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  2. Fish locomotion - Wikipedia

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    Fish without these features use dynamic lift instead. It is done using their pectoral fins in a manner similar to the use of wings by airplanes and birds. As these fish swim, their pectoral fins are positioned to create lift which allows the fish to maintain a certain depth. The two major drawbacks of this method are that these fish must stay ...

  3. Evolution of fish - Wikipedia

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    Fish may have evolved from an animal similar to a coral-like sea squirt (a tunicate), whose larvae resemble early fish in important ways.The first ancestors of fish may have kept the larval form into adulthood, as some sea squirts do today, although this path cannot be proven.

  4. Fish fin - Wikipedia

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    Fins are moving appendages protruding from the body of fish that interact with water to generate thrust and help the fish swim.Apart from the tail or caudal fin, fish fins have no direct connection with the back bone and are supported only by muscles.

  5. Fish anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Fish anatomy is the study of the form or morphology of fish. It can be contrasted with fish physiology, which is the study of how the component parts of fish function ...

  6. Fish as food - Wikipedia

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    Common species of fish and shellfish used for food [4]; Mild flavour Moderate flavour Full flavour Delicate texture Basa, flounder, hake, scup, smelt, rainbow trout, hardshell clam, blue crab, peekytoe crab, spanner crab, cuttlefish, eastern oyster, Pacific oyster

  7. Hybrid striped bass - Wikipedia

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    A hybrid striped bass, also known as a wiper or whiterock bass, is a hybrid between the striped bass (Morone saxatilis) and the white bass (M. chrysops).Hybrid striped bass are considered better suited for culture in ponds than either parent species because they are more resilient to extremes of temperature and low dissolved oxygen, [1] although they gravitate toward areas of moving water ...

  8. The Incredible Mr. Limpet - Wikipedia

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    The Incredible Mr. Limpet is a 1964 American live-action/animated comedy film produced by Warner Bros. [1] and based on the 1942 novel Mr. Limpet by Theodore Pratt.It is about a man named Henry Limpet who turns into a talking fish and helps the U.S. Navy locate and destroy Nazi submarines.

  9. Electric fish - Wikipedia

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    The elephantnose fish is a weakly electric fish which generates an electric field with its electric organ, detects small variations in the field with its electroreceptors, and processes the detected signals in the brain to locate nearby objects.