CIRCULATION COLD BLOODED; Poikilothermic 2 CHAMBERED HEART RED SWIMMING MUSCLE IN TUNA AND PELAGIC SPECIES Warmer than body temp. Myoglobin Oxygen storage
FOOD GETTING FILTER FEEDERS; USE GILL RAKERS, examples; Herring, Anchovies
VARIOUS SPECIALIZED TEETH SHEEPHEAD; crushing teeth QUEEN TRIGGER; urchin eater Parrotfish; Parrot-like beak, coral eater BARRCUDA; needle-like teeth PERCH; small teeth
Other feeding styles; “Slurp-gun” technique; ex. Sea horse
SCALES FUNCTION; STREAMLINING, slippery mucous covering PROTECTION; physical harm and parasites osmotic balance balance of water and salts
VARIATIONS IN SCALES SCALES ABSENT IN MORRAY EEL SCALES FUSED IN THE SEA HORSE TO FORM A HARD OUTER COVERING.
KIDNEY FUNCTION REMOVAL OF NITROGENOUS WASTE (ammonia, urea etc.) MAINTENANCE OF OSMOTIC BALANCE
FRESH WATER FISH EXCRETES LOTS OF WATER WELL DEVELOPED KIDNEY SALT WATER FISH DRINKS LOTS OF WATER EXCRETES LITTLE WATER EXCRETES EXCESS SALT (KIDNEYS AND GILLS)
REPRODUCTION OVIPAROUS; eggs fertilized outside the body, development external. Examples and variations; Nest builders= stickleback Mouth Breeders= Jawfish
OVIPAROUS (Contd.) Eggs adrift in the plankton= pelagic species (swordfish) Eggs laid on shore (beach)= Grunion
OVOVIVIPAROUS; Fertilization internal. Development internal. Young are born ‘alive’. Example= Perch