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| (pharyngeal gill slits, dorsal nerve chord, post-anal tail, notochord) |
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| hagfishes (sometimes subphylum ; lacks true vertebrae) |
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| subclass Elasmobranchii (9 Orders) |
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| (~ 700-800 sp)sharks, skates, rays |
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| (~ 35) ratfishes, chimaeras |
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| Grade Osteichthyes (Teleostomi) |
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| Grade Osteichthyes (Teleostomi) |
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| (~36) Bichirs, reedfish, sturgeons, paddlefishes |
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| gars, bowfin, modern bony fishes (~21,000) |
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| countable structures (body segments, scales, cephalic pores, fin rays, vertebrae, etc…) |
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| measurable structures (fins, head, tail, eye diameter) |
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| holding prey; small pad-like; arranged like a wool card(catfish, perch) |
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| taller pads; small & fine(needlefish) |
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doglike; piercing and holding
(pike, walleye, viperfish, snapper) |
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crushing and grinding
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sharp edge; cutting
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– taking bites
(piranha, shark) |
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– in throat
(carp, sucker) |
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Quick bursts of speed
Contracts quickly (also fatigues quickly) |
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Sustained swimming
Contracts slowly (hard to fatigue) |
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Used in sustained swimming
Recruited after red, but before white |
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| Yellow Muscle is comparable to... |
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to red muscle!@
- Antarctic family of fishes |
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