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series of vertebrae extending from the base of the skull to the tailbone

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Vertebral Column

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group of cells that develop into a variety of tissues

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Neural crest

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flattened appendage used for propelling/steering/balancing

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Fin

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hard, bony plates that form the covering of fish

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Scale

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gill cover of fish & amphibians

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Operculum

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chamber of the heart that receives blood from the veins and pumps it into a ventricle
fish have 1 atrium

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Atrium

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fish have 1 ventricle

a chamber of the heart, having thick muscular walls, that receives blood from the atrium and pumps it to the arteries

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Ventricle

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One of the units of the kidney that filter waste products from the blood and produce urine.

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Nephron

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A series of sensory pores along the head and sides of fish and some amphibians by which water currents, vibrations, and pressure changes are detected.

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Lateral line

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10
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offspring of fish

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Spawning

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A gas-filled structure in many fishes that functions to maintain buoyancy and, in some species, to aid in respiration or to produce sound

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Swim bladder

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12
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fish that have no jaws or paired appendages

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Jawless fish

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skeleton consisting of cartilage rather than bone

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Cartilaginous fish

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skeleton consisting of bone rather than cartilage

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Bony fish

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15
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fish first appeared in this period

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Devonian Period

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rounded body shape
bioluminescent
shark
has fin spines
mouth underneath body
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Bowfin/Dogfish

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heavy, rounded body with a large, wide head

four pairs of whisker-like, black barbels

top and side of fish are yellow-brown, olive, grey to almost blue-black

underside of fish is pale yellow to white

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Brown Bullhead

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back and sides are marked with olive brown to black spots

undersides are white to pearl

dorsal fin is typically yellow-olive, marked with brown to black spots

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Brown Trout

19
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looks like a cross between an eel and a catfish

long body with smooth skin and a single whisker under its chin

slimy skin and wraps around your arm

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Burbot/Eelpout

20
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forked tails and dark spots scattered around body

slender and have smaller heads than other catfish

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Channel Catfish

21
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large scales
long dorsal fin with serrated spine
deep laterally compressed body
barbels on each side of mouth

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Common Carp

22
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rounded body
back is greenish
sides silvery with black markings
belly silvery w/out markings

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Crappie

23
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has a flathead
has smooth scaleless skin 
whisker-like barbels
long spines on dorsal fin
typically pale yellow
tail fin not deeply forked
belly is pale yellow or cream colored
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Flathead Catfish

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5 rows of bony plates
mouth on bottom side of head
have 4 barbels in front of mouth and beneath snout
have 1 dorsal fin near the tail fin
have no simple scales
young-sandy brown color with black blotches
adults-olive brown to grey with white underneath and lack black blotches

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Lake Sturgeon

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strongly forked tail
lack of red spots on body
1 dorsal fin with no spines

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Lake Trout

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bodies are thick and elongated
mostly green color
white or cream colored belly
upper jaw extends beyond eye
has clear separation between first and second dorsal fins
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Largemouth Bass

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has long narrow snout
spots on body smaller than spotted gar and less developed
fins tinted w/ orange
median fins are spotted
spots on head less noticeable or absent
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Long-nose Gar

28
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1 dorsal fin
upper half of cheek and gill cover has scales
body and dorsal fin have dark spots on lighter backgrounds

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Muskellunge

29
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long slender bodies and duck shaped bill
green or brassy color to help blend in
have needle sharp teeth
forked tails 
single dorsal fin far back on body
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Northern Pike

30
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torpedo shaped bodies
blue-green or yellow-green in color with a pink streak along their sides, white underbelly, and small black spots on their back and fins

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Rainbow Trout

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Large, silvery eye.
Large sharp teeth and anterior dorsal fin with spines.
Dark, mottled coloration often present on sides.
Black spots on dorsal fin.
Distinguished from walleye by black spots on dorsal fin and wider head.Distinguished from walleye by lack of white tip on tail.

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Sauger

32
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oval shaped deep body blunt snout silvery to greenish yellow with an olive back

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Sheepshead

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golden green sides and back

faint wavy olive blotches along the sides

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Smallmouth Bass

34
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have 2 dorsal fins

long thin body with purple pink and blue sides

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Smelt

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large and flattened body
eyes and mouth are small
silvery to brownish gray color
dorsal fin looks like paddle

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Sunfish

36
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no barbels

golden skin white belly

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Walleye

37
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have thick lips

coarse scales

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White Sucker

38
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large heads
dark olive-brown with yellowish sides and belly
small eyes
4 pairs of whiskers

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Yellow Bullhead

39
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yellow sides

2 dorsal fins

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Yellow Perch

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