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A fish (pl.: fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits. Fish can be grouped into the more basal jawless fish and the more common jawed fish , the latter including all living cartilaginous and bony fish , as well as the extinct placoderms and ...
African glass catfish ( Pareutropius debauwi) African lungfish (genus Protopterus) Aholehole (genus Kuhlia and family Kuhliidae) Airbreathing catfish (family Clariidae) Airsac catfish (genus Heteropneustes) Alaska blackfish. Albacore. Alewife. Alfonsino.
Shoaling and schooling. These powder blue tangs are shoaling. They are swimming somewhat independently, but in such a way that they stay connected, forming a social group. These bluestripe snapper are schooling. They are all swimming in the same direction in a coordinated way. In biology, any group of fish that stay together for social reasons ...
The remora ( / ˈrɛmərə / ), sometimes called suckerfish or sharksucker, is any of a family ( Echeneidae) of ray-finned fish in the order Carangiformes. [4] Depending on species, they grow to 30–110 cm (12–43 in) long. Their distinctive first dorsal fins take the form of a modified oval, sucker-like organ with slat-like structures that ...
Robot fish. A robot fish is a type of bionic robot that has the shape and locomotion of a living fish. Most robot fish are designed to emulate living fish which use body-caudal fin (BCF) propulsion, and can be divided into three categories: single joint (SJ), multi-joint (MJ) and smart material -based "soft-body" design.
Help! I'm A Fish (Danish: Hjælp, jeg er en fisk; also known as A Fish Tale) is a 2000 animated science fantasy musical film directed by Stefan Fjeldmark, Greg Manwaring, and Michael Hegner, and written by Stefan Fjeldmark, Karsten Kiilerich, John Stefan Olsen and Tracy J. Brown.
Chaenobryttus gulosus (Cuvier, 1829) Chaenobryttus coronarius ( Bartram, 1791) The warmouth ( Lepomis gulosus) is a freshwater fish of the sunfish family ( Centrarchidae) that is found throughout the eastern United States. Other local names include molly, redeye, goggle-eye, red-eyed bream, and strawberry perch.
Make-A-Wish. The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization founded in the United States that helps fulfill the wishes of seriously ill children. [2] Make-A-Wish was founded in 1980 [3] and is headquartered in Phoenix. [2] The organization operates through its 59 chapters located throughout the United States.
Fins typically function as foils that provide lift or thrust, or provide the ability to steer or stabilize motion in water or air. A fin is a thin component or appendage attached to a larger body or structure. [1] Fins typically function as foils that produce lift or thrust, or provide the ability to steer or stabilize motion while traveling in ...
Tool use by non-humans. Tool use by non-humans is a phenomenon in which a non-human animal uses any kind of tool in order to achieve a goal such as acquiring food and water, grooming, combat, defence, communication, recreation or construction. Originally thought to be a skill possessed only by humans, some tool use requires a sophisticated ...