Jawless Fish
Hagfish and Lampreys
What are the two types of jawless fish?
A bony fish
What is a perch, flounder, goldfish, seahorse, etc?
Three main categories of cartilage fish.
What are rays, sharks and skates?
All fish have this
What is a vertebrate, gills or nose?
Used for breathing
What are gills?
They clean up the ocean floors by eating dead fish
What are hagfish?
A sea anemone's tentacles don't harm this fish.
What is a clown fish?
Smaller than rays and usually don't have a stinger
What is a skate?
This is the largest fish in the world
What is a whale shark?
Number of chambers in a fish's heart
What is two?
They can weaken or kill other fish by sucking on them
What is a lamprey?
These are found in pockets on the sides of a fishes head
What are gills?
gills are located on the bottom of this cartilage fish
What is a sting ray or manta ray?
A sting ray's defense mechanism
What is a string ray's tail?
Senses movement and vibrations
What is the lateral line?
Hagfish release ____ when attacked.
What is slime?
This structure helps keep fish buoyant.
What is a swim bladder?
gills are located on the sides of this cartilage fish
What are sharks?
This the job of the male seahorse, sea dragon and pipefish.
Who carries the seahorse, sea dragon and pipefish eggs?
Used to find food and their way home
What is the nose?
How jawless fish eat
What is scraping, stabbing, and sucking their food?
This slimy substance covers the fish scales for protection.
What is mucus?
Sharks have this extra sense they use in the water hunt prey
What is electroception or electricity sensing?
The character of Dory from the Disney/Pixar movies is what type of fish?
What is a blue tang?
This organ helps detoxify the fish
What is a liver?