Question

What are the types of bony fish and there characters?

Answer 1

Based on these differences, fish can be generally divided into two broad categories or classes based on their skeletal composition: chondrichthyes, or cartilaginous fish, including sharks, skates, and rays; and osteichthyes, or bony fish, including goldfish, piranha, sockeye salmon, and trout.

Answer 2

Bony fish are divided based on their skeletal composition: chondrichthyes, or cartilaginous fish, including sharks, skates, and rays; and osteichthyes, or bony fish, including goldfish, piranha, sockeye salmon, and trout.

Charaters of bony fish are

1. Both bony fish and cartilaginous fish breathe through gills, but bony fish also have a hard, bony plate covering their gills. This feature is called an operculum.
2. Lobe-finned fishes, or Sarcopterygii, which includes the coelacanths and lungfishes.
3. Bony fish include both marine and freshwater species, while cartilaginous fish are only found in marine environments (salt water). Some bony fish species reproduce by laying eggs, while others bear live young.