8.1 Bony Fish

Animals that must regulate their body temperature by external means are    animals.

• cold-blooded

• warm-blooded

• green-blooded

The process in which fish reproduce by laying a large quantity of eggs is .

• spawning

• laying

• laboring

Fish that give birth to live young are called .

• livebearers

• egg bearers

• mudskippers

The swamp-dwelling gobies that can survive on land for up to three days are the .

• bearers

• woodpeckers

• mudskippers

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Hard, moveable plate that covers the gills.

• myomere

• operculum

• scale

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W-shaped band of muscle.

• myomere

• lateral line

• operculum

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Nerve endings that allow fish to sense vibrations and pressure changes.

• gills

• horizontal line

• lateral line

Any of the bony, overlapping plates that protrude from a fish's skin.

• roe

• scale

• gills

fish eggs

• operculum

• roe

• myomere

Gas-filled organ that keeps a fish from sinking.

• fins

• gills

• swim bladder