Origin & Architecture of Fishes Flashcards
How did the earliest ancestors of the fishes arise?
Paedomorphosis- Adult stage is progressively delayed and creature persists in the larval form
vertebrates arose from tunicate
Creatures eventually became sexually mature while still in larval form
Hence the sessile adult stage was abandoned entirely and basic body form of fishes arose
Cephalochordates
notochord
Main internal support
Cephalochordates
what is the division of nervous system?
Somatic- segmented hunk structures
Visceral- controlling soft organs
What are the two key difference between cephalochordates and vertebrates?
Cephalochordates- small with O2 requirements that diffuse across the body surface; pharyngeal perforation for feeding
Invertebrates- perforations used as gills for O2 uptake
Vertebrates- acquisition of a cartilaginous or boney vertebral column to replace the notochord varying degrees of vertebral development among fishes.
Vertebrates are split into two different vertebral developments in fishes
Lampreys & Hagfish - little traces of vertebrae
Perch like fishes- have a well developed vertebral structure
Cephalochordates notochord goes to
snouth –> 1 Hox gene cluster
Vertebrates notochord
terminates behind the skull and is more defined
4 Hox gene cluster
In the evolution of fishes what is the two events that are most noteworthy?
Acquisition of mobile paired appendages
Development of functioning jaws
Agnatha
No Jaws
Gnathostomata
Jaws
Fish- What is it?
Possess a cranium
Aquatic through life
Relies mainly on gills for gas exchange
What kind of class are
Hagfishes & Lampreys
Agnatham without jaws
Hagfish
Rudimentary eyes
Thick skin and elongated
marine predators & scavengers that lack paired fins and vertebrate
skeleton is cartilaginous
(60 species)
Lampreys
spend time buried in sediment
larger species “parasitic” feeding on marine mammals
(41 extant species )
Cartilaginous Gnathostomes have
Jaws
paired appendages
cartilage skeleton
What are the two groups of cartilaginous Gnathostomes?
Elasmobranchii
Holocephalans
Elasmobranchii have
serial gill slits along side of head*
Sharks & Rays
Holocephalans
single gill opening on each side
common name is Chimaera (mythical beast)
found in deep oceans
Boney Fishes
Most diverse taxon of fishes
Half of living vertebrates are the least understood due to deep sea.
Lungfishes given rise to the tetrapods
Coelacanths are thought to be extinct relatives
Class Actinopterygii
Ray finned
Subclasses of Actinopterygii
Chondrostei -Many fins (sturgeons, bichirs, paddlefishes)
Neopterygii- New fins (gars, bowfin & division Teleostei)
What is the class and order of the Lamprey?
Class Cephalaspidomorphi
Order Petromyzontiformes
What is the class and order of the Hagfish?
Class Myxini
Order Myxiniformes
What is the class and order of the Shark?
Class Chondrichthyes
Subclass Elasmobranchii
What is the class and order of the Ray?
Class Chondrichthyes
Subclass Elasmobranchii
What is the class and order of the Chimaera?
Class Chondrichthyes
Subclass Holocephali
Venomous barb