Fish & Fishing

Question 1

Vertebral Column

Answer 1

series of approximately 33 bones called vertebrae,

Question 2

Neutral Crest

Answer 2

transient embryonic structure in vertebrates that gives rise to most of the peripheral nervous system

Question 3

Scale

Answer 3

The stuff that covers fish

Question 4

Operculum

Answer 4

series of bones found in bony fish that serves as a facial support structure

Question 5

Atrium

Answer 5

A chamber of the heart that receives blood from the veins

Question 6

Ventricle

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Nephron

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Lateral Line

Answer 8

also called lateralis system, a system of tactile sense organs, unique to aquatic vertebrates from cyclostome fishes

Question 9

Spawning

Answer 9

eggs and sperm released or deposited into water by aquatic animals

Question 10

Swim Bladder

Answer 10

internal gas-filled organ that contributes to the ability of many bony fish

Question 11

Jawless Fish

Answer 11

any of the taxonomic group (Agnatha) of primitive vertebrates without jaws including cyclostomes and extinct related forms

Question 12

Cartilaginous Fish

Answer 12

any of a class (Chondrichthyes) of fishes (such as a shark, ray, or chimaera) having the skeleton wholly or largely composed of cartilage

Question 13

Bony Fish

Answer 13

skeletons primarily composed of bone tissue, as opposed to cartilage

Question 14

Bowfish/Dogfish

Answer 14

long spiny fin

Question 15

Brown Bullhead

Answer 15

looks like a catfish

Question 16

Brown Trout

Answer 16

brown trout

Question 17

Channel Catfish

Answer 17

catfish

Question 18

Burbot/Eelpout

Answer 18

UGLY

Question 19

Flathead Catfish

Answer 19

flathead

Question 20

Lake Sturgeon

Answer 20

big fish

Question 21

Crappie

Answer 21

top side is dark with light spots and the bottom is light with dark spots

Question 22

Long-Nose Gar

Answer 22

Long nose/mouth

Question 23

Northern Pike

Answer 23

dark with light spots

Question 24

Lake Trout

Answer 24

usually large

Question 25

Muskellunge

Answer 25

looks like a northern but isnt

Question 26

Rainbow Trout

Answer 26

multiple colors

Question 27

Sauger

Answer 27

short and long

Question 28

Sheepshead

Answer 28

human like teeth

Question 29

Smallmouth Bass

Answer 29

small mouth

Question 30

Smelt

Answer 30

small tiny fins; not very long

Question 31

Sunfish

Answer 31

small and skinny

Question 32

Walleye

Answer 32

Big eye

Question 33

White Sucker

Answer 33

white color

Question 34

Yellow Bullhead

Answer 34

whiskers like a catfish; long fins on the bottom

Question 35

Yellow Perch

Answer 35

2 fins on top 3 on bottom