ZOOL 4476 - Practical 1

Tetradontiformes

Sunfish, mola mola

Lepistosteiformes

Gar

Cephalochordata

Lancelets; marine suspension feeders, gill slits for feeding

Urochordata

Tunicates; adults are sessile

Petromyzontiformes

Under the superclass Agnatha; Lamprey

No paired fins, cartilaginous skeleton

Myxiniformes

Hagfish, of the superclass Agnatha

Superclass: Gnathostama
Class: Chondricthyes
Subclass: ___________
Order: Chimaeriformes

Holocephali

ID the taxonomic order

Anguilliformes

ID the taxonomic order

Cyprinodontiformes

ID the genus and specific epithet ranks

Onychor

ID the genus and specific epithet ranks

Icatlurus punctatus

ID the genus and specific epithet ranks

Gila nigrescens (Chihuahua Chub)

ID the order (rank)

Siluriformes

ID the subclass (rank)

Holocephali

ID the class (rank)

Chondrichthyes

ID the order

Cypriniformes

ID the order

Myxiniformes

ID the following for the Bamboo shark;
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Class: _________
Subclass: _________
Clade: ______________

Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii, Selachimorpha

ID the following for the stingray;

Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Class: _______
Subclass: _________
Order: _________

Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii, Batoidea

Give the genus and specific epithet ranks of Red Shiner

Cyprinella lutranesis

Give the genus ranks of the Pike

Esox

Give the genus and specific epithet of the only member in the lab for the order Amiiformes

Amia calva

ID the taxonomic order

Lepisosteiformes

ID the taxonomic class

Actinopterygii

ID the taxonomic order

Polypteriformes

ID the following for the sturgeon:
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Actinopterygii
Subclass: __________
Order: __________
Family: Acipenseridae

Chondrostei (Chondrosteans), acipenseriformes

ID the following for the longnose gar:

Phylum: Chordata
Subphylm: Vertebrata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: __________
Family: Lepisosteidae
Genus: Lepisosteus
Species: ___________

Lepisosteiformes, Lepisosteus osseus

Which order are these representative examples of?
Carp, shiners, suckers

Cypriniformes

Which order are salmon, trout, and ciscoes representative examples of?

Salmoniformes

What order are livebearers and guppies representative examples of?

Cyprinodontiformes

Which order are tunas, drum, sordish, angelfish, and mackerels representative of?

Perciformes