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Vocabulary Term Details

Fishes

Definition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish)

A fish is any member of a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic craniate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups. Most fish are ectothermic ("cold-blooded"), allowing their body temperatures to vary as ambient temperatures change, though some of the large active swimmers like white shark and tuna can hold a higher core temperature. (Wikipedia)

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Broader TermsNarrower TermsRelated Terms
Aquatic animals
Vertebrates
Anguillidae
Bony fishes
Brackishwater fishes
Cartilaginous fishes
Cichlidae
Clupeidae
Cyprinidae
Diadromous fishes
Esocidae
Freshwater fishes
Lampreys
Percidae
Salmonidae
Saltwater fishes
Fish diseases
Game fish
Ichthyology

This term is used for the following terms: 
Fish

Approved Date
27-Nov-2012

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