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Fishes are a paraphyletic group and for this reason, the class Pisces seen in older reference works is no longer used in formal taxonomy.Traditional classification divides fish into three extant classes (Agnatha, Chondrichthyes, and Osteichthyes), and with extinct forms sometimes classified within those groups, sometimes as their own classes: [1]
The world's deepest living fish, Abyssobrotula galatheae, a species of cusk eel, lives in the Puerto Rico Trench at a depth of 8,372 meters (27,467 ft). [23] [25] Due to the extreme pressure, this appears to be around the theoretical maximum depth possible for fish. [26] [27] Stone loach
Common names of fish can refer to a single species; to an entire group of species, such as a genus or family; or to multiple unrelated species or groups.Ambiguous common names are accompanied by their possible meanings.
Fishes of the World is a standard reference for the systematics of fishes. It was first written in 1976 by the American ichthyologist Joseph S. Nelson (1937–2011). Now in its fifth edition (2016), the work is a comprehensive overview of the diversity and classification of the 30,000-plus fish species known to science.
A fish (pl.: fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits.Fish can be grouped into the more basal jawless fish and the more common jawed fish, the latter including all living cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as the extinct placoderms and acanthodians.
This is a list of fish families sorted alphabetically by scientific name. There are 525 families in the list.
Designer-suit-clad corporate types, shoppers, and creatives book $98 hour-long 12-course lunches featuring local, sustainable seafood like oysters from Long Island’s North Fork and the prized ...
Fish stubs (6 C, 32 P) Pages in category "Fish" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...