1. Adaptations For Feeding
By Brendan Hare
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2. WHAT DO FISH EAT?

3. Possibilities Other fish Beetles Plants Crabs Plankton Seals Corals
Worms
Algae
Mayflies
Nymphs
Frogs
Spiders
Mussels

4. Other Fish

5. Hagfish Jawless Eyes enclosed by skin Single nasal opening
Eat by sucking and tearing
Barbels present
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6. Sea Lamprey Eel like swimmer Oral disc with teeth for scraping holes
Parasitic
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7. Gulper Deep water predator Huge mouth and stretchable stomach
Small eyes

8. Electric Eel Electricity producing organs capable of stunning prey
Live in slow moving, murky environments

9. Angler/Goosefish Large mouth Deep water and benthic
Sit and wait predators
Dorsal fin used as prey attractant
Enlarged and strengthened fins aid in lunging at prey (goosefish)
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10. Northern Pike Large mouth with many rows of teeth
Sit and wait predator – makes quick lunges at prey
Inhabits shallow weedy areas where long skinny body is useful
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11. Photo taken from internet
Great White Shark
Saw edged teeth for biting and tearing
Incredible sense of smell
Efficient open water predator
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12. Swordfish and Sawsharks
Extended rostrum used for injuring prey
Teeth present on sawfish rostrum

13. Tuna Very efficient swimmers
Body stiffened except at the base of the tail
Streamlined, bullet like body shape
Increased red muscle
Lunate tail
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14. Plants, Plankton and the Bottom

15. Sturgeon Barbels feel for food
Mouth on bottom of head for feeding on the bottom
Omnivorous
Shedd aquarium
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16. Manta rays Enlarged pectoral fins for swimming
Planktivores- filter food through sponge-like tissue in between gills
Fins on head funnel food into the mouth
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17. Drums Large flattened teeth for crushing Mouth low on head
Feed on crayfish, and mussels

18. If fish can feed on it
They probably do