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Question 1

Scales

Answer 1

The body covering of most fish

Question 2

Scales merely grow in what?

Answer 2

Proportion

Question 3

How can you estimate the age of some fish

Answer 3

By counting their scale rings

Question 4

Mucus

Answer 4

Special glands beneath the scales secrete slimy mucus that covers the exterior of the fish

Question 5

Chromatophore

Answer 5

Branched cells responsible for producing some of the pigments that color fish. In some fish all the chromatophores produce the same color pigment

Question 6

Some fish have the ability to alter what

Answer 6

The color and color pattern by rearranging the pigment in various chromatophores

Question 7

Operculum

Answer 7

Covering for gills

Question 8

Gills

Answer 8

The major organs of respiration

Question 9

Gill rakers

Answer 9

A number of cartilage projections on the inner margin of the bill arch , prevent food and debris from passing over and clogging the gills

Question 10

Female spawns

Answer 10

Lays the eggs

Question 11

Milt

Answer 11

A milky fluid containing Sperm

Question 12

Yolk

Answer 12

Embryo usually forms atop a ball of food material

Question 13

Swim bladder

Answer 13

A thin walled sac in the body cavity that enables the fish to control its depth and to maintain that depth while swimming