1. PERCH DISSECTION pictures to go along with lab
Sources used to put presentation together:
Pictures from Mr. Tippett’s Biology Class at
Lab modified from Massengale’s Biology Place found at

2. EXTERNAL ANATOMY

3. Locate the 3 body regions of the perch

4. Locate and label the upper jaw or maxilla and the lower jaw or mandible.

5. Locate the nostrils and label

6. Locate and note the location of the eyes

7. Find the bony covering on each side of the fish's head called the operculum

8. Cut away operculum and look at gill
Gill Arch

9. Gill
Filament

10. Find the cartilage support called the gill arch and the soft gill filaments that make up each gill. Label the parts

11. Label the different fins on the perch
Pectoral Fin

12. Dorsal

13. Pelvic Fin

14. Anal Fin

15. Caudal Fin

16. LATERAL LINE

17. Male Urogenital Pore

18. ANUS

19. INTERNAL ANATOMY

20. LIVER

21. STOMACH

22. INTESTINE

23. SPLEEN

24. HEART

25. SWIM BLADDER

26. GONAD

27. IF YOU HAVE TIME……TRY LOOKING AT THIS
BRAIN

28. CEREBRUM

29. OPTIC LOBES

30. MEDULLA OBLONGATA

31. OLFACTORY TRACT