by Peter Rowland | Sunday, November 8, 2020
Bony Fishes (Class: Actinopterygii) The ray-finned fishes Actinopterygii are the largest assemblage of all vertebrate groups, with over 29,000 species known. Together with the Sarcopterygii, the lobe-finned fishes and tetrapods, they are the bony fishes or...
by Peter Rowland | Sunday, November 1, 2020
Fishes There are about 28,000 existing species of fish, and they are placed in five different classes. The classes are commonly referred to as hagfish, lampreys, cartilaginous fish, ray-finned fish, and lobe-finned fish. Fish range in size from the 14m whale shark to...
by Peter Rowland | Friday, November 13, 2020
Old Wife Scientific Name: Enoplosus armatus Size: Total Length 25 cm What does it look like? Old Wife adults are predominantly silver with 6 to 8 bold black zebra-like stripes, and two elongated sections of dorsal fin. Young are blotched darker, and have a white edged...
