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Osteichthyes By: Viki Mjartanova
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Phyla Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
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Symmetry Bilateral symmetry
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Basic Characteristics
“bony fish” A flap covers their gills (on the head) Can live in salt and fresh water Mostly breath through gills But can use air bladders as lungs to breath in air (Lungfish)
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Reproduction Sexual reproduction
External fertilization: female lays many eggs and male fertilizes them
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Food Heterotrophs Mostly carnivorous Some eat algae and aquatic plants
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Something Cool Leedsichthys Biggest Osteichthyes ever
About ft long Weighs about 5-50 tons Lived in Jurassic Period Is extinct
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Examples Salmon Sea horse Blowfish Sea bass Rainbow trout Beta fish
Lungfish The King of Herrings Tuna Catfish
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