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Bony Fish

Bony fish make up 95% of all fish and live in every marine environment. They differ from sharks in having skeletons rather than cartilage. Bony fish have scales, use gills to breathe and extract oxygen from water, and use various fins and body shape for efficient locomotion in water. They employ a range of feeding behaviors and can reproduce both internally or externally by spawning eggs.

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Bony Fish

Bony fish make up 95% of all fish and live in every marine environment. They differ from sharks in having skeletons rather than cartilage. Bony fish have scales, use gills to breathe and extract oxygen from water, and use various fins and body shape for efficient locomotion in water. They employ a range of feeding behaviors and can reproduce both internally or externally by spawning eggs.

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Bony Fish

Bony Fish
• 95% of all fish are
classified as bony fish
and are in every
marine environment
• Differ from sharks in
that they have
skeletons (sharks have
cartilage)
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Types of Bony Fish

Blow Fish Tuna Fish Sword Fish


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• Characteristics:
• Fish have scales to protect their soft
bodies
• The scales are coated with mucus for two
purposes:
• Acts as a barrier against infection
• Reduces of friction (drag) allowing the
fish to swim more efficiently through
the water
Bony Fish
• Breathing:
• Fish use gills to strain dissolved oxygen
from the water and carbon dioxide diffuses
in the opposite direction
• Operculum - flap of tissue covering the gills
• Under this flap are red over-lapping
membranes called gills
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• Breathing: (continued)

• The gill arches are filled


with blood that absorbs
the oxygen
• Attached to the gill
arches are the gill rakes
that channel incoming
food particles to the
esophagus
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• Locomotion:
• Nekton - marine
mammals that can
swim
• Most fins are paired
• Dorsal fins act as
stabilizers preventing
the fish from rolling
from side to side
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• Locomotion: (continued)

• Fastest fish are the pelagic fish (deep


ocean)
• Include: Tuna, Sword Fish, and
Barracuda
• Fusiform Shape - is tapered at both ends
• This produces a streamlined shape that
reduces drag
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• Locomotion: (continued)

• Faster fish also tend


to be ectothermic
(warm blooded) and
they have a higher
metabolism which
allows for full use of
their muscles
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• Buoyancy:
• Fish rest periodically
by using an internal
gas filled organ called a
swim bladder
• Muscles around the
bladder contract to
expel gas so the fish
can sink and enlarges
allowing the fish to rise
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•Feeding:
•Bony fish feed
by parasitic,
straining,
sucking,
nibbling and
catching
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• Reproduction:
• Fertilization can be
both internal and
external
• External involves
spawning where
mass quantities of
eggs are released
to ensure survival
Bony Fish
• Reproduction: (continued)

• 5 Major Stages of
Development
• Egg Stage
• Larval Stage
• Post-larval (pre-
juvenile)
• Juvenile
• Adult

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