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1
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shape

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relates to where it lives, how it moves and how it feeds

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2
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Dermsal/bottom dwelling fish

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flat- this allows them to stay close to the ocean floor.

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3
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fish that live in coral reefs

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deep flat bodies
highly agile

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4
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long slender fish

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able to hide under rocks and among coral easily

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5
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slow round fish

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can have spines, body armour or poisonous flesh

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6
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fish with elongated bodys

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can swim for along time- no bdy prtection

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7
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Continuos tail

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slow
highly manouverable
easy access to crevices and caves

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8
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Lunate tail

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very fast
able to maintail high speeds
cant stop or turn easily

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9
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forked tail

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can swim fast continously
more manuverable than a lunate tail

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10
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truncate tail

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fast acceleration
manuverable

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11
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Rounded tail

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good manuverability
good acceleration
can sim quickly for a short amount of time

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12
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Inferior mouth

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eats what below them
sand feeders
bethic

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13
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superior mouth

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eats whats above them

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14
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Terminal

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eats whats below them
Chases its food

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15
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strong beak

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used to scrape food of hard surfaces

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16
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Turbular

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used to pick at food

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17
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Small mouth

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sucks things like plankton or algea

18
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countershading

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makes it difficult for others fish to see it from above or below

19
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Molted

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makes it easy to hide in rocks and/or on the sea floor

20
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Mimicing surrounding

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Ambush prey
hide from predators

21
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Stripes

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blend in to vegetation

22
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stripe through the eye

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camoflage

23
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False eye spot

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confuses predator or prey

24
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Oppeculumn

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Flexible bont plate that covers gills

25
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Latteral line

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Dettects vibrations in the water
schools

26
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swimming bladder

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helps maintain boyuncy

27
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Gills

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obtain oxygen out of the water

28
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Claudal fin

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helps propel the fish through the water

29
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pectoral fin

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Balance

30
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ventral/anal fin

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balance and steering

31
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dorsal fin

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balance and protection

32
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invertabrates

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sponges
cnidarians
molluscs
echinoderms
anthropods

33
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cnidarians

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coals
jellyfish
radi symmetry

34
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molluscs

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abalone
limpets
soft unsegmeted body
shell

35
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echinoderms

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star fish
sea urchins
starlike apperance

36
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anthropods

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lobster
shrimp
crabs
exoskeleton
crustetions

37
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sponges

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multicelluar

38
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vertabates

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fish
mammals
birds
retiles

39
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fish

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flathead
mulloway
barramundi
gills
scales
fins

40
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mammals

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blue whales
sea lions
breath air through lungs
warm blooded have hair

41
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Birds

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Grey gull
albatross
fairy penguins
dense waterproof feathers

42
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reptiles

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Sea snake
scaly skin that keeps moisture in