Invertebrates Octopus Video
Phylum Chordata C. Vertebrata Share four chordate characteristics + vertebral column (spine, backbone) Spine encloses and protects nerve cord (spinal cord) Anterior end of spinal cord = brain protected by skull made of bone or cartilage 1. Fishes Oldest group of vertebrates (530 mya ) 27,000+ species (15,600+ marine spp.) Three major groups
Fishes
A.Class Agnatha – Jawless fish No jaws Unpaired fins and no scales 1.Hagfishes
Fishes A.Class Agnatha – Jawless fish 1.Hagfishes
Fishes A.Class Agnatha – Jawless fish 2.Lampreys
Fishes B.Class Chondrichthyes – Cartilaginous Fishes Includes sharks, rays, skates and ratfish Cartilage skeleton Movable jaws Paired and Unpaired fins Placoid scales
Fishes B.Class Chondrichthyes – Cartilaginous Fishes 1.Sharks Fusiform body Heterocal caudal fin Characteristic dorsal fin Gill slits Powerful jaws
Fishes B.Class Chondrichthyes – Cartilaginous Fishes 1.Sharks Wide size range
Fishes B.Class Chondrichthyes – Cartilaginous Fishes 1.Sharks Very good sensory organs
Fishes B.Class Chondrichthyes – Cartilaginous Fishes 1.Sharks Reproduction – live young or eggs
Fishes B.Class Chondrichthyes – Cartilaginous Fishes 1.Sharks Commercially hunted
Fishes B.Class Chondrichthyes – Cartilaginous Fishes 2.Rays and Skates Dorsally flattened bodies Demersal Ventral gills Modified pectoral fins a.Stingrays
Fishes B.Class Chondrichthyes – Cartilaginous Fishes 2.Rays and Skates Dorsally flattened bodies Demersal Ventral gills Modified pectoral fins a.Stingrays
Fishes B.Class Chondrichthyes – Cartilaginous Fishes 2.Rays and Skates b.Electric Rays
Fishes B.Class Chondrichthyes – Cartilaginous Fishes 2.Rays and Skates c.Manta Rays
Fishes B.Class Chondrichthyes – Cartilaginous Fishes 2.Rays and Skates d.Skates
Fishes B.Class Chondrichthyes – Cartilaginous Fishes 3.Ratfishes
Fishes B.Class Osteichthyes – Cartilaginous Fishes Skeleton of bone Make up 96% of all fish Cycloid and ctenoid scales Operculum Homoceral fin
Fishes B.Class Osteichthyes – Cartilaginous Fishes Fin rays Terminal mouth Swim bladder
Fishes - Biology A.Body Shapes Strongly related to lifestyle
Fishes - Biology A.Body Shapes 1.Fusiform Video
Fishes - Biology A.Body Shapes 2.Laterally Compressed Video
Fishes - Biology A.Body Shapes 3.Flattened
Fishes - Biology A.Body Shapes 4.Eel-like Video
Fishes - Biology A.Body Shapes 5.Unusual, Irregular Video