Types of Fish
Systems
Dah- Dah-Dah- Dah-Dah-Shark!
WOW THATS FISHY!
Characteristics of Fish
100
The skeltons of sharks and agnathans are made up of this tough, flexible material.
What is cartilage
100

What is an organ found in bony fishes that allows fish to control their depth in water?

What is a swim bladder?

100
The name for the organ that senses electrical signals in sharks
What is the Ampullae of Lorenzini
100

What does it mean when an organism is Ectothermic?

What is being coldblooded?

100

These are thin bony plates formed from the skin that cover a fish.

What are scales?

200

What does the term Osteichthyes mean?

What is bony fish

200
An organ in fish that exchanges gas.
What are gills?
200

Type of scales sharks have

What are placoid/ dermal denticles

200

How long have sharks been present on Earth?

What is 430 million years?

200
The name of the two gases exchanged in the gills
What are oxygen and carbon dioxide
300

What are some organisms within the class agnatha?

What are hagfish, lamprey?
300

What are the 3 senses a shark uses to hunt its prey?

What is smell, hearing and electrical impulses.

300

This body part in a shark helps protect their eyes when they are hunting prey?

What is the nictitating membrane?

300

What tail fin shape is most associated with predatory fish?

What is a lunate tail?

300

What is viviparous?

What is live birth?

400
Type of Chondrichtyen that may have sharp spines that contain poison on the long tail.
What are rays.
400
A line of fluid-filled canals running along the sides of the fish. They detect movement and vibrations in the water.
What is the lateral line system?
400
What is an adaptation a shark has to keep it afloat?

What is an oily liver, what are specialized fins?

400

What body form is most common in bottom dwelling fish?

What is depressiform?

400
Name the three classes of fish.
What are Agnatha, Chondrichthyes, and Ostichthyes.
500

The 3 classes of fish belong in what Kingdom and Phylum?

What is Kingdom Animalia and Phylum Chordata?

500

Male sharks have these to grasp on to a female?

What are claspers?

500

Why sharks need to keep swimming?

What is they need to be constantly moving to get oxygen over their gills.

500
technical name for the gill covering
What is the operculum
500
The three main functions of fins.
What are to steer, balance, and swimming