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Notochord
rod of tissue that supports body
Hepatic portal system
from GI tract to liver
Ostracoderms
"shell-skinned" fish. Jawless, extinct.
Agnatha
Jawless. Most primitive
Cyclostomata Orders & examples
Petromyzontiformes- Lamprey
Myxiniformes- Hagfish
Placoderms
1st jawed vertebrate (extinct)
Chondricthyes
Sharks & rays
Chondricthyes Subclasses
Elasmobranchii
Holocephali
Osteichthyes
Bony fish
Osteichthyes classes
Sarcopterygii
Actinopterygii
Charles Lineas
Binomial nomenclature guy
Rhinodon
Whale Shark
Diadromous
can go btwn fresh & salt water
Anadromous
Reproduce in fresh, then migrate to sea to mature
Oncorhynchus
Pacific Salmon
Catadromous
Reproduce in sea, then migrate to fresh to mature.
Anquilla
Freshwayer eels
Ectotherm
"cold-blooded". Controls temp. through external means.
Endotherm
Internal temp. control.
Periophthalmus
Mudskipper. Carries water in gill sac, climbs trees.
Protopterus
Lungfish
Dermatocranium
bone from skin
Chondrocranium
cartilaginous cover
Splanchnocranium
derived from gill arches
Cyclostomes
Most primitive fish. No jaw.
Osteichthyes skull
Many dermal bones, lots of kinesis.
# fish gill arches
6
# shark gill arches
5
# Teleost gill arches
4
Gill lamellae
soft filaments on rakers. Take O2 from water.
1st gill arch
Manibular. Palatoquadrate & Meckel's Cartilage.
2nd gill arch (name & function)
Hyomandibular. Attaches 1st arch to rest of cranium.
Amphicoelous definition
both surfaces are concave
Myotome
Muscle segment
Fish circulatory order
Heart--->gills--->body--->heart
Renal portal system
Drains caudal vein into kidney
Chaenocephalus
Ice fish
No air bladder
Flounder
Mackerel
Physostomous air bladder
evagination from pharynx. Fill by gulping air.
Physoclistous air bladder
not attached to pharynx. Filled by circulatory system.
Ostariophysi
2nd largest superorder of fish. Have Weberian ossicles.
Weberian ossicles
modified vertebrae that connect air bladder to ear
Holonephros
"hypothetical"
Pronephros
Transitional type. Kidney of larval cyclostomes.
Mesonephros
Embryonic amniotes & adult fishes.
Metanephros
In land vertebrates
Opisthonephros
In adult fishes
Oviparous
Eggs develop externally
Ovoviviparous
Egg developes inside body, but there is no placenta. The egg hatches inside parent.
Viviparous
Live birth
Chemoreceptors
taste & smell.
Well-developed in fish & amphibians
Olfactory pits
have concentrated chemoreceptors
Dipnoan
Lungfish
Anableps
"4-eyed fish"
Lenses divided into sections that allow separate focusing.
Purpose of fish ears?
Balance
Lateral line
Neuromasts (receptors) feel water currents.
Parathyroid
Helps w/ calcium metabolism.
NOT IN FISHES.
Placoid scales
Sharks & rays.
Ganoid
Gars. (diamonds)
Cosmoid scale
Lobe-finned fishes.
(Oval-ish)
Cycloid
Reptiles. (Circles)
Ctenoid
Fish w/ spiny finned rays (bass, etc.)
Circles w/ toothed outer edge.
Melanin
Browns & blacks
Carotinoids
Reds & oranges
Guanine crystals
Iridocyte.
Silver foil-y tinge.
Remora
"Sucker fish"
Dorsal fin modified as sucker.
Sarcopterygii
"Fleshy-finned fish"
Class of Osteichthyes.
Scorpaenidae
"Scorpion fish" family. Includes Lionfish
Pterois
Lionfish.
In the family Scorpaenidae.
Ichthyosarcotoxism
Poisoning from the ingestion of a poisonous fish.
Cause bioluminescence
Luciferin & Luciferase
Electric organs
Bacteria
Photophores
Special organs w/ luminescent bacteria
Ampullae of Lorenzini
Used by sharks to detect electric currents
Mormyrid
(name & what is special)
"Freshwater Elephant Fish".
Generate electric field to sense surroundings, communicate.
Electrophorus electricus
Electric eel
Electric Ray genus
Torpedo
Amphibian skulls
2 Occipital condyles
Incompletely ossified- cranial kinesis.
Amphibians evolved from
Rhipidistians (Sarcopterygii)
Amphibians 1st appeared
Devonian
Ichthyostegalia
First landliving verts. Evolved into amphibians
Zygapophyses
Protrusions on vertebrae to make spine more stable & provide for muscle attachment
Labyrinthodont
maze-like teeth
Also precursor to land amphibians-oldest SC of amphibians.
Ascaphus
Tailed frog
Pipidae
Tongueless frog
Xenopus
African clawed frog
Pipa
Surinam toad
Alytes
Midwife toad
Pelobatidae
Spadefoot toads
Scapheopus
Southern spadefoot toad
Bufonidae
Common toads
Bufo marinus
Marine toad
Dendrobatidae
Poison arrow frogs
Hylidae
Tree frogs
Source of Curare
Dendrobates
Ranidae
True frogs
Rana
Common leopard frog
Rhacophoridae
Shrub frogs
Rhacoporus
Javan flying frog
Caudata
Salamander
Crytobranchidae
Giant salamanders
Ambrystoma
Mole salamanders (Axolotl)
Neotenic
Larval form can breed
Salamandridae
Newts
Genus of Salamandridae
Triturus
Amphiuma
Congo eels
Plethodontidae
Lungless salamanders
Typhlomolge rathbuni
Texas blind salamander
Necturus
Mudpuppies
Caecilians
Look like giant earthworms
Amplexus
Male hooks onto females back & stimulates her. She releases eggs, and then he fertilizes them.
Parotid gland
Poison gland found on backs of amphibians.
Tubular glands
Found on chin of salamanders. Attracts females.
Lipophore
Red, orange, yellow chromatophores.
Melanophore
Brown & black chromatophores
Guanophore
analogous to iridiocytes of fishes (pearly)
Amphibian digits
4 in front, 5 in back
Prehallux
6 digits
Scaphiopus couchi
Spadefoot toad
Metatarsal tubercle
Prehallux adaptation modified for digging
Cladoselache
Primitive shark from Devonian
Batoidea
Rays & Skates
SC of cartilaginous fish (chondrichthyes)
Holocephali
Osteichthyes SC
Actinopterygii
Sarcopterygii