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    External Parts of Fish

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    The document summarizes the external and internal parts of fish and their functions. Externally, fish have an operculum to cover gills, scales to cover the body, lateral lines to help with adaptation, fins for swimming and balance, eyes for seeing, a mouth for eating, an anus for waste excretion, a caudal peduncle connecting the body and tail, and nostrils for smelling. Internally, fish have a spine, spinal cord, brain, lateral line, swim bladder, kidneys, stomach, intestines, liver, heart, muscles, and gonads. The document also describes different types of fish scales and the parts of gills.

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    External Parts of Fish

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    The document summarizes the external and internal parts of fish and their functions. Externally, fish have an operculum to cover gills, scales to cover the body, lateral lines to help with adaptation, fins for swimming and balance, eyes for seeing, a mouth for eating, an anus for waste excretion, a caudal peduncle connecting the body and tail, and nostrils for smelling. Internally, fish have a spine, spinal cord, brain, lateral line, swim bladder, kidneys, stomach, intestines, liver, heart, muscles, and gonads. The document also describes different types of fish scales and the parts of gills.

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    The document summarizes the external and internal parts of fish and their functions. Externally, fish have an operculum to cover gills, scales to cover the body, lateral lines to help with adaptation, fins for swimming and balance, eyes for seeing, a mouth for eating, an anus for waste excretion, a caudal peduncle connecting the body and tail, and nostrils for smelling. Internally, fish have a spine, spinal cord, brain, lateral line, swim bladder, kidneys, stomach, intestines, liver, heart, muscles, and gonads. The document also describes different types of fish scales and the parts of gills.

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    External Parts of Fish

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    Hazel Leah Khae
    The document summarizes the external and internal parts of fish and their functions. Externally, fish have an operculum to cover gills, scales to cover the body, lateral lines to help with adaptation, fins for swimming and balance, eyes for seeing, a mouth for eating, an anus for waste excretion, a caudal peduncle connecting the body and tail, and nostrils for smelling. Internally, fish have a spine, spinal cord, brain, lateral line, swim bladder, kidneys, stomach, intestines, liver, heart, muscles, and gonads. The document also describes different types of fish scales and the parts of gills.

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    The document discusses the external and internal parts of fish as well as different types of fish scales and parts of gills.

    The different types of fish scales mentioned are placoid, cycloid, ctenoid and ganoid scales.

    Some of the internal parts of fish and their functions mentioned are spine, spinal cord, brain, lateral line, swim bladder, kidney, stomach, intestines, pyloric caeca, liver, heart and muscles.

    External Parts of

    Fish
    External Parts of the Fish and Their
    Functions
    1. Operculum/gill cover - part of the fish that covers the
    gills
    2. Scales - part of the fish that cover the body
    3. Lateral lines - lines along the body of the fish used to
    help the fish adapt itself to its new environment
    4. Fins - part of the fish that used for swimming,
    balancing and propelling in water
    5. Eyes - part of the fish that used for seeing
    6. Mouth - part of the fish that used for swallowing
    objects, particularly food
    7. Anus - part of the fish that serves as an excretory
    organ of the fish where the waste matter coming
    from the body of fish passes out.
    8. Caudal Peduncle - part of the fish that connect the
    body and the tail
    9. Nostril - part of the fish that used for smelling
    Internal Parts of Fish
    Internal Parts of Fish and their Functions
    1. Spine – the primary structural framework upon which the fish’ s
    body is built. It connects to the skull at the front of the fish
    and the tail at the rear. The spine is made up of numerous
    vertebrae, which are hollow and which protect the delicate
    spinal cord.
    2. Spinal cord – the part that connects the brain to the rest of the
    body and relays sensory information from the body to the brain,
    as well as instruction from the brain to the rest of the body .
    3. Brain – the control center of the fish where both automatic
    functions and higher behaviors occur. All sensory information is
    processed here.
    4. Lateral line – one of the fish’s primary sense organs.
    It detects underwater vibration and is capable of
    determining the direction of their source.
    5. Swim or air bladder – a hollow, gas-filled balance
    organ that allows a fish to conserve energy by
    maintaining neutral buoyancy in water.
    6. Kidney – filters liquid waste materials from the
    blood. These waste are then passed out the body
    7. Stomach and intestines – break down food and
    absorb nutrients.
    8. Pyloric caeca – finger like projection located near the
    functions of the stomach and the Intestine. It known to
    secrete enzymes that aid digestion. It may also
    function to absorb digested food or do both.
    9. Liver – it assists digestion by secreting enzymes that
    break down fats, and also serves as storage area for
    fats and carbohydrates.
    10.Heart – circulates blood throughout the body.
    11.Muscle – provide movement and locomotion .
    These are parts of the fish that are usually
    eaten. They compose the fillet of the fish.
    12.Gonad - hormone-secreting sexual gland of a
    fish.
    Types of Fish Scales
    1. Placoid - it resembles a miniature tooth called denticles
    Ex. shark scales
    2. Cycloid - it is oval or circular in outline and have a
    smooth and exposed rear edge
    3. Ctenoid - scales that have a rear edges made of
    small brush-like spines or comb liked teeth.
    Ex. Scales of perch, pongies and bass
    perch; sunfish
    4. Ganoid - a four- sided plate that fits closely against
    adjacent plates without overlapping
    Parts of Gills
    1. Gill filament - used for exchange of gases such
    as oxygen and carbon dioxide.
    2. Gill arch - use for support and for passing
    blood to and the gill filaments
    3. Gill rakers - used for straining food from the
    water

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