Something Fishy
This species of fish was used for our dissection lab.
What are Perch?
Fish depend on these for steering and balance.
What are fins?
Class Agnatha represents these types of fish.
What are jawless fish?
Amphibians rely on this organ to do most of their breathing.
What is the skin?
The process by which eggs are laid in the water and then fertilized with sperm.
What is spawning?
Bony fish are divided into these two groups.
What are ray-finned and lobe-finned fish?
These are tooth-like, diamond shape, cone-shaped, or round and protect the fish.
What are scales?
Class Osteichthyes represents these type of fish.
What are the bony fish?
Tailess amphibians, such as frogs and toads, belong to this order.
What is Anura?
The life cycle of amphibians involves this when the tadpoles hatch with gills and tail, but they gradually grow legs and lungs, while losing the gills and tail.
What is metamorphosis?
This species of fish is best known for its anadromous life cycle.
What are salmon?
What is ectothermic?
Class Chondrichthyes represents these type of fish.
What are Cartilaginous fish?
This amphibian has a gland behind its eyes that secretes toxins.
What is a toad?
Producing young by laying eggs that hatch later.
What is oviparous?
The special organs on a shark's head and nose that allow them to detect weak electrical fields.
What is the ampullae of Lorenzini?
The number of chambers in an amphibian's heart minus the number of chambers in a fish's heart.
What is one?
This order of amphibians have a tail and legs, and it includes salamanders, newts, and mudpuppies.
What is caudata ?
(also urodela is acceptable)
The largest species of frog.
What is the Goliath frog?
Producing live young that received nutrients and oxygen directly from the mother.
What is viviparous?
A species of lobed-finned fish considered to be a "living fossil" because it was once thought to be extinct.
What are coelacanths?
This organ is found just below the backbone and helps a fish regulate water depths.
What is the swim bladder?
This order of amphibian has a tail but no legs and is also known as caecilians.
What is apoda?
This defense mechanism is common in frogs and uses bright colors to warn predators of danger due to toxicity or bad taste.
What is aposematic coloration?
Producing young by means of eggs that are hatched inside one of the parents.