Animals / Wildlife August 2012 Archive

The Euteleostei form the largest group of the teleosts with about 17,000 living species. This large group includes familiar fish such as trout, pike, hatchet fish, flying fish, lantern fish, ... Read More

The herrings and anchovies (Cluepeopmorpha) are a group of teleost fish that include 300 species. The group is present in the fossil record back to the early Cretaceous. An interesting ... Read More

The second of the four teleost fish groups, the Elopomorpha, includes about 650 species. They vary widely in their physical appearance. Some are fast-swimming torpedo-shaped fish such as tarpons while ... Read More

The bony-tongued fish (Osteoglossomorpha) are a group of teleost fish that include about 150 living species. Bony-tongued fish, as their name implies, have bones (or teeth) on their tongue. This ... Read More

The teleosts are a group of ray-finned fishes that include 40 to 50 subgroups of fishes. Telosts aare varied but share a few characteristics such as a homocercal tail (a ... Read More

The gars and garpike are a group of ray-finned fish that include seven known species. Gars and garpike are adept hunters that inhabit shallow freshwaters. Their range extends from North ... Read More

The Actinopterygii, more commonly known as the ray-finned fishes, are a highly diverse group of vertebrates with more than 20,000 known species. Actinopterygii come in many shapes and sizes. Most ... Read More