Fishes Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Why doesn't phylogenetic systematics have a fixed number of hierarchical categories like Linnaean systematics? CORRECT ANSWER it is variable, not for sure What aspect of evolution does phylogenetic systematics represent more clearly than Linnaean systematics does? CORRECT ANSWER Evolutionary history Non-amniotes CORRECT ANSWER lay eggs in water Hagfishes and lampreys: CORRECT ANSWER Myxiniformes and Petromyzontiformes (Agnathans) Sharks, rays, and ratfishes, cartilaginous fishes: CO...

wildlife - ANSWER includes all nondomesticated plants, animals, and other organisms; living things and especially mammals, birds, and fishes that are neither human nor domesticated; birds and mammals receive most attention conservation - ANSWER an ethic of resource use, allocation, and protection. Its primary focus is upon maintaining the health of the natural world: its fisheries, habitats, and biological diversity; planned managment of a natural resource to prevent exploitation, destruction...

Class of Bony Fish - ANSWER Osteichthyes Class of cartilaginous fish - ANSWER Chondrichthyes Class of Hagfish - ANSWER Myxini Class of Lampreys - ANSWER Cephalaspidomorphi Extinct armored fish - ANSWER Placoderms Phylum of all fish - ANSWER Chordata Subphylum of all fish - ANSWER Vertebrata Sea lamprey - ANSWER During the 1950's, Great Lakes Fisheries were devastated by this invasive parasite Ray - ANSWER Cartilaginous fish with triangular-shaped body, prominant dorsal f...

AP Biology Unit 7 MCQ Questions and Answers Rated A+ A scientist wishes to provide experimental evidence to support the model shown in Figure 1 by demonstrating the ability to synthesize an RNA molecule. Which of the following is an alternative hypothesis that can be tested to support the RNA World Hypothesis? mixture of ribonucleotides Assuming that the population is in Hardy‐Weinberg equilibrium, which of the following is the expected frequency of individuals with the genotype M...

Test Bank for Marine Biology: Function, Biodiversity, Ecology 2E Jeffrey S. Levinton 8/22/01 Chapter 1 Charles Darwin is well known as a great marine biologist because of a. His work on coral reefs b. His classification of the barnacles c. His participation in the voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle d. All of the above Bathybius was believed to be a. The ancestor of the bony fishes. b. A slime from which life arose on the sea bed. c. The founder of marine biology. d. A resident of hot vent e...

Test Bank for Animal Diversity, 9th Edition 9e by Cleveland Hickman, Jr., Susan Keen, Allan Larson, David Eisenhour and Larry Roberts. ISBN-13: 0887 Full Chapters test banks are included 1. Science of Zoology and Evolution of Animal Diversity 2. Animal Ecology 3. Animal Architecture 4. Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Animals 5. Unicellular Eukaryotes 6. Sponges: Phylum Porifera 7. Cnidarians and Ctenophores 8. Xenacoelomorpha, Platyhelminthes,Gastrotricha, Gnathifera, including Chaetognat...

Sulfur dioxide is released when _______ is burned. correct answer: coal Paddlefish feed on ----. correct answer: zooplankton Of the following ---- are an example of fleshy finned fishes (Sarcopterygii). correct answer: lungfishes Asian carp have become a problem in ----. correct answer: Mississippi River Brown Tree Snakes have had a devastating effect on the native birds of ----. correct answer: Guam According to McNab, the loss of flight in some island dwelling Carinate bird...

How many vertebrate species are there? CORRECT ANSWER 50,000 What two things are used to examine different vertebrates? CORRECT ANSWER similarities, diversity Vertebrate CORRECT ANSWER animals with backbones (have vertebrae) Backbone CORRECT ANSWER vertebral column surrounding a spinal cord 5 General Groups of Vertebrate (Historic Classification) CORRECT ANSWER Fishes, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals Lower Vertebrate CORRECT ANSWER "primitive vertebrate" - fishes Higher ...

What is wildlife? - ANSWER Wikipedia: "Wildlife includes all non‐domesticated plants, animals and other organisms." Merriam‐Webster: "Living things and especially mammals, birds, and fishes that are neither human nor domesticated" Bolen and Robinson: "Wildlife is a hard term to define, but birds and mammals receive the most attention..." Gifford Pinchot - ANSWER x Preservation x Protection Conservator -> together guard Conservation Conservation - ANSWER Wikipedia: "is a...

Life in the sea Exam 4 Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Benthic - ANSWERSlives on the bottom Pelagic - ANSWERSSwims in the water column. Tunicate larvae or lancelet - ANSWERSFish probaly evolved by vertebral column - ANSWERSseries of bones that make up the backbone Myomeres - ANSWERSseries of muscle segments along the trunk Agnatha - ANSWERSjawless fishes (hagfish and lampreys) Lampreys - ANSWERSparasites Hagfishes - ANSWERSbenthic scavengers, eat dead and dying Anadrom...