fishhhh Flashcards

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Vertebral Column

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spine

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Neural crest

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cells are a temporary group of cells unique to vertebrates that arise from the embryonic ectoderm cell layer, and in turn give rise to a diverse cell lineage

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Fin

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a flattened appendage on various parts of the body of many aquatic vertebrates and some invertebrates, including fish and cetaceans, used for propelling, steering, and balancing.

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Scale

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each of the small, thin horny or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles, typically overlapping one another

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Operculum

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a secreted plate that serves to close the aperture of a gastropod mollusk’s shell when the animal is retracted

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Atrium

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each of the two upper cavities of the heart from which blood is passed to the ventricles

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Ventricle

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a hollow part or cavity in an organ

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Nephron

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each of the functional units in the kidney, consisting of a glomerulus and its associated tubule, through which the glomerular filtrate passes before emerging as urine

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9
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Lateral line

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a visible line along the side of a fish consisting of a series of sense organs that detect pressure and vibration

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10
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Spawning

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release or deposit eggs

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Swim bladder

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gas-filled sac present in the body of many bony fishes, used to maintain and control buoyancy

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12
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Jawless fish

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the class Agnatha that lack jaws

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13
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Cartilaginous fish

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a fish of a class distinguished by having a skeleton of cartilage rather than bone, including the sharks, rays, and chimeras

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Bony fish

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a fish of a large class distinguished by a skeleton of bone, and comprising the majority of modern fishes

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15
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Devonian Period

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geologic period and system of the Paleozoic, spanning 60 million years from the end of the Silurian, 419.2 million years ago

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16
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Bowfin/Dogfish

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are basal bony fishes related to gars in the infraclass Holostei

17
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Brown Bullhead

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an American freshwater catfish with four pairs of barbels around the mouth.

18
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Brown Trout

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the common trout of Europe, especially one of a nonmigratory race with dark spotted skin, that occurs in small rivers and pools. It has been introduced into North America as a game fish.

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Burbot/Eelpout

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It is also known as bubbot, mariah, freshwater ling, the lawyer, coney-fish, lingcod, freshwater cusk,

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Channel Catfish

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a common North American freshwater catfish that has a pale blue to olive back with dark spots.

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Common Carp

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a deep-bodied freshwater fish, typically with barbels around the mouth. Carp are farmed for food in some parts of the world and are widely kept in large ponds.

22
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Crappie

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a North American freshwater fish of the sunfish family, the male of which builds a nest and guards the eggs and young.

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Flathead Catfish

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a large yellowish catfish

24
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Lake Sturgeon

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is a North American temperate freshwater fish

25
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Lake Trout

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any of a number of fishes of the salmon family that live in large lakes and are highly prized as a game fish and as food.

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Largemouth Bass

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a North American freshwater fish of the sunfish family. It is a popular sporting and food fish.

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Long-nose Gar

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is a primitive ray-finned fish of the gar family

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Muskellunge

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a large pike that occurs only in the Great Lakes region.

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Northern Pike

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a long-bodied predatory freshwater fish with a pointed snout and large teeth, of both North America and Eurasia.

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Rainbow Trout

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large trout native to the Pacific seaboard of North America. It has been widely introduced elsewhere, both as a farmed food fish and as a sporting fish

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Sauger

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a slender North American pikeperch with silver eyes, which is active at twilight and at night.

32
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Sheepshead

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any of a number of boldly marked edible game fishes that live in warm American waters.

33
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Smallmouth Bass

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a North American freshwater fish of the sunfish family. It is a popular sporting and food fish.

34
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Smelt

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extract (metal) from its ore by a process involving heating and melting

35
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Sunfish

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a large deep-bodied marine fish of warm seas, with tall dorsal and anal fins near the rear of the body and a very short tail.

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Walleye

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North American pikeperch with large, opaque silvery eyes. It is a commercially valuable food fish and a popular sporting fish.

37
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White Sucker

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is a freshwater Cypriniform fish inhabiting the upper Midwest and Northeast in North America, but is also found as far south as Georgia and New Mexico in the south and west

38
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Yellow Bullhead

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

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Yellow Perch

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an edible freshwater fish with a high spiny dorsal fin, dark vertical bars on the body, and orange lower fins.