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Fish

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fish   ancestors of all land animals  
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agnatha   jawless fish that is no longer a taxonomic term  
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530 million   fish evolved __________ years ago  
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41 percent   percentage of freshwater fish species  
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26,000 living species; more than all other vertebrate groups combined   how many living fish species?  
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800 x more   fish adapted to lived in a medium __________ dense than air  
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salt and water balance   fish can adjust to _____________ of environment  
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1/20th   gills extract oxygen from water that has ___________ the oxygen of air  
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aquatic   environment both shaped and constrained fishes evolution  
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free-swimming protochordate   fish descended from __________________ ancestors  
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agnathans   earliest fish-like vertebrates include extinct ostracoderms, and living lampreys and hagfishes  
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placoderms   fish with paired appendages and jaws that went extinct in Carboniferous with no living descendants  
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cartilaginous fishes   lost heavy armor and adopted cartilage as skeleton; flourished during some periods, becoming nearly extinct during others  
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bony fish   dominant fishes today  
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ray finned and lobe finned   two distinct lineages of bony fish  
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ray finned bony fish   radiated to form modern bony fishes  
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lobe finned   sister group to tetrapods; include lungfishes and the coelacanth  
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oviparous sharks and rays   lay an egg capsule immediately after fertilization that attaches to kelp with tendrils; may take up to two years before mini adult hatches  
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ovoviviparous sharks   retain fertilized eggs in reproductive system where they are nourished by yolk of egg; "live" birth  
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viviparous sharks   nourish embryos with maternal bloodstream; "live" birth  
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live births   make it more likely more of the young survive but no other care is given after birth  
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trunk and tail muscles   propel fish forward by undulations  
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large, rigid head   minimizes yaw  
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less yaw and a fast fish   created by a very rigid body  
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tail or caudal fin   largest fin is the ___________ for rapid forward movement  
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dorsal fins and anal fins   assist with lateral stability  
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gill covers   operculum  
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pectoral fins   assist with hovering and slow turning  
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pelvic fins   often small for open water swimmers but larger on bottom dwellers which use them for resting on  
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heavier   fish are slightly ___________ than water  
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fatty liver   a shark has a very ____________ that makes it a little buoyant; must also keep swimming to move it forward and angle itself up  
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swim bladder   bottom dwelling fishes lack a ______________  
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volume of gas   fish an control depth by adjusting ______________ to bladder  
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gulp air   some fish _____________ to fill swim bladder  
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gill filaments   folds of tissue inside the pharyngeal cavity covered by the operculum  
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85% of O2 from H2O   continuous water flow opposite blood flow through capillaries maximizes gas exchange allowing some fish to remove ________________  
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ram ventilation   forward movement pushes more water over gills  
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lungfish   use lungs  
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eels   use skin  
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bowfin   use gills at low temperatures and air bladder at higher temperatures  
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electric eel   has degenerate gills and must gulp air  
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searching for food and eating   fish spend most of their time __________________  
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zooplankton, insect larvae, and other aquatic animals   most carnivores feed on ______________________  
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swallow food whole   since it would block flow of water across gills, most fish ________________________ although a few have teeth that crack prey or have some molars in throat  
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plants and algae   some herbivores eat ______________________  
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suspension feeders   eat plankton using gill rakers to strain food; these fish swim in large schools  
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stomach   used for storage  
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intestines   absorb and digest nutrients  
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catadromous   develop in freshwater but spawn in seawater  
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anadromous   living in sea but spawing in freshwater  
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