test 1 Flashcards
shape
relates to where it lives, how it moves and how it feeds
Dermsal/bottom dwelling fish
flat- this allows them to stay close to the ocean floor.
fish that live in coral reefs
deep flat bodies
highly agile
long slender fish
able to hide under rocks and among coral easily
slow round fish
can have spines, body armour or poisonous flesh
fish with elongated bodys
can swim for along time- no bdy prtection
Continuos tail
slow
highly manouverable
easy access to crevices and caves
Lunate tail
very fast
able to maintail high speeds
cant stop or turn easily
forked tail
can swim fast continously
more manuverable than a lunate tail
truncate tail
fast acceleration
manuverable
Rounded tail
good manuverability
good acceleration
can sim quickly for a short amount of time
Inferior mouth
eats what below them
sand feeders
bethic
superior mouth
eats whats above them
Terminal
eats whats below them
Chases its food
strong beak
used to scrape food of hard surfaces
Turbular
used to pick at food
Small mouth
sucks things like plankton or algea
countershading
makes it difficult for others fish to see it from above or below
Molted
makes it easy to hide in rocks and/or on the sea floor
Mimicing surrounding
Ambush prey
hide from predators
Stripes
blend in to vegetation
stripe through the eye
camoflage
False eye spot
confuses predator or prey
Oppeculumn
Flexible bont plate that covers gills
Latteral line
Dettects vibrations in the water
schools
swimming bladder
helps maintain boyuncy
Gills
obtain oxygen out of the water
Claudal fin
helps propel the fish through the water
pectoral fin
Balance
ventral/anal fin
balance and steering
dorsal fin
balance and protection
invertabrates
sponges
cnidarians
molluscs
echinoderms
anthropods
cnidarians
coals
jellyfish
radi symmetry
molluscs
abalone
limpets
soft unsegmeted body
shell
echinoderms
star fish
sea urchins
starlike apperance
anthropods
lobster
shrimp
crabs
exoskeleton
crustetions
sponges
multicelluar
vertabates
fish
mammals
birds
retiles
fish
flathead
mulloway
barramundi
gills
scales
fins
mammals
blue whales
sea lions
breath air through lungs
warm blooded have hair
Birds
Grey gull
albatross
fairy penguins
dense waterproof feathers
reptiles
Sea snake
scaly skin that keeps moisture in