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53 Cards in this Set
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fish are ______ blooded _______ chambered heart ________ circulatory system _______ for respiration Integument covered with ______ ______ _______ for sensory reception ______ secreted for protection from infection Paired _________ modified as ______
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cold two closed gills scales lateral line mucus appendages, fins |
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Class Agnatha: The _______ _______ |
Jawless Fishes |
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Not all lampreys are _________ |
parasitic |
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Lampreys spawn in _______ ________ |
freshwater streams |
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the larval forms of lampreys are called _________ |
ammocoetes |
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Class Chondrichthyes - __________ ________ |
Cartilaginous fishes |
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what are example of class chondrichthyes? |
sharks, skates, and rays |
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Holocephali: The _______ |
Chimaeras |
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Class Chondrichthyes evolved from ______ _______ |
Bony Fishes |
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Class Chondrichthyes: _________ scales ____________ tails gills located under ______ ______ ________: Nose of Shark |
placoid heterocercal gill slits rostrum |
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Class Chondrichthyes: _________ of Lorenzini _________ _______ system containing special sense organs called _________ |
Ampullae Lateral line neuromasts |
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Sharks have no ______ ________ and maintain neutral buoyancy with ______ known as ______ produced in their _________ |
swim bladder oil, squalene liver |
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All sharks have ________ _________ with males inserting _______ into the cloaca of the female |
internal fertilization claspers |
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Sharks don't reach sexual maturity until about the age of _________ |
15-35 |
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eggs are laid almost immediately after fertilization and are nourished by the yolk |
oviparous |
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eggs are retained in the oviduct after fertilization and are still nourished by the yolk |
ovoviviparous |
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young are born live from a placental LIKE attachment and are nourished from maternal bloodstream |
viviparous |
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More than ______ of all chondrichthyans are _______. There are ______ species altogether of sharks, skates, and rays. |
half, rays 850 |
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Rays are __________, while skates are __________ |
viviparous oviparous |
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odd looking fishes with only 31 species left in the world |
the chimaeras |
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chimaeras have characteristics of both _______ fishes and __________ fishes, but are classified with the latter |
bon and cartilaginous |
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bony fishes- Class ____________ |
Osteichthyes |
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subclass of the Class Osteichthyes that are freshly finned lungfishes and the lobe finned Coelacanth |
Subclass Sacropterygii |
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These fishes have a _______ tail structure.
__________ are found only in the following continents and are the only _____ species. |
diphycercal
Lungfishes 6 |
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The ________, a ___ ______ fish, was thought to have been extinct for over _______ million years. In 1938, one was caught off the coast of __________ |
coelacanth, lobe finned 70 Madagascar |
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Sublass Actinopterygii- ________ ________ fishes |
Ray finned |
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Actinopterygii is the most ________ of all fishes |
numerous |
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what are the two groups exist in the Subclass Actinopterygii? |
ancient bony fishes and modern bony fishes |
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gars and bowfins, which have _______ scales |
ancient bony fishes ganoid |
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modern day fishes are also called ________ |
teleosts |
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teleosts are the most _________ and ________ of all fishes. They have _______ and ________ scales |
numerous and successful cycloid ctenoid |
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a large cartilaginous flap that covers the gills |
operculum |
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most bony fishes have a ______ _______ |
swim bladder |
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______ gulp air into their swim bladder through a ___________ ______ |
trout pneumatic duct |
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all other bony fishes with swim bladders have remarkable network of capillaries known as the _______ _______ |
rete mirabile |
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Most of the bony fishes have a _________ tail
Fish swim using _________ and ______ muscles |
homocercal
trunk and tail |
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Muscle bands are called __________ |
myomeres |
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_________ is more efficient than flying or walking |
swimming |
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________ fins are used for maintaining position or slight movement |
pectoral |
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________ fins used for directional movement |
pelvic |
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__________ flow of the water through the gills maximizes oxygen contact with the bloodstream |
countercurrent |
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Feeding: the vast majority of fishes are _________ |
carnivores |
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The next largest group are ________ |
herbivores |
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the smallest group are the ________ _______ |
filter feeders |
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Carnivorous _________ feeders have ___________ bacteria or chemicals in special organs or sacs |
luminous, bioluminescent |
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__________ fishes live in fresh water and swim to salt water to reproduce |
catadromous |
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__________ fishes live in salt water and swim to fresh water to reproduce |
anadromous |
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most teleosts, fishes have separate males and females and external fertilzation |
dioecious |
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the vast majority are _________ |
oviparous |
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________ is the process of reproducing in fishes |
Spawning |
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_________ actually smell their way home by _______ |
salmon odor |
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a few teleosts have ______ _________, using a modified fin known as a _________ |
internal fertilization gonopodium
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Live bearing is the most _________ method for fertilzation |
efficient |