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Lobe-finned fish continued until towards the end of Paleozoic era, suffering heavy losses during the Permian-Triassic extinction event (251 Mya). Ray-finned fish. Ray-finned fish, class Actinopterygii, differ from lobe-finned fish in that their fins consist of webs of skin supported by spines ("rays") made of bone or horn. There are other ...
The centrum of a fish is usually concave at each end (amphicoelous), which limits the motion of the fish. In contrast, the centrum of a mammal is flat at each end (acoelous), a shape that can support and distribute compressive forces. The vertebrae of lobe-finned fishes consist of three discrete bony elements.
Banana Fish (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akimi Yoshida. It was originally serialized from May 1985 to April 1994 in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic, a manga magazine publishing shōjo manga (girls' manga). Set primarily in New York City in the 1980s, the series follows street gang leader Ash Lynx as he ...
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.
Lateral line. The lateral line, also called the lateral line organ ( LLO ), is a system of sensory organs found in fish, used to detect movement, vibration, and pressure gradients in the surrounding water. The sensory ability is achieved via modified epithelial cells, known as hair cells, which respond to displacement caused by motion and ...
Finding Nemo is a 2003 American animated comedy-drama adventure film [2] produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton (in his feature directorial debut) with co-direction by Lee Unkrich, the screenplay was written by Stanton, Bob Peterson, and David Reynolds from a story by Stanton.
Big Fish is a 2003 American fantasy drama film directed by Tim Burton, and based on the 1998 novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions by Daniel Wallace. The film stars Ewan McGregor , Albert Finney , Billy Crudup , Jessica Lange , Helena Bonham Carter , Alison Lohman , Robert Guillaume , Marion Cotillard , Steve Buscemi , and Danny DeVito .
The Shape of Water. The Shape of Water is a 2017 Mexican - American romantic dark fantasy film directed and co-produced by Guillermo del Toro and written by del Toro and Vanessa Taylor. It stars Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Octavia Spencer.
A Fish Called Wanda is a 1988 heist comedy film directed by Charles Crichton and written by Crichton and John Cleese. It stars Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis , Kevin Kline , and Michael Palin . The film follows a gang of diamond thieves who double-cross one another to recover stolen diamonds hidden by their jailed leader.
A fish can have up to three dorsal fins. The dorsal fins serve to protect the fish against rolling, and assist it in sudden turns and stops. The bones that support the dorsal fin are called pterygiophores. There are two to three of them: "proximal" (axonosts), "middle" (baseosts), and "distal".