Hook, line, and thinker
This geologic period is known as the “Age of Fish,” when fish diversified rapidly.
What is the Devonian period?
Some fish can warm specificregions of thier body above the ambient water temperature in a processes known as what?
What is Regional Endothermy
This class of fish is characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, and includes species like sharks and rays
What is chondrichthyes
This light-producing adaptation helps with communication and prey capture in deep-sea fish.
What is bioluminescence?
A fish with long, close together gill rakers may feed on what?
What is plankton
This extinct class of fishes is known for having heavy dermal armor plating.
What are Placodermi?
These types of names are not italicized and are not globally standardized.
What are common names?
This class of fish includes bony fish, and is the most species rich
What is Osteichthyes
What is Blue
Fish that spawn in freshwater but mature in saltwater are known as what?
What are anadromous fish
This structure in fish is used for both hearing and balance and is often used for aging individuals.
What is an otolith?
This compound helps stabilize proteins under high pressure.
what is TMAO
Petromyzontida is a class of fish known by what common name
What are lamprey
This adaptation increases oxygen extraction efficiency in low-oxygen waters.
What are large gill surface areas?
Molariform teeth (flat and round) are found in fish that it what?
What are molluscs
This term describes fish that tolerate only a narrow range of temperatures.
What is stenothermal?
This feeding strategy involves swimming forward to engulf prey.
What is ram feeding?
This class of bony fishes includes the ray-finned fishes, which make up the majority of modern species.
What is Actinopterygii?
These structures connect the gas bladder to the inner ear, which helps enhance hearing
What are Weberian ossicles
In this repreoductive strategy, often characterized by low maternal care, eggs develop outside the body?
What is oviparity
This effect describes individuals quickly joining a coordinated group when others organize.
What is the Trafalgar effect?
This reproductive strategy uses sperm only to trigger development, not contribute DNA.
What is hybridogenesis?
Hagfishes belong to this class of jawless fish
What is Myxiniformes?
The temperature at which fish loses equilibrium is also known as what
CTmax (critical thermal maximum)
These sensory organs are found in sharks and rays and detect electrical signals.
What are the ampullae of Lorenzini?