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Fish Vocabulary
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Gills: The structure on the sides of fish that allow it to breathe.
Lateral line System: A system of tactile sense organs.
Swim Bladder: An organ inside of aquatic vertebrates that help it sink.
Anadromous: When fishes such as salmon migrate to where they were born in order to breed.
Rostrum: The beak or sucking mouth parts.
Placoid Scales: Though pointy razor like scales.
Oviparous: Producing eggs that hatch outside the body.
Ovoviviparous: Reproducing by eggs developed on the inside.
Viviparous: Bearing live young, not eggs.
Tetrapod: An organism with four limbs.
Myomeres: Blocks of skeletal muscle tissue.
Spawn: a mass of fish eggs.
Weberian Ossciles: An anatomical structure that connects to the auditory system.
Operculum: The hard bony flap covering & protecting the gills.
Catadromous: Freshwater but breeding in salt water.
Gill slits: One of several narrow external openings connecting to the pharynx.
Fish Vocabulary
Across:2. | When fishes such as salmon migrate to where they were born in order to breed. | 4. | Though pointy razor like scales. | 7. | A system of tactile sense organs. | 10. | a mass of fish eggs. |
| 11. | Producing eggs that hatch outside the body. | 14. | Bearing live young, not eggs. | 15. | The structure on the sides of fish that allow it to breathe. |
| | Down:1. | An anatomical structure that connects to the auditory system. | 3. | The beak or sucking mouth parts. | 5. | Freshwater but breeding in salt water. | 6. | Blocks of skeletal muscle tissue. | 8. | An organism with four limbs. |
| 9. | One of several narrow external openings connecting to the pharynx. | 11. | The hard bony flap covering & protecting the gills. | 12. | An organ inside of aquatic vertebrates that help it sink. | 13. | Reproducing by eggs developed on the inside. |
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Fish Vocabulary
Across:2. | When fishes such as salmon migrate to where they were born in order to breed. | 4. | Though pointy razor like scales. | 7. | A system of tactile sense organs. | 10. | a mass of fish eggs. |
| 11. | Producing eggs that hatch outside the body. | 14. | Bearing live young, not eggs. | 15. | The structure on the sides of fish that allow it to breathe. |
| | Down:1. | An anatomical structure that connects to the auditory system. | 3. | The beak or sucking mouth parts. | 5. | Freshwater but breeding in salt water. | 6. | Blocks of skeletal muscle tissue. | 8. | An organism with four limbs. |
| 9. | One of several narrow external openings connecting to the pharynx. | 11. | The hard bony flap covering & protecting the gills. | 12. | An organ inside of aquatic vertebrates that help it sink. | 13. | Reproducing by eggs developed on the inside. |
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