Osteichthes / Class Sarcopterygii / Class Actinopterygii Flashcards
Osteichthyes
“Ostei-“
Bony
Osteichthyes
“-ichtyes”
Fish
Osteichthyes
This group has either ___ ___ or ___
Swim bladder or lungs
Osteichyes =
Class Sarcopterygii and Class Actinopterygii
Class Sarcopterygii
Common name
Lung fishes
Coelacanths
Class Sarcopterygii
Dominant tissue in their skeleton?
Bone
Class Sarcopterygii
How many heart chambers?
2 heart chambers
Class Sarcopterygii
How do they control their body temperature?
Ectothermic
Class Sarcopterygii
Scale type?
Ganoid cells
Living, vascularized, layered
Class Sarcopterygii
Respiratory structures?
Gills or lungs
Class Sarcopterygii
Fertilization type?
Internal
Ovoviviparous
Oviparous
Class Sarcopterygii
What do they have in their fins?
Muscular lobes
Muscle+bone
Class Sarcopterygii
Why do some have lungs?
Live in ephemeral pools.
A body of water that doesn’t last all year.
Dries up in dry season
Use the lungs to breathe
Class Sarcopterygii
Tail type?
Diphycercal tail
Class Sarcopterygii
What are the 3 main groups?
Lungfishes
Coelacanths
Osteolepiforms