Fish Anatomy - PBS（鱼解剖学- PBS）.pdf

Fish Anatomy Coelacanth Bull Shark NOVA Activity Ancient Creature of the Deep Coelacanths are difficult to classify. They have many characteristics in common with sharks, and yet in certain characteristics they more closely resemble other Moray Eel types of fish. In this activity, you will decide which type of fish—moray eels or bull sharks—is more closely related to coelacanths. Questions Procedure Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper. 1 Begin by reading about fish anatomy in your Basic Fish 1 What characteristics do all fishes have in common? Facts information below. 2 What characteristics of a coelacanth cause it to be 2 Use the Internet and print resources to learn more classified as a fish? about these three types of fish. Compare: 3 What features do the coelacanth and the bull shark • their skeletal types have in common? • their body coverings • whether they bear live young 4 Which features of a coelacanth are similar to those of • their buoyancy systems a moray eel? • whether they have gill slits or flaps 5 Do you think