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OSTEICHTHYES BONY FISH. FINS. CAUDAL FORWARD MOVEMENT. PAIRED FINS. PECTORAL TURNING AND STOPPING PELVIC TURNING AND STOPPING. MEDIAL FINS. DORSAL BALANCE ANAL BALANCE. CAUDAL. HOMOCERCAL SAME / SYMMETRICAL HETEROCERCAL NOT SAME / ASYMMETRICAL. ASPECT RATIO.
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FINS • CAUDAL FORWARD MOVEMENT
PAIRED FINS • PECTORAL TURNING AND STOPPING • PELVIC TURNING AND STOPPING
MEDIAL FINS • DORSAL BALANCE • ANAL BALANCE
CAUDAL • HOMOCERCAL • SAME / SYMMETRICAL • HETEROCERCAL • NOT SAME / ASYMMETRICAL
ASPECT RATIO • FAST VERSUS SLOW SWIMMERS • FAST SWIMMERS HAVE A HIGH • ASPECT RATIO (LUNATE/FORKED) • SLOW • SWIMMERS HAVE A LOW ASPECT RATIO (ROUNDED)
GILLS • SEPARATE OXYGEN FROM THE WATER • OPERCULUM – GILL COVER • THREE PARTS • GILL ARCH SUPPORT • GILL RAKER FILTER • GILL FILAMENT ABSORPTION OF OXYGEN
COUNTER-CURRENT EXCHANGE • BLOOD AND WATER FLOW IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS
SWIM BLADDER • HELPS WITH BUOYANCY • LATERAL LINE • DETECTS VIBRATIONS IN THE WATER