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Phylum chordata
Hagfish
Subphylum: vertebrata
lamprey
agnatha
class: chondrichthyes
subclass: Elasmobranchii
superclass: osteichthyes
class: actinopterygii
class: sarcopterygii
lungfish
coelacanths
subclass: chondrostei
subclass: neopterygii
bowfin
gar
infraclass; teleostei
teleosts: order anguilliformes
teleosts; order esociformes
teleosts: order gadiformes
teleosts: family Salmonidae
teleosts: family cyprinidae
teleosts; family leuciscidae
teleosts; family catostomadae
teleosts; famliy ictaluridae
teleosts; family moronidae
teleosts; family centrarchidae
teleosts; family percidae
teleosts; family scaenidae
teleosts; family cichlidae
teleosts; fmaily scombridae
family paralichthyidae
family molidae
taxonomy
summary of major group characteristics
Fusiform body shape (photo)
Fusiform body shape
compressiform (photo)
compressiform
depressiform (photo)
depressiform
anguiliform
globiform
scalation
placoid
ganoid
"naked" fish
cycloid
leptoid scales
Ctenoid
scutes
scales tell us about fish
Key functions of fins
Fin placement photo
Ceratotrichia fins
Lepidotrichia fins (soft fin ray)
fine Spines (hard fin ray)
Paired fins -pelvics
thoracic paired pelivic fins
jugular paired pelvic fins
abdominal pelvic fins
Paired fins - pectorals pt 1
Paired fins - pectorals pt 1
Caudal fin - heterocercal
caudal fin - homocercal
caudal fin - isocercal
caudal fin (photo)
caudal fin shape tradeoff
anal fin purpose
adipose fin
caudal peduncle
mouth placement
superior mouth
terminal mouth
inferior mouth
gill rakers
nares
barbels
ampullae
axial skeleton
appendicular skeleton
vertebral elements
myomeres
myosepta
white muscle
red muscle
anadromous
catadromous
abyssal zone
bathypelagic zone
epipelagic zone
fish
hadopelagic zone
hadal zone
mesopelagic zone
neritic system
oceanic system
pelagic realm
ocean zones (photo)
