Which structure of the ray-finned fishes allows for breathing in water while the fish is stationary? swim bladder operculum lateral line mucus glands

Q: make an 1,000 words Insights about the study of fishes

A: The branch of zoology that deals with the study of fish is known as Ichthyology.The word is derived…

Q: Name four ways in which external anatomy of bony fish are adapted to their watery environment

A: Bony fishes are more popularly known as Osteichthyes. Their skeleton is made up of bone tissue and…

Q: Which of the following is NOT present in all Annelids? O complete alimentary canal O coelom O…

A: The annelids, commonly known as ringed worms or segmented worms, are a vast phylum that includes…

Q: List and describe the characteristics that fishes have incommon.

A: VERTEBRATES:- These are those organisms that are without any strong structural support means…

Q: Describe feeding behavior in hagfishes and lampreys. How do they differ?

A: There are around 119 species that are present in the living jawless species, which are classified…

Q: Describe structurally the adaptations of freshwater leech from a marine one

A: Marine leeches attach to, and feed directly from, the gills of fish. Other leeches are carnivorous…

Q: Select all the forms of locomotion that are dependent on pectoral fins to generate thrust. |…

A: Need to find which form of locomotion that are dependent on pectoral find to generate thrust.

Q: The body plan of an annelid displays _________ , meaning that the body is divided into a series of…

A: Introduction  Phylum annelida belongs to invertebrates,  Annelids were triploblastic, coelomates and…

Q: How does the swim bladder varies in different aquatic environments?

A: The swim bladder or air bladder is an internal gas filled organ that contributes to the ability to…

Q: How different are the swimming strategies in osteichthyes and in chondrichthyes? Why do sharks need…

A: The Chondrichthyes include rays, sharks, and skates that have a cartilaginous skeleton with calcium…

Q: make an 500 words biology of bony fishes

A: Thank you for the question INTRODUCTION  Bony fishes are also called Osteichthyes .Their scientific…

Q: Which anatomical and physiological characteristics are commonly found in terrestrial, but not…

A: When anuran's enter from aquatic environment to terrestrial environment several physiological and…

Q: Explain how coelenterates defend themselves when swimmers venture into their habitats

A: Phylum Coelenterata  These are regularly invertebrate creatures, which show an extremely…

Q: Describe the feeding mechanism of a Hydra.

A: Hydra is fresh water organism that belongs to phylum coelenterata , radially symmetrical  that…

Q: Sponges are Radially symmetrical Bilaterally symmetrical Asymmetrical Dorso- ventrally…

A: The animals can be classified into three distinct classes depending on their body symmetry:…

Q: It forms pseudopods that ooze forward or backward. It contracts longitudinal muscles, which puts…

A: Ans- It contracts longitudinal muscles, which puts pressure on the hydrostatic skeleton and causes…

Q: Are most fast-swimming fish cold-blooded or warm-blooded? What advantage does this provide?

A: Some species of fishes possess a web of arteries and veins lying very close together which enables…

Q: Describe four characteristics shared by all jawed fishes.

A: Gnathostomes are the jawed vertebrates. Their diversity comprises 60,000 species that account for…

Q: Describe the life cycle of freshwater eels. How does the life cycle of American eels differ from…

A: Eels are ray-finned fishes that belong to the order Anguilliformes. They consist of 8 suborders, 19…

Q: Explain how coelenterates defend themselves when swimmers venture into their habitat

A: Coelenterates are aquatic animals that have a tissue level of organization. They are mostly marine…

Q: Contrast the swimming of sharks with that of bony fishes.

A: Swimming in bony and cartilage fish.

Q: Features of All Chordates A tail that extends the length of the body and supports it A dorsal,…

A: A chordate is a phylum which contains vertebrates like mammals, birds and some fishes and also…

Q: Explain how lungfishes are adapted to survive out of water

A: Animals are multicellular organisms. Animals are member of the kingdom Animalia. Fish is an aquatic…

Q: Buoyancy in certain types of fishes O Is controlled by a water filled swim bladder O Is accomplished…

A: The buoyancy of fish is the ability to float and sink in the water by the fish.

Q: Describe the early jawed fishes.

A: According to the J. Z young of classification chordata has two superclass Agnatha ( jaw less )  and…

Q: Why swim bladders are important in sound production of fishes?

A: A gas filled sac usually along the dorsal wall of the bony fishes . It is an outgrowth of the…

Q: The function of pharyngeal gills includes: gas exchange generating a feeding current eliminating…

A: Pharyngeal gill slits are specific characteristics of chordates. It is described as the repeated…

Q: List the characteristics of fishes.

A: The division gnathostomata is divided into two super class , Pisces and tetrapoda .

Q: What structures are involved in the following functions in sea stars? Briefly describe the action of…

A: The sea stars are the marine invertebrates that belong to the phylum echinodermata of kingdom…

Q: Coelomate animals with a partitioned coelom likely possesses. a metanephridial system secretion…

A: Answer - Both proto and metanephridia

Q: All of the following are characteristics of annelids except     a coelom.     a complete digestive…

A: Pseudocoelom is not a phylum Annelida trait. Annelids are protostomes that have a series of rings or…

Q: indicate in a short text : Adaptations to filtration in clams (and by extension in lamellibranchs)

A: Clams are bivalve molluscs. They have no head and they lack some usual molluscan organs like the…

Q: What animal phylum do leeches belong in

A: This phylum incorporates worms with bodies made of sections example....

Q: invertebrate chordate. Which of the following would ensure that you are indeed looking at a…

A: A vertebrate is an animal with a spinal cord surrounded by cartilage or bone. The word comes from…

Q: insights about external anatomy of fishe

A: Fish are aquatic creatures having digitless limbs, heads, and gills. Carnivorous fish (such as…

Q: Although tunicate larvae have a notochord, adult tunicates do not. The reason for this is; The…

A: Even though Tunicates come under the category of Chordates but they do not have notochord.

Q: The Icefish belongs to the family called: Serranidae Bathydraconidae Notothenioid fishes…

A: The icefish is also known as crocodile icefish or white blooded fishes. They lack haemoglobin in…

Q: The swim bladder found in bony fishes;

A: Animals (likewise called Metazoan) are multicellular eukaryotic creatures that structure the natural…

Q: of the Crayfish vs. Grasshopper Anatomy, and Clam vs. Squid Anatomy Crayfish Grasshopper

A: Crayfish and grasshoppers both belong to the phylum Arthropoda but they belong to different classes…

Q: /hich of the following features is not unique to the Vertebrate

A: A vertebrate is an animal with a spinal cord surrounded by cartilage or bone. They include birds,…

Q: fishes swim bladders

A: Swim bladder is located in the dorsal cavity lying just under the spinal cord in the coelomic cavity…

Q: Annelids (include leeches, earthworms and polychaete worms/ use their coeloms as hydrostatic…

A: Annelida is a group of segmented worms. They have a long and segmented body. Annelids are…

Q: Vinegar eels describe their movement and describe its movement of earthworm

A: The earthworm is a terrestrial invertebrate that belongs to the phylum known as Annelida. They…

Q: Nephridia are found in     jawless fishes.     lancelets.     annelids.     cephalopods.…

A: Nephridia is an excretory organ which is found in many of the invertebrates, it is just a tubular…

Q: make an 500 words of rationalization of bony fishes

A: Given:  rationalization of bony fishes.

Q: Starfish Oral Side Describe the structures of the oral side of starfish. Such as peristome,…

A: Answer. Starfish or sea stars are star-shaped echinoderms that belong to the class Asteroidea. Most…

Q: List at least three features of squid that contribute to their sucess as predators.

A: Mollusca is a phylum that includes marine invertebrates. It is the second-largest phylum after…

Q: Temnospondyl fossils show evidence of a lateral line system in the juveniles, but not in the adults.…

A: The correct option is shown below.

Q: Crustacea manage to swim backward by means of their (choose two) telson uropods siphon gill bailers…

A: Answer : telson and uropods are correct. - telson forms the part of tail fan in crustaceans. When it…