Marine Science

12 April 2018

1. Determine You’ve found an unfamiliar marine animal. How would you determine if it
was a vertebrate or not without dissecting it?

Bilaterally symmetry could be one of the features you look for, in addition to whether or not
the fish has a jaw.

2. Describe What are the main characteristics of the three major groups of fishes?

Protochordates are invertebrate chordates, and compose two of the three subphylum under
Phylum Chordata.

AGNATHA HONRYCHS OSTEICHTHYES

 These fish have no
jaws.
 No scales
 Has cartilage
 These fish have jaws  These fish have
 Has scales jaws
 Structure/skeleton  Has scales
made of cartilage  Gills on each side
of head
 Skeleton made of
bones