either of two species of North American sunfish of the genus Pomoxis

Question 21

Flathead Catfish

Answer 21

are typically pale yellow (hence the name “yellow cat”) to light brown on the back and sides, and highly mottled with black and/or brown.

Question 22

Lake Sturgeon

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sometimes called a living dinosaur of the fish world, are a remnant of an ancient and primitive group of fish that have cartilaginous skeletons and bony plates in their skin

Question 23

Lake Trout

Answer 23

A freshwater food and game fish (Salvelinus namaycush) having a dark body with light-colored spots and a forked tail fin, native to North America and widely introduced elsewhere

Question 24

Largemouth Bass

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large North American black bass (Micropterus salmoides) that is blackish green above and lighter below and has the maxillary bones of the upper jaw extending to behind the eyes

Question 25

Long-nose Gar

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are ancient fish, little changed since the days of the dinosaur. … An inhabitant of warm, quiet waters, the gar is known for its sharp teeth and aggressive nature

Question 26

Muskellunge

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a species of large, relatively uncommon freshwater fish native to North America. The muskellunge is the largest member of the pike family, Esocidae.

Question 27

Northern Pike

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: a large elongate long-snouted freshwater bony fish (Esox lucius) valued for food and sport and widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere.

Question 28

Rainbow Trout

Answer 28

of western North America that is related to the Pacific salmon and is typically greenish above and white on the belly with a pink, red, or lavender stripe along each side of the body and with profuse black dots

Question 29

Sauger

Answer 29

is a freshwater perciform fish of the family Percidae which resembles its close relative the walleye.

Question 30

Sheepshead

Answer 30

a marine bony fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the U.S. that has broad front teeth and is used for food

Question 31

Smallmouth Bass

Answer 31

a North American freshwater black bass, Micropterus dolomieu, that is a popular game fish.

Question 32

Smelt

Answer 32

Smelts are a family of small fish, the Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

Question 33

Sunfish

Answer 33

any of numerous North American freshwater bony fishes usually with a deep compressed body and metallic luster.

Question 34

Walleye

Answer 34

also called the yellow pike, is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the Northern United States.

Question 35

White Sucker

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bottom feeder, meaning that it uses its fleshy lips to suck up bottom sediments and other organisms that may be located there

Question 36

Yellow Bullhead

Answer 36

is a species of bullhead catfish that is a ray-finned fish that lacks scales.

Question 37

Yellow Perch

Answer 37

a common North American freshwater fish (Perca flavescens) of the perch family that has yellowish sides with dark green vertical bands and is a popular food and sport fish.