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Class Actinopterygii Habitat
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| Most effective respiratory structure in the animal kingdom |
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Movable flap covering each gill
Pumps water over gills
Allows fish to breath even when stationary |
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Supports paired fins
Increased support and stiffness
Ability to be folded against body for maneuvering |
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Symmetrical, balanced muscular contractions of the upper and lower tail surfaces
Generates faster swimming |
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Streamlined body shape
Minimizes drag during swimming |
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Two nostrils
Two eyes w/o eyelids
Terminal mouth w/ sm teeth
Two gills w/ bony operculum |
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Female- Single opening for release of eggs and metabolic wastes
Male- separate genital pore and urinary opening |
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Large image forming sight organs
Lack eyelids |
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EXTERNAL ANATOMY
Nostrils
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Paired openings in dorsum of head
Leads to olfactory receptors |
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| Lower jawbone bearing teeth for prey capture |
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EXTERNAL ANATOMY
Maxilla
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Upper jawbone bearing teeth for prey capture
Fused to skull |
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EXTERNAL ANATOMY
Opercula
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Paired bony flaps that cover gills
Attached anteriorly and dorsally
Opens posteriorly and ventrally for release of water |
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EXTERNAL ANATOMY
Pectoral Fins
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Steering and braking while swimming
Maintenance of dorsal-ventral orientation while suspended |
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EXTERNAL ANATOMY
Pelvic Fins |
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EXTERNAL ANATOMY
Caudal Fin
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Provides thrust
Acts like a rudder |
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EXTERNAL ANATOMY
Dorsal Fin |
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EXTERNAL ANATOMY
Lateral Lines
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Specialized sensory organs
Detects vibrations and current directions in the water |
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INTERNAL ANATOMY
Tongue
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Manipulation of food
Chemosensory reception |
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| Contain capillary beds for gas exchange for respiration |
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Two-chambered organ (one atrium, one ventricle)
Pumps deoxygenated blood to gills for oxygenation then to rest of body |
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Lrg whitish organ that detoxifies absorbed nutrients
Stores lipids and glycogen |
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INTERNAL ANATOMY
Gallbladder |
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| Stores bile produced by liver |
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INTERNAL ANATOMY
Spleen
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Stores blood
Recycles worn-out red blood cells |
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INTERNAL ANATOMY
Pyloric Ceca
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Three short pouches extends from the small intestine
Increases digestive surface area of the intestine |
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INTERNAL ANATOMY
Stomach
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Food storage
Initiation of digestion |
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INTERNAL ANATOMY
Small Intestine
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Digestion of food from stomach
Nutrient absorption into bloodstream |
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| Terminal portion of intestinal tract |
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INTERNAL ANATOMY
Testes (male)
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Paired organs that produce sperm
Sperm released through genital pore |
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INTERNAL ANATOMY
Ovary (female)
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Single, fused organ that produce eggs
Eggs go through oviduct
Released through urogenital pore |
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INTERNAL ANATOMY
Urinary Bladder |
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| Storage organ for ammonia |
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INTERNAL ANATOMY
Vertebrae
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Provides support
Houses the dorsal nerve cord
Articulates w/ the ribs |
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INTERNAL ANATOMY
Swim Bladder
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Hollow, gas-filled sac
Buoyancy organ |
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| Paired tubes that transport kidney filtrate (ammonia) to the urinary bladder |
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| Filters nitrogenous wastes from the blood |
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Phylum
Subphylum
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Chordata
Vertebrata
Actinopterygii
Morone americana (white perch) |
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Premaxilla
Dentary
Branchial Skeleton
Orbit
Opercular Bones
Pectoral Girdle
Pelvic Girdle
Pectoral Fin
Anterior Dorsal Fin
Pelvic Fin
Ribs
Vertebral Column
Posterior Dorsal Fin
Anal Fin
Caudal Fin |
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Dermal Exoskeleton
Bony Endoskeleton |
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| Thin walled sack, dark filled w/ blood |
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| Lighter in color, muscular |
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| Age can be told by the rings on fishes scales |
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Urinary pore (males)
Urogenital pore (females) |
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| Deoxygenated blood returning from the body tissues collects here |
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| Blood is forced here by contractions of the ventricle |
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| Blood passes through this to the gills |
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| Single-circuit Blood System |
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| Blood leaving the heart makes a single path through the gills and all body organs before returning to the heart |
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