what are Pisces? classify them and mention important features also with examples.
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Pisces is a class inside the chordata, which itself belongs to Kingdom Animalia. It consists of fishes. Its main characteristics are-
1. Adapted to aquatic life.
2. Heart is two-chambered.
3. Respiration through gills.
4. Cold blooded or poikilothermal.
5. Body is covered with scales.
6. They have fins for locomotion.
Pisces class is divided into two parts-
1. Cartilagenous fishes(Skeleton made of cartilage)
e.g-- Scoliodon(Dogfish), Electric Ray(Torpedo)
2. Bony fishes(Skeleton made of bones)
e.g-- Labeo(Rohu), Sea-horse(Hippocampus)
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Pisces
>these are fish
>they are exclusively aquatic
>their skin is covered with scales and plates
>they are cold blooded
>their hearts have only two chambers
they lay eggs
>they obtain oxygen dissolved in water by using gills
>their body is streamlined
>they have a muscular tail is used for movement.
the Pisces group is divided in to two
groups
>cartilaginous fish
examples are scoliodon,torpedo
>bony fish
examples are catla,channa
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>these are fish
>they are exclusively aquatic
>their skin is covered with scales and plates
>they are cold blooded
>their hearts have only two chambers
they lay eggs
>they obtain oxygen dissolved in water by using gills
>their body is streamlined
>they have a muscular tail is used for movement.
the Pisces group is divided in to two
groups
>cartilaginous fish
examples are scoliodon,torpedo
>bony fish
examples are catla,channa
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