Fish Part A Flashcards

1
Q

What are their Kingdom, Phylum & Clade?

A

Animalia, Chordata, Craniata

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

What are the main types of fish?

A

Jawless, Cartilaginous, Ray & Lobe finned, *Armoured

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Characteristics of chordates?

A

Notochord, Dorsal neural tube, Pharyngeal slits, Endostyle (filter feeding), Post -anal tail

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

What are the jawless vertebrates?

A

Lampreys

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

What are the jawed vertebrates?

A

Cartilaginous fish (sharks, rays)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

What are the bony vertebrates?

A

Ray finned fish (most fish)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

What are the lobe finned vertebrates?

A

Lungfishes, Tetrapods

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What does ANAdromous mean?

A

Freshwater —- Estuaries —- Saltwater —– Freshwater

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

What does CATAdromous mean?

A

Saltwater —-Estuaries —- Freshwater

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

What does AMPHIdromous mean?

A

Estuary —- Saltwater —- Estuary —- Freshwater

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

What does POTAMOdromous mean?

A

Upstream —- Downstream

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

What does OCEANOdromous mean?

A

Saltwater

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

What are the 3 skin variations of fish?

A

Bone in dermis, Glands, Corneum

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Stratum corneum developments?

A

Almost absent, unicellular

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Different types of scales?

A

Placoid (Sharks), Cycloid & Ctenoid (bony fish), Ganoid (gars)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

What are neuromasts?

A

Fluid filled pits (mechanical changes in water)

17
Q

Describe lateral line system?

A

Orientate itself, sound waves, ampullae lorenzi (sharks)

18
Q

What are the main internal organs of fish?

A

Air bladder, long kidney, gonad

19
Q

What are the 3 types of reproduction?

A

Oviparous, Viviparous, Ovoviviparous

20
Q

Oviparous?

A

Eggs laid outside body, case on floor, Whales

21
Q

Viviparous?

A

Egg develops in mother, live young, Hammerheads

22
Q

Ovoviviparous?

A

Egg hatches in uterus, Great white

23
Q

What are the parts of the male repro system?

A

Gonads, accesory structures,

24
Q

How does the male repro system function?

A

Sperm ampullae ripen —- sperm discharge —- ampullae reabsorbed —- some claspers

25
Q

What are the parts of the female repro system?

A

Ovary & Oviduct closed, Oogenesis