Adaptation Advantage Examples Mouth Sucker shaped mouth Feeds on very small plants and animals Sucker, carp Elongate upper jaw Feeds on prey it looks down on Spoonbill, sturgeon Elongate lower jaw Feeds on prey it sees above Barracuda, snook Duck bill jaws Grasps prey Muskellunge, pike Extremely large jaws Surrounds prey Bass, grouper Body Shape Torpedo shape Fast moving Trout, salmon, tuna Flat bellied Bottom feeder Caffish, sucker Vertical disk Feeds above or below Butterfish, bluegill Horizontal disk Bottom dweller Flounder, halibut Hump backed Stable in fast moving water Sockeye salmon, chub, razorback, sucker, coho salmon Coloration Light colored belly Predators have difficulty seeing it from below Most minnow, perch, tuna, mackerel Dark upperside Predators have difficulty seeing it from above Bluegill, crappie, barracuda, flounder Vertical stripes Can hide in vegetation Muskellunge, pickerel, bluegill Horizontal stripes Can hide in vegetation Yellow and white bass, snook Mottled coloration Can hide in rocks and on bottom Trout, grouper, rockbass, hogsucker Reproduction Eggs deposited in bottom Hidden from predators Trout, salmon, most minnows Eggs deposited in nests Protected by adults Bass, stickelback Floating eggs Dispersed in high numbers Striped bass Eggs attached to vegetation Stable until hatching Perch, northern pike, muskellunge Live bearers High survival rates Guppies This activity was adapted from: Project WILD&#150;Aquatic;
(Mouth Sucker; shaped; mouth Feeds; on very small plants and animals) (Stable; in fast moving; water Sockeye salmon, chub, razorback, sucker, coho salmon Coloration Light colored belly Predators have difficulty seeing it from below Most minnow, perch, tuna, mackerel Dark upperside Predators have difficulty seeing it from above Bluegill, crappie, barracuda, flounder Vertical stripes Can hide in vegetation Muskellunge, pickerel, bluegill Horizontal stripes Can hide in vegetation Yellow and white bass, snook Mottled coloration Can hide in rocks and on bottom Trout, grouper, rockbass, hogsucker Reproduction Eggs deposited in bottom Hidden from predators Trout, salmon, most minnows Eggs deposited in nests Protected by adults Bass, stickelback Floating eggs Dispersed in high numbers Striped bass Eggs attached to vegetation Stable until hatching Perch, northern pike, muskellunge Live bearers High survival rates Guppies This activity was adapted from: Project WILD&#150;Aquatic) (nests; Protected; by adults) (it; looks; down; on Spoonbill, sturgeon Elongate) (Fast; moving; Trout) (bass Eggs; attached; ) (hogsucker Reproduction Eggs; deposited; in bottom; T:Hidden from predators) Context(hogsucker Reproduction Eggs deposited,List([1069, 1106))):(Sucker, carp Elongate upper jaw Feeds on prey; Surrounds; prey Bass) Context(Sucker , carp Elongate upper jaw Feeds on prey Surrounds hogsucker Reproduction Eggs deposited,List([95, 1106))):(snook Duck bill jaws; Grasps; prey Muskellunge) Context(hogsucker Reproduction Eggs deposited,List([1069, 1106))):(Dark upperside Predators; have; difficulty seeing it from above Bluegill, crappie, barracuda) Context(Dark upperside Predators have hogsucker Reproduction Eggs deposited,List([748, 1106))):(Dark upperside Predators; have seeing; it; from above Bluegill, crappie, barracuda) Context(hogsucker Reproduction Eggs deposited,List([1069, 1106))):(snook Mottled coloration; Can hide; L:in rocks and on bottom Trout) Context(snook Mottled coloration Can hide hogsucker Reproduction Eggs deposited,List([986, 1106))):(bluegill Horizontal stripes; Can hide; L:in vegetation Yellow and white bass) Context(bluegill Horizontal stripes Can hide snook Mottled coloration Can hide hogsucker Reproduction Eggs deposited,List([912, 1106))):(tuna Flat; bellied; ) Context(bluegill Horizontal stripes Can hide snook Mottled coloration Can hide hogsucker Reproduction Eggs deposited,List([912, 1106))):(Vertical stripes; Can hide; L:in vegetation Muskellunge) (halibut Hump; backed; Stable; T:in fast moving water Sockeye salmon, chub, razorback, sucker, coho salmon Coloration Light colored belly Predators have difficulty seeing it from below Most minnow, perch, tuna, mackerel Dark upperside Predators have difficulty seeing it from above Bluegill, crappie, barracuda, flounder Vertical stripes Can hide in vegetation Muskellunge, pickerel, bluegill Horizontal stripes Can hide in vegetation Yellow and white bass, snook Mottled coloration Can hide in rocks and on bottom Trout, grouper, rockbass, hogsucker Reproduction Eggs deposited in bottom Hidden from predators Trout, salmon, most minnows Eggs deposited in nests Protected by adults Bass, stickelback Floating eggs Dispersed in high numbers Striped bass Eggs attached to vegetation Stable until hatching Perch, northern pike, muskellunge Live bearers High survival rates Guppies This activity was adapted from: Project WILD&#150;Aquatic) (lower jaw Feeds on prey; sees; L:above Barracuda) (most minnows Eggs deposited in nests; Striped; bass Eggs attached to vegetation Stable) (This activity; was adapted; from: Project WILD&#150; T:until hatching Perch, northern pike, muskellunge Live bearers High survival rates) (coho salmon Coloration Light; colored; belly Predators have difficulty) Context(coho salmon Coloration Light colored,List([623, 659))):(belly Predators; have; difficulty seeing it from below Most minnow) Context(coho salmon Coloration Light colored belly Predators have,List([623, 680))):(belly Predators; have seeing; it; from below Most minnow) (most minnows; deposited; in nests) (snook; Mottled; coloration) (lower jaw Feeds on prey it sees above Barracuda,; pike; Extremely large jaws)
hogsucker Reproduction Eggs deposited,List([1069, 1106)) Sucker , carp Elongate upper jaw Feeds on prey Surrounds hogsucker Reproduction Eggs deposited,List([95, 1106)) hogsucker Reproduction Eggs deposited,List([1069, 1106)) Dark upperside Predators have hogsucker Reproduction Eggs deposited,List([748, 1106)) hogsucker Reproduction Eggs deposited,List([1069, 1106)) snook Mottled coloration Can hide hogsucker Reproduction Eggs deposited,List([986, 1106)) bluegill Horizontal stripes Can hide snook Mottled coloration Can hide hogsucker Reproduction Eggs deposited,List([912, 1106)) bluegill Horizontal stripes Can hide snook Mottled coloration Can hide hogsucker Reproduction Eggs deposited,List([912, 1106)) coho salmon Coloration Light colored,List([623, 659)) coho salmon Coloration Light colored belly Predators have,List([623, 680))
Mouth Sucker Stable nests it Fast bass Eggs hogsucker Reproduction Eggs Sucker, carp Elongate upper jaw Feeds on prey snook Duck bill jaws Dark upperside Predators Dark upperside Predators snook Mottled coloration bluegill Horizontal stripes tuna Flat Vertical stripes halibut Hump lower jaw Feeds on prey most minnows Eggs deposited in nests This activity coho salmon Coloration Light belly Predators belly Predators most minnows snook lower jaw Feeds on prey it sees above Barracuda,
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mouth Feeds on very small plants and animals
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L:in rocks and on bottom Trout
L:in vegetation Yellow and white bass
L:in vegetation Muskellunge
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bass Eggs attached to vegetation Stable
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belly Predators have difficulty
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coloration
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