Fish are vertebrate animals that live in water. There are more than 30,000 species. Most of these species are cold-blooded. They have special organs called gills to breathe. Fishes represent five different classes that are distinct from each other. The largest class of all of them are bony fishes.
NAME: …………………………………………
Date: …………………………….
Questions:
1. The world’s largest fish species is …………………………………. which grows more than 50 feet in length.
2. Fishes are ………………………………………… that means they have a backbone.
3. Many fish also have chemoreceptors that are responsible for extraordinary senses of ………………………. and ……………………………………
4. A ………………………………… is known as a razorshell.
5. ………………………………… are the birds that are trained to catch and fetch fish.
6. A squid has total ………………….. arms on its body.
7. The Anchovy belongs to the ………………………………fish family.
8. Most of the fish species exchange gases using ……………………………
9. An octopus has total …………………… tentacles.
10. The world’s smallest fish species is …………………………………. which measures 1/3 of an length.
Answers:
1. The whale shark2. Vertebrates
3. Taste, smell
4. Mollusk
5. Cormorants
6. Ten
7. Herring
8. Gills
9. Eight
10. the Philippine goby
