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Ray-Finned Fishes
Ray-finned fishes are a group of fishes that includes tarpons, eels, catfishes, salmon, dragonflishes, lanternfishes, cod, anglerfishes and many more. There are about 23,500 species of ray-finned fishes alive today. The articles listed below provide information about the characteristics, classification and evolution of ray-finned fishes.
What Are Ray-Finned Fishes?
Ray-finned fishes are an extremely diverse group of vertebrates—more than half of all living vertebrate species, aquatic and terrestrial combined, are ray-finned fish. In this article, we'll explore basic facts about ray-finned fishes including how they are classified, what they eat, where they live and the characteristics that make them different from other fish groups.
Cichlids
Cichlids are a highly diverse family of bony fishes, with species of many different shapes and sizes. In this article, we'll explore basic facts about cichlids including how they are classified, what they eat, where they live and the characteristics that make them different from other animal groups.
Firefish
The firefish, also known as the lionfish, was first described in 1758 by Dutch naturalist Johan Frederick Gronovius.