Fish & Fisheries
This fin is found between the dorsal and caudal fins in members of the Salmonidae family.
What is the adipose fin?
This is the taxonomic rank that comes directly above "Family".
What is Order?
This mammal has the densest fur of any in North America and lacks blubber.
What is the Sea Otter?
These paired fins help a fish steer and brake
What are pectoral fins?
These four major factors are known as the "4 Hs" affecting salmon populations.
What are Harvest, Hatcheries, Hydroelectric dams, and Habitat loss?
This fish has a superior mouth and is commonly found near the surface of lakes and slow streams.
What is a stickleback (or surface-oriented fish)?
The species name of the Virginia Opossum.
What is Didelphis virginiana?
These hooved mammals have a 4-chambered stomach and include species like moose and mountain goats.
What are ruminants (Order Artiodactyla)?
The structure used in suction feeding that creates negative pressure.
What is the buccal cavity or gill cover (operculum)?
This term describes a fish species that migrates from saltwater to freshwater to spawn.
What is anadromous?
The type of caudal fin that is asymmetrical, with the vertebral column extending into the upper lobe.
What is a heterocercal tail?
The family that includes deer, moose, and caribou.
What is Cervidae?
The difference between antlers and horns.
What are antlers are shed and branched; horns are permanent and unbranched?
The three types of muscle found in fish.
What are white, red, and pink muscle?
This concept explains how similar species meet and hybridize after being separated by glaciation.
What is a suture zone?
Name three species in the family Salmonidae found in BC.
What are Rainbow Trout, Chum Salmon, and Arctic Grayling?
Name two orders of amphibians found in BC.
What are Anura and Caudata?
The family that includes bobcats and cougars.
What is Felidae?
A fish with a long gut and few, if any, pyloric caeca is likely this type of feeder.
What is a herbivore or detritivore?
This BEC zone contains species like the mountain goat and thin-horned sheep, and was affected by glacial refugia.
What is the Alpine or Subalpine zone?
This species is known for filter feeding and has long, fine gill rakers.
What is Cisco or Whitefish?
The full classification of Oncorhynchus mykiss from Order to Species.
What is Order Salmoniformes, Family Salmonidae, Genus Oncorhynchus, Species mykiss?
This species is considered endemic to BC and may have survived glaciation in a local refugium.
What is the Vancouver Island Marmot?
Fish with this body shape are highly maneuverable and often live in complex habitats like reefs or vegetation.
What is deep-bodied or compressiform?
The anatomical adaptation allowing fish to maintain buoyancy in the water.
What is a swim bladder?