Cartilaginous Fish
A strong, but flexible material that makes up a shark skeleton
What is cartilage?
The name of the organ that allows bony fish to float.
What is a swim bladder?
An invertebrate class that has radial symmetry
Cnidarians
Poriferans
The organ that sharks use to create buoyancy.
What is an oily liver?
The name of the covering on a bony fish's gills.
What is an operculum?
The Ampullae of Lorenzini picks up this kind of information.
What is electrical fields or signals?
The name for the type of scales that a cartilaginous fish/shark has.
What is placoid scales
This term describes the type os scales bony fish have.
What is cycloid or ctenoid scales?
This word describes a person that eats only fish
What is pescaterian?
Sharks and rays breathe through these.
What are gill slits?
This external feature of fish detects vibrations, pressure changes, and water movement, allowing them to sense their environment
What is the lateral line?
The biggest immediate threat to marine wildlife
What is overfishing
The name for the organ through which sharks intake water.
What is a spiracle?
The difference between shark and perch livers"
What is shark liver helps with buoyancy due to higher fat content?
Which two marine invertebrate classes have a hard outer shell or skeleton?
What are mollusks and arthropods