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The big-scale pomfret (Taractichthys longipinnis) also known as the long-finned bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a pomfret of the family Bramidae. It is found in the Atlantic ocean, at depths down to 500 metres (1,600 ft). This species is widely distributed in the Pacific, from temperate zones throughout the tropics.
Clupeiformes / ˈ k l uː p iː ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / is the order of ray-finned fish that includes the herring family, Clupeidae, and the anchovy family, Engraulidae. The group includes many of the most important forage and food fish. Clupeiformes are physostomes, which means that their gas bladder has a pneumatic duct connecting it to the gut.
Acanthopterygii (meaning "spiny finned one") is a superorder of bony fishes in the class Actinopterygii.Members of this superorder are sometimes called ray-finned fishes for the characteristic sharp, bony rays in their fins; however this name is often given to the class Actinopterygii as a whole.
This category contains articles about taxa at the order level in the class Actinopterygii, the ray-finned fishes. The ray-finned fishes contain most of the species of fish and these are divided into 46 orders. Most of the fishes known to aquarists and anglers are within this class. **Subcategories are listed below for all 46 orders and examples ...
Ctenoid scales cover most of the body apart from the snout. [3] The dorsal fin is continuous, [4] and has its origin quite far to the rear of the head and longer than the anal fin. [3] The dorsal fin contains 11 spines and 11–12 soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines and 11 soft rays. [2] The caudal fin is emarginate but not deeply so. [3]
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These individual fin rays can be curved nearly twice the maximum recorded curvature for ray-finned fish fin rays during locomotion. These fin rays are curved into the direction of motion, indicating that the knifefish has active control of the fin ray curvature, and that this curvature is not the result of passive bending due to fluid loading. [4]
Pomacanthus xanthometopon is a marine ray-finned fish, a marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae found in shallow parts of the Indo-Pacific. It is commonly known as the blueface angelfish or the yellowface angelfish because of its striking facial colouration.