Across
- 2. Eats plants, specialized mouth for different food types
- 5. Specialized for a variety of feeding mechanisms
- 9. Tail that is crescent shaped like the moon
- 11. The classic torpedo shaped fish body
- 12. The set of mid-body or back fins
- 13. Eel-like or extended fish body form
- 14. Similar to a birds, a sharp mouth adaptation for tough prey
- 17. Common tail shape that is not flattened or split
- 19. The covering of the gills
- 21. Extra sensory organs that help detect prey hiding in sediment
- 22. hard body coverings on fish that protect from harm
- 24. Vertically flattened fish body
- 25. A set or sensory canals that feel movement from surroundings
- 26. The study of fishes
Down
- 1. the class that contains all bony, lobe finned fishes
- 3. The set of side fins on a fish
- 4. Rounded or spherical fish body
- 6. Eats other animals, can be determined by body form or mouth shape
- 7. The farthest set of fins, seen only on some fishes
- 8. the class that contains all bony, ray finned fishes
- 10. Tail that is clearly split into two lobes
- 14. Fish stay on the sea floor and grab prey swimming above
- 15. Horizontally squished or thin fish body
- 16. mouth shape of bottom dwelling ambush predators
- 18. Top set of fins or the ‘back’ of the fish
- 20. Visual organ that can perceive color and movement
- 23. The tail fin that provides movement for many fish