Bony fish By: Gabe Landers,Mason Bertelli,Carson Kero

These are some close relatives of the Bony fish

Some relatives Pictures of relatives

. The main thing that sets bony fish apart from cartilaginous fish is the presence of a skeleton made of bone a cartilaginous fish has a skeleton made out of cartilage.

Anguilliformes Order: Includes Freshwater Eels.

Salmoniformes Order: Includes Trout and Pike.

Cypriniformes Order: Includes Carp, Minnows, and Suckers.

Siluriformes Order: Includes Catfish.

Fun Facts

They have teeth that are fixed onto the upper jaw

They have a swim bladder (an air filled sac that helps them with buoyancy) that opens into the gullet.

Bony fish are covered in scales and they have gills on the sides of their heads

Most fishes are a bony fish. Sharks, skates and rays are not a bony fish

Clownfish MinowsKingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class:Actinopterygii

Order:Cypriniformes

Family: Cyprinidae

Genus: Pimephales

Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: ActinopterygiiOrder: PerciformesFamily: PomacentridaeGenus: AmphiprionSpecies: Amphiprion Percula

Catfish EelKingdom: Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Superclass:Osteichthyes

Class: Actinopterygii

Order: Gymnotiformes

Family:Gymnotidae

Genus:Electrophorus

Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: ActinopterygiiOrder: CypriniformesFamily: CyprinidaeGenus: Pimephales

Bony Fish Reproduction

Some bony fishes are sexually mature at birth. Males of the dwarf perch can spawn immediately after birth. Although female dwarf perch receive sperm soon after they're born, they do not bear young for up to a year.

Sources

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