Phylum Chordata Subphylum Vertebrata
Fishes Chapter 8
Larvae of a jawless fish *Cranium *Vertebrae Skeletal elements of a jawless fish Subphylum Vertebrata
Jawless Fishes
Jawless Fishes – ancient diversity
Jawless fish: Hagfish
Jawless fish: Lamprey
Hagfish Lamprey Jawless Fishes – modern diversity
lampreys Jawless Fishes – modern diversity
Jawed Vertebrates *Jaws *Paired fins Fossil placoderm
Class Chondrichthyes Cartilaginous fishes
Class Chondrichthyes
Paired fins Placoid scales
Class Chondrichthyes
Shark Diversity
megamouth shark Megachasma pelagios Pygmy shark Squaliolus laticaudus Rhincodon typus Whale shark Mitsukurina owstoni Goblin shark Shark Diversity
Ampullae of Lorenzini
Shark Conservation
Manta birostris Skates and rays
Electric Ray Narcine brasiliensis
Hydrolagus colliei Ratfishes or chimaeras
Class Osteichthyes bony fishes
Class Osteichthyes Bony skeleton
Complex and adaptable Class Osteichthyes Mouth
Class Osteichthyes scales
Class Osteichthyes Fins and tail
Class Osteichthyes Gill cover
Class Osteichthyes Buoyancy
Fish diversity
Fishery Exploitation
Mobility Tuna
Body form and niche Flounder
Body form and niche seahorse
Body form and niche Porcupine fish
Body form and niche jawfish
Coloration
Jaw protrusion Feeding
Jaws
Filter feeding anchovies & sardines
Filter feeding Gill rakers
Vision
Taste Olfaction
Lateral Line
nerves
Lateral Line
Fish behavior and life history
Territoriality
Fish Schooling
Fish Migrations
Anadromous
Fish Migrations Anadromous
Fish Migrations Anadromous
Fish Migrations Catadromous
Coelacanths
Lobe-finned fishes Lobe Fins
Fossil lobe-finned fishes
Christmas 1938 Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Original letter from Majorie Courtney- Latimer to J.L.B. Smith
23 Dec. 1938
J.L.B. Smith Majorie Courtney- Latimer
Marjorie Courtney Latimer's odd fish
The first coelacanth
The Search for more….
The Second Coelacanth 1952, Comoro Islands
Back in South Africa
The Second Coelacanth 1952, Comoro Islands
Dr. James Millot ALL living coelacanth research moves to Paris
J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology Grahamstown, South Africa
Lobe-finned fish Living Coelacanth
Latimeria chalumnae
a second species from Indonesia Sulawesi, Indonesia, 1998 Latimeria menadoensis