Category Archives: Fish

Sharks – superorder Selachimorpha

Sharks are formidable hunters with few natural predators when fully grown. Most have a streamlined body, powerful jaws with several rows of sharp teeth, and acute senses, especially smell. They range in size from the whale shark to squaloid sharks … Continue reading

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Fishes

It is an accepted convention to visualize the classification of the animal kingdom as starting with the Protozoa, the single-celled animals typified by the amoeba and ending with the mammals, which includes the human species. This resulted in a catch-phrase, … Continue reading

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Deep Sea Fish

The most abundant fish species and vertebrates on Earth are not one of the shallow-water species such as the sardines or herrings that are found in enormous shoals, but a small mesopelagic species of bristlemouth. Bristlemouths and lanternfishes account for … Continue reading

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