Fishes Flashcards

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1
Q

salmon, trout, chars, and more belong to the order_______.

A

Salmoniformes

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2
Q

salmoniformes have a __________ fin towards the rear of the back.

A

adipose

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3
Q

salmoniformes have a ________ row of sharp teeth.

A

single

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4
Q

slamoniformes have _________ scales and ______ tails.

A

rounded, forked

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5
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Salmoniformes _______at sea, but __________ in rivers.

A

live, reproduce

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6
Q

Salmoniformes eat animal type meat making them _________.

A

carnivorous

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7
Q

Rockfish belong to the order _________.

A

scorpaeniformes

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8
Q

Scorpaeiformes have _________heads, and rounded _________ fins.

A

spiny, pectoral and caudal

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9
Q

the extension of the bone below the orbit to the preoperulum is __________.

A

facing backwards

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10
Q

Scorpaeiformes are ___________ bottom dwellers

A

shallow

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11
Q

currently the largest vertebrate order is _________.

A

perciformes

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12
Q

included in the order perciformes are the _________ _______ ________ _______.

A

perches, bass, cichlids, sunfish/blue gill

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13
Q

the __________ and _________ fins have spiny softed-rayed portions.

A

dorsal anal

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14
Q

pelvic fins are ________ forward, and have _____ spine, and up to ______ soft rays.

A

far, one, five

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15
Q

the order of Actinopterygii that have lungs?

A

lepidosireniformes

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16
Q

lepidosireniformes have __________ shaped bodies.

A

cylindrical

17
Q

lepidosireniformes have ________ lungs.

A

paired

18
Q

________ and narrow _______ fins

A

long, pectoral

19
Q

live only in ___________water basins.

A

fresh