Fishy Forms slideshow

Fishy Forms
Body shapes tell us lifestyles
Directions
1. Use the knowledge you gained from the
“Fish Body Forms and Lifestyles” reading.
2. View each picture and based in the fish’s
body form (shape), choose what the most
likely lifestyle the fish has.
3. Write your answers on your dry erase boards
Body Forms
• A fish’s body form or shape is a result of
ADAPTATIONS that help it survive and live its
lifestyle.
• Lifestyle Examples are
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Rover Predator
Ambush Predator
Surface-oriented fish
Bottom fish
Open water (epipalagic) plankton feeders
Tunnel foragers
Stripped Bass
Morone saxatilis
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Answer:
RP
Rover Predator = RP
Ambush Predator = AP
Surface-oriented fish = SF
Bottom fish = BF
Open water (epipalagic) plankton feeders = OF
Tunnel foragers = TF
Blackfin Tuna
Thunnus atlanticus
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Answer:
RP
Rover Predator = RP
Ambush Predator = AP
Surface-oriented fish = SF
Bottom fish = BF
Open water (epipalagic) plankton feeders = OF
Tunnel foragers = TF
Snowflake
Moray Eel
Echidna nebulosa
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Answer:
TF
Rover Predator = RP
Ambush Predator = AP
Surface-oriented fish = SF
Bottom fish = BF
Open water (epipalagic) plankton feeders = OF
Tunnel foragers = TF
Atlantic Tarpon
Megalops
atlanticus
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Answer:
SF
Rover Predator = RP
Ambush Predator = AP
Surface-oriented fish = SF
Bottom fish = BF
Open water (epipalagic) plankton feeders = OF
Tunnel foragers = TF
Baracuda
Sphyaena sp.
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Answer:
AP
Rover Predator = RP
Ambush Predator = AP
Surface-oriented fish = SF
Bottom fish = BF
Open water (epipalagic) plankton feeders = OF
Tunnel foragers = TF
Southern Sting
Ray
Dasyatis
americana.
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Answer:
BF
Rover Predator = RP
Ambush Predator = AP
Surface-oriented fish = SF
Bottom fish = BF
Open water (epipalagic) plankton feeders = OF
Tunnel foragers = TF
Discus Fish
Symphysodon sp.
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Answer:
OF
Rover Predator = RP
Ambush Predator = AP
Surface-oriented fish = SF
Bottom fish = BF
Open water (epipalagic) plankton feeders = OF
Tunnel foragers = TF
Lookdown
Selene vomer
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Answer:
SF
Rover Predator = RP
Ambush Predator = AP
Surface-oriented fish = SF
Bottom fish = BF
Open water (epipalagic) plankton feeders = OF
Tunnel foragers = TF
Image Sources
(Images searched through Google Images using a “Free to Use or Share” filter)
• Stripped Bass -
http://www.public-domain-image.com/public-domain-images-pictures-free-stock-
photos/fauna-animals-public-domain-images-pictures/fishes-public-domain-images-pictures/bass-fishes-pictures/striped-bassmorone-saxatilis-fish.jpg
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Blackfin Tuna – http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blackfin_tuna,_Duane_Raver_Jr.jpg#filehistory
Snowflake Morray Eel - http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevedunleavy/6940089687/
Atlantic Tarpon - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atlantic_tarpon.jpg
Baracuda - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barracuda_with_prey.jpg
Southern Sting Ray - http://www.flickr.com/photos/71403236@N00/3301464293/
Discus Fish - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Symphysodon_discus_02.jpg
Lookdown - http://www.flickr.com/photos/kubina/131668794/