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Both lampreys and hagfishes lack jaws and feed by suction with a muscular mouth and teeth. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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All sharks must swim continuously to respire or else they drown. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Most cartilaginous fishes have smooth skin. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Sharks are one of the leading causes of human deaths in coastal towns. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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With a few exceptions, such as manta and devil rays, most rays and skates are demersal. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Flatfishes have bodies compressed top-to-bottom as an adaptation for their demersal lifestyles. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Structural colors in fishes result from crystals that act like tiny mirrors. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The presence of colored stripes, bars, or spots on reef fishes generally is a form of warning coloration associated with toxins or bad taste. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Sharks often have a large upper lobe on their tails primarily to act as a rudder for steering. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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A much greater diversity of fin shapes and uses has evolved in the bony fishes than in the cartilaginous fishes. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Similar to humans, fishes have two-part hearts with one side pumping blood to the gills and back to the other side of the heart, which pumps blood to the rest of the body. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Both myoglobin and hemoglobin can store oxygen. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The lateral line of bony fishes is used to detect weak electrical fields of prey. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The coelecanth is a rare fish of biological interest primarily because it has fins with bones like those of land vertebrates rather than fin rays. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Territoriality behavior in fishes usually involves violent battles between defenders and invaders. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Schooling in fishes may be coordinated by vision, the lateral line, olfaction, and sound. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Tunas are major examples of anadromous fishes. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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North Pacific salmon use primarily chemical cues when they migrate around the oceans as adults. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Dams, excess silt, and pollution are destroying Pacific salmon runs in rivers because they reduce the number of adults that return to the oceans after spawning. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The migratory behavior of the Atlantic Anguilla eels is essentially the opposite of that of the Pacific salmon. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Hermaphrodism in some fishes involves males changing into females or vice versa. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Special organs called claspers are used for internal fertilization in cartilaginous fishes. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Bony fishes reproduce primarily by internal fertilization. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Viviparity (live birth) such as found in mammals cannot occur in fishes because they always produce yolky eggs to support embryonic growth. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Bony, but not cartilaginous, fishes have which of these features? |
| | A) | rows of teeth that serve as reserves to replace lost teeth |
| | B) | a swimbladder |
| | C) | gill openings |
| | D) | dorsal and lateral fins |
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Fish gills have high surface areas for gas exchange due to structures called |
| | A) | gill arches. |
| | B) | lamellae. |
| | C) | spiracles. |
| | D) | caeca. |
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Cartilaginous fishes, unlike bony fishes, can carry on osmosis by which means? |
| | A) | accumulation of high amounts of urea to equalize total solutes to that of seawater |
| | B) | swallowing seawater |
| | C) | excreting salts by means of chloride cells |
| | D) | retaining salts in their gills |
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Schooling in fishes has been hypothesized to serve in which function? |
| | A) | provides hydrodynamic efficiency for swimming |
| | B) | allows colonies to form with specialized individuals, as in social insects |
| | C) | assists in regulating body heat |
| | D) | creates shadows that look like giant fish |
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