About Fish All fish share two traits: they live in water and they have a backbone—they are vertebrates. Apart from these similarities, however, many of the species in this group differ markedly from one another. Fin fish like salmon have gills, are covered in scales, and reproduce by layi...
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BERYCIFORME PICTURES - IMAGES OF SQUIRRELFISHES, SOLDIERFISHES, FLASHLIGHT AND LANTERNFISHES, FANGTOOTHS, SPINYFINS, ROUGHIES, REDFISHES, ETC. APOGONIDAE PICTURES - IMAGES OF CARDINALFISHES Barspot Cardinalfish - Apogon retrosella Tailspot Cardinalfish - Apogon dovii Pink Cardinalfish - Apogon pacif...
fish noun /fɪʃ/ (pl. fish or fishes)enlarge imageFish is the usual plural form. The older form, fishes, can be used to refer to different kinds of fish. [countable] a creature that lives in water, breathes through gills, and uses fins and a tail for swimming They caught ...
Topics Fish and shellfishc1 Join us Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press! a thin flat part that sticks out from the body of a vehicle, an aircraft, etc., used for improving its balance and movement tail finsTopics ...
Transparent fins received the colour of the background. However, background colour also smudged the colour of the solid fish body. Red background was especially bad in this respect. Smudging became more conspicuous when fish were cut free from the background to be mounted on a white back...
afforded by long fins, or that the increased surface area is useful for temperature control when migrating between warm and cold climates. Humpbacks also have 'rete mirable' a heat exchanging system, which works similarly to the same structured system in certain species of sharks and other fish...
"playing," or moving marine animals is stressful for them. Corals are easily damaged when touched and the area if the coral touched by hands, fins, or the body will die. To protect the ocean environment, when swimming, snorkeling, or scubadiving look, don't touch, and leave only bubbles...
Aquatic mammals(dolphins, whales) have fins evolved from legs. There are four mammalian groups that are fully aquatic. Bats are the only mammal that can truly fly. The original purpose of lactation (milk production) is thought to have been to keep eggs moist. ...
COMMON NAMES: Chinese Trumpetfish SCIENTIFIC NAME: Aulostomus chinensis DESCRIPTION: An elongate fish with a trumpet-like mouth. Uniformly bright yellow or drab greyish brown with a white spotted, black region behind dorsal and anal fins. Sometimes dark with irregular, thin, pale bars. RANGE: Ba...