Different classes of fish with examples
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Classification of Fish:
Fish, the member of the Animalia Kingdom is classified into Phylum Chordata and Vertebrata Subphylum. Fishes poses notochord, tubular nerve chord, paired gills, segmentation of the body parts, post anal tail, ventral heart, and an endoskeleton to be the member of the Chordata. In order to be a vertebrate, it poses backbone. This back bone supports and protects the spinal cord.
All the species of the fish found in the world are classified into the following three groups. They are:
Agnatha - jawless fish
Chrondrichthyes - cartilaginous fish
Osteichthyes - bony fish
Ray finned group
Lobe finned group
Agnathan
Phylum: chordate
Subphylum vertebrata
Agnathan are jawless fish and lack paired fins. They also lack the internal skeleton system. They have a circular tooth mouth (cyclostomic) by which they bore the body of their victim and suck their blood
examples
. These are classified in to two major types. They are Hagfish and Lampreys.
Chrondrichthyes
Phylum: chordate
Subphylum vertebrata
Fearsome predators and harmless mollusc eaters are the members of the Chrondrichthyes. The member of the cartilaginous fish poses true bone and also poses a skeleton made up of cartilage. Only the teeth of this species and rarely the vertebrae are calcified.
examples
Sharks, Skates, and Rays make up the group of chrondrichthyes
Osteichthyes
Phylum: chordate
Subphylum vertebrata
About 30000 species of bony fish are found in this class. Fishes that belong to this species are spindle shaped, oval in section and flattened. Skins are protected by protective scales. Some fishes of this category have actual lungs to breathe and also have sharp eyesight. These bony fishes have a special gas filled chamber called airbladder housed under the skeleton to allow them to remain buoyant. Another adaptation is operculum, a bone on the sides of the fish to protect the chambers that house the gills.
Bony fish are again classified into ray finned and lobe finned fish. Ray finned fish have thin, flexible skeleton rays. Lobe finned fish have muscular fins supported by bones. Bony fish fertilizes either internally or externally. Two types of eggs are laid by the bony fish. They are the eggs that float and the eggs that sink.
EXAMPLES
Lungfish, Eels, Acrp, Lizardfish, Silversides and Salmon form the class of bony fish
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