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Most fish exchange gases using gills on either side of the pharynx (throat). Gills are tissues which consist of threadlike structures called filaments.These filaments have many functions and "are involved in ion and water transfer as well as oxygen, carbon dioxide, acid and ammonia exchange.
Cardiovascular physiology is the study of the cardiovascular system, specifically addressing the physiology of the heart ("cardio") and blood vessels ("vascular").. These subjects are sometimes addressed separately, under the names cardiac physiology and circulatory physiology.
Fish anatomy is the study of the form or morphology of fish.It can be contrasted with fish physiology, which is the study of how the component parts of fish function together in the living fish. [1]
Scorpaenoidei was first named as a suborder in 1899 by the American ichthyologist Samuel Garman [2] as a suborder of the Perciformes. [1] Some authorities still treat the suborder as being part of the Perciformes [3] but the 5th Edition of Fishes of the World recognises the Scorpaeniformes as a valid order and places this suborder within it. [4]
The Scorpaeniformes / s k ɔːr ˈ p iː n ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / are a diverse order of ray-finned fish, including the lionfishes and sculpins, but have also been called the Scleroparei.It is one of the five largest orders of bony fishes by number of species, with over 1,320.
An illustration from the American 1918 edition. Gray's Anatomy is a reference book of human anatomy written by Henry Gray, illustrated by Henry Vandyke Carter and first published in London in 1858.
Yellow tangs in their natural habitat in Kona, Hawaii The larvae of the yellow tang can drift more than 100 miles and reseed in a distant location. [2] In a zoo aquarium. The yellow tang (Zebrasoma flavescens), also known as the lemon sailfin, yellow sailfin tang or somber surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae which includes the surgeonfishes ...
Hypostomus plecostomus, also known as the suckermouth catfish or common pleco, is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the armored catfish family (Loricariidae), named for the longitudinal rows of armor-like scutes that cover the upper parts of the head and body (the lower surface of head and abdomen is naked soft skin).