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Fish have adapted to every environment, including the icy waters of Antarctica. Fish that live there have substances in their blood that work like antifreeze. ... Bony fish - Most of the world’s fish species are bony fish. Bony fish like goldfish, tuna, tilapia, and salmon have long tapered bodies that are excellent...
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Some Bony Fish Printouts ... ; Click on an animal to go to that printout.; For the top 25 printouts, click here. Bony Fish; Class Osteichthyes Bony fish are fish that have a skeleton made of bone. They also have teeth that are fixed onto the upper jaw. ... ; Fish; Fish live in the water and breathe with gills.
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Sharks at Zoom School is all about Sharks, shark anatomy, extinct sharks, shark fossils, etc. ... Sharks are amazing fish that have been around since long before the dinosaurs existed. They live in waters all over the world, in every ocean, and even in some rivers and lakes. Unlike bony fish, sharks have no bones;
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1. Today there are about 21,000 species of bony fish, inhabiting all marine and freshwater environments. Their number is larger than the number of all other vertebrates ... Of the bony fish, about 6,700 species live in freshwater (33.1 %), 1,625 freshwater species that can live for a time in salt water (8.1 %);
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"The bony fishes are the most diverse group of vertebrates. About 25,000 species are known, but scientists believe thousands more remain to be discovered. Fishes are important members of food chains in both marine and freshwater ecosystems, and they have developed an amazing variety of life styles and ... WHERE THEY LIVE...
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Movement:Bony fish are free-swimming. Some may also have a swim bladder, or air bladder, that helps them to rise or sink in the water. The large blocks of muscle, called myomeres, inversely contract and relax on either side of the fish, produced a wiggling motion.
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This brilliant, spiny, and poisonous lionfish is just one of the world's 20,000 living species of actinopterygians. The name means "ray-finned," for unlike the Chondrichthyes, the fins of the Actinopterygii are webs of skin supported by bony or horny spines.
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The giant ocean sunfishes, family Molidae, are some of Earth’s most fascinating yet mysterious creatures. These jelly-eating giants hold the record for being the world’s heaviest bony fish and occupy a unique place in the open ocean web of life.
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Photographs of ocean sunfish (Mola mola), topside and underwater ... The ocean sunfish (Mola mola) is the world's largest known bony fish (sharks and rays are cartilaginous, not bony). At least one estimate over 3000 lb. has been recorded and individuals reaching 11 ft. (3 m.) from fin tip to fin tip have been seen.
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