1. OCTOBER 29, 2009
Freshwater Fish
By: Ian Miller
Endangered Freshwater
Fish
• Freshwater Cod
• Murray Cod
• Australian Lungfish
• Mountain Galaxias
• Wild Common Carp
• Alabama Sturgeon
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Wild Common Carp
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Nutrition
The diet of Freshwater Fish
manly consists of worms, algae,
and plankton
The Northern Snakehead
Classification
There are quite a few types of United States. The snakehead got
oddball fish but the one that over to the U.S by people using Freshwater fish are a class name
jumps out at me is the freshwater them as aquarium fish and once that belong to the phylum
snakehead fish. This fish has razor they got to big for their tank they Osteichtyes. They belong to
sharp teeth and it eats all of the probably just threw them into a the kingdom Animalia and
other freshwater fish. This fish is near by lake, pond, or stream. their domain is Eukarya.
such an oddball because it is only Then transported through floods
really found in parts of africa, but throughout the United States.
it has found its way over to the
Reproduction, Adaptation, and Regulation
Responses to Stimuli
Freshwater Fish reproduce by spawning. Spawning is when
Some stimuli that Freshwater Fish might
the female fish lays eggs and the male fish then releases
deal with are the pollution to the water.
sperm on them. In order for fish to adapt they must keep
Their responses to this might show the
the ion concentration in their bodies balanced. Also they
difference in their spawning and eating
rise in fall in the water to find the ideal water temperature
patterns.
range for them to live in is who the maintain regulation.
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General Structure Other Organisms Found in
The general structure of fish is that they have fins which help Group
them swim. There are 5 types of fins on a Freshwater Fish and Some other organisms that are
they are the Dorsal Fin, Pectoral Fin, Pelvic Fin, Anal Fin, and found in group are sharks,
the Caudal Fin. Also, fish have scales that cover their whole body. trout, bass, and any other fish
that has a back bone.
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These are scales that belong to a fish
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Background, Symmetry, Place in
food chain
Freshwater Fish have a great
background that dates back to prehistoric
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times. I thing in their background deals www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/foodchain
with being one of the first vertebrates. www.buzzle.com/articles/what-do-fish-eat.html
The fishes type of symmetry is www.mcwdn.org/animals/fish.html
bilateral. Bilateral symmetry is that that
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animal will perfectly divided into two
halves mirroring one another. www.en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Freshwater+fish
In the food chain freshwater fish
are a tertiary consumer.
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This shows bilateral symmetry
Their Importance to our Lives
Freshwater fish are important to our lives
because they give us food and also they eat
some bugs that could hurt us.
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