Scientific Name
Ictaluridae
What is Catfish
How many types of fins are there?
4
The back end of the body
Posterior
What is a lake habitat?
A body of freshwater.
Percichthyidae
What is Temperate Bass
Sharks, Skates, and Rays have what type of fin?
Placoid
What is the anterior?
Front end of the body
Where do 41% of all fish inhabit?
Freshwater Habitat
Cyprinidae
What is minnows and carps
Gars have what kind of fin?
Ganoid
The back or upper surface
Dorsal
Define a stream habitat.
A natural body of water flowing in a natural channel from higher elevation to lower elevation by force of gravity
Centrarchidae
What is Sunfish
What are the four types of fins?
Placoid, Ganoid, Cycloid, Ctenoid
What is ventral?
The under or lower part
What are examples of a littoral habitat?
Beaches, Salt marshes, Mudflats, Estuaries
Salmonidae
What is Trout
The fish that have Cycloid fins are?
Salmonidae fish
What is the lateral line?
A system of sensory organs found in fish, used to detect movement, vibration, and pressure gradients in the surrounding water
What are purposeful and accidental reefs?
Purposeful- intentional submergence of things to be used for reef habitat
Accidental- oil rigs or ship wrecks that reefs latch and grow on