Test 3. chapters 9,10,11,12 LOL Flashcards
What is the one type of fish that is not a vertebrate?
Hagfish
What is the feeding apparatus of a hagfish?
2 dental plates and a rasping tongue with horny denticles ….
Denticles: serrations. like a steak knife bitch
Hagfish
Scavengers/ predators Bottom dwellers (benthic) "slime eels" Lack jaws Lack vertebrae Lack paired fins and scales Skeleton made of cartilage
big limp dick energy
What do Hagfish do for defense?
Produce gelatinous fluids…..
Feeding apparatus of lampreys
Oral disk with a rasping tongue covered in denticles
Characteristics of jawed fish
- Most have paired fins (pectoral and pelvic fins)
- Scales
What are the two groups of jawed fishes?
Cartilaginous fish: skeleton made of cartilage (eg. sharks)
Bony fishes: bony skeleton plus a protective covering over the gills (operculum) and moveable fins (eg. salmon)
Cartilaginous fishes
eg. Sharks, Skates, Rays, Chimaeras.
- skeleton of cartilage
- process jaws and paired fins
- PLACOID scales cover skin
Sharks
- Top predator (key stone species)
- excellent swimmer (heterocercal tail)
- males have (claspers)
- ventral mouth with rows of teeth
- exploited for meat, fins, oil, leather, cartilage :(
Similarities of Skates and Rays
- Enlarged pectoral fins
- No anal fin
- Reduced dorsal and caudal fins
- Adapted to bottom dwelling.
- Gill slits on ventral side
- Eyes and spiracles on top of the head
- Specialized teeth from crushing
annette ENRAGES me. there easy to remember
Special skates and rays
Electric rays ………electric organs
Sting rays …………..venomous barbs RIP Steve Irwin
Sawfishes……………series of barbs
Differences between skates and rays
RAYS
- long thin tail
- 1 lobed pelvic fin
- Flap pectoral fins to swim
- ovoviviparous
SKATES
- fleshy tail with 2 small dorsal fins
- 2 lobed pelvic fin
- wiggle wave pectoral fins to swim
- oviparous
Salmon life cycle
1) Egg
2) Alevin
3) Fry
4) Fingerling/parr
5) Smolt
6) Adult
Elephants are fairly fucking smart animals
Salmon life cycle “Egg phase”
- Female salmon digs a nest called a “redd” in freshwater gravel.
- After eggs are laid a male will fertilize them.
- They hatch in spring.
Salmon life cycle “Alevin phase”
- Tiny alevins life in the gravel while they absorb their yolk sac.
Salmon life cycle “Fry phase”
- Finish absorbing their yolk sac they leave the gravel and feed on tiny aquatic insects.
Salmon life cycle “Fingerling/parr phase”
- Scales and working fins
Salmon life cycle “Smolt phase”
- Young salmon that migrate directly to the ocean
(eg. Pink and Chum salmon)
NOT KING, COHO, and SOCKEYE..they stay in freshwater for 1-3 years before migrating to the ocean.
What colour are Chum, Coho, Pink and King salmon before entering back into freshwater as adults?
Silver
How many years do Chum, Coho and King salmon spend in the ocean before entering back into freshwater?
3-5 years
How many years do Pink salmon spend in the ocean before entering back into fresh water?
2 years
How do fish migrate?
Sun, magnetic fields, currents, temperature gradients and food supply to find their “natal stream”.
Use odor to navigate upstream.
Natal stream: Native stream. Some adult fish will return “home” to were they were born to reproduce.
Anadromous
Fish that are born in freshwater then spend most of their life in saltwater just to return back to freshwater to spawn.
(eg. salmon)
Catadromous
Freshwater eels. Are born in sea water then spend most of their lives in fresh water then travel back to seawater to spawn.