Chapter 8 - Fish

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Dinner anyone?

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So many fish in the sea - 100 pts

Bony fishes have this to help them maintain buoyancy

Swim bladder

So many fish in the sea - 200 pts

The class of bony fishes

Osteichthyes

So many fish in the sea - 300 pts

Class of the most primitive of fish

Agnatha

So many fish in the sea - 400 pts

Most fish have this and it has resulted in a wide variety of feeding strategies.

Hinged jaw

So many fish in the sea - 500 pts

I didn’t eat something bad, this is the scientific study of fishes

ichthyology

Nice body - 100 pts

Fish are protected by a layer of this

scales

Nice body - 200 pts

Tuna and sailfish are streamlined and built for ________.

speed

Nice body - 300 pts

This is defined as the ability to survive and reproduce

Fitness

Nice body - 400 pts

She’s black and white. This is the coloration pattern of many fish.

countershading

Nice body - 500 pts

My oh my. These muscles drive the s-shaped swimming pattern in fish.

myomeres

Dinner anyone? - 100 pts

The structure of this reveals the dietary habits of fish.

mouth

Dinner anyone? - 200 pts

This group of fishes have a long and coiled gut to process difficult to digest

material.

herbivores

Dinner anyone? - 300 pts

Bile is secreted by the _____.

Liver

Dinner anyone? - 400 pts

Gill rakers

This part of the gill helps filter feeders catch food.DAILY

DOUBLE!!!!

Dinner anyone? - 500 pts

The slender tubes at the end of the intestine

Pyloric caeca

Behave yourself! - 100 pts

The organ unique to fish that allows them to detect vibrations in the water.

Lateral line

Behave yourself! - 200 pts

This behavior may be used as a predator deterrent, during times of spawning or

migration, for example.

schooling

Behave yourself! - 300 pts

Some fish display territorial behavior. This very aggressive fish protects its algae

“farm.”

damsel

Behave yourself! - 400 pts

The name for when clownfish start as a male and when the dominant female

dies, the most dominant male will become female and take her place.

protandry

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A fish that is an egg carrier and also gives birth to live young.

ovoviviparous

Is This Really Going to be on the Test?! - 100 pts

This bony plate covers the fish’s gills.

operculum

Is This Really Going to be on the Test?! - 200 pts

Fish nostrils

Nares

Is This Really Going to be on the Test?! - 300 pts

For fish to see, the _____ of the lens changes, like a camera

position

Is This Really Going to be on the Test?! - 400 pts

The taste buds on a catfish are found on these.

barbles

Is This Really Going to be on the Test?! - 500 pts

This is the name of the area just before the caudal fin where the muscles are

concentrated and body thinner

Caudal peduncle

FINAL JEOPARDY

Category –Swim, swim, swim.

Answer

This fish was discovered in 1938 and before was though to be extinct.

coelacanth