Fish Quiz Marine

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Anal

Where do Pacific salmon spawn?

In freshwater rivers and streams

Ability to float or sink is referred to as..

buoyancy

fish migrate from their aquatic (freshwater) habitat into the ocean to breed (some eels)

catadromous

Tail fin can also be called

caudal fin

class name for cartilage fish

chondrichthyes

Pigment cells in the skin of a fish

chromatophores

Which of the following is NOT a structure found in bony fishes?

claspers

direct transfer of sperm from male to female

copulation

Tool used in identification and classification, that uses paired statements to ID organisms

dichotomous key

fish can tolerate a broad range of salinities

euryhaline

Structure that allows fish to take in dissolved oxygen from the water.

gill

The study of fish is called...

ichthyology

mouth opens to below, bottom feeder

inferior

the skin of the fish is referred to as the

integument

Which of the following statements is NOT likely accurate about this fish, based on his external features?

it feeds from above, looking for prey along the seafloor below it

sensory cells that line the side of a fish detecting vibrations

lateral line

Contains sperm from a male fish

milt

Protective covering on the eye of a shark

nictitating membrane

Gill cover in a bony fish

operculum

Where is the arrow pointing?

operculum

process of maintaining an internal balance of salt and water in a fish's body

osmoregulation

Term used to describe reproduction when eggs are laid outside the females body.

oviparous

born as males, then develop into females

protandric hermaphrodites

born as females, and transform later into males

protogynous hermaphrodites

release gametes into the water

spawning

when females swim upstream to lay eggs and males follow to fertilize them

spawning

restricted to a particular salinity range

stenohaline

mouth opens to surface, surface feeder to hunts from below

superior

Structure used to regulate buoyancy in a bony fish

swim bladder

mouth shape is

terminal

What will happen to a freshwater fish if you put it into the ocean?

the amount of salt it takes in will be too much for it's body

Subphylum for many chordates chondrichythes

Vertebrate

Grouping of fish that traveled long distance

aggregates

Class for jawless fish like the lamprey

Agnatha

Which of these groups could you refer to as 'fishes?'

Both groups are 'fishes' because they include more than a single type of fish

F

Caudal

D

Dorsal

Some one who studies fish is a (an) ??

Ichthyologist

class for bony fish that includes the seahorse

Osteichthyes

A

Pectoral

B

Pelvic

Which is NOT true of fish species that spawn?

The eggs start very large

What is happening here?

these fish are spawning eggs and sperm

What is the function of a fish's gills?

to obtain oxygen from the water

long snout acts like a vacuum, sucking up prey from nooks and crannies

tubular

Which is the fastest fish?

tuna

live birth - embryo nurtured by umbilical cord

viviparous

Ninety percent of bony fish are oviparous, meaning the embryo receives nourishment from the

yolk sac