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Coral Reef Ecology TWU BIO 364 > Identification and Characteristics (Fish, and a few algae) > Flashcards

Identification and Characteristics (Fish, and a few algae) Flashcards

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characteristics of algae

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flexible, smooth, rubbery

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characteristics of calcareous alga

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hard, smooth, pastel

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characteristics of a sponge

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spongely, rough, soft

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characteristics of a bryozoan

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hard, rough, thin

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characteristics of a coral

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hard, rough, thick

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characteristics of a colonial tunicate

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soft, smooth, thick

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types of caudal fins

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heterocercal, homocercal, isocercal, lunate, truncate(rounded)

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types of caudal penduncles

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thick/stout for power and thin for high speed

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study dorsal fin for which characteristics?

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shape, size, number

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pectoral fins help with…

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precision in swimming, attachment site varies based on lifestyle

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placements of pelvic fins include…

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jugular, thoracic, abdominal

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a fish with heterocercal caudal fin is…

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a shark

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fish with a homocercal caudal fin include…

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bony fish

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fish with isocercal caudal fins include…

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bony fish, includes box fish

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fish with lunate caudal fins are…

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built for speed, include tangs, tuna, jacks

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fish with rounded or truncate caudal fins are…

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built for power, includes butterflyfish

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a fish with a long mouth is a…

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predator type

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a fish with a top mouth is a…

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surface feeder

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a fish with a bottom mouth is a…

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bottom feeder

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a fish with a barbell type mouth is a…

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bottom feeder

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a fish with a deep body is…

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relatively slow, but manuverable, category includes most reef fish

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a fish with a fusiform type body is…

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streamlined and fast, includes sharks and wrasses

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a fish with a trigonal body is…

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typically a bottom-dweller, includes scorpian fish

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a fish with a vermiform type body is…

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elongate, includes trumpetfish

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a fish with a flat body is…

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thin, spread out, includes sole and rays

26
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when the entire fishes body conducts wave it is

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anguilliform, and is of the order Anguilliformes, includes moray eel

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when only the fishes fins move, and the body is rigid…

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ostraciform, and is of the order Ostraciidae, includes boxfish

28
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when 1/4 to 1/2 of the fishes body conducts a wave it is…

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carangiform, and is of the genus Caranx, includes jacks

29
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a fish who hunts prey via active pursuit, and is fast

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a rover predator, ex. Sharks

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a rover predator

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a fish who hunts prey via active persuit and is fast

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a fish who is motionless until prey is spotted

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a lie-in-wit predator or stalker, ex. Needlefish, barracuda, moray eel, lizard fish

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a lie-in-wit predator or stalker

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a fish who is motionless until prey is spotted

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a surface feeding fish is typically…

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an open water surface dweller, ex. Island silversides

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a fish who strains plankton for food is…

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a trawler, ex. Manta rays, damsel fish

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a trawler is a type of fish which…

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strains plankton for food

36
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a fish which sucks things from reef cracks and crevices is…

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a tube-mouth feeder, ex. Pipefish, trumpetfish

37
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a fish which is a tube-mouth feeder…

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sucks food from reef cracks and crevices

38
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a fish which bites off chunks of algae, sponges, coral, etc. is …

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a grazer, includes butterflyfish, angelfish, surgeonfish, wrasses, parrotfish

39
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a fish that grazzes eats by…

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biting off chunks of algae, sponges, coral, bryozoans, and other invertabrates

40
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fish whose color functions as camouflage…

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stonefish, sole, squirrelfish at nigh

41
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fish who color acts as a warning…

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lionfishes, certain morays

42
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fish whose color acts as a territorial defense/display…

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some wrasses

43
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fish who color helps attract others for reproduction…

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most reef fish actually

Coral Reef Ecology TWU BIO 364 (11 decks)

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