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Fish Physiology
Fish Physiology/ other
non-sport fish
Sport fish and non sport
100
Jaws meet at tip of snout, angles down from snout, jaws in middle of head, point straight forward, and both jaws are same length
What is terminal mouth
100
Fish use _____ for oxygen exchange?
What is gills
100
Helps retain fish's bouyancy and sense high-frequency sounds?
What is swim bladder
100
this fish has a cone shaped head with "moustache" in front of eye, and barbels.
what is longnose dace.
100
scales very sensitve to removal when fish handled with bare hands?
What is non sport shinners
200
Jaws met behind tip of snout
What is subterminal mouth
200
Gill covering bone, used primarily for pike?
What is operculum.
200
Cells that are connected to the lateral line that sense water movement?
What is neuromasts
200
this non sport fish's head puffs up in breading season
What is fathead minnow
200
this sport fish's latin name is Lota lota
What is burbot
300
both lips on underside
What is fleshy, ventral mouth
300
Filter out sediment
What is gill rakers and filaments
300
measured from tip of snout to tip of caudal fin?
What is Length
300
this fish has seven gill openings and is parasitic
What is arctic lamprey
300
what type of sport is alberta 's provincial fish and that you are not allowed to keep?
What is bull trout
400
long, wisker like feeler
What is barbel
400
located at tip of snout, used to smell with?
What is nares
400
bone between the gills and pectoral fin, used primarily for pike?
What is Cleithrum
400
these fish have ventral mouths and a cartalige scraping ridge
What is suckers
400
the difference between sauger and walleye
What is spots on dorsal and no white spot on caudal
500
Organ that detects vibrations
What is lateral line
500
Fish hear through three small bones in the inner ear called?
What is otoliths
500
Take from behind pectoral fin for spiny-rayed fish such as walleye and sauger? used for ageing
What is scales
500
this type of spawning ( breeding ) male has orange spots on base of pectoral fin?
What is lake chub
500
this type of sport fish when dorsal fin pressed down goes past it's base?
What is lake whitefish