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
