Fish Taxonomy
Fish Anatomy & Adaptation
Amphibian Taxonomy
Amphibian Anatomy & Adaptation
Potpourri
100
All members of Phylum Chordata share this feature/characteristic:
What is a notochord?
100
Water moves over the surface of these structures to accomplish gas exchange in fish.
What are gills?
100
All amphibians belong to this Phylum.
What is Chordata?
100
The reason all amphibians are still in someway dependent on aquatic environments at some stage of their life cycle:
What is: They have to return to the water to lay their eggs, which are soft and jelly-like, otherwise they would dry out?
100
In addition to lungs & gills, many amphibians also breathe through their _______________________.
What is skin?
200
Superclass Gnathostoma includes all fishes that have this feature/characteristic:
What are jaws?
200
This structure is used to regulate buoyancy in fish, and later evolved into lungs in terrestrial vertebrates.
What is the swim bladder?
200
All ambhibians belong to this taxonomic Class:
What is Amphibia?
200
Most amphibians are (carnivores or herbivores) as adults and (carnivores or herbivores) as larvae.
What is carnivores as adults and herbivores as larvae?
200
Named after the Latin word for "sewer" this is the structure through which liquid & solid waste, as well as reproductive gametes, exit the body of amphibians, reptiles, & birds.
What is cloaca?
300
Cartilaginous fish (including sharks, skates, & rays) belong to this Class of fish:
What is Chondrichthyes?
300
Most fish reproduction occurs: (externally/internally)
What is externally?
300
Frogs and Toads belong to this taxonomic Order:
What is Anura?
300
This is the largest organ of the body in a frog and consists of three lobes.
What is the liver?
300
This ancient lobe-finned fish known first through the fossil record was thought to be extinct for centuries until being rediscovered in modern times.
What is the coelocanth?
400
Class of fish that includes ray-finned fish (like the perch for example).
What is Actinopterygii?
400
The structure the probe is pointing to on the perch.
What is the dorsal fin?
400
Newts and Salamanders belong to this taxonomic Order:
What is Caudata?
400
Mate selection in frogs & toads vs. mate selection in salamanders and newts in that:
What is: frogs & toads select mates by auditory cues & tactile cues, while salamanders & newts select mates by visual & chemical cues?
400
Likely common ancestor of terrestrial amphibians that lived 365 mya:
What is Ichthyostega?
500
Class that includes lobe-finned fish (such as lungfish & the coelocanth) and the earliest ancestor(s) of modern vertebrates.
What is Sarcopterygii?
500
The hardened flap of tissue that covers and protects the gills of bony fish is called the:
What is operculum?
500
Caecilians (legless amphibians) belong to this taxonomic Order:
What is Gymnophiona?
500
Small, green, and pea-like, this organ sits underneath the liver and stores and concentrates bile.
What is the gallbladder?
500
The discovery of this fossil species, sometimes referred to as a "fishapod" is thought to be one of the first terrestrial vertebrates, and shared characteristics with both fish and amphibians.
What is Tiktaalik?
